TechTarget News - Week of Jun 28, 2020
Mon Jun 29, 2020
IHS Markit commits to three-year data and infrastructure migration to AWS cloud
Global market research firm will downsize its datacentres and shift more of its infrastructure and applications to the AWS public cloud
Mon Jun 29, 2020
Out of date security laws leave UK plc at risk during pandemic
The CyberUp coalition has written to Boris Johnson to urge him to reform the UK’s 30 year-old cyber crime laws
Mon Jun 29, 2020
UKCloud signs MoU with CCS to provide public sector with discounted cloud pricing
Public sector-focused IaaS firm UKCloud has become the latest supplier to sign a discounted pricing deal with the UK government
Mon Jun 29, 2020
Airports deploy thermal cameras to control Covid-19, science suggests it’s merely ‘safety theatre’
UK airports are rolling out thermal surveillance cameras to identify people who may have coronavirus, but science says the technology is ineffective at detecting and preventing the spread of the disease
Mon Jun 29, 2020
Lords urge government to take immediate action on online harms
Select committee calls for tech giants to be held responsible for the harm done to individuals, wider society and democratic processes through online misinformation
Mon Jun 29, 2020
Making the case for cloud-based security
Cloud-based security tools can hasten threat detection and response, but adoption will depend on where an enterprise is on the cloud readiness scale
Mon Jun 29, 2020
GCHQ launches Manchester accelerator programme to help firms leverage tech for citizen well-being
Innovation Co-Lab will mentor companies to grow, prevent crime and improve online safety
Mon Jun 29, 2020
Post-pandemic security market still set for growth, but slower
Frost & Sullivan report says the global security industry will withstand the economic crash caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, but growth will be slower for a few years
Mon Jun 29, 2020
MPs to examine fairness of private prosecutions in light of Post Office IT scandal
Parliamentary Justice Committee to hold short inquiry into the rules and regulations surrounding private organisations’ ability to initiate criminal proceedings
Mon Jun 29, 2020
Evil Corp’s latest ransomware project spreading fast
A new ransomware strain dubbed WastedLocker is spreading rapidly and targeting major corporations
Mon Jun 29, 2020
Fund provides routes into digital for under-represented groups in Manchester and Lancashire
£3m fund is being used to help businesses and residents gain digital skills
Mon Jun 29, 2020
Go lean and embrace partnerships to plot a path for recovery
Starting with the lean principle of a minimum viable product, CIOs should aim to partner with outsourcers and IT suppliers to deliver business value
Mon Jun 29, 2020
Qumulo Shift opens up scale-out NAS to AWS S3 in the cloud
Qumulo Shift will automatically convert file data on its NAS arrays to S3 object storage format in the AWS cloud. The functionality will be free to customers from July
Mon Jun 29, 2020
Nuvias adds collaboration options with Zoom
Distributor Nuvia is given master agent status by video comms platform player Zoom as both look to grow the business via the channel
Mon Jun 29, 2020
Phishing back in vogue as ransomware vector
Researchers have observed an increase in phishing as a means to deliver ransomware payloads – and organisations don’t appear to be prepared
Mon Jun 29, 2020
Lawyers learn of fresh US allegations against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from press reports
The US has filed an updated indictment against Julian Assange alleging that he conspired with hacking groups to obtain information for WikiLeaks. Defence and prosecution lawyers learned about it from press reports
Mon Jun 29, 2020
Ericsson gets head of steam for 5G connectivity in European rail industry
Swedish tech supplier joins Association of the European Rail Supply Industry to show how next-generation networks can enable the industry to meet tomorrow’s IT and communications challenges
Mon Jun 29, 2020
MPs urged to back Finance Bill amendments to loan charge policy
Loan Charge Action Group urges its members to ask their MPs to support an amendment to the controversial loan charge policy that could see more people fall outside its scope
Mon Jun 29, 2020
Channel roundup: Who's gone where?
Senior changes at Lenovo and the emergence of a fresh employer in the shape of Nebulon are just a couple of the highlights this week
Mon Jun 29, 2020
Security, productivity key desktop virtualization benefits
According to a survey conducted by Enterprise Strategy Group, IT pros pointed to security, productivity and IT efficiency as the virtualization benefits driving VDI and DaaS adoption.
Mon Jun 29, 2020
Nokia nets exclusive Taiwan Mobile 5G deal
Three-year deal sees Finnish comms tech provider selected as single supplier for 5G RAN, Core and IMS Taiwanese operator, continues 5G strategy focused on digital transformation and sustainability
Mon Jun 29, 2020
StrongBox Data adds native LTFS to its StrongLink platform
With native support for any tape library, StrongLink is capable of cross-platform data management whether the underlying storage is flash, disk, tape or cloud.
