TechTarget News - Week of Mar 11, 2018
Mon Mar 12, 2018
UK leads global upward trend in SOC maturity
The UK is leading the way towards more efficient security operations centres, but many still continue to operate with serious gaps in security, a report reveals
Mon Mar 12, 2018
Regulator takes tougher line than expected on surveillance warrants
The Investigatory Powers Commissioner’s Office has signalled to government that it will take a tough line when scrutinising surveillance warrants under the controversial Investigatory Powers Act
Mon Mar 12, 2018
BNP Paribas integrates Tink as part of PSD2 strategy
BNP Paribas Fortis is working with fintech company Tink to integrate software into its mobile app, which will enable customers to aggregate their finances
Mon Mar 12, 2018
Channel roundup: Who's gone where?
More movement in the channel with boards being strengthened, consultancy departments padded out and R&D getting a boost
Mon Mar 12, 2018
Fileless attacks surge as hackers exploit PowerShell scripts
Malicious scripting through Microsoft’s PowerShell IT admin tool is being used to take control of Windows machines and Apple Macs
Mon Mar 12, 2018
Politicians need to be more involved in tech, says Sadiq Khan
Flying the flag for the UK capital at the SXSW festival in Texas, London mayor Sadiq Khan says government should “do more” for technology, as well as mitigate the risks that come with it, and calls on social media firms to take responsibility for hate speech on their platforms
Mon Mar 12, 2018
Scottish government to spend £25m to fill 4G coverage gaps
The Scottish government has announced a £25m programme to infill gaps in 4G mobile network coverage across Scotland
Mon Mar 12, 2018
Proof of concept shows blockchain could save lives in pharmaceutical logistics
DHL and Accenture pilot tracks pharmaceutical products from manufacture to prescription, showing potential to clamp down on counterfeit medicines
Mon Mar 12, 2018
EBay's Elasticsearch hack consolidates Kubernetes monitoring
EBay made Kubernetes monitoring more flexible for developers and consistent for ops through modifications that are now part of Elastic's Beats software.
Mon Mar 12, 2018
Aryaka adds new security layers to global private network
Through security partnerships, Aryaka's Passport platform offers six security layers to provide additional protection in case one layer becomes vulnerable.
Mon Mar 12, 2018
Olympic Destroyer was a false flag cyberattack, research claims
New research claims Olympic Destroyer was not the work of the North Korea-backed Lazarus Group; rather, it was a false flag cyberattack designed to mislead attribution efforts.
Mon Mar 12, 2018
IIC addresses industrial IoT security on endpoints
In a new document, the Industrial Internet Consortium abridges IEC and NIST publications, offering clear, concise guidance to ensure IIoT security in connected plants.
Mon Mar 12, 2018
Eight new cyber threats a second in Q4 2017, McAfee report reveals
There was an increase in cyber attacks on healthcare organisations, the use of fileless malware and cryptocurrency mining in the last three months of 2017, with eight new threats a second
Mon Mar 12, 2018
World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee wants us to fix the web’s bugs
Too much of the web and people’s personal data is under the control of a handful of mega-corporations. Is there a better way?
Mon Mar 12, 2018
Digital for rural areas worth up to £26bn to UK economy
A study commissioned by Amazon has posited that greater use of digital tools and services could be worth between £12bn and £26bn per annum to the UK economy
Mon Mar 12, 2018
SAP Ariba Live focuses on procurement for purpose
SAP Ariba Live 2018 focused on the idea that businesses can use procurement technology to do good in the world; for example, by using supply chains to expose forced child labor.
Tue Mar 13, 2018
New Microsoft Teams features include Cortana integration
The latest Microsoft Teams features include foreign language translation of messages, recording of meetings and integration with the Cortana voice assistant.
Tue Mar 13, 2018
Singapore tops global rankings on smart cities
The city-state of Singapore was lauded for its efforts in tapping the internet of things to improve public infrastructure and services in a global study by Juniper Research
Tue Mar 13, 2018
Watch out for digital legacy in manufacturing
Digital twins are the next innovation in manufacturing, but will the file formats and hardware be around for as long as the assets being modelled?
