TechTarget News - Week of Jun 21, 2020
Mon Jun 22, 2020
APAC still hotbed for cyber attacks
Individuals and organisations in APAC are encountering malware more frequently than the rest of the world, study finds
Mon Jun 22, 2020
Telus turns on first wave of Canadian 5G network
Operator announces latest part of its infrastructure evolution with 5G network designed to enhance the coverage, speed and reliability for customers across Canada
Mon Jun 22, 2020
Dell and Rackspace strengthen edge pitch
Vendors launch fresh products and services to make sure the channel has the answers that customers are increasingly looking for
Mon Jun 22, 2020
Cohesity hands MSPs pay-per-use option
Data management player gives partners the chance to pitch a more flexible payment model
Mon Jun 22, 2020
Care Quality Commission to discuss concerns over Paula Vennells’ NHS role
Healthcare regulator will be discussing concerns about former NHS boss chairing an NHS trust at an upcoming meeting
Mon Jun 22, 2020
East Coast Main Line to get £350m digital signalling boost
Government accelerates the roll-out of electronic signalling, pumping £350m into a digital signalling system on the East Coast Mainline
Mon Jun 22, 2020
AWS persiste : le CLOUD Act ne serait pas (vraiment) un problème
Lors de son Summit EMEA, AWS a une nouvelle fois tenté de déminer la loi américaine face aux arguments des acteurs européens, et évoque le chiffrement ainsi que la gestion des clefs par le client pour mettre fin au débat.
Mon Jun 22, 2020
Immigrants’ rights campaigners take Home Office to court over visa algorithm
Campaigners claim built-in algorithmic bias makes processing of visa applications ‘discriminatory’
Mon Jun 22, 2020
TalkTalk targets teleworkers with business-grade broadband
UK mobile network operator aims to take advantage of mass increase in home working, which will likely persist into next year and beyond, by offering medium and enterprise-sized businesses packages for reliable connectivity
Mon Jun 22, 2020
Agilitas extends global reach with ITEC partnership
Managed services player Agilitas continues to use partnerships as a way of reaching out to more of the market
Mon Jun 22, 2020
Contact tracing technology is hottest new thing in HR
As people return to work and campus, there's a growing demand for tools that can quickly find coronavirus risks.
Mon Jun 22, 2020
Veeam CEO talks IPO, M&A, going virtual for VeeamON 2020
William Largent became Veeam CEO in January after a multibillion-dollar acquisition and before a pandemic. Here's his take on 2020 so far, and what lies ahead following VeeamON.
Mon Jun 22, 2020
HashiCorp shops hope new Consul service comes at lower cost
Multi-cloud hosted services planned for HashiCorp products, including Consul, Vault and Nomad, would reduce IT ops overhead, users say, but prices must be affordable.
Mon Jun 22, 2020
Microsoft acquires CyberX to strengthen IoT security offering
Microsoft is acquiring CyberX to boost its IoT security offerings, though it's unknown whether CyberX will remain a separate entity or be integrated into Microsoft.
Mon Jun 22, 2020
ThoughtSpot aims to enhance cloud-based analytics searches
The recently launched ThoughtSpot Embrace for AWS enables access to AI-driven analytics in Amazon Redshift, without requiring users to move or cache data.
Mon Jun 22, 2020
Government to publish digital strategy this autumn
Strategy will set out how to increase tech-led economic growth and productivity after the Covid-19 pandemic, says digital secretary Oliver Dowden
Tue Jun 23, 2020
Global 5G subscriptions to hit nearly three billion by 2025
5G will account for a fifth of mobile subscriptions by 2025 in Southeast Asia and Oceania, underscoring the keen adoption of emerging technologies in the Asia-Pacific region
Tue Jun 23, 2020
Huawei to invest S$5m in Singapore to boost tech ecosystem
Huawei is pumping in S$5m this year to develop joint partner offerings in Singapore with a focus on artificial intelligence
Tue Jun 23, 2020
Concern over digital risk falls dramatically during pandemic
Brits are understandably more worried about the NHS than personal cyber security
Tue Jun 23, 2020
Nokia claims US live C-band network demo first
Ahead of the expected US spectrum auction in December 2020, Nokia completes first successful US-based 5G trial in C-band
Tue Jun 23, 2020
ITAM Forum aims to raise the bar on tech management
Knowing what is deployed is the first step in any transformation exercise, and a strong IT asset management practice lowers risk
Tue Jun 23, 2020
Collaboration platform technology to shape the future of construction industry post-Covid-19
Survey from construction management software provider reveals Covid-19 has caused a mind-shift, with the industry realising the benefits of integrated platform technology to improve transparency among teams working remotely
Tue Jun 23, 2020
Maintel starts ICON partner recruitment drive
Channel player Maintel is looking to sign up more managed service and cloud providers to take its ICON platform out to market
Tue Jun 23, 2020
Flash-based MacOS malware hides in plain sight
By masquerading as a legitimate Adobe web application, the new malware strains can trick Mac users into bypassing their on-board defences
Tue Jun 23, 2020
SoftIron aims at data too valuable for commodity storage
UK array maker hopes to be the storage provider of choice for those that really value their data, with highly optimised Ceph-powered hardware aimed at HPC users and enterprises
Tue Jun 23, 2020
Twitter contacts business users over data exposure
Issue relates to how web browsers cached confidential data entered in Twitter’s ads and analytics services, but is unlikely to have resulted in compromise
Tue Jun 23, 2020
Salesforce Trailhead adds Einstein AI for learners
Salesforce's free training site, Trailhead, got AI features based on its products recommendation engine to guide admins, developers and consultants on personalized paths.
