TechTarget News - Week of Jul 01, 2018
Mon Jul 2, 2018
Australian government grappling with digital transformation woes
Digital transformation in Australia’s public sector has been beset by soaring rhetoric and vague aspirations by government, a new report reveals
Mon Jul 2, 2018
Singapore’s Fullerton Health gears up for the cloud
Private healthcare service provider Fullerton Health is moving business applications to Microsoft’s cloud services before rolling out data analytics and artificial intelligence to enhance operations and patient care
Mon Jul 2, 2018
HMRC deactivates record number of fake websites
HM Revenue & Customs has removed more than 20,000 malicious websites in the past year, but warns people to stay alert to the threat from online fraudsters
Mon Jul 2, 2018
Finland’s R&D spending is recovering after a lost decade
The Finnish tech sector could benefit form better access to funds as the government prepares to increase spending on research and development
Mon Jul 2, 2018
Bolloré Group partners with Alibaba for cloud and co-development
French transportation conglomerate will use Alibaba cloud, and Alibaba will look at using Bolloré's battery technology in its datacentres
Mon Jul 2, 2018
Department for Work and Pensions uses artificial intelligence to crack down on benefits fraud
DWP has made several digital strides, including developing AI to track organised benefits fraud, moved more than 100 digital products to “new hosting arrangements” and made savings on technology contracts, according to its annual report
Mon Jul 2, 2018
Channel roundup: Who's gone where?
No time for applying the sun cream and firing up the BBQ for those working in personnel departments in the channel
Mon Jul 2, 2018
Huge potential for use of big data to improve ambulance services, report finds
King’s College London report says government should explore value of big data, and calls for London ambulance services to partner with TfL to navigate traffic ‘more intelligently’
Mon Jul 2, 2018
Linux targeted by illicit cryptocurrency miners
Cryptojacking is increasingly being used by cyber criminals to raise funds, Watchguard report reveals
Mon Jul 2, 2018
Oracle decides on Brussels for European fintech innovation centre
Software giant Oracle chooses Brussels as the centre of its European financial technology innovation programme
Mon Jul 2, 2018
Case study: Logistics firm GWC moves from paper to digital HR in three months
Qatar-based logistics firm Gulf Warehousing Company introduced smart appraisals for employees, cut the time it takes to recruit, and gave staff and managers access to accurate HR data by replacing paper systems with human resources software
Mon Jul 2, 2018
Airbnb, Univision highlight best practices in BI
At the Real Business Intelligence conference, Airbnb and Univision execs presented some of the BI strategies their organizations use to help drive growth and cut costs.
Tue Jul 3, 2018
New deals bolster IBM’s European cloud business
IBM has signed up a number of new customers for its European cloud, focusing on the platform and software services in the IBM public cloud
Tue Jul 3, 2018
UK financial services firms up tech investments to fuel new services
Driven by the need to offer new services, as well as meet industry regulations, UK financial services firms are increasing spending on IT
Tue Jul 3, 2018
Food Standards Agency pilots blockchain in slaughterhouse
Distributed ledger technology trialled in cattle slaughterhouse to improve transparency across the food supply chain
Tue Jul 3, 2018
Quadient and Quertum working on CX opportunity
Growth in the customer experience market means that those providing the tools for banks and utilities to communicate with users are experiencing healthy market conditions
Tue Jul 3, 2018
Government launches G-Cloud 10
The 10th iteration of G-Cloud is now live, with more than 3,500 suppliers awarded a place on the procurement framework
Tue Jul 3, 2018
Take our 2018 salary survey and tell us what you think about your job in IT
Computer Weekly's annual salary survey aims to reveal IT professionals' attitudes to employment and training
Tue Jul 3, 2018
Feds expand Facebook data sharing probe
The US federal probe into Facebook’s data sharing practices is expanding and MEPs are considering new measures as the firm reveals it granted extended access to 61 companies and admits to another data sharing software bug
Tue Jul 3, 2018
Government welcomes Lords AI report, vaunts industrial strategy
The government has published its official, supportive response to the House of Lords select committee report on artificial intelligence, published earlier this year
Tue Jul 3, 2018
New thinking from tech startups could help solve construction project issues
Three startups shortlisted to join ConstrucTech accelerator to work on innovative technologies to reduce project delays and overspend
Tue Jul 3, 2018
NHS data breach caused details of 150,000 patients to be shared
The NHS has inadvertently shared the confidential data of 150,000 patients over a three-year period due to a coding error in one of the most common GP IT systems
Tue Jul 3, 2018
IT service provider HCL acquires sector expertise as part of European strategy
Indian IT services firm boosts its European car industry credentials though multi-million Euro investment
Tue Jul 3, 2018
Automation a major focus at UKFast
UKFast has created a chief technology officer role to ensure it can continue to automate more processes across its business
Tue Jul 3, 2018
Exiting EU committee cattle-prods government on 'data adequacy'
House of Commons Select Committee for Exiting the European Union urges the government to start the process to secure a “Data Adequacy Decision” from the EU pronto
Tue Jul 3, 2018
Dell's return to public markets sidesteps VMware query
In a complex stock deal Dell once again becomes a public company to flex its muscles against major legacy IT rivals, but sidesteps questions about VMware's autonomy.