Tue Mar 13, 2018
Russian augmented reality startups break into enterprise space
Augmented, virtual and mixed reality technologies edge closer to enterprise adoption in Russia as a strong local developer network grows
Tue Mar 13, 2018
Slingshot router malware: a warning for businesses
A stealthy malware that has been used to carry out cyber espionage undetected for six years should raise a red flag to businesses, say security commentators
Tue Mar 13, 2018
Public sector organisations ill-prepared for GDPR
Public sector organisations in the UK need to do much more to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation rule on providing information to citizens about details held about them
Tue Mar 13, 2018
Government pumps £300m into tech and innovation for ageing society
Business secretary Greg Clark announces plans to use £300m from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund for new technology and research, such as artificial intelligence and genome sequencing
Tue Mar 13, 2018
Computacenter hints at expansion after strong 2017
The firm has released its full year numbers and indicated the over the next few years it would look to expand its geographical footprint
Tue Mar 13, 2018
Anaplan looks to channel to support global growth
Software vendor talks channel growth as partners take greater role in go-to-market strategy
Tue Mar 13, 2018
Team collaboration tools see different adoption strategies
Team collaboration tools like Slack and Microsoft Teams can be deployed in different ways. The options include focus on end-user choices or greater IT and executive control.
Tue Mar 13, 2018
Industrial robots set to cut out human workforce
Greater operational efficiency and a reduction in errors are among the benefits of industrial robots – but the biggest savings are in staffing
Tue Mar 13, 2018
Accountants look to artificial intelligence as clients get more demanding
Accountancy firms are planning to invest in artificial intelligence and automation technologies to free up staff from repetitive administrative tasks
Tue Mar 13, 2018
Scrivito unveils serverless CMS product
By building the CMS with ReactJS, Scrivito gained attraction with development community, according to an analyst.
Tue Mar 13, 2018
Finnish government backs tech-city development in Oulu
Finland's government wants the city of Oulu to become a world leading destination for IT startups
Tue Mar 13, 2018
Binance bounty offered for info on attempted attack
A failed attack led to a Binance bounty offer of $250,000 for information that leads to the arrest of the threat actors responsible for the attempted cryptocurrency theft.
Tue Mar 13, 2018
Chancellor's plans to tackle late payments welcomed
The Spring Statement included some comments about the government's determination to tackle late payments and increase support for SMEs
Tue Mar 13, 2018
Retailers need to prepare properly before AI adoption, say experts
Artificial intelligence can help many areas of the retail landscape, but retailers should make sure they prepare before taking on AI adoption, says an expert panel
Tue Mar 13, 2018
Hammond delivers tech-positive Spring Statement
Delivering his Spring Statement, the chancellor bangs the drum for UK tech businesses, confirms £25m for 5G testbeds, allocates full-fibre funding and highlights the need for digital skills
Tue Mar 13, 2018
Government ‘unlawfully delegated’ bulk data powers to GCHQ, court hears
Privacy International urges Britain’s most secret court, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, to rule that the government illegally collected surveillance data from internet and phone companies until at least September 2017
Tue Mar 13, 2018
Researchers claim AMD flaws threaten Ryzen, EPYC chips
Ryzen and EPYC AMD flaws were partially detailed with just 24 hours' disclosure notice, despite potentially significant exploits, including secure processor takeover or security bypass.
Tue Mar 13, 2018
Cisco-BroadSoft cloud PBX to bring telephony to Spark
Cisco plans to use the BroadSoft cloud PBX to open Spark to the public telephone network. The PBX came with the Cisco-BroadSoft acquisition completed last month.