Mon Jun 29, 2020
Western Digital will package new NVMe SSD into NVMe-oF JBOF
Western Digital is prepping a new NVMe over Fabrics-based JBOF storage device that will bundle its highest-performance Ultrastar SN840 NVMe SSDs and RapidFlex network adapters.
Mon Jun 29, 2020
Ripple20 vulnerabilities forebode long-lasting IoT risks
Organizations that use IoT devices at risk from the Ripple20 vulnerabilities must secure them through patching, network segmentation and zero trust.
Mon Jun 29, 2020
IBM donates AI ethics tools to Linux Foundation
IBM donates open source toolkits AI Fairness 360, Adversarial Robustness 360 and AI Explainability 360 to the Linux Foundation amid calls for more ethical AI.
Mon Jun 29, 2020
Record-setting DDoS attacks indicate troubling trend
Akamai Technologies recently mitigated two of the largest DDoS attacks ever recorded on its platform, including a massive 809 million packets per second attack against a bank.
Tue Jun 30, 2020
Optus to test 5G mmWave technology
The Australian telco is testing mmWave technology using the 26GHz band at four locations in Sydney
Tue Jun 30, 2020
Complex security estates hinder incident response
The more disparate security tools in use in an organisation, the harder it becomes to mount an effective incident response
Tue Jun 30, 2020
Genomics England taps up AWS and Lifebit to create cloud-based Covid-19 research environment
Genomics England is looking to open up collaboration on Covid-19 genome datasets with researchers across the globe with new cloud-based research environment, which will be based on AWS and Lifebit’s technologies
Tue Jun 30, 2020
BNP Paribas uses biometrics to increase contactless payment limit
French bank BNP Paribas is enabling customers to make higher value contactless payments through fingerprint-recognition technology
Tue Jun 30, 2020
Alibaba Cloud comes together with Aryaka for global, fully managed SD-WAN
Cloud-first WAN company claims to provide Chinese cloud giant with superior application performance to enterprise customers worldwide
Tue Jun 30, 2020
European Electronique takes Attivo to the public sector
Channel player reports some success with council customers opting for deception technology offering
Tue Jun 30, 2020
No Glastonbury? Try the Exclusive Networks festival
Resellers can register for the festival, running all of next week, to gain insights, get entertained and get into gear on future plans from the distributor
Tue Jun 30, 2020
Government expands Future Fund eligibility criteria
The Future Fund will now be accessible to startups that have previously taken part in accelerator programmes, but early-stage firms continue to struggle
Tue Jun 30, 2020
HMRC and Treasury accused of ‘direct interference’ in independent loan charge review
Loan Charge All-Party Parliamentary Group report pours scorn on claims that December 2019 review of government’s disguised renumeration policy was conducted independently
Tue Jun 30, 2020
Remote working set to remain but so do management challenges
Businesses are preparing for staff to repopulate workplaces, while preparing for an inevitable increase in more flexible working
Tue Jun 30, 2020
End of Salesforce Recovery highlights need for SaaS backup
Experts say this retirement means little change for customers, because they should have been relying on third parties for Salesforce backup in the first place.
Tue Jun 30, 2020
Veeam channel becoming ‘calmer’ about alliances approach
Vendor has worked to increase transparency and encourage resellers to tap into the strong network of alliances it has struck
Tue Jun 30, 2020
Tech Data flexes financial muscles after Apollo deal
Deal to acquire the distributor finally closes and the channel player is quick to show off what the benefits of private ownership will involve
Tue Jun 30, 2020
Microsoft joins up LinkedIn and GitHub to support pandemic job seekers
Millions of people have lost their jobs due to the coronavirus, and Microsoft wants to help by providing free online resources and real-time data on hot skills
Tue Jun 30, 2020
Zendesk CRM adds email automation features
The Zendesk Sell CRM platform adds email automation features for customer engagement as the pandemic cuts off sales rep users' access to in-person customer meetings.
Tue Jun 30, 2020
Partially accurate exposure notification may be best users get from UK contact tracing app
Renowned UK mobile expert warns that adoption, capability, privacy and user behaviour are issues yet to be addressed with UK contact-tracing app, and that results may not be worthwhile to overall fight against Covid-19
Tue Jun 30, 2020
Fivetran raises $100M to advance enterprise data integration
The co-founder and CEO of Fivetran talks about what the vendor is doing to help organizations meet the challenges of enterprise data integration.