Tue Jun 23, 2020
Neurodiversity on the rise among career hackers
More diverse hackers enhance the ability of both traditional and cutting-edge cyber security solutions to find and fix vulnerabilities, according to a new report from Bugcrowd
Tue Jun 23, 2020
Zerto pockets $53M funding round to prove 'self-sufficiency'
Zerto CEO Ziv Kedem said the company is focused more on profit and self-sustainability than growth. The funding will go toward improving products, marketing and partnerships.
Tue Jun 23, 2020
UK counts the cost as Ireland presses ahead with contact-tracing app
Irish eyes smiling as Republic’s heath executive said to be on verge of giving greenlight to Covid-19 tracker app, while UK reveals £11.8m cost of development to date for no return as yet
Tue Jun 23, 2020
Why IT needs to align with people
IT has always strived to align with the business, but recent research has found that users are struggling to take on tech innovations
Tue Jun 23, 2020
Collibra unveils Data Intelligence Cloud at user conference
Data management vendor Collibra rolled out its new data intelligence platform featuring four new tools on Tuesday during Data Citizens '20, the vendor's virtual user conference.
Tue Jun 23, 2020
Home workers report concerns regarding network capacity shortages
With networks becoming an increasingly critical part of business operations, network intelligence platform provider finds 65% of networking professionals felt extremely or somewhat concerned about their organisation’s network capacity during pandemic heights
Tue Jun 23, 2020
Databricks AI in next-generation transportation
Virgin Hyperloop turned to Databricks to horizontally scale out and speed up its processes as it works to create a new form of transportation.
Tue Jun 23, 2020
Advertisers revolt over Facebook’s inaction on hate speech
Several companies plan to pull their adverts from Facebook in protest at its unwillingness to deal with hateful content on its platforms
Tue Jun 23, 2020
Viavi introduces 3D geolocation for 5G networks
Looking to ‘command’ 5G infrastructures, network monitoring and assurance technology firm unveils what it claims is first patented 3D 5G geolocation system
Tue Jun 23, 2020
Cancom UK boss urges offices to reopen
The office environment has an important to to play, and staff are starting to return as the coronavirus lockdown eases. Cancom's UK boss is encouraging others to open their offices once more
Tue Jun 23, 2020
Dell EMC pushes VxRail hyper-convergence to the edge
Dell EMC VxRail hyper-converged infrastructure expands E Series models with AMD EPYC processors. New VxRail D Series is built to withstand extreme temperature and shock.
Tue Jun 23, 2020
HPE 3PAR vets launch cloud-defined storage startup Nebulon
Nebulon Cloud-Defined Storage is on-premises-based, using controllers on PCI cards inside servers and AI-driven cloud management for application owners.
Tue Jun 23, 2020
2020 analytics trends slowed by COVID-19 pandemic
The priorities of organizations have changed due to COVID-19, and with that Qlik's Dan Sommer says the evolution of expected BI trends has been temporarily delayed.
Tue Jun 23, 2020
MSPs scramble to bolster security amid ransomware spike
After a flurry of devastating ransomware attacks in 2019, MSPs and vendor partners are improving security to prevent history from repeating during the pandemic.
Tue Jun 23, 2020
IBM advances its Cloudant cloud database as DBaaS grows
Adam Kocoloski, VP and CTO of IBM cloud data services, details IBM's direction and strategy for cloud databases and explains why Cloudant is changing to boost scalability.
