TechTarget News - Week of Sep 02, 2018
Mon Sep 3, 2018
Department for Transport invests £10m in digital journey planner
Digital transport planning system will allow local authorities and utility companies to share and record data on roadworks to reduce disruption and delays for drivers
Mon Sep 3, 2018
Majority of UK firms not insured for data breaches
Many UK firms are not insured against information security breaches and data loss, and would have to spend £1m on average to recover from a breach, a report reveals
Mon Sep 3, 2018
NHS organisations in south-east England choose BT for HSCN
BT will provide broadband services over the Health and Social Care Network to 24 NHS trusts and clinical commissioning groups in the south-east of England
Mon Sep 3, 2018
Dutch bank ING sees financial boost from employee performance management rethink
ING claims business has improved after replacing ‘scattered and fragmented’ IT systems to change the way it manages employee performance
Mon Sep 3, 2018
Computacenter expands European footprint with Misco buy
Misco's operation in the Netherlands becomes part of the Computacenter family after the UK player expands its European reach even further
Mon Sep 3, 2018
Canalys: Vendor's beware partner programmes don't lose relevance
The analyst house has found that more resellers are reporting issues with the programmes that they are offered by vendors
Mon Sep 3, 2018
Regulations might prove make-or-break aspect for Dutch scooter startups
If new startups get their way, the classical Dutch bicycles might soon be replaced by a new mode of transportation: a scooter. New companies see a huge potential market, but regulations might become a barrier
Mon Sep 3, 2018
Zurich begins startup competition to improve its strategy for digital-savvy customers
The insurance company has begun a competition across 20 countries in a bid to find the latest innovative products from startups.
Tue Sep 4, 2018
Government confirms West Midlands to become home to UK's first large-scale 5G test bed
The government has confirmed the West Midlands will be used to carry out the UK's first large-scale test of 5G technology, with trials centred on its use in the health, construction and automotive sectors
Tue Sep 4, 2018
TSB CEO out after months of IT problems
TSB’s CEO, Paul Pester, is stepping down after the bank and its customers were beset by another round of IT problems
Tue Sep 4, 2018
UK and allies call for backdoors in encryption products
The Five Eyes intelligence alliance is calling on tech firms to include backdoors in their encrypted products to give access to law enforcement authorities or face various measures
Tue Sep 4, 2018
CIOs raise concerns over Brexit-related developer skills exodus
IT leaders are worried that they will not have enough software developers to support their companies through Brexit
Tue Sep 4, 2018
Three forthcoming government services to use Gov.uk Verify
Government Digital Service is in the process of private beta testing its identity assurance platform with three new central government services
Tue Sep 4, 2018
Britons concerned over security of contactless payments, research finds
Despite the popularity of contactless payments ahead of cash, Britons are worried about the security of tap and go
Tue Sep 4, 2018
Tomlin in at Dell to run UK channel
The distribution veteran has been given the chance to make an impact at the vendor replacing Sarah Shields after she moved to a European role
Tue Sep 4, 2018
Element AI teams up with AI Singapore
The Canadian upstart is co-developing AI applications for local industries as part of its efforts to build new research capabilities via local talent pools
Tue Sep 4, 2018
Graph processing gives credit analysis firms an edge
A graph database startup's parallel loading, processing and querying combine to deliver real-time data for fintech firms that offer fast credit evaluations online.
Tue Sep 4, 2018
DDN to make enterprise push with Tintri’s VM-aware storage
DDN set to add Tintri’s portfolio of all-flash and hybrid flash arrays to its product offering following the purchase of the VM-aware storage pioneer after it filed for bankruptcy in June
Tue Sep 4, 2018
Pivot3 storage moves toward composable capabilities
CEO Ron Nash said Pivot3 and NexGen Storage are integrated as a single code base. NexGen gives Pivot3 automated QoS and dynamic provisioning for multi-cloud enterprises.
