TechTarget News - Week of Nov 05, 2017
Mon Nov 6, 2017
Bank of Scotland testing out artificial intelligence on customer iPhone app
Bank of Scotland pilots artificial intelligence within its iPhone banking app.
Mon Nov 6, 2017
At Dreamforce, Salesforce applications take center stage
Quip is expected to become the new Salesforce collaboration standard in Dreamforce unveiling; AppExchange and Einstein announcements reveal push into new markets.
Mon Nov 6, 2017
CEO discusses changing Nasuni storage customer base
Nasuni's customer base has expanded to large enterprises, and most are right to be concerned about cloud storage performance, says CEO Andres Rodriguez.
Mon Nov 6, 2017
New Citrix ShareFile features automate workflows
Organizations that perform repetitious business tasks can benefit from Citrix ShareFile's workflow feature, which has seen numerous updates recently.
Tue Nov 7, 2017
CIOs need to champion digital change as IT leadership roles evolve
Gartner CIO survey shows digital business is changing mindsets and culture at organisations that are successful in transformation
Tue Nov 7, 2017
Fake WhatsApp app downloaded 1 million times
A fake WhatsApp app bypassed Google's Play Store checks and was downloaded 1 million times, but one expert said Google's store is still the safest place to get apps.
Tue Nov 7, 2017
Experts: Time is nigh for a Salesforce Lightning migration
'Everything forward will be Lightning,' was advice from one analyst at Dreamforce 2017. CommScope's experience proves a move to Salesforce Lightning may be easier than you think.
Wed Nov 8, 2017
People ready to consider AI, but businesses must tackle ethics
Study from Sage finds technology early adopters and consumers are ready to try artificial intelligence, but there are concerns over ethics
Wed Nov 8, 2017
Red Hat Ceph Storage 3 brings file, iSCSI and container storage
Latest version of open source OpenStack-targeted software-defined storage adds CephFS, ISCSI and storage that can be deployed in containers to save hardware
Wed Nov 8, 2017
The digital transformation journey – four IT leaders share the lessons learned
CIOs discussed the best practices in driving digital change at the recent Gartner Symposium event in Barcelona
Wed Nov 8, 2017
GDPR fines may affect almost 80% of US firms, poll shows
Most US companies risk fines for non-compliance with new European data protection laws that apply to all organisations processing any personal data of EU citizens
Wed Nov 8, 2017
Panasas upgrades scale-out NAS to ASD-100 and ASH-100 nodes
New Panasas appliances upgrade CPU and RAM to double throughput while changing hardware architecture. Clustered NAS specialist says all-flash and tiers of flash are on the roadmap
Wed Nov 8, 2017
Dell EMC all-flash SC Series prepped for launch
Dell EMC all-flash inclusive added to the mix for SC Series and Unity arrays. The vendor said each of the midrange storage products has a large customer base.
Wed Nov 8, 2017
Red Hat Ceph Storage 3 adds file, iSCSI, container support
Red Hat updates Ceph storage software with support for CephFS file system, iSCSI block interface and Linux container-based storage implementations, plus usability improvements.
Wed Nov 8, 2017
Android KRACK flaw patched in latest security update
The latest security release from Google patched the Android KRACK vulnerability affecting Wi-Fi's WPA2 protocol, but update confusion leaves users unsure if they are safe.
Thu Nov 9, 2017
Bangalore offers the best ecosystem for digital transformation, says Economist report
Bangalore ranked as the number one location for businesses looking to access the right ecosystem to support digital transformation
Thu Nov 9, 2017
TSB customers can use their faces to authenticate payments
Bank’s latest addition to its mobile apps is a facial recognition option for Apple iPhone X users
Thu Nov 9, 2017
FBI hacking may have crossed international borders
New court documents indicate an FBI hacking operation may have crossed international borders and infected systems in Russia, China and Iran.
Fri Nov 10, 2017
WikiLeaks publishes code and analysis of CIA hacking tool
Security experts are questioning the wisdom of WikiLeaks releasing more source code for US intelligence agency hacking tools
Fri Nov 10, 2017
ISPs agree to Ofcom broadband compensation proposals
BT, Sky, TalkTalk, Virgin Media and Zen Internet have agreed to introduce automatic compensation for consumers when their broadband service goes down
Fri Nov 10, 2017
More than half of schools do not offer computer science GCSE, says Royal Society
The Royal Society calls for more investment in computing education after finding many schools in England still do not offer a computer science GCSE
Fri Nov 10, 2017
Remediation engine to improve Nyansa Voyance network monitoring
New remediation engine in Nyansa Voyance flags the cause of network troubles and recommends changes to correct it. Other improvements include more syslog data for better analytics.
Fri Nov 10, 2017
Accenture launches returners programme for people re-entering the workplace
Tech firm Accenture has launched a programme for people aiming to return to the workplace after a career break
Fri Nov 10, 2017
Following Equifax breach, CEO doesn't know if data is encrypted
News roundup: Following the massive Equifax breach, the CEO said he doesn't know if customer data is encrypted or not. Plus, flaws were found in IEEE's P1735 standard, and more.
Fri Nov 10, 2017
IT Nation 2017: ConnectWise sets sights on a 'connected ecosystem'
At its annual partner conference, PSA software vendor ConnectWise said it aims to build out its ecosystem of integrated vendors and highlighted its recently announced alliance with Cisco.