Wed Jun 24, 2020
Google opens Jakarta cloud region amid Indonesia’s booming digital economy
Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai lends weight to online launch event, underscoring cloud supplier’s resolve to carve out a bigger slice of the country’s fast-growing public cloud market
Wed Jun 24, 2020
Lockdown drives UK internet and videoconferencing surge
UK adults now spend more than a quarter of their waking day online with services such as Zoom seeing unprecedented growth, according to Ofcom’s latest study of the nation’s online lives
Wed Jun 24, 2020
HPE CEO: We won’t grow the business without the channel
HPE kicks off its Discover event with a range of enhancements for the channel around its GreenLake proposition
Wed Jun 24, 2020
Microsoft Teams usage growth surpasses Zoom
Aternity’s latest Productivity Tracker sees Microsoft fight back against conferencing tool that has enjoyed stellar growth since the Covid-19 lockdowns began
Wed Jun 24, 2020
IT services giant gives staff time out to volunteer for police clients
IT services company CGI responds to Met Police call by offering its staff the opportunity to take 11 days paid leave to volunteer their time
Wed Jun 24, 2020
HPE adds a little edge to its cloud services strategy
HPE took another step toward being an as-a-service company with several new cloud services that the company claims make it easier for users to connect the cloud to edge devices.
Wed Jun 24, 2020
Brits will sell their personal data for pennies
Surprising findings from an Okta report on digital identity suggest Brits would be willing to part with valuable personal data for a surprisingly low amount
Wed Jun 24, 2020
Macs to run on Apple silicon, leaving Intel behind
Future Macs will not run on Intel processors but on Apple silicon chips. The change could present compatibility issues, although it could be a step toward a consistent user experience.
Wed Jun 24, 2020
Firm that investigated controversial Post Office IT system to support criminal conviction appeals
Second Sight is working with law firm in appeals by subpostmasters against criminal convictions in Horizon IT scandal
Wed Jun 24, 2020
Political parties harvest personal data to create profiles on voters, most of it wrong
The UK’s three main political parties are collecting personal data on voters, but much of it is wrong and its use may fall foul of data protection laws
Wed Jun 24, 2020
HPE Cloud Volumes Backup consolidates data formats
HPE Cloud Volumes Backup provides common data format for Commvault, TrendMicro, Veeam and Veritas backups to serve secondary workloads in the public cloud.
Wed Jun 24, 2020
EU judges GDPR an overall success, but changes still needed
Two years after its implementation, an EU report says that the GDPR is achieving what it set out to do, with a few reservations
Wed Jun 24, 2020
HPE aims to address non-cloud apps in hybrid IT
Some applications are simply not a good fit for the public cloud. So while organisation may go cloud-native, they still need to support on-premise IT
Wed Jun 24, 2020
Two-thirds of UK adults to work remotely more often after Covid-19
Research commissioned by Ciena reveals how coronavirus pandemic will likely change UK internet usage, as increased use of online home working applications is complemented by commensurate rise in online education
Wed Jun 24, 2020
Gen 2 Intel Optane memory modules claim bandwidth boost
Designed for use with Intel's new Cooper Lake Xeon Scalable processors, the next version of Optane memory modules is expected to ship in servers in late 2020.
Wed Jun 24, 2020
Amazon’s carbon emissions surge during 2019
Amazon’s carbon footprint continues to grow, jumping 15% in one year, with the company maintaining it will take some time for its green investments to yield measurable results
Wed Jun 24, 2020
HashiCorp Terraform beta brings long-awaited features
Terraform 0.13, recently released to public beta, includes support for complex infrastructure deployments that users have eagerly awaited.
Wed Jun 24, 2020
Trump's H-1B work visa ban creates six-month headache
President Trump's six-month H-1B work visa ban arrives in response to the jobs impact of the pandemic. But it's unlikely to have much of an effect on jobs.
Wed Jun 24, 2020
Free end-to-end Zoom encryption alters competitive climate
Zoom's impending release of end-to-end encryption will pressure competitors to follow suit.
Wed Jun 24, 2020
HashiCorp Consul 1.8 aims to smooth service mesh transition
HashiCorp Consul users are mulling how to extend service discovery into service mesh. The vendor has added gateway support to ease this transition.
Wed Jun 24, 2020
Databricks acquisition of Redash boosts data visualization
Databricks bought Redash, a data visualization vendor, to boost its own visualization capabilities. Databricks had largely relied on partnerships with other vendors for such tools.
Wed Jun 24, 2020
Taking a practical approach to open source PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL database users including Ikea and Konica Minolta Healthcare detail how and why they chose to use the open source database at the Postgres Vision 2020 virtual conference.
Wed Jun 24, 2020
RPA use cases expanding in large enterprises
Robotic process automation veterans at Blue Prism's virtual conference talk business process automation strategies, obstacles and untethering bot deployments from cutting jobs.
