TechTarget News - Week of Jul 26, 2020
Mon Jul 27, 2020
Australia issues new cloud computing guidelines
The new guidance, which comes after the expiry of the government’s cloud services certification programme, will help to bolster Australia’s cyber security resilience
Mon Jul 27, 2020
Coronavirus has not knocked the sustainability pitch
Epson reports that channel partners and customers are still talking green even in the face of the pandemic
Mon Jul 27, 2020
Hybrid working becomes the new collaboration imperative
New report reveals that ‘astutely’ navigating work practices, spaces and culture will help respond to crisis, redefine the purpose and reinvent the future of work
Mon Jul 27, 2020
SAP Q2 2020 results: SAP partially divests Qualtrics as positive results posted against Covid crisis
SAP has announced a positive set of second-quarter 2020 results, hot on the heels of a declaration that it will spin out online survey business unit Qualtrics by way of an initial public offering in the US
Mon Jul 27, 2020
Court adjourns hearing into Assange extradition as US delays serving new indictment
Westminster Magistrates Court suspends scheduled extradition hearing into WikiLeaks founder after it emerged the US had failed to serve a second superseding indictment against him
Mon Jul 27, 2020
IT expertise in banking boardrooms reduces risk, finds Europe’s central bank
Banks with more IT knowledge in the boardroom are more realistic about risk, according to Europe’s banking regulator
Mon Jul 27, 2020
Volkswagen Group to open up AWS-powered Industrial Cloud to third-party tech firms
Car manufacturer Volkswagen Group has unveiled the next phase of its Industrial Cloud strategy, which includes the creation of an open ecosystem of supportive software partners
Mon Jul 27, 2020
UK fintech investment down by more than 30%
Less-established fintechs have been hit the hardest by the drop in investment capital, but there is light ahead for those that survive
Mon Jul 27, 2020
MainOne West African submarine cable implements Infinera to boost spectrum capacity
Comms tech provider works with global operator to optimise performance on undersea cable serving as West African backbone network for Orange’s international connectivity in Africa
Mon Jul 27, 2020
NGD’s mega-colocation campus in Wales acquired by Vantage Data Centers
US-based colocation firm continues its European expansion by snapping up Next Generation Data’s Newport campus
Mon Jul 27, 2020
Digital ad networks tied to malvertising threats -- again
Adsterra and Propeller Ads were implicated in past malvertising threats such the Master134 campaign. Now the two ad networks are linked to new malicious activity.
Mon Jul 27, 2020
SAP floats Qualtrics IPO 2 years after acquisition
SAP's decision to spin off Qualtrics in an IPO will likely benefit both companies, analysts said.
Mon Jul 27, 2020
Microsoft contemplates new DaaS product, 'Cloud PC'
Unexpected consumption costs mar companies' adoption of the cloud. The reported Microsoft Cloud PC, with per-user pricing, could ease that issue.
Mon Jul 27, 2020
MI6 apologises after attempt to interfere with intelligence court
The UK Secret Intelligence Service, MI6, has apologised after attempting to persuade the secretary of Britain’s most secret court to withhold documents from senior judges in a case about crimes by undercover agents
Mon Jul 27, 2020
Emotet botnet hacked, malware replaced with humorous GIFs
Malware distribution network Emotet has been hacked by a potential threat actor of unknown origin, with malware payloads now being replaced with GIFs of James Franco and others.
Mon Jul 27, 2020
Layoffs narrow gender pay gap, but equity battle continues
The gender pay equity gap improved a little in the second quarter, but the results stem from recent layoffs, especially among women in hospitality and retail industries.
Tue Jul 28, 2020
What's next for SuccessFactors HR after Qualtrics IPO?
After it acquired Qualtrics, SAP said the experience management software company would be core to its SuccessFactors HR strategy. Then SAP decided to spin it out in an IPO.
