TechTarget News - Week of Dec 06, 2020
Mon Dec 7, 2020
China lags US in computer vision
China trails the US in the field of computer vision despite making inroads in computing and research, new report finds
Mon Dec 7, 2020
A trillion dollars lost to cyber crime every year
Data collated by McAfee and the Centre for Strategic and International Studies highlights the growing impact of cyber crime
Mon Dec 7, 2020
Singapore government to boost blockchain adoption
Singapore government unveils S$12m programme to promote development and adoption of blockchain applications beyond financial services
Mon Dec 7, 2020
Post Office IT scandal CEO Paula Vennells jumps NHS ship as pressure mounts
CEO at the centre of the scandal that saw innocent people bankrupted and some sent to prison steps down from NHS role as pressure for her resignation grows
Mon Dec 7, 2020
Grindr and others patch critical Android bug
Fixes for CVE-2020-8913 deployed as app developers shore up their defences against a disclosed Google Play vulnerability
Mon Dec 7, 2020
HMRC referred 11 data security incidents to ICO in 2019-20
HM Revenue & Customs shares details of a number of data security incidents that occurred during the 2019-20 financial year in its annual report
Mon Dec 7, 2020
Computer Weekly Buyer's Guide feature list 2021
Here is our 2021 schedule of up-and-coming in-depth articles that will cover carefully selected topics to help IT leaders select the right technology for their organisation
Mon Dec 7, 2020
UK Space Agency awards £7m for space innovation projects
A range of ‘high risk, high reward’ projects have been awarded a total of £7m from the Space Agency’s National Space Innovation Programme, aiming to make the UK a world leader in space technology
Mon Dec 7, 2020
CCS to launch £750m pan-government cloud computing services framework
The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) aims for the framework agreement to make it easier for public sector to buy scalable cloud hosting
Mon Dec 7, 2020
KCOM and Giacom team up to deliver Microsoft services
Firms local to each other combine expertise to deliver connectivity and cloud services
Mon Dec 7, 2020
GSMA launches digital access guidelines to help disabled people
Industry organisation GSMA has launched a framework of guidelines aimed at making mobile technology more accessible for people with disabilities
Mon Dec 7, 2020
H-1B lawsuit against Facebook tackles old problem
The Dept. of Justice's H-1B lawsuit alleges Facebook didn't consider qualified U.S. workers for visa jobs and shines a light on employer job advertising requirements.
Mon Dec 7, 2020
Ericsson, TIM, Qualcomm, claim 5G FWA speed milestone
Although fixed wireless access has not yet gained as much publicity as other use cases for the next-generation infrastructure, its potential in connecting those in remote areas to 5G is vast and a consortium of technology vendors and leading Italian operators have established a new throughput benchmark
Mon Dec 7, 2020
Media giant MGM signs multi-year deal with AWS to revamp its supply chain processes
AWS lands multi-year cloud deal with US media giant MGM that will see it assist the firm with revamping its supply chain and content distribution processes
Mon Dec 7, 2020
Nokia to be technology lead for EU 6G project
Finnish comms tech provider is the project leader for European Commission’s flagship initiative for research into the next generation of wireless networks
Mon Dec 7, 2020
Stockport Council launches digital training initiative
Local authority Stockport Council has launched a programme aimed at training young people in digital skills to give them a better chance at entering digital roles
Mon Dec 7, 2020
Channel round-up: Who’s gone where?
There is still time in 2020 for some senior appointments to be made across the industry
Mon Dec 7, 2020
Cisco aims for enhanced engagement with IMImobile acquisition
Network technology and solutions giant makes strategic acquisition of cloud communications software and services provider to embed omnichannel engagement into customer experience-as-a-service
Mon Dec 7, 2020
Met Police failed to clear backlog of subject access requests
Metropolitan Police failed to comply fully with an enforcement notice issued by the Information Commissioner, and despite hundreds of overdue subject access requests the regulator did not take further action
Mon Dec 7, 2020
ThoughtSpot BI platform to focus on the cloud
After developing a strong on-premises customer base, ThoughtSpot is undergoing a transformation with the cloud at the center of is product development strategy.
Mon Dec 7, 2020
Russian state-sponsored hackers exploit VMware vulnerability
The NSA issued a cybersecurity advisory warning government agencies to mitigate as soon as possible, as the vulnerability was disclosed and patched last week.