Tue Mar 13, 2018
Government hands out £95m for local full-fibre broadband
The government has named the first recipients of a £190m tranche of funding to realise local full-fibre broadband projects
Wed Mar 14, 2018
Stoke Council picks VX Fiber to light up fibre broadband network
VX Fiber’s Open Access Platform will allow Stoke-on-Trent council to realise a return on its fibre investment while bringing gigabit broadband services to homes and businesses
Wed Mar 14, 2018
Intel microcode updates complicate admin patching duties
March Patch Tuesday adds several more mitigations for the Spectre and Meltdown exploits, this time for 32-bit server and client operating systems.
Wed Mar 14, 2018
APAC security chiefs expect imminent attack on critical systems
Nearly 70% of cyber security leaders in the APAC region believe a major attack affecting critical infrastructure across multiple countries will happen in the next two years, a survey reveals
Wed Mar 14, 2018
Amazon Rekognition goes live in AWS Sydney region
The cloud-based AI service from Amazon Web Services has already drawn a diverse set of Australian businesses, paving the way for greater adoption of AI in Australia
Wed Mar 14, 2018
Most people think cryptocurrency will be accepted on buses by 2025
Cryptocurrency is a mystery to many people, yet 55% of respondents to a survey expect shops and buses to accept digital money in seven years’ time
Wed Mar 14, 2018
HPE adds more personal options to Cloud28+ platform
The vendor is increasing the depth of customisation available to channel partners looking to promote their own brands and services on Cloud28+
Wed Mar 14, 2018
Researchers accused of irresponsible disclosure of AMD chip flaws
Israel-based researchers have been accused of irresponsible disclosure for going public with more than a dozen security flaws discovered in AMD processors
Wed Mar 14, 2018
Regulations, budget and culture holding back growth
Ricoh Europe continues its research into customers with a look at what is holding back further investment in digital transformation
Wed Mar 14, 2018
Public sector IT buyers still neglecting to report G-Cloud savings, FoI request reveals
Computer Weekly has learned that public sector IT buyers are still neglecting to self-report details of the savings they have accrued through using the G-Cloud framework
Wed Mar 14, 2018
Tech Data beefs up credit support
The distributor has formed a team with a brief to provide positive credit answers to SME resellers looking to grow
Wed Mar 14, 2018
ONF puts focus on white box switches with Stratum project
The Open Networking Foundation formed Stratum, an open source networking project intended to create more interoperability among white box switches and network operating systems.
Wed Mar 14, 2018
Putting the contact center in the cloud blurs lines with UC
The line between unified communications and the contact center is blurring as organizations look to bring both technologies together via cloud adoption.
Wed Mar 14, 2018
Survey reveals what the coders building the future desire
Global survey reveals some of the attitudes of the world's software developers
Wed Mar 14, 2018
All-flash rules while Brexit slows UK storage spend, says IDC
IDC quarterly storage shipments tracker shows all-flash storage on top of the pile while Brexit slows UK spending and Huawei knocks Hitachi Data Systems out of top five
Wed Mar 14, 2018
Users share team collaboration software strategies
Many companies are pursuing a team collaboration software strategy to consolidate messaging on one platform to streamline IT and end user communications.
Wed Mar 14, 2018
Computacenter one of the first off the blocks with VMware Cloud on AWS
The first two partners in the UK selling VMware Cloud on AWS have been revealed
Wed Mar 14, 2018
Four Scottish health boards to join up health and social care data
Health boards in the North of Scotland plan to deploy a clinical portal by early 2019, sharing health and social care data across the region
Wed Mar 14, 2018
WhatsApp to suspend data sharing with Facebook
WhatsApp has agreed to stop sharing personal data with Facebook until data protection concerns are addressed
Wed Mar 14, 2018
Cost and compliance deter users from public clouds
Hyper-converged server provider Nutanix argues that Azure and AWS are not the best option for running predictable workloads
Wed Mar 14, 2018
'Intelligent tutoring systems' use AI to boost student IQ
Intelligent tutoring systems that track how a student learns become smarter and more useful with practice, according to Carnegie Mellon University's Ken Koedinger. It's all about the data.