Tue Jul 28, 2020
Vector and AWS team up on ‘new energy platform’
New Zealand-based energy supplier Vector partners AWS to develop an IoT and analytics platform to speed up processing of smart meter data and to tailor products and pricing for customers
Tue Jul 28, 2020
Kerv emerges to offer a fresh cloud approach
Former CEO and COO of Six Degrees Group cut the ribbon on a fresh operation formed from a three-firm tie-up
Tue Jul 28, 2020
Councils get funding to build on Covid-19 digital progress
The latest council funding is intended to ensure continued modernisation in public services delivery
Tue Jul 28, 2020
Trams celebrates 30 years
Reseller reaches milestone and reflects on its history, with its people getting the nod for helping the firm prosper over three decades
Tue Jul 28, 2020
Latent demand for fertility tech identified by market study
Global investment in fertility tech startups tops $2.2bn over five-year period, with significant growth opportunities going forward due to combination of technological innovation and latent demand for fertility treatments
Tue Jul 28, 2020
Ofcom to free up additional spectrum for wireless services
Regulator takes steps to boost home network users who are now in their home offices and will be there for a considerable period of time
Tue Jul 28, 2020
NCSC inducts six security startups to Cyber Accelerator
10-week programme will guide some of the UK’s most innovative security startups as they scale their businesses for future growth
Tue Jul 28, 2020
UK government aims fintech industry at Africa
UK government is building fintech relationships with developing countries, beginning with a pilot programme in Africa
Tue Jul 28, 2020
Google Cloud announces Grace Hopper subsea cable
IT giant connects up first new undersea cable of its kind since 2003 to connect UK, US and Spain
Tue Jul 28, 2020
Scotland’s security resilience centre concept goes national
Based on the success of the Scottish Business Resilience Centre, a series of regional Cyber Resilience Centres are now launching across the rest of the UK
Tue Jul 28, 2020
NCSC names national security expert Lindy Cameron as new CEO
New National Cyber Security Centre head joins from the Northern Ireland Office and has spent 20 years in government at home and abroad
Tue Jul 28, 2020
Digital bank customer data breached through third party
FBI is investigating digital bank customer data breach that occurred via a former third-party supplier
Tue Jul 28, 2020
Global telco 5G network infrastructure spending set to almost double in 2020
Research firm finds investments in next-generation networks will reach just over one-fifth of total wireless infrastructure spend
Tue Jul 28, 2020
Orange and Google Cloud to create data platform to bolster edge computing offerings to enterprises
Telco giant Orange is building on its long-standing technology collaboration with Google Cloud to bolster the range of edge computing services it can offer clients
Tue Jul 28, 2020
O2 gains KPMG mandate to meet new demand for remote working
O2 will provide connectivity tools to help support professional services provider’s operational activity
Tue Jul 28, 2020
Backblaze cloud offers free S3 migration service
Backblaze provides a point-and-click migration service out of Amazon S3. In related news, the Backblaze S3-compatible APIs became generally available.
Tue Jul 28, 2020
Backblaze takes aim at ‘costly and complex’ AWS cloud storage
Backblaze offers free transfer to its S3-based cloud storage – which it claims costs a fraction of AWS et al – as long as it’s more than 50TB and you commit to at least 12 months
Tue Jul 28, 2020
What's in a name? Dell EMC PowerFlex brand replaces VxFlex
Vendor claims hundreds of Dell EMC PowerFlex customers in education, finance and healthcare. It marks the second name change for ScaleIO platform that EMC bought in 2013.
Tue Jul 28, 2020
Garmin may have paid hackers ransom, reports suggest
Garmin’s services are coming back online, but the company remains tight-lipped about what exactly happened to it
Tue Jul 28, 2020
De Montfort, KCL, Newcastle universities join list of Blackbaud victims
Embattled cloud services provider now has big questions to answer over its handling of data belonging to UK universities and charities
Tue Jul 28, 2020
Snyk shows developers top-priority vulnerabilities
Snyk's new prioritization capabilities help developers decide which security vulnerabilities to address first in order to shore up enterprise systems.
Tue Jul 28, 2020
US Cellular taps Nokia, Ericsson to build out 5G infrastructure
Scandinavian comms tech suppliers on board to support US’s fourth largest telco’s journey to next-generation services
Tue Jul 28, 2020
Data accuracy vendor boosts MDM data quality
Naveego's latest platform update introduces a new user interface that looks to make it easier for users to integrate different data sources while ensuring data quality.
Wed Jul 29, 2020
Why supply chain visibility is key to APAC retailers
Having complete visibility over the supply chain will enable retailers to tide over the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic and transform their businesses
Wed Jul 29, 2020
IBM: Compromised credentials led to higher data breach costs
The average total cost of a data breach is $3.86 million, according to new research from IBM and the Ponemon Institute, and compromised credentials are the biggest reason why.