Mon Dec 7, 2020
EBS Block Express helps AWS reinvent cloud SAN
Most of AWS' storage updates at AWS re:Invent 2020 make enterprise features more accessible to non-enterprise customers, but its Block Express high-IOPS volumes are unique.
Tue Dec 8, 2020
AWS to open Melbourne cloud region in 2022
Amazon Web Services’ second Australian cloud region is part of its growing infrastructure investments in the maturing cloud market
Tue Dec 8, 2020
CIO interview: David Plumb, chief innovation officer, University of Warwick
The innovation leader is developing ecosystems of partners from industry, public sector and academia to not only help Warwick students, but also to support them as entrepreneurs and benefit the regional economy
Tue Dec 8, 2020
BMW Group embarks on data-driven supply chain revamp with AWS
BMW Group is forging even closer ties with AWS by enlisting its help to refine its supply chain and manufacturing processes, as well as train up its staff in cloud technologies
Tue Dec 8, 2020
Tesco uses Netcall to speed up insurance claims process
An in-house team has used a low-code platform from Netcall to develop an application for Tesco Underwriting
Tue Dec 8, 2020
Denise Bryant gets UKI channel role at NetApp
Well-known channel figure Denise Bryant takes lead role for indirect business at cloud and data management specialist NetApp
Tue Dec 8, 2020
Russian state actors exploiting VMware bug to hijack data, users warned
Russian APT groups are actively exploiting a vulnerability in VMware products to access protected data, according to latest warnings
Tue Dec 8, 2020
AWS channel chief: Partners key to growing the business
Public cloud giant Amazon Web Services’ channel chief speaks of the importance of partners and the acceleration of cloud adoption during the coronavirus pandemic
Tue Dec 8, 2020
Multiple D-Link routers found vulnerable to attack
Digital Defense discloses a remotely exploitable root command injection flaw in a number of D-Link wireless router devices
Tue Dec 8, 2020
Juniper snags Apstra in latest acquisition
The Apstra acquisition could help Juniper sell networking hardware and software to heterogeneous data centers and large-scale public clouds.
Tue Dec 8, 2020
Remote working issues block path to success for medium-sized businesses
Nearly a third of European workers at mid-sized organisations feel disengaged and unmotivated due to issues with technology while working remotely
Tue Dec 8, 2020
Societe Generale latest banking giant to cut costs and increase digital investment
French bank Societe Generale is merging two retail brands and increasing investment in its digital offering to meet its ambitious customer acquisition plans
Tue Dec 8, 2020
Veeam cloud backup updates target Teams, Amazon RDS
Veeam Software boosted its backup for AWS and Microsoft Office 365 data. Both of the cloud-based platforms are trending up in the data protection market.
Tue Dec 8, 2020
SMEs need to acknowledge remote working lessons to prosper post-Covid
Research from integrated cloud communications platform provider finds that over two-fifths of SME employees believe that, with effective communication tools, productivity would be the most improved business challenge in the “new normal”
Tue Dec 8, 2020
CMA sets out plan to regulate technology giants
With its new Digital Markets Unit, the CMA is hoping to curb the excesses of the internet, improve competition and give more choice to consumers
Tue Dec 8, 2020
SingleStore raises $80M for distributed SQL database
Raj Verma, CEO of SingleStore, explains why the vendor rebranded from MemSQL and how its platform is more than just an in-memory database, but is a general-purpose database.
Tue Dec 8, 2020
Linkerd service mesh's steady updates outlast Istio's flash
As service mesh adoption goes mainstream, early adopters of Linkerd say it allowed them to start small and grow in scale and sophistication as needed.
Tue Dec 8, 2020
Amazon SageMaker Clarify aims to mitigate bias in machine learning
AWS looks to tackle machine learning bias with a new a new tool that works with Amazon SageMaker products to help developers and users better detect and eliminate AI bias.
Tue Dec 8, 2020
Salesforce advised users to skip Chrome browser updates
Salesforce recommended users dealing with mixed content issues to skip Chrome upgrades or roll back to older versions of the browser, but the vendor later removed those steps.
Tue Dec 8, 2020
New Microsoft Teams RCE vulnerability also wormable
In his GitHub post, researcher Oskars Vegeris discussed Microsoft classifying the vulnerability as 'Important' rather than 'Critical,' despite it being exploitable via RCE.
Tue Dec 8, 2020
Forescout reports 33 new TCP/IP vulnerabilities
The lack of consistent updates (and the open source nature of the stacks) make the Amnesia:33 vulnerabilities difficult to fix as well as make it difficult to comprehend the full impact.