Wed Jun 24, 2020
NCSC catches a million phishes in its nets
The NCSC has racked up a million suspicious email reports from the public just two months after launching a reporting service, but the lucky sender won’t be receiving a grand prize
Thu Jun 25, 2020
Veeam bullish on growth in APAC
Veeam’s top executive in Asia-Pacific expects the company’s growth momentum in the region to continue despite the Covid-19 pandemic, and is setting sights on growth areas such as container backups
Thu Jun 25, 2020
Ericsson, Nokia to power Singapore’s 5G networks
European telecoms network suppliers Ericsson and Nokia have been selected by Singapore telcos to deploy the country’s two standalone 5G networks
Thu Jun 25, 2020
Kia Motors partners with Google Cloud to bring motorists AI-based paperless car manuals
South Korean car manufacturer partners Google Cloud managed service provider Megazone to bring artificial intelligence-based app to market
Thu Jun 25, 2020
Nokia takes O-RAN leap with 5G AirScale Cloud commercialisation
RAN product designed to help operators generate revenue from 5G services, enable flexible end-to-end network slicing and meet IoT technology and business requirements
Thu Jun 25, 2020
HMRC yet to begin building UK border IT system
The UK government has still not built its Goods Vehicle Movement Service (GVMS) IT system, despite the end of the Brexit transition period looming, while the Port of Dover’s head of EU exit proposes just licensing the French IT system instead
Thu Jun 25, 2020
Peer-to-peer lender Zopa gets full banking licence
Peer-to-peer lending pioneer works towards creating the ‘Netflix of banking’
Thu Jun 25, 2020
Verizon and Digital Catapult create enterprise 5G accelerator programme
Venture will enable retail and brand partners to work directly with UK startups and tech innovators to explore 5G-enabled solutions
Thu Jun 25, 2020
CBI: Digital economy needs joined-up regulations and gigabit broadband
The coronavirus pandemic has shown the need for fast, reliable networking across the UK. The CBI is urging the government to do more
Thu Jun 25, 2020
Salesforce collaboration gets mobile boost with new app
Salesforce integrates chat, text and video collaboration into a desktop interface and a new mobile app, Salesforce Anywhere. It tracks and logs conversations and transcribes videos.
Thu Jun 25, 2020
Nebulon emerges with software-defined storage, but from the cloud
Startup to offer on-site storage with local I/O and some controller functionality in the cloud, combining software-defined and cloud to bring “fleet management at scale”
Thu Jun 25, 2020
CBI: UK needs an immigration and training rethink
For the UK to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, vast swathes of the population will need retraining – and overseas IT specialists will also be needed
Thu Jun 25, 2020
Former Post Office CEO and Fujitsu play the blame game in Horizon IT scandal
Post Office and Fujitsu blame each other for many of the failings in the Horizon IT scandal that wrecked lives
Thu Jun 25, 2020
Pub ‘check-in’ apps provoke fresh privacy concerns
With pubs and restaurants required to collect customer data for contact tracing when they reopen, data privacy risks will be heightened
Thu Jun 25, 2020
Datto turns the spotlight on RMM
Vendor hosts its first MSP Technology Day with remote management the focus
Thu Jun 25, 2020
UK, US workers report ‘overwhelmingly’ positive experiences of remote working
Study finds that despite challenges, mass remote working due to Covid-19 has been a net benefit on both sides of the Atlantic, suggesting companies should maintain some degree of flexible working
Thu Jun 25, 2020
Startup StorOne incorporates Intel Optane
StorOne claims it will show the storage giants how to get the most out of Intel Optane drives, incorporating them alongside cheaper QLC SSDs in an all-flash array.
Thu Jun 25, 2020
NHSX seeks evolution of digital transformation capabilities
New approaches and team structures could be tested as a result of learnings from the work around Covid-19
Thu Jun 25, 2020
Veeam reminds partners of data’s role in a digital transformation play
Vendor’s recent VeeamON event underlined its belief in the need to focus on the data
Thu Jun 25, 2020
Current crisis clarifies value of SAP intelligent enterprise
In this Q&A, ASUG CEO Geoff Scott discusses what SAP customers say about the intelligent enterprise and how companies that are moving to it have an advantage in uncertain times.
Thu Jun 25, 2020
Concept of 'active intelligence' fuels Qlik's product roadmap
Qlik said augmented intelligence features and embedded BI will feature prominently in future updates, which are expected to include capabilities such as data integration.
Thu Jun 25, 2020
Databricks debuts Delta Engine built on top of Spark 3.0
At the Spark + AI Summit 2020, Starbucks and health IT vendor Cerner Corp. outlined how they use Databricks' Data Lake architecture to accelerate data analytics.