Wed Jul 29, 2020
Firms face remote working challenges as IT teams express concern about infrastructure
Post-lockdown survey finds UK-based IT leaders lack confidence in their organisation’s plan to withstand an unanticipated crisis as Covid-19 dramatically accelerates cloud adoption
Wed Jul 29, 2020
Aptum tracks shifting responses to cloud
Firm shares research with its channel that shows just how far most customers have come to adopting the cloud during the coronavirus pandemic
Wed Jul 29, 2020
Cosmetics firm Avon faces new cyber security incident
Technical information relating to Avon’s web and mobile sites was inadvertently left exposed on an unsecured Microsoft Azure server
Wed Jul 29, 2020
Channel eyes opportunities around hybrid working
There is a fresh two-word contender to challenge digital transformation for dominance in every channel conversation
Wed Jul 29, 2020
Schrems steps up pressure on Irish data protection commissioner on Facebook’s data sharing with US
Austrian lawyer is considering ‘other’ options if the Irish data protection commissioner does not make a decision by October on his seven-year-old complaint against Facebook
Wed Jul 29, 2020
Campaigners urge government to resist big tech lobbying pressure
Lobbyists for big tech, supported by senior US politicians, have rallied against stricter regulation of technology companies, and threatened the US-UK trade deal unless Britain scraps plans to levy a digital services tax
Wed Jul 29, 2020
Enterprises experience ‘productivity tax’ as remote work environments set for long term
Remote work productivity tracker shows employee productivity has dipped in certain regions and use cases since the advent of Covid-19, perhaps permanently
Wed Jul 29, 2020
IBM joins Google, Microsoft and Oracle in signing preferential cloud pricing deal with UK government
Public sector organisations set to reap the benefits of CCS's latest preferential pricing deal, in support of its push to accelerate the adoption of cloud across central government and the NHS
Wed Jul 29, 2020
Bank of Ireland fined for six-year-old IT breach
Bank of Ireland fined by regulator for its failings to prevent fraud six years ago
Wed Jul 29, 2020
Oracle CX head Rob Tarkoff: Acquisition integrations complete
The executive vice president of CX and Oracle Data Cloud discusses how acquired technologies have been fully integrated into Oracle's customer experience SaaS application stack.
Wed Jul 29, 2020
NetBackup 8.3 adds cloud data protection, DR
NetBackup 8.3 folds in two other Veritas products, expanding its data protection into public clouds and providing resilience against ransomware attacks.
Wed Jul 29, 2020
Majority of organisations at risk of cloud data exposure
Report casts doubt on the effectiveness of the shared responsibility model of cloud security
Wed Jul 29, 2020
Amazon to create 1,000 skilled tech roles in Ireland
Retail giant Amazon will be adding several skilled tech roles to its locations in Ireland over the next two years
Wed Jul 29, 2020
£400m full-fibre broadband expansion as Warburg Pincus, DTCP take control of Community Fibre
Expansion of full-fibre network across London will deliver up to 10Gbps of broadband to a million households and businesses
Wed Jul 29, 2020
'BootHole' bug puts most Linux, Windows systems in jeopardy
Hardware security vendor Eclypsium discovered a bootloader vulnerability that bypasses Secure Boot protection and affects a majority of modern Linux and Windows systems.
Wed Jul 29, 2020
Serious BootHole vulnerability puts millions of systems at risk
BootHole is a GRUB2 bootloader vulnerability and puts millions of PCs, servers and other devices at risk of compromise
Wed Jul 29, 2020
Rockset updates real-time indexing cloud database
Technology based on the open source RocksDB project is helping cloud database vendor Rockset improve scalability for real-time data applications that don't benefit from data lakes.
Wed Jul 29, 2020
Altova debuts debugger for low-code applications
Low-code app development could gain a quality boost from Altova and its debugger for low-code applications, which helps developers catch and fix bugs in the development process.
Wed Jul 29, 2020
COVID-19 dominates enterprise storage news so far this year
The year hasn't gone as expected in enterprise storage, with the pandemic affecting conferences, sales results, use cases, funding and even CEO health.
Wed Jul 29, 2020
Pivot3 Acuity streamlines streaming video with automation
Pivot3 Acuity refresh injects health analytics and tools to orchestrate system-wide HCI upgrades. The vendor targets organizations with dense streaming media.
Wed Jul 29, 2020
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3 beta released
The latest beta of Red Hat Enterprise Linux has new System Roles for logging and environmental metrics, along with improvements to help developers create more stable applications.
Wed Jul 29, 2020
Styra policy builder eases access to IT compliance as code
Styra's Rego Policy Builder guides novice users through the process of rendering OPA policies, part of the vendor's push to broaden the audience for its commercial software.
Wed Jul 29, 2020
ADP starts reopening offices, stays firm on HCM plans
In an earnings call, ADP CEO said the company will manage the COVID-19 pandemic just like it has previous crises. It will take the long view and maintain its HCM investment.
Wed Jul 29, 2020
Azure IoT Connector now readies IoMT data for use
Microsoft is previewing a tool that standardizes IoMT data for the clinical setting.
