TechTarget News - Week of Jul 30, 2017
Mon Jul 31, 2017
OVH opens first UK datacentre in south London
French cloud provider OVH has opened the doors on its first datacentre in the UK, slightly later than planned
Mon Jul 31, 2017
Parliament’s digital chief quits to become Arup CIO
Rob Greig is leaving in September for a new role in the private sector
Mon Jul 31, 2017
Apple's delayed Irish datacentre prompts calls to reform country's planning system
The latest delays in Apple's bid to open a datacentre in Athenry, County Galway, has prompted calls for a revamp of how planning permission decisions in Ireland are handled
Tue Aug 1, 2017
Imperial College, University of Edinburgh and Harvard to run NHS Digital Academy
Consortium comprising Imperial College, Harvard University and the University of Edinburgh has been chosen to run three-year, £6m virtual academy aimed at upskilling CIOs and CCIOs
Tue Aug 1, 2017
Experts debate Vulnerabilities Equities Process disclosure
Experts debated how the government should weigh disclosure in the Vulnerabilities Equities Process and whether to err on the side of offense or defense.
Tue Aug 1, 2017
Coding Dojo adds full-stack Java developer course, drops Rails
Programming boot camp Coding Dojo has abandoned its Ruby on Rails training courses and launched higher-demand, full-stack Java developer courses for job seekers.
Tue Aug 1, 2017
Moonwalk software streams data to cloud archives
The free Starter Edition of Moonwalk's archiving software migrates up to 25 TB of data to repository or clouds as files or objects, as well as supporting AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google clouds.
Tue Aug 1, 2017
Startup Morro Data launches CloudNAS services for SMBs
Startup Morro Data makes available hybrid cloud storage services for SMBs, blending an on-premises cache appliance for frequently accessed data and Amazon S3 or Backblaze.
Wed Aug 2, 2017
Apple share price reaches record high on quarterly results
Apple’s share price rose 6% in after-hours trading to reach a record high in response to the company’s quarterly financial report
Wed Aug 2, 2017
IT outsourcing demand fuels record deal value in first half of 2017
The IT outsourcing market delivered its strongest half-year performance between January and June 2017, fuelled by the activity of the financial services industry and growing demand for IT services
Wed Aug 2, 2017
Level 3 offers Amazon Chime cloud collaboration tool as a service
Level 3 has launched Amazon's Chime cloud collaboration tool as a managed service. The move could help Amazon compete with Microsoft and Cisco in the team collaboration market.
Wed Aug 2, 2017
Red Hat acquires Permabit for inline deduplication
Permabit's inline compression, data deduplication and thin provisioning software will be integrated with Red Hat Enterprise Linux to help boost performance and lower costs.
Wed Aug 2, 2017
Hacking voting machines takes center stage at DEFCON
DEFCON attendees were successful in hacking voting machines and now that there is proof the systems are insecure, more work needs to be done to change election laws and practices.
Thu Aug 3, 2017
Ransom DDoS attacks on the rise
The use of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks to extort money from organisations is on the rise, warns security firm Kaspersky Lab
Thu Aug 3, 2017
Voice control in BBC iPlayer pilot demos Microsoft's AI ambitions
An internal BBC pilot in collaboration with Microsoft shows how voice control could be used on the iPlayer TV streaming app
Thu Aug 3, 2017
Sub-postmasters allege 'bullying and intimidation' by Post Office over Horizon IT system
Campaigners have submitted initial evidence in group litigation against Post Office over controversial Horizon IT system
Thu Aug 3, 2017
Riverbed Xirrus merger brings SD-WAN, wireless integration
The Riverbed Xirrus merger will lead to unified management of SD-WAN and wireless products. Riverbed SteelConnect Manager will get some control over Xirrus access points this year.
Thu Aug 3, 2017
Cyber criminals make it difficult to follow the money
Following the money is a classic technique used by law enforcement to link criminals to crimes by tracing associated financial exchanges, but that may not be easy in the case of the WannaCry attacks
Thu Aug 3, 2017
Symantec Website Security, certificate authority business sold to DigiCert
DigiCert agrees to buy majority stake in Symantec Website Security just days after Google releases an April 2018 distrust date for Symantec certificates.
Thu Aug 3, 2017
MalwareTech arrested for Kronos banking Trojan connection
The FBI arrested the famed security researcher known as MalwareTech after a two-year investigation into the creation and distribution of the Kronos banking Trojan.
Fri Aug 4, 2017
Keeping Australia’s aeromedical service connected to the cloud
The Queensland section of the Royal Flying Doctor Service has improved its access to cloud apps without spending more on bandwidth
Fri Aug 4, 2017
ICO highlights challenge Slack-like tools pose to public sector FOI request compliance
The Information Commissioner’s Office outlines how the growing use of cloud-based communication channels could complicate how public sector organisations respond to Freedom of Information requests
Fri Aug 4, 2017
AVST, Collab9 partner on UC platform for governments
In UC news, AVST and Collab9 announce a partnership for FedRAMP-authorized cloud services, while two surveys find corporate email isn't going away anytime soon.
Fri Aug 4, 2017
Does Mojo have the mojo to change WLAN architecture?
Bloggers explore Mojo Networks' efforts to disrupt the delivery of WLAN architecture, DevTest in clouds and new directions in network management.
Fri Aug 4, 2017
IoT device security bill mandates security standards
News roundup: U.S. Senators introduce a bipartisan bill to standardize IoT device security for government vendors. Plus, Anthem suffers another data breach, and more.
Fri Aug 4, 2017
ChannelCon 2017: Vendors target cloud, SMB opportunities
CompTIA's ChannelCon event showcased Ingram Micro's cloud enablement program, new products from channel-oriented vendors and more.
Fri Aug 4, 2017
Ransomware recovery goes beyond data loss for enterprises
Enterprises may see paying up as a quick path to ransomware recovery, but experts said there are many issues to consider when making that choice.