Wed Dec 9, 2020
Home Office digital border programme has failed to deliver, says NAO
The Home Office’s digital border programme has so far not achieved value for money, has suffered delays, lacks clear objectives and will cost taxpayers an additional £173m, according to the National Audit Office
Wed Dec 9, 2020
SAP TechEd focuses on easing app development complexity
At the virtual event, SAP unveiled low-code/no-code development tools and announced free SAP Cloud Platform access for developers to reduce the complexity of building SAP apps.
Wed Dec 9, 2020
ThoughtSpot expands cloud capabilities with ThoughtSpot One
ThoughtSpot One, a new tool from analytics vendor ThoughtSpot, enhances the natural language search and data sharing capabilities of the SaaS version of the vendor's platform.
Wed Dec 9, 2020
Top IT predictions in APAC in 2021
The Asia-Pacific region will continue to be a cradle for technology innovation in the new year, whether it is 5G services, artificial intelligence, cloud computing or cyber security
Wed Dec 9, 2020
FireEye’s ethical hacking tools stolen in state-backed attack
Hacking tools used to conduct red team penetration testing were stolen in the state-backed attack on security firm FireEye
Wed Dec 9, 2020
HPE offers on-demand high-performance computing managed service via GreenLake
HPE claims its preconfigured HPC service can speed up the deployment of high-performance computing projects and reduce capital expenditure
Wed Dec 9, 2020
New, updated IBM AI tech bring better NLP, NLU to business users
IBM is commercializing its AI governance tool, AI FactSheets, and bringing more natural language capabilities to some of its Watson products.
Wed Dec 9, 2020
Patch Tuesday: Microsoft presents just 58 CVEs for Christmas
The final Patch Tuesday of 2020 contains 58 fixes, a minnow compared to some recent drops, but many are still of high importance
Wed Dec 9, 2020
Gousto uses PagerDuty to cope with lockdown business boom
The recipe box startup has seen a huge growth in demand for its products as people shop for online dinners, which put a strain on its helpdesk
Wed Dec 9, 2020
Microsoft closes out year with light December Patch Tuesday
In addition to the monthly security updates, Microsoft shares a fix to address a DNS cache poisoning vulnerability that affects Windows Server systems.
Wed Dec 9, 2020
Thomson Reuters completes large-scale migration of mission-critical workloads to the AWS cloud
Thomson Reuters confirms completion of large-scale AWS migration, and outlines the work it is doing to ramp up its use of machine learning within its organisation
Wed Dec 9, 2020
Startup analytics vendor Einblick emerges from stealth
Startup BI vendor Einblick emerged from stealth on Wednesday and aims to differentiate itself with a platform that integrates AI and machine learning with business intelligence.
Wed Dec 9, 2020
New XenData appliances provide bridge between disk and tape
XenData seeks to simplify managing LTO tape libraries but finds itself competing with disk, public clouds, other tape vendors and 'poor storage management.'
Wed Dec 9, 2020
F-Secure charts growing importance of channel to SME customers
Security player has seen its channel become more important during the pandemic to those customers looking for trusted advisors
Wed Dec 9, 2020
Nutanix names VMware vet Ramaswami as CEO
New Nutanix CEO Ramaswami appears to have the SaaS model background the HCI vendor sought, after helping VMware move in that direction as COO of cloud services.
Wed Dec 9, 2020
Amnesia:33 IoT flaws dangerous and patches unlikely, say experts
The disclosure of multiple flaws by Forescout has raised big questions for the developers of connected products, and for their users
Wed Dec 9, 2020
Apple requiring privacy notices from app developers
The privacy labels on new apps and updates on the App Store have to list the data collected by developers and their partners. The notices resemble nutritional labels on food.
Wed Dec 9, 2020
Hitachi takes its NVMe flash storage into midrange
Hitachi storage for E Series adds two midrange block arrays based on NVMe flash technology. E590 and E790 scale to 360 TB and differ in processing performance.
Wed Dec 9, 2020
Ingram Micro ends Chinese adventure with $7.2bn sale
Distributor Ingram Micro has been picked up by US private equity player Platinum Equity, ending four years under the ownership of the HNA Group
Wed Dec 9, 2020
Global media brand ViacomCBS makes AWS preferred cloud partner
Amazon Web Services is continuing to build its customer base in the media and entertainment sector, with ViacomCBS declaring the firm to be its preferred cloud provider partner
Wed Dec 9, 2020
Sharing medical imaging data with AI apps raises concerns
Opening the door to third-party AI apps is a double-edged sword for patients. Its potential for healthcare is promising, but privacy is still a work in progress.