Thu Jun 25, 2020
Open source vulnerabilities down 20% in 2019
Snyk recently released its fourth annual 'State of Open Source Security' report, which analyzed open source statistics, vulnerability trends and security culture.
Thu Jun 25, 2020
Puppet unveils event-driven IT automation plans
Puppet's IT automation system Relay, now in beta, offers an event-driven take on IT workflows, but the vendor must clearly establish the product's value over competing DevOps systems.
Thu Jun 25, 2020
Salesforce pushes forward with DNS security standard
A Salesforce-backed DNS security model to prevent downtime could become standard for multi-tenant cloud providers.
Thu Jun 25, 2020
The iOS 14 update offers little to enterprise users
Enterprises won't see much benefit from the features in the iOS 14 update Apple announced this week, but some changes may improve collaboration.
Fri Jun 26, 2020
Enterprises in rural Wales to gain added fibre as voucher scheme doubles in value
Vouchers subsidise the cost for rural homes and businesses to install next-generation, gigabit-capable broadband
Fri Jun 26, 2020
Coronavirus: Cyber crime landscape evolving as lockdown eases
As some countries begin to gradually ease Covid-19 lockdown measures, cyber criminals’ tactics are changing, but the pandemic remains a tempting lure
Fri Jun 26, 2020
ISDN switch-off and 5G are clear opportunities for BT channel
Comms specialist has seen a response from customers to the lockdown, with many reaching out for higher-speed digital solutions
Fri Jun 26, 2020
Enterprise print market getting ready for the start of a recovery
Context has shared its latest analysis of the market, and its expectations should bring some cheer to hard-pressed printer specialists
Fri Jun 26, 2020
Standard Chartered embarks on virtual internship programme
Bank offers 300 candidates virtual placements on internship programme
Fri Jun 26, 2020
Act-On now a growth marketing platform, launches upgrades
Act-On's product upgrades include a partnership with Zapier and enhancements to SMS and email messaging to customers, as well as new creation tools for edits on landing pages.
Fri Jun 26, 2020
95% of North American CIOs report remote work issues during lockdown
Employee password lockouts and inability to access on-premise applications were among the top challenges faced by CIOs in keeping remote workers up and running during lockdown
Fri Jun 26, 2020
Huawei gets green light for UK development centre
Chinese telecoms equipment provider sets out plans to build an optoelectronics R&D and manufacturing centre in the heart of Silicon Fen
Fri Jun 26, 2020
Qumulo cloud upgrade transforms files to Amazon object format
Qumulo Shift for Amazon Web Services S3 copies data directly to Amazon Simple Storage Service, without mount points or application rewrites, to enable file sharing directly in AWS.
Fri Jun 26, 2020
Amazon uses spreadsheet interface for Honeycode no-code tool
Amazon Web Services has delivered a new no-code tool called Honeycode. It is a fully managed service with a spreadsheet user interface for non-programmers to create apps.
Fri Jun 26, 2020
Maze ransomware hit biggest target yet with LG breach
The operators of Maze ransomware claim to have breached LG, offering three screenshots as proof. One of those screenshots features LG product source code.
Fri Jun 26, 2020
CBI: Government must take steps to drive SME business innovation
The coronavirus pandemic has shown how much can be achieved in a short period with a strong partnership between government and industry – and this needs to continue
Fri Jun 26, 2020
SAP for Me provides 'one-stop shopping' for product data
Customers who need comprehensive information about their SAP environments can now use the new SAP for Me portal to get a complete and transparent look at all the products in the system.
Fri Jun 26, 2020
Slack expands shared channels, but limits remain
Slack now lets as many as 20 organizations communicate in a shared channel. But users will have to wait for other enhancements to the external collaboration feature.
Fri Jun 26, 2020
Ford gets into gear with Vodafone 5G for future-proof electric vehicle production
Global automotive giant gains funding to implement and develop the potential of 5G in electric vehicle manufacturing processes in particular as regards cross-site connectivity
Fri Jun 26, 2020
Bank modernizes with MLflow and Databricks
With Databricks and MLflow, an Argentinian bank modernized its infrastructure, increased customer retention and better managed its machine learning models.
Fri Jun 26, 2020
COVID-19 tech will fail without employee privacy
Businesses can choose from a growing number of mobile apps and Wi-Fi software to protect workers from COVID-19. But tech won't succeed without top-of-the-line privacy protection.
Fri Jun 26, 2020
Partners use low-code, frameworks for faster development
The pandemic has put pressure on channel partners to speed up application development, leading some to adopt streamlined approaches; more IT channel news from the week.