Tue Jun 30, 2020
New PCIe 4.0 SSDs, 24 Gbps SAS SSDs supply bandwidth boost
A new wave of bandwidth-doubling enterprise SSDs are on the way from major drive manufacturers to support PCIe Gen 4 and 24 Gbps SAS in enterprise storage arrays and servers.
Tue Jun 30, 2020
ReversingLabs makes over 100 Yara rules publicly available
Threat intelligence specialist is making its IP available on GitHub to support malware hunters in their work
Tue Jun 30, 2020
Workday admits to Black diversity problem, pledges to improve
Workday makes HR tools, including diversity software, for half of the Fortune 100. But Black employees make up less than 3% of its own workforce, an issue Workday vows to address.
Tue Jun 30, 2020
Citrix microapps look to ease office reopening
With new Workspace microapps, Citrix is looking to make it easier for offices to reopen. Company representatives said the tools were informed by the firm's own experiences.
Wed Jul 1, 2020
Australia to invest a record A$1.35bn in cyber security
The Australian government is making its largest ever investment in cyber security over the next decade to identify cyber threats, disrupt foreign cyber criminals and build new capabilities
Wed Jul 1, 2020
FakeSpy Android malware targets Royal Mail app users
The FakeSpy malware was first identified in October 2017 but is now significantly more powerful and dangerous
Wed Jul 1, 2020
How Propre eases its database management woes
Japanese supplier of global real estate data switched to Oracle’s autonomous database to reduce database management costs as it expands its global footprint
Wed Jul 1, 2020
Lenovo, top-of-the-world Chinese supercomputer supplier, sweeps all markets
Supercomputers are not just about computing power, they are a symbol of political ambition. Chinese supercomputer supplier Lenovo is now the dominant supplier across the world
Wed Jul 1, 2020
FCA estimates about 2.6 million Brits have bought cryptocurrency
UK financial services regulator says there has been a significant increase in ownership of cryptocurrencies in the UK
Wed Jul 1, 2020
UK government announces Office for Talent
The Office for Talent is part of a research and development roadmap, which includes an innovation programme to accelerate innovation in government
Wed Jul 1, 2020
Mysterious EvilQuest macOS ransomware spreads through torrents
A new strain of ransomware, dubbed EvilQuest, is threatening Apple Mac environments, and seems to behave quite oddly
Wed Jul 1, 2020
Qumulo hybrid cloud NAS provides special effects for Cinesite
Hybrid cloud scale-out NAS from Qumulo used to offload Active Directory lookups and other workloads to the AWS cloud that had suffered in peak times when on Isilon
Wed Jul 1, 2020
Equity in STEM education more important than ever, says Parliamentary group
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Diversity and Inclusion in STEM suggests recommendations for increasing equity in education after stating coronavirus makes diversity increasingly important
Wed Jul 1, 2020
Société Générale acquires fintech challenger bank
French bank acquires Shine to expand its services to small businesses and entrepreneurs
Wed Jul 1, 2020
Remote workers more aware of security, but still flout the rules
Almost three-quarters of remote workers reckon they have gained in cyber security awareness during lockdown, but don’t seem to be especially bothered about keeping themselves safe
Wed Jul 1, 2020
Consolidation continues with Q Associates buying and Radius Connect emerging
Getting bigger is still a maxim being followed by some in the channel, with a couple of examples to add to the ever-expanding acquisitions list
Wed Jul 1, 2020
CIO interview: Richard Gifford, CIO, Wincanton
Transforming legacy systems, making use of real-time data and exploring emerging technologies are high on the agenda for the logistics giant’s IT team
Wed Jul 1, 2020
Zoom making progress on cyber security and privacy, says CEO
Three months after being hit by a spate of security incidents, Zoom’s CEO, Eric Yuan, has been discussing progress towards a more secure product
Wed Jul 1, 2020
UK’s unsung cyber security heroes sought
Nominations have opened for the fifth annual Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards
Wed Jul 1, 2020
Snake ransomware poses unique danger to industrial systems
The new ransomware family known as Snake, or Ekans, is designed for organizations with industrial control systems and has already struck at least two enterprises.
Wed Jul 1, 2020
Quantum tape, NAS recovery stalled by COVID-19, sports break
Quantum says, 'Let the games begin' after sports and entertainment pauses interrupt sales of tape and scale-out NAS storage; vendor also faces possible PPP problems.
Wed Jul 1, 2020
Developer tools a key part of Yellowfin analytics platform
With embedded analytics as a central tenet, Yellowfin continues to focus on application developers by giving them new tools and updating existing ones in its platform updates.