Thu Jul 30, 2020
Agile adoption still in early stages
Less than a quarter of organisations made it past the step of defining their agile approach while more than half are just getting started, study finds
Thu Jul 30, 2020
RingCentral sings praises of master agency model
Cloud comms player is the latest to voice support of an approach that is starting to gain more ground in the UK
Thu Jul 30, 2020
EE attains leadership in UK mobile network performance in first half of 2020
As the way in which people use networks has dramatically changed over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic, 5G is changing the game in UK mobile, research has found
Thu Jul 30, 2020
List of Blackbaud breach victims tops 120
More than 120 education and third-sector organisations may have had their data compromised through the breach of Blackbaud’s cloud platform
Thu Jul 30, 2020
UK rural full-fibre broadband network expanded further
Over three million more homes and businesses in rural areas of the UK given the opportunity to get ultra-reliable, gigabit-ready, full-fibre broadband by mid-2020s
Thu Jul 30, 2020
Accenture selected for key role in Bank of England core settlement system replacement
Accenture will be technology delivery partner in project to replace the core system used to settle payments between banks
Thu Jul 30, 2020
Finland government funds work on potential quantum leap
Finland's government is committing money to the development of quantum computing technologies to potentially provide a giant leap for the nation's industries
Thu Jul 30, 2020
BASF partnership develops AI-powered smart mining
A collaboration with IntelliSense.io is being used to power AI-based optimisation of mining processes
Thu Jul 30, 2020
Tech sector calls on government to 'urgently' resolve delays in digital identity policy
Trade body TechUK has written privately to DCMS secretary of state to express industry frustrations and request ‘urgent needs’ are resolved to enable digital identity market in UK
Thu Jul 30, 2020
Treasury plans speedy approach to project delivery
Treasury will become the “new radicals” of Whitehall, taking charge of getting rid of legacy IT, making data-driven decisions and investing in data infrastructure
Thu Jul 30, 2020
Salesforce's AI-powered Einstein Call Coaching now available
Salesforce's Einstein Call Coaching has moved out of pilot testing, during which a steel building manufacturer saw a 60% reduction in time spent manually analyzing customer calls.
Thu Jul 30, 2020
New Relic pricing plummets with product overhaul
New Relic dropped pricing for a newly unified set of IT monitoring tools, as it faces fresh competitive pressures and users adjust to cloud-native complexity.
Thu Jul 30, 2020
How Broxbourne is evolving digital transformation beyond Covid-19
The small town of Broxbourne in Hertfordshire is building on work before and during the pandemic to advance its modernisation agenda
Thu Jul 30, 2020
Diversity in cyber improving but inclusion needs work, says NCSC
Study into diversity and inclusion in the cyber security sector has found that diversity is off to a good start, but inclusion is lacking
Thu Jul 30, 2020
Barclays CEO says Canary Wharf office set to stay despite home working success
Barclays chief says the success of home working during the Covid-19 pandemic has taught the banks lessons, one of which is that major centres like Canary Wharf will remain
Thu Jul 30, 2020
Former UC Global staff confirm Embassy surveillance operation against Julian Assange
Spanish court investigates claims that security company illegally recorded meetings between Julian Assange, politicians, lawyers and celebrities at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London
Thu Jul 30, 2020
EC launches digital identity consultation
European Commission’s consultation will look at revisions to the eIDAS regulation, aiming to improve effectiveness and extend it to the private sector
Thu Jul 30, 2020
MinIO object storage supports Veeam backup
MinIO's partnership with Veeam promises it can make Veeam Backup and Replication run at primary storage speeds while also providing immutability for backup data.
Thu Jul 30, 2020
HMCTS video hearings service scrutinised in LSE report
Independent evaluation looks at user experience of video functionality for courts and tribunals
Thu Jul 30, 2020
UK households suffer as online problems disrupt work during lockdown
Quadient urges broadband and mobile providers to focus on customer service as UK ranks connectivity as more essential than gas, banking or council services
Thu Jul 30, 2020
Costs incurred by 'major' datacentre outages continue to rise, Uptime Institute research shows
The Uptime Institute's latest datacentre market survey reveals major outages are costing operators more to bounce back from
Thu Jul 30, 2020
Yammer redesign includes tighter Microsoft Teams integration
The Yammer redesign underscores Microsoft's renewed commitment to the social networking app after years of speculation that it would discontinue the product and focus on Teams.
Thu Jul 30, 2020
'Meow' attacks continue, thousands of databases deleted
More than one week later, the mysterious attacks on insecure databases on ElasticSearch, MongoDB and others have not only persisted but grown, with no explanation.
