TechTarget News - Week of Jul 29, 2018
Mon Jul 30, 2018
Burden of data protection rests on firms and governments
A senior executive at Singapore’s Cyber Security Agency stressed the role of corporate data governance and government regulations in raising the bar on cyber security
Mon Jul 30, 2018
How F1 and others are moving beyond descriptive analytics
Formula 1 and Merck Sharp & Dohme are using data analytics to better understand user behaviour and predict the future
Mon Jul 30, 2018
Search begins for UK’s cyber security Unsung Heroes
The Security Serious cyber awareness campaign has opened nominations for the third annual cyber security Unsung Heroes awards
Mon Jul 30, 2018
Digital identity system for EU nationals should be used for all UK citizens, says report
Policy Exchange report recommends extending Home Office system for registering EU nationals post-Brexit to become UK-wide digital identity application
Mon Jul 30, 2018
Dubai disputes court and Smart Dubai partner to apply blockchain
Organisations in Dubai are working on developing the principal of blockchain-based courts
Mon Jul 30, 2018
HYCU moves beyond Nutanix backup with Google Cloud support
HYCU's first non-Nutanix-based product is backup for Google Cloud Platform, ahead of Nutanix's Xi Cloud Services partnership with Google due later this year.
Mon Jul 30, 2018
IBM and CLS to work on blockchain app store
IBM and foreign exchange settlement provider CLS are using their complimentary expertise to create an app store for finance firms using distributed ledger technology
Mon Jul 30, 2018
Government to fund six connected vehicle simulation projects
The government has announced the winners of an R&D contest for connected vehicle simulation and modelling capabilities
Mon Jul 30, 2018
Pentagon flags risky software suppliers
The Pentagon has drawn up a list of software suppliers that it wants the US military and defence contractors to avoid due to fears of risks to national security
Mon Jul 30, 2018
M&S aims to give 1,000 employees data skills
Luxury supermarket Marks and Spencer has partnered with Decoded to create a programme aimed at teaching its employees data skills
Mon Jul 30, 2018
6 enterprise AR use cases
Augmented reality is making its way into the enterprise. Here, experts detail six AR use cases and how AR headsets are helping boost productivity and reduce errors.
Tue Jul 31, 2018
3 Hong Kong gears up for 5G with “epic” transformation
The Hong Kong telco is putting in an advanced technical architecture that will streamline and automate internal processes and IT as it prepares for the 5G era
Tue Jul 31, 2018
Briton ran pro-Kremlin disinformation campaign that helped Trump deny Russian links
A British IT manager and former hacker from Darlington ran a disinformation campaign that duped former US intelligence agents and provided Donald Trump with manufactured “evidence” to deny that Russia interfered with the US election
Tue Jul 31, 2018
Dixons Carphone ups data breach figure to 10 million
Dixons Carphone now believes the number of personal data records affected in 2017’s data breach is nearly 10 times greater than initially thought
Tue Jul 31, 2018
Australia’s health sector reports most data breaches again
In the first full quarter since Australia’s mandatory breach disclosure scheme came into effect, healthcare providers reported the most data breaches amid controversy over the national health record system
Tue Jul 31, 2018
Why Pinterest pinpointed features for the visually impaired
Ideas curation site has developed features for people with visual impairment. Its lead designer explains what has been changed and why it matters
Tue Jul 31, 2018
Comms providers may be forced to notify out-of-contract users
Providers of landline, broadband, TV and mobile services will have to notify their customers when they approach the end of their minimum contract period under proposed new rules
Tue Jul 31, 2018
Utilita Energy supplier uses cloud to rapidly scale IT service desk
Energy provider Utilita Energy puts its IT service management in the cloud to support its rapid growth
Tue Jul 31, 2018
SamSam ransomware reaps $5.9m and counting
In just two and a half years, SamSam campaigns are believed to have netted nearly $6m for cyber criminals, an analysis of this adaptive and evasive strain of active ransomware reveals
Tue Jul 31, 2018
UK business overestimating level of consumer trust, study shows
UK consumer trust is low, with the majority of UK businesses admitting to selling customer data, a report reveals
Tue Jul 31, 2018
Intelligent automation spending to hit $232bn by 2025
Technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotic process automation and machine learning could help traditional enterprises gain ground on digital-first giants
Tue Jul 31, 2018
NetSpectre is a remote side-channel attack, but a slow one
A new PoC attack using Spectre variant 1 called NetSpectre marks the first time Spectre v1 has been exploited remotely, although questions remain on the practicality of the attack.