Wed Jul 1, 2020
Lack of data literacy still a problem for many organizations
Organizations' lack of confidence in their ability to understand and use data to make decisions blocks their efforts to become data-driven.
Wed Jul 1, 2020
Microsoft fixes Windows Codecs flaws with emergency patches
Microsoft addressed two vulnerabilities, one rated critical and the other rated important, after being alerted by a researcher with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative.
Wed Jul 1, 2020
Feds nix college degree requirement for merit-based hiring
President Trump has ordered federal agencies, which employ 2.2 million, to move to merit-based hiring by the end of the year. This may require an HR technology upgrade.
Wed Jul 1, 2020
Confluent enables infinite Kafka scalability in the cloud
Kafka gets data retention boost that can make it easier for users to store event streaming data for long periods of time, which can help with data analysis.
Wed Jul 1, 2020
Kubernetes complicates Cloud Foundry platform development
The Cloud Foundry community has begun to port its developer interface onto Kubernetes infrastructure, but there are multiple approaches to sort out amid the transition.
Thu Jul 2, 2020
Telco edge to accompany 5G roll-outs in APAC
Pilot projects are underway in the Asia-Pacific to deploy telco edge infrastructure to support high-bandwidth, low-latency applications
Thu Jul 2, 2020
Accenture to cut 900 UK staff
Accenture is cutting 900 jobs in the UK, as business levels drop amid the global Covid-19 pandemic
Thu Jul 2, 2020
Optimised network infrastructure, visibility, experience management form next frontier in business
Business leaders, C-suite and IT decision-makers must come together to ensure that they invest in the right infrastructure or they will face business failure, says Riverbed report
Thu Jul 2, 2020
CMA calls on government to revamp regulations for tech giants
Competition regulator says current laws are not fit for purpose and wants a new, ‘pro-competition regulatory regime’ that the likes of Google and Facebook must abide by
Thu Jul 2, 2020
Civil and family courts to get video platform for remote hearings
Video platform that has been used in magistrates’ and crown courts during the coronavirus pandemic will be extended to civil and family courts
Thu Jul 2, 2020
Sodinokibi gang begins dark web celebrity data auctions
Group claims to be auctioning confidential legal data on pop stars Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj and basketball player LeBron James
Thu Jul 2, 2020
Most Influential Women in UK Tech: The 2020 longlist
Each year, during its search for influential women in UK technology, Computer Weekly asks the tech industry to nominate who it thinks should be considered for the top 50 – here is the longlist for 2020
Thu Jul 2, 2020
Police secrecy over ‘IMSI-catcher’ mass surveillance of mobile phones
Following a tribunal ruling, constabularies in England and Wales can refuse to confirm or deny whether they use mass surveillance devices, known as IMSI-catchers to monitor people’s location, phone calls and text messages
Thu Jul 2, 2020
Locked-down teens flock to NCSC CyberFirst training scheme
A record number of 14 to 17-year-olds have signed up to the National Cyber Security Centre’s CyberFirst summer school
Thu Jul 2, 2020
New normal of remote working sees more than half of innovation budgets cut
Nearly one-fifth of tech executives have seen significant reductions in their innovation budgets because of the Covid-19 pandemic, says report
Thu Jul 2, 2020
IR35 private sector reforms: Finance Bill vote denies further delays to April 2021 start date
Another push by MPs to get the start date for the IR35 private sector reforms delayed until a thorough impact assessment into the changes can be performed has failed to win the support of the House of Commons
Thu Jul 2, 2020
Channel key to driving Avaya’s UCaaS offering
Comms player cuts the ribbon on its unified comms-as-a-service product with the channel front and centre of its plans
Thu Jul 2, 2020
Cops take out encrypted comms to disrupt organised crime
The UK’s National Crime Agency, alongside other law enforcement agencies in France and the Netherlands, have busted illicit arms and drugs rings after disabling an encrypted comms platform
Thu Jul 2, 2020
Tech pros focus on application delivery during pandemic
Tech pros have added security, automation and session capacity to their application delivery infrastructure to support business operations during the pandemic.
Thu Jul 2, 2020
Remote workforce demands ‘hybrid working’, not the end of the office in the ‘better normal’
As lockdowns end, research shows businesses will gradually have to start shifting their focus from purely surviving, yet employees think their desire for hybrid working is out of step with that of their employer
Thu Jul 2, 2020
Resellers overcoming resistance to agent model
Avaya has seen its channel partners change their position on the master agent model as the vendor has led more of them through the process
Thu Jul 2, 2020
Loan charge MPs denied House of Commons vote on Finance Bill policy amendments
Despite securing the support of 50 named MPs, an amendment to the forthcoming Finance Bill that could have seen thousands of people fall out of scope of the Loan Charge policy has been denied
Thu Jul 2, 2020
Pure Storage CEO back after COVID-19 battle
Pure Storage CEO Charles Giancarlo said it took him a month to recover from an extended bout with coronavirus. Meanwhile, Pure's revenue grew by 12% last quarter despite the pandemic.