Wed Dec 9, 2020
Cisco to boost contact center offering with IMImobile buy
Cisco plans to acquire IMImobile for $730 million to improve Cisco's contact center offering through the U.K. company's messaging and voice APIs.
Wed Dec 9, 2020
Snowflake's Slootman predicts future of cloud analytics
Cloud data platforms that effectively eliminate data silos and reduce the need for multiple tools will emerge over the next few years, according to Snowflake's CEO.
Wed Dec 9, 2020
FTC, states sue Facebook for breaking antitrust laws
The antitrust lawsuits allege Facebook impeded competition by buying up rivals to control the market.
Wed Dec 9, 2020
FireEye red team tools stolen in cyber attack
While no zero-day exploits were included in the red team tools, FireEye released detection rules and known vulnerabilities to help organizations defend themselves.
Wed Dec 9, 2020
HPE GreenLake delivers high performance computing cloud
Looking to protect its advantage in the HPC market, HPE showed off a series of cloud services to be delivered via its GreenLake cloud platform.
Wed Dec 9, 2020
Aruba launches orchestration software for CX fabric
The Aruba Fabric Composer is best suited for a CX switching fabric within a small and midsize data center. The company also introduced the 8360 series of CX hardware.
Thu Dec 10, 2020
Calls for Facebook break up as US issues lawsuits for anti-competitive behaviour
Antitrust lawsuits issued by the US Federal Trade Commission and 48 attorneys general call for the breakup of Facebook following 10 years of anti-competitive behaviour
Thu Dec 10, 2020
AWS eyes mainframe workloads
Amazon Web Services is doubling down on efforts to help its partners address the growing demand for capabilities to migrate mainframe workloads to the cloud
Thu Dec 10, 2020
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust embarks on Cisco and Cohesity-based datacentre revamp
NHS Foundation Trust opens up about the work its done to streamline and centralise its server estate with the help of Cisco's hyperconverged technologies
Thu Dec 10, 2020
DCMS’s Whittingdale: National Data Strategy enters post-consultation phase
Minister for media and data tells TechUK’s Digital Ethics summit that the long-awaited national data strategy has entered a new, post-consultation phase, and that the UK is set to show international leadership on digital and data in 2021
Thu Dec 10, 2020
Deloitte: Cloud, intelligent edge and telemedicine set to accelerate in 2021
Global market for intelligent edge computing will expand to $12bn in 2021, with more than 400 million video visits to doctors worldwide across the year
Thu Dec 10, 2020
Alan Turing Institute appoints global advisory board to aid digital identity schemes project
The Alan Turing Institute announces an international advisory board for a project investigating digital identity schemes, with a view to building the technology and organisational infrastructure to sustain them as trustworthy
Thu Dec 10, 2020
Data on Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine stolen in cyber attack
The European Medicines Agency has launched a full investigation into an apparent security incident that has seen documents on the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine stolen
Thu Dec 10, 2020
Cato boosts network management with SASE cloud API
GraphQL-based API designed to extract security and networking information globally with a single request allows enterprises to automate provisioning and management of SASE deployments from third-party platforms
Thu Dec 10, 2020
After critical year, Vodafone trains security sights on CNI market
Vodafone’s security head Steve Knibbs explains how he plans to bring the lessons of a transformative few years in cyber security to bear on new markets
Thu Dec 10, 2020
Arm to downsize global datacentre footprint through AWS cloud collaboration
British semi-conductor maker Arm has committed to shrinking the size of its global datacentre estate by 45%, and plans to do so by moving some of its core chip design workloads to the AWS cloud
Thu Dec 10, 2020
Cyber Helpline awarded lottery funding to support victims
The Cyber Helpline, a UK charity that provides emergency support to victims of cyber crime and online stalking, is to receive funding from the National Lottery
Thu Dec 10, 2020
Amazon goes public with record-breaking renewable energy generation plans
Online retail giant Amazon has followed up earlier pledges to do more as a global organisation to tackle climate change by going public with plans to add a further 26 solar and wind farms to its portfolio
Thu Dec 10, 2020
Challenger banks hindered by lack of customer confidence
Despite an acceleration in the use of digital banking services, challenger banks face the obstacle of winning customer trust
Thu Dec 10, 2020
French regulators fine Google and Amazon over cookie policies
Google and Amazon rapped over their use of advertising cookies by the French data protection authorities
Thu Dec 10, 2020
Employers face daunting COVID-19 vaccination questions
COVID-19 has all but ensured offices will never fully return to normal. Now that vaccinations are here, HR will have to decide who should return to the workplace -- and who shouldn't.