Tue Jul 3, 2018
Vodafone puts Facebook Voyager through its paces
Vodafone said it has finished successfully testing the open source Facebook Voyager transponder on a live network in Spain.
Tue Jul 3, 2018
RAMpage attack unlikely to pose real-world risk, expert says
The RAMpage attack against the Rowhammer vulnerability in Android devices is theoretically possible, but it may be more academic than it is a practical concern, one expert said.
Wed Jul 4, 2018
Inside Alibaba Cloud’s Southeast Asia playbook
Alibaba Cloud is working closely with local customers in joint innovation projects, and has started to launch new services for Chinese and international customers simultaneously to narrow the service gap
Wed Jul 4, 2018
Singapore company turns to blockchain to improve food security
SMC Nutrition is using a blockchain distributed ledger developed by a Singapore-based company to gain visibility across its supply chain and ensure food security
Wed Jul 4, 2018
Israel accuses Hamas of using spy apps to target soldiers
Israel has accused Hamas of using apps to hijack soldiers’ phones to spy on them, and UK defence secretary demonstrates how effective that could be
Wed Jul 4, 2018
Software firm Clevermed enhances NHS user experience on Health and Social Care Network
Clevermed, a supplier of maternity and neonatal care record software to the NHS, reveals how users are benefiting after it switched to the new Health and Social Care Network
Wed Jul 4, 2018
European banks need to balance fintech strategies
European Banking Authority highlights the risks of banks taking up fintech too quickly, and of ignoring it
Wed Jul 4, 2018
Exclusive unifies security and cloud approach
A couple of months after it got private investment backing the distributor has outlined its future strategy
Wed Jul 4, 2018
Ingram signals modern workplace as a channel target
Research from the distributor and Microsoft exposes the struggles that IT directors are facing trying to satisfy staff demands for flexibility
Wed Jul 4, 2018
Alibaba Cloud looks to drive its technology ecosystem with startup innovation contest
Alibaba Cloud is hosting its next [email protected] contest as it looks for innovative products from startups
Wed Jul 4, 2018
Industry bets on fixed wireless access for first 5G deployments
Separate tests in Romania and the UK have been demonstrating the potential of fixed wireless access as a component of 5G
Wed Jul 4, 2018
Slow broadband fuels a post-Brexit storm for rural communities
Lack of access to reliable broadband and mobile networks threatens rural livelihoods after Brexit, according to a Local Government Association report
Wed Jul 4, 2018
Dell/VMware and Nutanix dominate a growing hyper-converged market
As hyper-converged system revenues get set to overtake those of converged systems, Dell/VMware and Nutanix are dominating the market for combined server and storage nodes
Wed Jul 4, 2018
Annual IPA report shows state of major government IT projects
None of the 29 government IT projects are given the lowest “red” ranking, but seven projects are rated as “amber/red”, including the Home Office digital borders programme and the NHS e-referral service, meaning successful delivery is in doubt
Thu Jul 5, 2018
Australian startups team up to keep wind turbines humming
Using acoustic sensors and nanosatellite connectivity, two Australian startups hope to identify potential turbine problems before they occur to secure the country’s wind energy
Thu Jul 5, 2018
Cisco wins court battle against grey trader
The networking vendor has won a victory against two directors of Manchester-based Gen-X
Thu Jul 5, 2018
Claranet adds security muscle with NotSoSecure buy
Managed service specialist builds on acquisition of SEC-1 last year with latest purchase to give more depth to its security proposition
Thu Jul 5, 2018
Local Digital Declaration sets out how to transform local public services
The declaration, which sets out five “principles of internet-age local public services”, is backed by £7.5m in government funding to help councils transform services
Thu Jul 5, 2018
Beware blockchain security blindspots, warns RSA
Companies need to ensure that rushed blockchain and other new technology projects are not introducing security vulnerabilities by gaining granular visibility of network activity, according to RSA Security
Thu Jul 5, 2018
UK joins forces with France on artificial intelligence and data
The UK and France will share expertise on AI and research, work together to improve digital services and collaborate to develop tech talent
Thu Jul 5, 2018
UK leads Europe’s tech startup scene over five years, research shows
Tech leads the way as UK shows 5% growth in startups across all industries
Thu Jul 5, 2018
Construction sector gets £420m investment for tech and innovation
Government has partnered with industry to deliver a Construction Sector Deal, which includes a joint £420m investment for “bytes and mortar smart construction”
Thu Jul 5, 2018
UK labour market could be harmed by private sector roll-out of IR35 reforms, consultancy warns
As the government continues to consult on extending the IR35 reforms to the private sector, research suggests contractors will not take kindly to the move
Thu Jul 5, 2018
Ofcom lays out plan for UK fixed wireless networks
Telecoms regulator has set out a wide-ranging plan covering the roll-out of fixed wireless access networks in the UK to support national connectivity and other uses
Thu Jul 5, 2018
New Quantum CEO Lerner sees a future in rich media
The former Cisco exec hopes to use Quantum's high-ingest technology and tape storage to serve a growing need in the surveillance, medical and entertainment markets.