Thu Jul 2, 2020
Manufacturers turn to servitization for competitive advantage
Servitization leads to more resilient and profitable businesses, but only a few manufacturers are fully enabled to adopt the new model, according to IDC.
Thu Jul 2, 2020
Ahana brings PrestoDB SQL query engine to the cloud
Soon after announcing its seed round of funding, Ahana launched commercial support services for the open source federated SQL data query technology.
Thu Jul 2, 2020
VMware reaches agreement to acquire Datrium DRaaS
Datrium will continue to operate independently post-acquisition, and the product will remain separate from VMware Site Recovery, but there is no word on any staff changes.
Thu Jul 2, 2020
Veeam hybrid cloud, virtual VeeamON reflect tech changes
While Veeam is planning on a physical user conference next year, its virtual event in June drew tens of thousands. The company highlighted its advancements in cloud and CDP.
Thu Jul 2, 2020
Pandemic influences IT staffing trends
The pandemic and economic uncertainty is influencing IT staffing priorities within the tech industry, according to new research; other news from the week.
Thu Jul 2, 2020
Amazon CodeGuru uses machine learning to improve code
With Amazon CodeGuru now generally available, developers can write higher-quality, cost-efficient Java code. The service uses machine learning to find and fix bugs.
Thu Jul 2, 2020
ConnectWise ups ante in cybersecurity services market
ConnectWise is pushing deeper into the security market by launching an MSP-specific cybersecurity framework. Get insight into the MSP+ Cybersecurity Framework initiative.
Thu Jul 2, 2020
Microsoft-Cisco video interoperability delayed until later in 2020
Microsoft and Cisco said a long-awaited integration between their video conferencing room systems, originally slated to launch in early 2020, is still on track for release this year.
Thu Jul 2, 2020
AIOps tools expand as users warm slowly to autoremediation
AIOps tool vendors keep expanding the environments they can support with automated remediation features, but users are taking their time to move beyond root cause analysis.
Fri Jul 3, 2020
Voice biometrics for CX detects customer age, fraud
As of now, Nuance voice age-detection features are for security teams that want to prevent fraud and to route service calls. Analyst sees potential for marketing personalization.
Fri Jul 3, 2020
Virgin Media, Cisco unveil first-ever commercial deployment of OpenRoaming at Canary Wharf
Wireless communications based on new connectivity aims to ‘dramatically’ improve efficiencies for more than 20,000 businesses, entrepreneurs, independent retailers, bars, cafes and workspaces in London’s Docklands
Fri Jul 3, 2020
Government to fund diagnostic health tech projects
Six health projects across the UK, using technologies to detect chronic and terminal illnesses, will be given £13m in funding by the government, while £3m will come from Cancer Research UK
Fri Jul 3, 2020
DWP publishes digital delivery results and cost of IT blunders
DWP released a number of updates of its digital transformation work including several initiatives relating to the Covid-19 outbreak, and reported more than £10m sunk in failed IT projects
Fri Jul 3, 2020
Virgin Media spreads UK gigabit broadband reach
Launch of gigabit broadband in Merseyside and Edinburgh sees Virgin Media add more than 600,000 homes to fibre network, taking total to 2.7 million properties
Fri Jul 3, 2020
HP sets sights on ambitious sustainability goals
HP plans to increase use of recycled materials in printers and PCs over the next five years
Fri Jul 3, 2020
Bergen’s tech hub seeking to scale after positive start
Norway's second largest city is building a tech ecosystem that is beginning its development with a focus on the city's industrial heritage
Fri Jul 3, 2020
Chinese law may require companies to disclose cyber-security preparations outside China
Companies with Chinese operations may have to disclose information about the security of their networks in other countries under China’s draft data security law
Fri Jul 3, 2020
Three counts on Amdocs to support enterprise business expansion
UK telco taps comms platforms and services technology provider to create modern solutions to challenge rivals and meet the evolving needs of UK businesses
Fri Jul 3, 2020
Green tech needed for post-Covid economic recovery
Green technology investments could help society recover from the coronavirus – and prepare it for the long-term negative social and economic outcomes of climate change