Tue Sep 4, 2018
Tibco to tackle blockchain challenges
Integration and analytics software supplier Tibco has formed a new lab to tackle the challenges of implementing blockchain and other emerging technologies
Wed Sep 5, 2018
People top target for cyber attackers, report confirms
As security controls have improved, cyber attackers are increasingly focusing their efforts on people within organisations as a way into corporate IT systems, a report confirms
Wed Sep 5, 2018
Channel key to greasing the public cloud wheels
Both customers and public cloud vendors benefit from the involvement of partners to provide expertise and feedback
Wed Sep 5, 2018
Half a million UK firms hit by CEO fraud, Lloyds Bank estimates
Nearly 500,000 UK businesses are being hit by impersonation fraud, according to estimations by Lloyds Bank, with the legal sector most at risk
Wed Sep 5, 2018
Amazon becomes second publicly traded company to hit $1tn market cap
Retail giant Amazon follows Apple's lead to become second company in history to achieve a $1tn market cap, with analysts predicting that its market value could double by 2020
Wed Sep 5, 2018
Many in the UK channel looking at international expansion
The idea of setting up a bridgehead overseas appeals to a fair few people in the channel
Wed Sep 5, 2018
Slow cloud take-up among IT execs limits joined-up customer experience
Cloud computing promises to declutter IT and link systems easily. Despite the benefits, adoption of the cloud for customer engagement remains low
Wed Sep 5, 2018
How Ocado has disrupted its own model
At the Disruption Summit in London, Ocado’s head of technology explained how the firm built a technology-based model for efficient grocery delivery and how it has been disrupting that ever since
Wed Sep 5, 2018
If we don't digitise NHS, we are condemning people to die, says NHS England’s operational director
NHS England’s national director for operations, Matthew Swindells, calls for a complete overhaul of the way the NHS delivers care, claiming the current model “is not viable”
Wed Sep 5, 2018
VMware extends its hybrid cloud platform to the edge
VMware pulled back the curtain on some next-generation software that promises to bring the capabilities of its VMware Cloud on AWS to on-premises data centers.
Wed Sep 5, 2018
Atlassian shops size up OpsGenie buy, Jira for incident management
Atlassian snapped up OpsGenie and rolled out Jira Ops as part of a shift in focus to IT incident management. Users will follow the strategy cautiously.
Wed Sep 5, 2018
Nordic states collaborate in Arctic IT projects
Nordic countries are working together to introduce advanced communications networks in the most isolated Northerly regions
Wed Sep 5, 2018
5G services to headline Mobile World Congress Americas 2018
In a roundup of industry insights, 5G services will be a hot topic at Mobile World Congress, VMware embraces multi-cloud and cybersecurity platforms require key features.
Wed Sep 5, 2018
Five Eyes wants to weaken encryption, or legislation may be needed
Five Eyes -- the government intelligence alliance between Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the U.K. and the U.S. -- vows not to weaken encryption, while pushing for encryption backdoors.
Wed Sep 5, 2018
Health minister launches code of conduct for health tech data
The code of conduct – focused around data-driven tech such as AI – aims to deepen trust between researchers, innovators, patients and clinicians, according to health minister James O’Shaughnessy
Wed Sep 5, 2018
Government projects watchdog recommends terminating Gov.uk Verify identity project
Infrastructure & Projects Authority says Whitehall departments are unwilling to fund flagship GDS identity programme – cancellation would mean writing off at least £130m spent so far
Wed Sep 5, 2018
The fintech startups to watch in the UK
Tech Nation’s choice of fintech companies to back reflects the changes expected to hit financial services IT
Thu Sep 6, 2018
Tibco plugs streaming data gap in Spotfire
New streaming data analytics capability in Tibco Spotfire X is expected to be well-received by enterprises in competitive markets across Asia-Pacific
Thu Sep 6, 2018
Wavenet adds UC muscle with Solar Communications buy
As the last days of summer come to an end there has still been time for Wavenet to add to what has been a long list of deals struck over the last few weeks
Thu Sep 6, 2018
All acute NHS trusts in England now using e-referrals
NHS trusts have reached 100% uptake of NHS England’s e-referral service, ahead of October 2018 deadline
Thu Sep 6, 2018
Chrome 69 security improvements welcomed
The cyber security community has welcomed the improvements in the latest version of the Chrome browser, especially when it comes to generating strong, unique passwords
Thu Sep 6, 2018
Arriva ITSM implementation delivers beyond expectations
Transport company replaces several tools with a single cloud-based ITSM platform
Thu Sep 6, 2018
Health secretary Matt Hancock to boost NHS IT with £200m fund
Matt Hancock will announce a £200m fund for further digital centres of excellence and plans to pilot the NHS app across England, but shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth calls the plans a “pipe dream”
Thu Sep 6, 2018
Rackspace ramping up channel business
The cloud player has been looking to ramp up its channel over the course of this year and those efforts are continuing
Thu Sep 6, 2018
VMworld pushes vSAN HCI to cloud, edge
Private beta for next vSAN version includes built-in snapshots, NFS file services and cloud-native storage, as well as improved cluster management for the HCI software.
Thu Sep 6, 2018
How HR can help with a digital divide in the U.S.
It's time to put the 'human' back in human resources, said Hollywood Casino's vice president of HR, Robin Schooling, who explains why employees without tech access need extra help.
Thu Sep 6, 2018
Samsung adds Z-NAND data center SSD
Samsung's new lineup of data center SSDs designed for channel sales to SMBs includes high-performance Z-NAND add-in card, U.2 and M.2 NVMe PCIe models and 2.5-inch SATA drives.
Thu Sep 6, 2018
LogMeIn enhances GoToWebinar with analytics, on-demand viewer
LogMeIn has added interactive analytics and a video editor to GoToWebinar. The vendor also made available to all users a new website for publishing on-demand videos.