Tue Jul 31, 2018
UK fintech investment exceeds US and China
Financial technology investments in the UK have surpassed those made in the US and China
Tue Jul 31, 2018
Report: ERP security is weak, vulnerable and under attack
ERP security is in trouble, according to a new report. Many ERP systems connected to the internet are insecure, and users are lagging in installing updates.
Tue Jul 31, 2018
Cynozure lets you hire a chief digital officer on demand
Why pay for a full-time chief digital officer? Cynozure has a new service to enable smaller businesses to swap them out, as and when they need a change
Tue Jul 31, 2018
Tableau BI gets Extensions API in version 2018.2 update
Tableau's BI software sees general release of a 2018.2 update with an API for dashboard extensions, while a 2018.3 beta adds more new analytics capabilities.
Tue Jul 31, 2018
Inner-city colocation space in demand as firms want better latency, says Interxion managing director
Previous predictions that rural datacentres would be more common are being changed as enterprises aim to bring better latency to customers, says Interxion managing director Andrew Fray
Tue Jul 31, 2018
Software developer uses Flexential data center for DR
Out of the cabinet and into the cloud, Virtual Resort Manager's disaster recovery journey started at colocation and ended up completely off premises in a cloud.
Tue Jul 31, 2018
Apache OpenWhisk vulnerability targets IBM Cloud Functions
A recently discovered security vulnerability in Apache OpenWhisk zeroes in on IBM Cloud Functions and other commercial products based on the open source serverless platform.
Tue Jul 31, 2018
SamSam ransomware payments reach nearly $6 million
New research reveals SamSam ransomware campaign has generated almost $6 million for attacker and appears to be the work of a single hacker who shows no sign of slowing down.
Tue Jul 31, 2018
Juniper multi-cloud strategy aimed at enterprise data centers
The Juniper multi-cloud strategy is aimed at expanding the vendor's reach beyond carriers and the largest enterprises. Key to the game plan is Contrail Enterprise Multicloud.
Tue Jul 31, 2018
End-user security awareness training is a must-have
There are lots of different ways to keep users up to date on the latest security risks and how they should be handling their corporate resources.
Tue Jul 31, 2018
U.S. government making progress on DMARC implementation
The deadline for full DMARC implementation in U.S. government-owned domains is less than three months away, and only half of the domains have the correct policy in place.
Tue Jul 31, 2018
Google's Edge TPU breaks model inferencing out of the cloud
Google's Edge TPU is a force multiplier to compete against the likes of Amazon, IBM and Microsoft, and to attract next-gen app developers.
Tue Jul 31, 2018
Yale data breach discovered 10 years too late
A Yale University data breach from 2008 was only just discovered, and the school has released details on the compromised information, including Social Security numbers.
Tue Jul 31, 2018
Malvertising campaign tied to legitimate online ad companies
A new report from Check Point Research uncovers an extensive malvertising campaign known as Master134 and implicates several online advertising companies in the scheme.
Wed Aug 1, 2018
What machine learning practitioners can learn from data warehousing
Cloudera’s head of emerging business shares lessons that machine learning practitioners can learn from their cousins in data warehousing
Wed Aug 1, 2018
Apple breaks Q3 records, while losing market share to Huawei
Apple has posted a record-breaking quarter, but its smartphones are not selling as fast. Huawei is now the second largest smartphone maker
Wed Aug 1, 2018
Northern Ireland to deploy patient portal
Health and Social Care Northern Ireland will begin piloting a patient portal later this month to support people with dementia
Wed Aug 1, 2018
Top dark web indicators of compromise
There are 10 common activities on the dark web that indicate a data breach or some other security compromise has taken place, according to a specialist monitoring firm
Wed Aug 1, 2018
Bromium evolves virtualisation-based security
Virtualisation-based security firm Bromium has evolved its technology to offer bidirectional protection for applications and underlying operating systems
Wed Aug 1, 2018
Home Office dishes out more than £100m for police tech projects
The Home Office has awarded £42.7m of funding to a range of digital policing projects, as well as approved £70m for four ongoing national programmes across England and Wales
Wed Aug 1, 2018
HP bolsters copier position with Apogee buy
Apogee has found itself the target of a deal as HP looks to increase its chances of gaining a major foothold in the A3 copier market
Wed Aug 1, 2018
SMEs changing the bundles approach
Bundles have often been a bit hit and miss but thanks to the need to cater them for SME customers things are improving
Wed Aug 1, 2018
AWS revenue growth slows as competition in the global IaaS market heats up
Gartner's latest look at the global infrastructure as a service (IaaS) market shines a light on how the great and good of the public cloud supplier community are fairing
Wed Aug 1, 2018
Public sector increases outsourcing in first half of 2018
IT and business processing outsourcing in UK central government accelerates in the first half this year, almost matching the total spend by financial services firms
Wed Aug 1, 2018
Alluxio adds connectors for multi-cloud data migration
Updated Alluxio open source storage software homes in on portability across multiple big data object stores. Applications access Alluxio as mountable file storage.
