TechTarget News - Week of Sep 10, 2017
Mon Sep 11, 2017
EAN airline broadband service moves closer to reality
The European Aviation satellite has successfully completed in-orbit testing and will begin to service in-flight broadband customers later in 2017
Mon Sep 11, 2017
HMRC should prioritise ‘basic’ customs IT system, says report
Amidst concerns that the customs declaration service won’t be ready in time for Brexit, the Institute for Government calls on HMRC to focus on getting the basics right and let innovation come later
Mon Sep 11, 2017
Why the best way to encourage digital innovation is not to fund it
Give people the space to grow and reward people for ideas rather than their output and innovation will come, says Frazer Bennett, a member of PA Consulting’s management team
Mon Sep 11, 2017
UK government sets to work on replicating the Digital Marketplace model overseas
Government procurement chiefs and digital champions share details of the work being done to help export the principles of the Digital Marketplace overseas
Mon Sep 11, 2017
Martha Lane Fox warns UK is 'sleepwalking' through digital disruption
During a House of Lords debate, Martha Lane Fox claimed the UK has been “sleepwalking” through digital change and urged for more to be done to promote “digital understanding”
Mon Sep 11, 2017
EE repurposes 2G spectrum to support expanded 4G mobile service
The operator will re-farm a tranche of spectrum formerly used for 2G services to boost capacity and speed on its 4G network
Tue Sep 12, 2017
Riak NoSQL snapped up by Bet365
Betting firm Bet365 aims to give away enterprise version of Riak NoSQL to the open source community and continue the development of the product
Tue Sep 12, 2017
Home Office agrees back-office transformation deal
The Home Office is moving more of its back-office processes into the cloud
Tue Sep 12, 2017
Nearly half of Asia-Pacific manufacturers will have fully connected factories by 2022
Study finds that thinner margins and the desire for faster and higher quality production has driven manufacturers to modernise their operations through digital technology
Tue Sep 12, 2017
Patients will get access to NHS services via app by end of 2018
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt will set out plans for giving patients access to records and booking GP appointments through app
Tue Sep 12, 2017
Best of VMworld 2017 Europe User Awards: The winners
Find out who won what, including the best of show prize, at the 2017 VMworld Europe User Awards in Barcelona
Tue Sep 12, 2017
University gets Nutanix for self-serve cloud to replace Red Hat
The University of Reading replaces ageing and difficult-to-manage Red Hat storage with half a petabyte of Nutanix hyper-converged and dodges £1/2 million of VMware costs
Tue Sep 12, 2017
VMworld 2017: VMware updates software legacy
VMware is beginning to recognise there is life beyond the hypervisor as it announces VMware HCX, which will provide interoperability between private and public cloud
Tue Sep 12, 2017
Government wants to remain in EU cyber security club after Brexit
The UK government wants to maintain deep links with the European Union’s cyber security working groups following Britain’s exit from the bloc in 2019
Tue Sep 12, 2017
Openreach and rivals want collaborative approach to broadband
The government’s ambitions for FTTP broadband roll-out can only be met through collaboration, and an urgent shake-up of Ofcom regulatory policy is needed to reflect this, say Openreach and CityFibre
Tue Sep 12, 2017
Businesses that overlook ROI analysis are missing cost savings
Organisations have more chance of meeting their cost saving expectations following cloud migrations if they carry out ROI analysis before
Tue Sep 12, 2017
Calling 'all aboard' on the six-month Java release train
If Oracle moves to a six-month Java release cycle instead of the existing feature-driven one, what happens next? We talk to Azul's Gil Tene about Mark Reinhold's proposal.