Wed Mar 14, 2018
Panzura storage adds Private Secure Site Mode feature
The Panzura Freedom 7.1 cloud storage software release features Private Secure Site Mode to let security-focused IT organizations disable external communications.
Wed Mar 14, 2018
Government setting up local planning group to support 5G roll-out
Digital minister Margot James is building a new initiative to support collaboration on 5G mobile network roll-out at a local level, bringing together councils, landowners and industry to work on planning challenges and policy
Wed Mar 14, 2018
Avaya Mobile Experience could lower contact center costs
The new Avaya Mobile Experience helps contact centers manage incoming calls from mobile phones. Analysts said the latest service could help reduce costs.
Wed Mar 14, 2018
Pivot3 Acuity X3 eyes big opportunities in smaller spaces
Pivot3 expands its Acuity hyper-converged line with X3 Series. The NVMe flash appliances help smaller departments consolidate mixed application workloads on a common system.
Wed Mar 14, 2018
Ready for artificial intelligence in speech recognition?
Artificial intelligence in speech recognition is transforming the technology, but are enterprises ready to employ these new tools within their operations?
Wed Mar 14, 2018
Spanning Backup for Salesforce enhances metadata restore
Spanning Backup makes it easier for Salesforce administrators who deal with metadata. Direct restore improves self-service of important Salesforce work.
Wed Mar 14, 2018
New Masergy UCaaS feature helps avoid overpayments
Masergy UCaaS customers can use their human resource applications to automate adding and deleting UCaaS users. The new feature can avoid overpayments.
Wed Mar 14, 2018
Non-compliant G-Cloud suppliers escape spend data sharing fines, as MISO revamp gathers pace
Freedom of Information request reveals G-Cloud providers are not being fined for failing to submit monthly spend data, as the CCS claims success with using other deterrent methods
Thu Mar 15, 2018
Full-fibre broadband voucher scheme gets green light
Chancellor Philip Hammond has signed off on £67m to fund full-fibre broadband connections for small businesses around the UK
Thu Mar 15, 2018
Microsoft's Chinese-English translation system achieves human parity
A China-US research team at software powerhouse Microsoft has developed an AI-powered system that can translate Chinese news articles into English as well as humans do.
Thu Mar 15, 2018
Alibaba Cloud’s Indonesia datacentre is open for business
The Chinese cloud supplier is pulling all stops to expand its Asia-Pacific footprint, including training local cloud professionals and nabbing notable customers – including one of Indonesia’s top e-commerce companies
Thu Mar 15, 2018
Openreach to open 12 fibre broadband engineering schools
Openreach has opened the first of 12 planned training centres around the UK as it sets out to recruit more than 3,000 fibre broadband engineers
Thu Mar 15, 2018
DocuTrac medical software is a breach risk, warns Rapid7
Security researchers have issued a security warning about medical billing and documentation software they say puts patients at risk of data breach
Thu Mar 15, 2018
Infosys announces more US jobs
Indian supplier Infosys continues to open hubs and recruit more IT professionals in the US
Thu Mar 15, 2018
Gigamon planning closer ties with more channel partners
The network visibility specialist is aiming to double the number of focused partners it works with over the course of this year
Thu Mar 15, 2018
More than 60% of teen girls regret not studying Stem
Accenture study shows 62% of teenage girls regret not studying science, technology, engineering and maths subjects for longer
Thu Mar 15, 2018
With auditability, deep learning could revolutionise insurance industry
The likes of Google may be pushing deep learning in artificial intelligence, but it may not be the best approach for regulated industries
Thu Mar 15, 2018
Ambitious SMEs are open to using finance
Some of the SMEs looking for growth this year are using finance to speed up that process
Thu Mar 15, 2018
Coders feel responsible for impact of artificial intelligence on society
The technologists building artificial intelligence algorithms should take responsibility for the technology’s impact on society, a survey finds
Thu Mar 15, 2018
Is it best to buy or build a network automation system?
Bloggers explore the question of buying versus building a network automation system, the challenges of hyper-converged infrastructure and the integration of AI into enterprise IT.