Thu Jul 5, 2018
Cloud Daddy enters AWS data protection fray
Cloud Daddy's Secure Backup offers five levels of protection. The new company has jumped into a growing and necessary market of AWS data backup, recovery and security.
Thu Jul 5, 2018
MapR Data Platform gets object tiering and S3 support
MapR Technologies adds policy-based tiering to its Data Platform to automatically move data across performance, capacity and archive storage on premises and in cloud.
Thu Jul 5, 2018
HPE aims new SimpliVity HCI at edge computing
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has launched a 2U SimpliVity HCI product for virtual desktops. The condensed compute and storage system will later be offered for IoT applications.
Thu Jul 5, 2018
Cohesity backup replaces legacy EMC at Piedmont HealthCare
A healthcare firm doesn't take full advantage of Cohesity secondary storage capabilities, but finds its backup and recovery features simpler and faster.
Fri Jul 6, 2018
Bosch teams up with Singapore Polytechnic in IoT training push
Bosch and Singapore Polytechnic have set up two learning labs to train students on the use of the internet of things in advanced manufacturing
Fri Jul 6, 2018
Keeping up with pace of IT change a growing problem for customers
Digital transformation might be the aim but getting there is not proving to be easy and that should spell a major opportunity for the channel
Fri Jul 6, 2018
Banks given three months to report on how they respond to outages
UK financial services regulators get tough on banks over their ability to recover from IT outages
Fri Jul 6, 2018
How changes in retail law could affect customer experience
New payments regulations could increase the amount of times customers will need to use two-factor authentication to make a purchase, potentially putting a strain on customer experience, according to MasterCard
Fri Jul 6, 2018
European Parliament calls for suspension of Privacy Shield
The Privacy Shield framework that replaced the Safe Harbour agreement for personal data transfers between the EU and the US is under increased pressure due to alleged non-compliance by US firms
Fri Jul 6, 2018
ICO Grants Programme launches second round of funding
The ICO is inviting a second round of applications for funding to promote and support independent, innovative research and solutions focused on privacy and data protection
Fri Jul 6, 2018
HPE's HCI system takes aim at space-constrained data centers
HPE has complemented its recent high-end hyper-converged system with another HCI system to fit the space-constrained environments of branch offices or SMBs.
Fri Jul 6, 2018
HSBC previews the banking staff of the future
The digital revolution in banking is set to create previously unknown jobs, and HSBC has outlined three of the job roles that will be created in the future
Fri Jul 6, 2018
Investment flows into Nordic startups from all directions
The Nordic tech startup scene is attracting funding from a variety of sources, with private equity firms, banks and traditional IT companies all keen to put money in
Fri Jul 6, 2018
CNet Training calls on datacentre sector for input on skill shortage research
Technology skills and education provider CNet Training is calling on the datacentre community to help inform its research into what is behind the sector's skill shortages
Fri Jul 6, 2018
Infosec community welcomes bank sector focus on cyber resilience
The information security community has welcomed regulators’ call on the banking industry to demonstrate their capability to respond to cyber attacks because it highlights the importance of cyber resilience for all businesses
Fri Jul 6, 2018
Public looks to push innovative technologies in public sector with accelerator programme
Public is aiming to drive innovative services in the public sector by selecting its next startup accelerator cohort
Fri Jul 6, 2018
Researchers discover Android apps spying on users' screens
News roundup: Academic researchers discover Android apps secretly recording and sharing video of users' screens. Plus, an NSO Group employee lands in hot water, and more.
Fri Jul 6, 2018
Cisco, Samsung finish 5G trial for home, IoT applications
Cisco, Samsung and French carrier Orange have completed a successful 5G trial. The companies' fixed wireless network delivered HD video to homes and provided IoT services.
Fri Jul 6, 2018
Can value-based care models cut costs? Yes, they can
While value-based care efforts can be hard to implement and aging technology services don't always support them, these efforts are gaining a foothold and saving money.
Fri Jul 6, 2018
Unitrends revamps enterprise backup solutions program in wake of merger
Unitrends revised its channel partner program, adding new tiers and benefits for its legacy partners, as well as incentives for Kaseya MSP partners to join; other news from the week.