Wed Sep 13, 2017
CBI calls for transitional deal with EU on data
The CBI is warning of the risks to UK businesses of no deal with the European Union on data exchange when Brexit arrives
Wed Sep 13, 2017
Vodafone whitepaper hails role of IoT in delivering personalised healthcare treatments
Vodafone outlines how smart devices can improve patient adherence by offering them personalised healthcare
Wed Sep 13, 2017
Vodafone identifies 50 future digital hubs
A Vodafone research report has identified a number of towns and cities that have the potential to become what it refers to as Digital Super Towns
Wed Sep 13, 2017
Finland’s Valmet transforms IT with €38m outsourcing deal
Industrial tech firm Valmet outsources IT infrastructure services to focus its internal IT resources on business and digital developments
Wed Sep 13, 2017
CIO interview: Karl Hoods, CIO, Save the Children UK
The charity’s CIO is looking at the potential of blockchain technologies and establishing an internal digital academy to drive its digital transformation strategy
Wed Sep 13, 2017
DevOps salary survey highlights link between server farm size and practitioner pay
The Puppet 2017 DevOps Salary Report suggests practitioners working at larger firms, with sizeable server farms and low-level manual configuration management, get paid more
Wed Sep 13, 2017
Apple claims iPhone X Face ID has better security than Touch ID
Apple announced the new iPhone X Face ID system, which replaces Touch ID in favor of facial recognition and may offer 20 times fewer false positives than fingerprint scanning.
Wed Sep 13, 2017
British Army enhances data-driven decision making to staunch churn
The British Army is continuing to use SAS analytics software to improve its data management, with a particular focus on reducing high-value personnel churn
Wed Sep 13, 2017
Apple faces challenge of convincing users to upgrade to iPhone X
Apple has announced the iPhone X but it faces a challenge of convincing current owners to make the jump.
Wed Sep 13, 2017
Philip Hammond: AI will stoke productivity in government
Philip Hammond, chancellor of the exchequer, told a House of Lords select committee that artificial intelligence could stoke government productivity in areas of “low-level decision making”
Wed Sep 13, 2017
Equifax breach response deemed insufficient in multiple ways
Experts criticized the Equifax breach response as insufficient, given the size and scope of the data loss, and they said the company was likely not prepared for such an incident.
Wed Sep 13, 2017
How enterprises can take advantage of social media mapping
If your company wants to tap into the emotion and sentiment customers display on social media, social media mapping may be the answer. Learn about one company's approach.
Thu Sep 14, 2017
Lack of skills main barrier to civil service tech adoption
TechUK civil servants survey highlights need for skills training, common standards and working practices across departments to deliver joined-up public services
Thu Sep 14, 2017
Technology vital to healthcare in Asia-Pacific
The opportunities for technology to improve healthcare services were explored at HIMSS AsiaPac17 in Singapore, but experts warned that challenges must be addressed before innovation can truly transform the sector
Thu Sep 14, 2017
Enterprise datacentre operators share staff recruitment challenges in 451 Research report
New data from 451 Research shines a light on the challenges enterprise datacentre operators face when sourcing staff
Thu Sep 14, 2017
Dubai Health Authority unveils bilingual app for service providers
The Dubai Health Authority has put the process for bidding for its contracts on an app
Thu Sep 14, 2017
Trust could be last hurdle for insurtech dominance
Insurance startups that use the latest IT are gaining customers but still face challenges around trust, security and consumer awareness
Thu Sep 14, 2017
Government aligns data laws with GDPR
The UK government announces details of its data protection law that will align with the EU’s GDPR
Thu Sep 14, 2017
Enterprise appetites for cloud-based financial apps on the rise, Gartner research suggests
Research into corporate appetites for cloud-based financial apps suggest demand is growing faster than expected, claims Gartner
Thu Sep 14, 2017
Digital Catapult invites regional bids for IoT network expansion
Digital Catapult is planning a major expansion of its Things Connected IoT network across the UK and has invited bids from regional bodies
Thu Sep 14, 2017
Equifax confirms massive data breach was result of missed patch
Equifax appears to have failed to roll out a patch that might have stopped the massive breach of its systems
Thu Sep 14, 2017
Finnish energy company Helen outsources its basic IT services
The energy company is the latest Nordic organisation to outsource IT services to enable it to focus on the business
Thu Sep 14, 2017