Thu Mar 15, 2018
HIMSS notebook: EHR trends embraced by vendors with AI and CRM
EHR trends were among the news at HIMSS 2018. Cerner and Salesforce are teaming to bring patient data into healthcare CRM. Meanwhile, Epic and Nuance promoted an AI assistant.
Thu Mar 15, 2018
Tesco appoints new chief technology officer
Supermarket giant’s new CTO joins from Airbus and will continue to implement retailer’s digital transformation programme
Thu Mar 15, 2018
SolarWinds SRM keeps an eye on new all-flash arrays
SolarWinds updates Storage Resource Monitor to support more all-flash arrays and adds application-dependency functionality to Server & Application Monitor.
Thu Mar 15, 2018
Streaming tool from StreamSets eyes data in motion for GDPR
StreamSets software for inspecting big data brings governance to data in motion. Such capabilities may find more use as the European Union's GDPR deadline looms.
Thu Mar 15, 2018
AWS attacks rivals with Amazon Chime pricing
Amazon Web Services is switching Amazon Chime pricing to a usage model to lure businesses away from rivals Slack, Microsoft Teams and Cisco Spark. The new pricing starts in April.
Thu Mar 15, 2018
Companies ill-equipped to combat malicious AI
Companies are on the precipice of being attacked by malicious AI but lack the skills and tools needed to put up a basic defense, according to ISACA's Rob Clyde.
Thu Mar 15, 2018
ISACA: Build security into artificial intelligence hardware
A new paper on how to fight off malicious AI recommends adding security features to AI chips. ISACA's Rob Clyde explains why that's a good idea.
Thu Mar 15, 2018
Salesforce e-commerce gets B2B boost with CloudCraze purchase
To improve its e-commerce offerings, the CRM company bought B2B commerce product CloudCraze for an undisclosed amount. The purchase will add B2B functionality.
Thu Mar 15, 2018
Analysts: How to make IBM Cloud services more competitive
To make IBM Cloud more competitive, Big Blue must stand by its enterprise base, while it also satisfies the developer community and expands its infrastructure tools.
Fri Mar 16, 2018
UK demand for AI professionals has almost tripled in three years
As the technology landscape changes, so do the skills organisations need, and research by jobsite Indeed has revealed a big rise in demand for people with artificial intelligence skills
Fri Mar 16, 2018
Three reaches 10 million customer milestone
UK’s smallest “big four” mobile operator reflects on a solid year as it gears up for the imminent spectrum auction
Fri Mar 16, 2018
US blames Russia for cyber attacks on energy firms
The US has blamed Russia for a series of attacks on energy sector firms, underlining the need to ensure critical infrastructure IT systems are up to date and secure
Fri Mar 16, 2018
Defence industry urges government to relax controls on crypto exports
Trade body representing defence, aerospace and security companies calls on government to make it easier to export “non-contentious” cryptography to secure organisations against cyber crime
Fri Mar 16, 2018
Nordic CIO interview: Jussi Sorvali, HMD Global
The head of IT at Finland-based smartphone maker HMD Global turned to the cloud to get the entire IT department up and running quickly
Fri Mar 16, 2018
Tech won’t solve Brexit UK-Ireland border challenges, say MPs
There is no evidence of any technical solution “anywhere in the world” that would help avoid physical infrastructure at the UK-Ireland border post-Brexit, according to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
Fri Mar 16, 2018
Cyber criminals using complex financial system, study shows
Cyber criminals are using a combination of new cryptocurrencies, gaming currencies and micro-payments to launder up to $200bn in ill-gotten gains, research has revealed
Fri Mar 16, 2018
Ofcom sets out 5G spectrum auction process
Regulator has given details of the two-stage 5G mobile network spectrum auction process that will begin next week
Fri Mar 16, 2018
Dell taking share and talking channel growth across UK and EMEA
Senior UK and EMEA channel leaders from Dell have given an update on the progress made last year and the focus for the months ahead
Fri Mar 16, 2018
IBM sets up no-fee Data Science Elite team to speed up AI adoption
IBM uses Think conference in Las Vegas to launch a no-fee data science consultancy and a platform for artificial intelligence app development
Fri Mar 16, 2018
Capgemini arm bags European Commission data infrastructure project
The European Commission has extended the contract of prime contractor Capgemini on its open data project
Fri Mar 16, 2018
MSPAlliance insurance to protect providers against claims
A revised MSPAlliance insurance program aims to shield managed services and cloud computing providers from claims stemming from the EU GDPR regulation.