Wed Aug 1, 2018
Cisco lays groundwork for augmented reality in Cisco Webex app
This month, the 135 million Cisco Webex app users will get access to a refreshed UI, as the vendor is ramping up to support more advanced video use cases, such as augmented reality.
Wed Aug 1, 2018
Consumers spend less cash on connectivity, but more time online
The total amount of money consumers are spending on fixed and mobile connectivity services has fallen for the first time in five years
Thu Aug 2, 2018
Google to build third datacentre in Singapore
The facility will increase Google’s datacentre investments in the city-state to $850m, and follows the launch of Southeast Asia’s first Google Cloud Platform region in 2017
Thu Aug 2, 2018
Three Carbanak cyber heist gang members arrested
Three alleged members of the Carbanak gang believed to be responsible for more than 100 cyber heists worldwide have been arrested, US authorities have announced
Thu Aug 2, 2018
GDPR harmonised with local laws in Nordic EU states
Sweden provides an interesting challenge for the European Union’s data protection regulation due to its laws around freedom of press and free speech
Thu Aug 2, 2018
Three ploughs £276m into 5G preparation
Hutchison-backed mobile operator Three is spending lavishly as it bids to be first to market with a commercial 5G network
Thu Aug 2, 2018
Reddit breach exposes 2FA flaws
Reddit has reported a password breach despite using 2FA, exposing the weaknesses of two-factor authentication based on mobile text messages
Thu Aug 2, 2018
Gorgon Group shows simple cyber attacks remain effective
A highly effective cyber attack group that appears to be based in Pakistan is carrying out targeted attacks against nation states at the same time as criminal operations, researchers have found
Thu Aug 2, 2018
Managed print services gaining ground
Managed print services have been around for a while but they are being taken up with increasing enthusiasm by customers
Thu Aug 2, 2018
EU-backed datacentre consortium seeks industry help for Europe-wide sustainability push
Catalyst Consortium is creating a green energy special interest group to work out how best to encourage Europe’s datacentre operators to reuse their waste heat and reduce the impact of their activities on local energy grids
Thu Aug 2, 2018
Data has potential to enhance UK economy and productivity, says government
Government paper sets out potential for data to drive economic value, and highlights series of challenges that need to be addressed to fully gain benefits
Thu Aug 2, 2018
Government launches digital economy competition review
Obama’s former chief economic advisor will lead panel on competition in the digital economy to ensure regulations are fit for purpose
Thu Aug 2, 2018
Three-quarters of UK adults have not heard of open banking
Open banking will struggle to deliver what it promises unless people are made aware of its existence and what it could do for them
Thu Aug 2, 2018
Audi to test 5G use cases in car production
German carmaker Audi is working with Sweden’s Ericsson to run field tests of 5G mobile networking technology exploring its applications on the factory floor
Thu Aug 2, 2018
Gartner UC Magic Quadrant ranking belies Avaya's challenges
Avaya was once again named a leader in the Gartner UC Magic Quadrant. But analysts say the vendor could struggle to add customers given the growing dominance of Microsoft and Cisco.
Thu Aug 2, 2018
Manage APIs with connectivity-led strategy to cure data access woes
MuleSoft founder and VP Ross Mason discusses API-led connectivity as a linchpin in an enterprise API strategy to dissolve data silos and speed adoption of new apps, such as AI and FaaS.
Thu Aug 2, 2018
Western Digital launches 15 TB enterprise SAS SSD
Western Digital's 15 TB Ultrastar SAS SSD has twice the capacity of its previous version, but only half of the capacity of Toshiba's 31 TB whopper.
Thu Aug 2, 2018
ChannelCon 2018: MSPs face operational growing pains
Operational efficiency improvement is an important step for a growing MSP, but one that can prove difficult to take, according to industry executives at ChannelCon 2018.
Thu Aug 2, 2018
NetApp AI storage packages OnTap all-flash FAS A800, Nvidia
NetApp follows Pure Storage's lead, adds Nvidia GPUs to its all-flash arrays to build a storage product designed for data scientists and others dabbling in artificial intelligence.
Thu Aug 2, 2018
FIN7 members arrested after stealing 15 million credit card records
The FBI arrested three members of the FIN7 cybercrime gang -- also known as the Carbanak Group -- for targeting more than 100 businesses and stealing 15 million credit card records.