Thu Sep 6, 2018
VMware Project Dimension to deliver managed HCI, edge networking
VMware's lightweight hyper-converged infrastructure system, called Project Dimension, includes the vendor's SD-WAN. The HCI appliance is aimed at retailers and manufacturers.
Thu Sep 6, 2018
HubSpot enterprise edition unveiled
In addition to releasing enterprise-level systems, HubSpot unveiled a CMS tool for companies to build and customize websites, and a video tool to help create content.
Fri Sep 7, 2018
BA praised for swift GDPR-aligned action on data breach
British Airways has been praised for its swift response to a customer data breach, which could be the first test case under the EU’s GDPR and new UK GDPR-aligned data protection laws
Fri Sep 7, 2018
Ransomware down, but not out, report reveals
Cryptojacking has taken over from ransomware as the top money spinner for cyber criminals, but the threat is not over and spam is also seeing a resurgence as an attack method, a report reveals
Fri Sep 7, 2018
Facebook to build its first Asian datacentre in Singapore
The high-rise facility will be the first of its kind to incorporate Facebook’s datacentre cooling system, cementing Singapore’s position as a datacentre hub
Fri Sep 7, 2018
Knowledge and speed the key to a channel chief's first 180 days
A guide to those looking to make an impact at a vendor in the channel management role has some advice about what to do in the first few months
Fri Sep 7, 2018
Argos launches voice shopping capability on Google Home Assistant
Retailer Argos has developed a voice shopping service so customers can reserve items for pickup using the Google Home Assistant app
Fri Sep 7, 2018
UK hesitant over immersive technologies despite positivity abroad, survey finds
UK businesses are lagging behind their counterparts in the US, France and China for AR and VR implementation, due to concerns over security and complexity
Fri Sep 7, 2018
North Korean programmer charged for WannaCry attacks
The US has charged a member of a group of North Korean hackers linked to the WannaCry, Sony Pictures and other cyber attacks around the world
Fri Sep 7, 2018
Azure outage spotlights cloud infrastructure choices
One difference in Microsoft's cloud infrastructure design may have contributed to the extended outage this week in an Azure region that hit a large number of customers.
Fri Sep 7, 2018
Misconfigured Tor sites leave public IP addresses exposed
The anonymity of Tor is once again under scrutiny, as a researcher finds misconfigured Tor sites can expose the public IP address connected to a dark web site.
Fri Sep 7, 2018
RBS announces branch closures as part of cancelled project to create challenger bank
The Royal Bank of Scotland has announced more branch closures and job losses as digital transformation continues to transform the sector
Fri Sep 7, 2018
Senior civil servants address TechUK smarter state theme
Senior government officials spoke at a TechUK “smarter state” event, revealing ambitious AI policy alongside a “back to basics” drive to get data right
Fri Sep 7, 2018
Why AI should assist humans, not replace them
At the 2018 Disruption Summit in London, BT’s lead of customer insight and futures said artificially intelligent systems should be there to assist humans, not get rid of them
Fri Sep 7, 2018
Meraki Go offers channel new small-business Wi-Fi market
Cisco Meraki's small-business Wi-Fi offering, Meraki Go, opens opportunities for channel partners among a new set of customers; other news from the week.
Fri Sep 7, 2018
Kabbage: Line-of-credit product can boost channel margins
Kabbage financing is now available as a product that channel partners can offer their small-business customers, which can use the Kabbage line of credit for any product or service.
Fri Sep 7, 2018
AT&T revives [email protected] UCaaS deal with RingCentral
AT&T has recommitted to its partnership with RingCentral after telling customers earlier this year that it would soon stop supporting the startup's [email protected] UCaaS platform.
Fri Sep 7, 2018
3 secret virtues of a great IT practitioner
At Gartner Catalyst, Gartner's Danny Brian explained why great IT practitioners are lazy, impatient and hubristic.
Fri Sep 7, 2018
Big data tooling rolls with the changing seas of analytics
Hadoop data tooling is expanding. A view holds that Hadoop is moving from alternate data warehousing to a full-fledged big data analytics offering.
Fri Sep 7, 2018
Lazarus Group hacker charged in WannaCry, Sony attacks
The Department of Justice charged one Lazarus Group hacker, Park Jin Hyok, for his role in the WannaCry attack, Sony hack, SWIFT banking theft and more.
Fri Sep 7, 2018
Juniper-Ericsson partnership aimed at 5G market
Juniper Networks has partnered with Ericsson to sell 5G gear and software to carriers. The Juniper-Ericsson alliance arrives as Cisco's partnership with Ericsson weakens.
Fri Sep 7, 2018
Another mSpy leak exposed millions of sensitive user records
News roundup: An mSpy leak has again exposed millions of customer records on the internet. Plus, the FIDO Alliance launched a biometrics certification, and more.