Fri Mar 16, 2018
IT contractors not a risk despite Snowden leaks, GCHQ tells court
The government argues in the Investigatory Powers Tribunal that contractors with systems administration rights to computers holding GCHQ’s most sensitive intelligence pose no more of a security risk than the agency’s employees
Fri Mar 16, 2018
Salesforce small business tools get major refresh
Emphasizing the 'S' in 'SMB,' Salesforce goes after companies with 20 employees or less with Salesforce Essentials -- with hooks into Trailhead's free training.
Fri Mar 16, 2018
Yahoo Japan deploys intent-based network with Apstra AOS
Yahoo Japan deploys an Apstra intent-based network to oversee multiple vendors. Cisco touts Los Angeles Hospital, as well as the benefits it's getting from its DNA strategy.
Fri Mar 16, 2018
Leaked report on AMD chip flaws raises ethical disclosure questions
Researchers announced AMD chip flaws without the coordinated disclosure procedure, and a leak of the research to a short seller has raised further suspicions about the process.
Fri Mar 16, 2018
Following Equifax data breach, executive charged with insider trading
News roundup: A CIO has been charged with insider trading after the Equifax data breach. Plus, Trump blocked Broadcom's acquisition of Qualcomm, and more.
Fri Mar 16, 2018
Majority of organisations unaware of costs and responsibilities for cloud outages, research finds
Most companies are unaware about the costs associated with a cloud outage and who is responsible for getting systems back online
Fri Mar 16, 2018
Twilio Flex provides a customizable cloud contact center platform
Twilio Flex offers a customizable interface that sits atop the vendor's application development platform. The offering could appeal to large enterprises looking for a flexible cloud contact center platform.
Fri Mar 16, 2018
IBM Cloud services to secure mainframes out to the edge
Big Blue will introduce IBM Cloud services that use blockchain, containers and its z14 mainframes to deliver improved security across cloud and on-premises environments.
Fri Mar 16, 2018
Ethernet bandwidth costs fall to a six-year low
Ethernet bandwidth costs in data center switches fell to a six-year low in 2017. Crehan Research reported cloud provider demand for speed was behind the drop.
Fri Mar 16, 2018
IBM Cloud Garage Method on display at Think conference
Playing to its roots in services, IBM plans to demonstrate how its Garage development methodology can help startups and enterprises 'think' through cloud projects.
Fri Mar 16, 2018
Employers face hiring crisis as AI replaces mid-skilled jobs
Artificial intelligence could replace two-thirds of existing jobs within 20 years, and employers will face growing difficulties recruiting skilled staff
Fri Mar 16, 2018
Russian government hacking earns U.S. sanctions, warnings
The U.S. Treasury Department levied sanctions for Russian government hacking, as a joint alert from the FBI and DHS confirms election meddling and critical infrastructure attacks.
Fri Mar 16, 2018
Two data scientists offer advice on breaking down siloed data
Data scientists offer insight into why the age-old problem of siloed data persists and some concrete advice to CIOs on how to break down the walls.
Fri Mar 16, 2018
Ex-Equifax CIO's insider trading indictment a red flag for IT execs
A former Equifax CIO has been indicted for insider trading following the company's 2017 data breach. Will it force IT execs to reexamine the importance of proper breach response?
Fri Mar 16, 2018
Accenture-Disney deal: Blockchain at the movies
A recently revealed Accenture-Disney alliance aims to apply virtual reality, machine learning and blockchain in immersive entertainment and film production; other news.