Thu Jul 30, 2020
Hasura Cloud launches GraphQL-as-a-service platform
Hasura made its GraphQL platform available as a managed service, enabling organizations to connect and query different data sources using the open source GraphQL language.
Thu Jul 30, 2020
Congress explores pros, cons of remote work trends
Remote work trends in the private sector are getting fresh attention from U.S. lawmakers. Two hearings last week looked at aspects of this shift to flexible and full-time remote work.
Thu Jul 30, 2020
Juniper Mist stretches to WAN management
Jackson Electric Cooperative expects Juniper Mist's new WAN management features to reduce the number of customer trouble tickets and simplify access to network performance data.
Fri Jul 31, 2020
EU sanctions China and Russia over cyber attacks
The EU is applying restrictive measure to six individuals and three entities accused of conducting disruptive cyber attacks in Europe, including the Russian GRU
Fri Jul 31, 2020
UK contact-tracing app to be launched ‘shortly’ as Northern Ireland deploys service
Launch imminent for long-awaited and controversial mobile application described as ‘cherry on the cake’ of UK’s Covid-19 test and trace strategy
Fri Jul 31, 2020
UK government announces further funding for tech innovators to seize 5G opportunities
Next stage in national programme to pioneer new ways to take advantage of the potential of next-generation networks helping companies harness the power of 5G and boost economic productivity
Fri Jul 31, 2020
Twitter confirms it was hit by targeted spearphishing attack
Investigation into 15 July 2020 hack of a number of high-profile accounts by cryptocurrency scammers has found evidence of a targeted spearphishing incident
Fri Jul 31, 2020
US lawmakers grill big tech chiefs over market power
Sixth antitrust hearing sees CEOs of major technology companies face combative questioning from members of Congress over their market power and dominance
Fri Jul 31, 2020
Amazon reports Q2 profit and revenue surge as Covid-19-induced uptick in online sales continues
Amazon sees profit and revenue surge in the wake of the coronavirus, but growth of its cloud business slows as IT buyers re-prioritise investments because of pandemic
Fri Jul 31, 2020
Labour Party is latest victim of Blackbaud ransomware attack
Widening Blackbaud data breach ensnares the Labour Party as the cloud software firm continues to duck questions about its behaviour
Fri Jul 31, 2020
Hancock: Better tech means better healthcare
The coronavirus pandemic has “catalysed” data-driven decision making in the NHS, according to health secretary Matt Hancock, promising a future NHS that “doubles down” on technological advances
Fri Jul 31, 2020
Experts launch digital skills project for civil servants
International tech education experts from 10 institutions across the world have developed an online education programme for public servants
Fri Jul 31, 2020
VMware completes participation in UK contact-tracing app development
The day after UK government announced that its long-awaited and controversial contact-tracing application would be available ‘shortly’, VMware revealed it has completed its role in the development
Fri Jul 31, 2020
Parents accuse Amazon of inaction in combatting child abuse material online
Parents protest over Amazon Web Services’ alleged inaction in dealing with child sexual abuse material hosted on its servers
Fri Jul 31, 2020
BT takes Covid-19 hit but claims strong first quarter
Comms provider warns of further impact from pandemic in future quarters as a result of insolvency, slower decision-making by larger customers and lower usage across businesses
Fri Jul 31, 2020
Intuit AI, knowledge engineering help power Aid Assist
The principal product manager at Intuit talks about the company's use of machine learning, natural language processing and knowledge engineering in its new Aid Assist tool.
Fri Jul 31, 2020
Covid-19 lockdowns drive global Q2 surge in cloud infrastructure spending
Latest market tracker data from IT analyst house Canalys reveals the impact the coronavirus crisis is having on cloud spending habits worldwide
Fri Jul 31, 2020
ICO launches guidance on AI and data protection
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published guidance aimed at rendering the application of machine learning to data compliant with data protection principles
Fri Jul 31, 2020
ASUG/DSAG members like S/4HANA, but implementations still lag
S/4HANA is viewed positively by most SAP customers, according to a new survey of ASUG and DSAG members, but complexity of an S/4HANA move may be delaying implementation projects.
Fri Jul 31, 2020
Digital transformation approaches favor speed in down market
Digital transformation strategies are undergoing transformation in response to U.S. economic turmoil, several researchers found; other news from the week.
Fri Jul 31, 2020
Subsurface event reveals what lies below the cloud data lake
Users at the Dremio-sponsored Subsurface virtual conference detail data lake efforts and trends, including the emerging Apache Iceberg project, originally created by Netflix.