BT offers enterprise customers flexible bandwidth for peak usage
New element of BT IP Connect Global WAN service will enable businesses to dial their network capacity up and down at will
Thu Sep 14, 2017
FCA warns UK consumers of risks associated with initial coin offerings
The UK financial services authority has published warnings to consumers thinking of investing in initial coin offerings
Thu Sep 14, 2017
GDS is ‘sidelined’ and government as a platform ‘is dead’, says Francis Maude
Former Cabinet Office minister cites diminishing of Government Digital Service role as he criticises civil service resistance to change
Thu Sep 14, 2017
Mobile networks restored to hurricane-hit Caribbean islands
Emergency networking teams from the Vodafone Foundation and Télécoms Sans Frontières are working to restore mobile connectivity after the Caribbean was ravaged by Hurricane Irma
Thu Sep 14, 2017
£30m National Innovation Centre for Data launched
The government and Newcastle University have teamed up to launch a £30m National Innovation Centre for Data, as part of the Northern Powerhouse
Thu Sep 14, 2017
Hong Kong cloud firm tests Excelero NVMe for video analytics
Vivavo runs Excelero NVMesh NVMe storage at claimed near-bare metal performance to support real-time analytics for face and behaviour recognition on CCTV
Thu Sep 14, 2017
HMRC confirms Microsoft corporate vice-president Jacky Wright as new CDIO
HMRC has tasked Microsoft corporate vice-president Jacky Wright with helping the department achieve its goal of becoming one of the world's most digitally advanced tax authorities
Thu Sep 14, 2017
HMRC reaches halfway point on project to develop new UK customs IT system
The new system for handling customs at UK borders is 50% complete, says HMRC - but CEO warns he cannot give guarantees over Brexit deadline
Thu Sep 14, 2017
Oracle moves Java EE to Eclipse Foundation
In an effort to spur innovation and collaboration on the Java EE platform, Oracle has enlisted the help of IBM and Red Hat in moving Java EE to the Eclipse Foundation.
Thu Sep 14, 2017
Everspin Technologies nvNITRO ST-MRAM SSDs ready to ship
Everspin's new ST-MRAM-based nvNITRO Storage Accelerator pledges 'DRAM-like' performance, but analysts say the high price could limit the SSD's use cases.
Thu Sep 14, 2017
Europe’s data regulators head to US to discuss Privacy Shield
A delegation from Europe's data protection regulators will meet with the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, which oversees US intelligence gathering
Thu Sep 14, 2017
BlueBorne Bluetooth vulnerabilities affect billions of devices
A set of eight Bluetooth vulnerabilities, branded together as BlueBorne, affect billions of devices and could be one of the most dangerous issues, according to experts.
Thu Sep 14, 2017
Technology chiefs need to act like CEOs
KPMG Australia CIO Craig Wishart says his counterparts need to start running IT like a business service and that the days of doing large SAP implementations are over
Fri Sep 15, 2017
Oracle 2017-18 Q1 results: Cloud revenue jumps by 51%
Oracle’s first quarter 2017-18 results show jump in cloud revenue of 51%, boosted by NetSuite acquisition. Executives continue to be bullish on cloud growth, and the AI makeover of core database is flagged
Fri Sep 15, 2017
HMRC builds blockchain proof of concept for UK border
HMRC‘s Mike Potter says department has built blockchain proof of concept to coordinate interventions at the border, and highlights the need for an ‘API economy’ in Whitehall
Fri Sep 15, 2017
More than 40% of people in UK do not have digital skills required for most jobs
The digital skills gap is set to widen as many in the UK are without the basic skills needed for most positions, with jobs increasingly requiring above-average digital skills
Fri Sep 15, 2017
Apache Struts vulnerability blamed for Equifax data breach
Equifax has confirmed an unpatched critical Apache Struts vulnerability was exploited in the breach that compromised the personal data of 143 million U.S. citizens.
Fri Sep 15, 2017
Banks across Europe cut thousands of staff and branches as IT replaces them
Banks across Europe cut jobs and close thousands of branches as IT shakes the industry
Fri Sep 15, 2017
Huawei wants to grow public cloud market share
Bloggers explore Huawei's efforts to grow its public cloud market share, workload performance in containers and Cisco's new emphasis on LISP.
Fri Sep 15, 2017
Comcast networking adds ActiveCore SD-WAN; AT&T NetBond tackles cloud
Comcast networking now includes the new ActiveCore SD-WAN platform. The company is the first U.S. cable operator to offer the SDN service. Meanwhile, AT&T has unveiled better cloud connectivity.
Fri Sep 15, 2017
DHS banned Kaspersky software from all government systems
News roundup: DHS has banned Kaspersky software from use in government systems. Plus, the commonwealth of Virginia decided to do away with touchscreen voting machines, and more.