TechTarget News - Week of May 07, 2017
Sun May 7, 2017
Barclays launches £10m UK digital safety campaign
Barclays is to lead a £10m campaign against digital fraud as research reveals London, Bristol and Birmingham are scam hotspots, with young adults most at risk
Mon May 8, 2017
HPE ramps up investments in Singapore
Enterprise tech giant HPE will invest $140m over five years in its new regional headquarters and a startup incubator programme
Mon May 8, 2017
Dell EMC IDPA changes vendor's backup strategy
The Dell EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance is the vendor's first integrated enterprise backup target. What does this mean for physical Data Domain appliances?
Mon May 8, 2017
Dell EMC all-flash moves focus on VMAX, XtremIO and Isilon
Dell EMC VMAX and XtremIO SAN all-flash arrays christen Dell EMC World 2017. All-flash Isilon NAS adds Infinity modular architecture. Dense flash in compact footprint is the focus.
Mon May 8, 2017
Jive acquired in enterprise collaboration software merger
In UC news, Jive is in the midst of being acquired by a private equity firm and is expected to merge with CRM provider Aurea. Plus, UC cloud service provider Fuze gets more money.
Mon May 8, 2017
Micron SolidScale NVMe-oF-based storage architecture emerges
Micron Technology launched its SolidScale storage architecture based on NVMe-oF technologies, with plans for branded appliances to start shipping later this year.
Tue May 9, 2017
OpenStack Foundation slams claims open source cloud platform's days are numbered
OpenStack Foundation executive director Jonathan Bryce dismisses predictions around the impending demise of OpenStack
Tue May 9, 2017
Large UK businesses increasingly want CEOs to have IT background
More large businesses in the UK want a CEO that has a good understanding of IT
Tue May 9, 2017
Nexsan Unity goes all-flash but leaves NVMe on the back-burner
Nexsan Unity arrays already have SAN, NAS and file sync and share, and now add all-flash and policy-based archiving, but there’s no NVMe on the roadmap for now
Tue May 9, 2017
Highly skilled professionals at risk of being replaced by computers
Highly skilled jobs will be replaced by artificial intelligence by 2022, says Gartner
Tue May 9, 2017
Microsoft out-of-band patch hits the day before Patch Tuesday
The evening before Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released an emergency out-of-band patch for a dangerous Windows flaw teased by the Google Project Zero team just days earlier.
Tue May 9, 2017
Cognitive security is the future, says Martin Kuppinger
Modern computing capabilities combined with cognitive technology has huge potential for tackling unknown attack patterns and addressing the security skills shortage, says Martin Kuppinger
Tue May 9, 2017
Aruba Atmosphere: Machine learning to transform networking
At Aruba Atmosphere EMEA in France, delegates learned how the network will incorporate machine learning features in the near future
Tue May 9, 2017
Hotel booking site Trivago powers collaboration with Dropbox
A Slack group and a workshop day helped Trivago deploy Dropbox for Business to 1300 users
Tue May 9, 2017
Intel AMT security risk could lead to system access
Servers may have been at risk of attack for years because of an Intel AMT security risk that was recently disclosed before manufacturers could patch.
Tue May 9, 2017
Upgraded Nexsan Unity unified arrays get jolt of flash
Nexsan eliminated the need to run its E-Series arrays as Unity back-end storage. JBODs with RAID allow FASTier flash cache SSDs to run on 12 Gbps storage shelves.
Wed May 10, 2017
Blockchain economy on the horizon
Blockchain technologies will enable many new and disruptive business models than the internet itself, an expert predicts
Wed May 10, 2017
Durham Police to use artificial intelligence to help decide if suspects should be held in custody
Durham Police are to use artificial intelligence to help them decide whether or not to keep suspects in custody
Wed May 10, 2017
New Dell EMC PowerEdge serves up storage expansion
New PowerEdge 14G servers from Dell EMC form the 'bedrock of the new data center,' Michael Dell says. Ready Nodes and software-defined block storage are among the new products.