Thu Aug 2, 2018
Kontron heeds carrier demand for software, buys Inocybe
Kontron has bought open source networking company Inocybe. The specialty hardware maker is adding SDN software to its portfolio as telco customers buy more commodity systems.
Thu Aug 2, 2018
Black Hat 2018 survey: Cybersecurity staffing, budgets still lacking
According to a survey of Black Hat 2018 attendees, organizations are still struggling with insufficient cybersecurity staff and budgets to meet the current and emerging threats.
Thu Aug 2, 2018
Shadow IT channel outpaces traditional partners
The channel partner ecosystem is in for transformative change, as a flood of cloud consultancies, ISVs and tech-oriented professional services firms enters the market.
Fri Aug 3, 2018
Google to alert firms of state-sponsored attacks on G Suite users
As cyber security increasingly becomes a market differentiator, Google has announced that businesses using G Suite cloud-based software can opt in to cyber attack alerts
Fri Aug 3, 2018
UK security centre to launch IoT security standard
The London-based Centre for Strategic Cyber Space and Security Science is working on an internet of things security standard and has roped in participants from eight markets
Fri Aug 3, 2018
Hyperoptic raises £250m funding to roll out full-fibre broadband
Broadband supplier Hyperoptic claims its latest round of funding is the largest ever single investment in the UK’s burgeoning full-fibre market
Fri Aug 3, 2018
BEIS research and development budget nearly £8bn in 2018/19
Working to reach the government’s target of spending 2.4% of GDP on research and development by 2027, BEIS has increased its budget to nearly £8bn in 2018/19
Fri Aug 3, 2018
Forcepoint: GDPR still a channel opportunity
The impact on the security player from the EU data compliance regulations has been more than just a sales opportunity according to Neal Lillywhite, VP EMEA Channel at Forcepoint
Fri Aug 3, 2018
Google Contact Center AI makes early inroads in industry
Prospective users are already interested in Google's recently unveiled Contact Center AI system, and Google partners are avidly trying to sell it. But some in industry urge caution
Fri Aug 3, 2018
IBM boosts security, reliability in Power Systems server additions
IBM's upcoming Power Systems servers add more security and reliability for cloud environments and promise to lower maintenance costs over the systems' life span.
Fri Aug 3, 2018
HR automation, simplification mean less staff and savings
HR departments that adopt best practices in technology and management will spend less than their peers, according to The Hackett Group, a management consulting firm.
Fri Aug 3, 2018
Cisco and Google deepen collaboration partnership
Cisco and Google have committed to creating seamless integrations between Webex and the productivity apps in G Suite, which should help both vendors compete against Microsoft.
Fri Aug 3, 2018
BEIS courts datacentre operators to join energy efficiency technology accelerator programme
Government-backed programme is being run by the Carbon Trust and offering grants of up to £1m to help participants commercialise new energy-saving technology developments
Fri Aug 3, 2018
Reddit breach sparks debate over SMS 2FA
Using two-factor authentication with one-time passwords sent via SMS has come under question again after a Reddit breach was blamed on the faulty 2FA method.
Fri Aug 3, 2018
Disclose.io launches vulnerability disclosure 'safe harbor'
News roundup: Disclose.io offers legal bug bounty framework to give researchers safe harbor from legal action for vulnerability disclosures. Plus, Stamos exits Facebook, and more.
Fri Aug 3, 2018
IT pros debate upstream vs. packaged Kubernetes implementations
As IT vendors race to package Kubernetes implementations, their fiercest competition is not from other vendors, but from pure upstream code and DIY container orchestration projects.
Fri Aug 3, 2018
Cisco bolsters cloud security with Duo acquisition
Cisco has bought Duo Security to add its two-step authentication services to Cisco's cloud-based security offerings. Cisco plans to close the Duo acquisition by October.
Fri Aug 3, 2018
Missouri hospital sued over medical records breach
A lawsuit has been filed against Children's Mercy Hospital after the medical records of more than 60,000 patients were potentially compromised as a result of a phishing scam.
Fri Aug 3, 2018
VR in real estate has mainstream potential for IT resellers
Growing interest in AR and VR in real estate could open doors for channel partners, according to Ingram Micro; other IT channel news from the week.
Fri Aug 3, 2018
Siemens boosts low-code development play with Mendix buy
Siemens' acquisition of Mendix will add low-code capabilities to its industrial IoT strategy and help create a raft of SaaS applications.
Fri Aug 3, 2018
Advertised broadband speeds dropping across UK
Since new advertising standards around broadband were introduced in May 2018, most providers have cut the speeds they advertise, or stopped making speed claims altogether