Wed May 10, 2017
Salesforce AppExchange releases vendor-facing upgrades
The improvements to the Salesforce AppExchange benefit companies and ISVs building on AppExchange, with lower pricing and more tools.
Wed May 10, 2017
Nordic region competes for datacentre dominance
The Nordic region is an attractive region for datacentres as demand for cloud services in the area grows
Wed May 10, 2017
Windows zero days squashed in May 2017 Patch Tuesday
Microsoft's May 2017 Patch Tuesday fixed multiple Windows zero-day vulnerabilities, two of which have reportedly been exploited by groups linked to Russia.
Wed May 10, 2017
NetApp StorageGRID enhanced for OpenStack deployments
NetApp's StorageGRID Webscale 10.4 object storage supports Docker containers and more simplified OpenStack deployments, and it gives admins more control of multi-tenancy in the cloud.
Wed May 10, 2017
Open source philosophy goes well beyond software -- and into our lives
According to advocates, open source software is just the first step in a larger movement -- one that aims to make open source an integral part of our daily lives.
Thu May 11, 2017
Made.com trialling real-time chat for customer advice
Online retailer Made.com has partnered with Hero so showroom staff can chat live with online shoppers to help with queries and shopping decisions
Thu May 11, 2017
Dell EMC World 2017: HCI, startup investments, Nautilus
This year's Dell EMC World served as a coming-out party for Dell Technologies Capital, 'Project Nautilus' and IoT storage, and as a showcase for current products.
Thu May 11, 2017
Cisco adds AI to Spark collaboration platform with MindMeld buy
Cisco plans to use MindMeld’s AI platform to enhance its Spark platform and other enterprise collaboration solutions
Thu May 11, 2017
BBC signs five-year enterprise ICT deal with Atos
As part of the broadcaster’s Aurora programme, it has signed up to five years of Atos as its technology services provider
Thu May 11, 2017
Latest Verizon CPE aimed at simplifying deployment of network services
Verizon's latest customer premise equipment is meant to simplify deployment of virtual network functions. The new Verizon CPE was introduced this week at the OpenStack Summit.
Thu May 11, 2017
Android clickjacking attacks possible from Google Play apps
Google implemented clickjacking attack mitigations in Android but left a potential avenue for malicious actors that won't be fixed until Android O is released.
Fri May 12, 2017
Tech packages to help Singapore SMEs go digital
Small and medium-sized enterprises in Singapore can now take advantage of a slew of pre-approved IT products to stay competitive
Fri May 12, 2017
Singapore universities hit by advanced persistent threat attacks
The attacks on NUS and NTU networks appear to be the work of APT actors and not casual hackers
Fri May 12, 2017
Microsoft supports trend toward containers, serverless computing
At its Build 2017 conference, Microsoft highlighted new technologies focusing on containers, serverless computing and microservices as part of its DevOps strategy.
Fri May 12, 2017
Five cyber security imperatives for all companies
There are five things all companies should ensure they are doing in terms of cyber security
Fri May 12, 2017
NHS hospitals hit in global ransomware attack
Hospitals across England are reporting problems with IT systems that are affecting healthcare treatment, caused by what could be a global ransomware campaign enabled by a leaked NSA exploit
Fri May 12, 2017
Cisco to build MindMeld artificial intelligence services in Spark
Cisco plans to build MindMeld artificial intelligence services into Spark. The AI maker also develops natural language interfaces for software and devices.
Fri May 12, 2017
Cisco vulnerability from WikiLeaks' Vault 7 dump finally patched
News roundup: A Cisco vulnerability disclosed in the Vault 7 dump finally has a patch. Plus, Google's fuzzing bot finds over 1,000 bugs in five months, Comey dismissed and more.
Fri May 12, 2017
Trump cyber executive order focuses on cyber-risk management
The Trump cyber executive order arrived, with a focus on cyber-risk management and reports. But key details are missing in terms of implementing changes.
Fri May 12, 2017
Dell EMC World 2017: Partners can sell Virtustream Enterprise Cloud
Dell EMC has integrated Virtustream Enterprise Cloud into its unified partner program; other channel news from the week.