Thu Dec 10, 2020
Seagate, Western Digital outline progress on RISC-V designs
Seagate and Western Digital provide updates on their RISC-V-enabled processor designs that can drive advances in data storage and security at the network's edge.
Thu Dec 10, 2020
Varada accelerates data virtualization with Presto
The new Varada Data Platform combines data virtualization with the open source Presto SQL query engine to help enable rapid searches on cloud data lakes.
Thu Dec 10, 2020
Trilio raises $15M in funding for Kubernetes protection
Sensing market opportunity, Trilio's CEO said he will seize it by using the funds to bolster sales and marketing. Trilio has raised a total of $22 million in funding.
Thu Dec 10, 2020
GitHub Universe announcements hint at a bigger plan
Stronger automation and new corporate partnerships with open source developers are major additions to GitHub's strategy announced at the GitHub Universe virtual event.
Thu Dec 10, 2020
Kubernetes security project faces reckoning over beta status
Kubernetes Pod Security Policies could be marked for deprecation as soon as the next Kubernetes release, in the wake of new limits on the beta phase for components of the platform.
Thu Dec 10, 2020
HHS proposes changes to HIPAA privacy rule
HHS wants to modify the HIPAA privacy rule to encourage better care coordination and make it easier for patients to access their health data.
Thu Dec 10, 2020
New ThoughtSpot tool advances embedded BI capabilities
ThoughtSpot this week unveiled ThoughtSpot Everywhere, an embedded analytics platform in preview, and a host of features on its roadmap, including pinboard filtering.
Fri Dec 11, 2020
Agility key to pandemic recovery, say APAC CFOs
Chief financial officers in the Asia-Pacific region call for financial transformation to bring about the agility that their organisations need to tide over the pandemic
Fri Dec 11, 2020
Cisco accelerates collaboration with ‘wave’ of Webex enhancements and plans
Reacting to the new normal ahead of all organisations and as part of a major overhaul of its conferencing and collaboration options, network technology and solutions giant unveils Webex portfolio overhaul and intent to buy audience interaction company
Fri Dec 11, 2020
Aryaka offers hybrid workplaces “risk-free on-ramp” to SASE
New managed secure private access solution claimed to be able to make remote employees “first-class citizens” for corporate applications
Fri Dec 11, 2020
History made as subpostmasters wrongly prosecuted in Horizon IT scandal have convictions quashed
Six subpostmasters who were wrongly prosecuted for accounting shortfalls caused by computer errors have their convictions quashed after years of campaigning
Fri Dec 11, 2020
Bytes IPO over subscribed
Business valued at approximately £646.6m as it marks a successful IPO with conditional trading starting on the LSE
Fri Dec 11, 2020
Surge in Covid-19 vaccine phishing scams reported
Check Point and KnowBe4 share details of a growing number of phishing campaigns using the prospect of a Covid-19 vaccine as a lure
Fri Dec 11, 2020
Three UK gears up for 2021 business expansion
UK mobile network operator sets out plans to enhance business proposition over next 12 months, improving connectivity, how it operates and how it interacts with customers
Fri Dec 11, 2020
Disputed PostgreSQL bug exploited in cryptomining botnet
PGMiner cryptomining botnet remained unnoticed by exploiting a disputed CVE in PostgreSQL
Fri Dec 11, 2020
HMRC data shows online IR35 status check tool does not return a result in nearly 20% of cases
Figures released by HMRC to show how many times its online IR35 tax status checker tool has been used reveal shortcomings in its ability to reach a conclusion in nearly 20% of cases
Fri Dec 11, 2020
The week in ransomware: Foxconn and Randstad are high-profile victims
Foxconn and Randstad are laid low by cyber criminals, while Sophos spills on Egregor, and prognosticators turn to their crystal balls to divine how ransomware will develop in the next 12 months
Fri Dec 11, 2020
Cisco overhauls Webex with slew of new features
Webex will soon provide calling, messaging and video in one user interface, live translation for multiple languages, and the ability to send emojis through hand gestures.
Fri Dec 11, 2020
FBI, CISA warn of growing ransomware attacks on K-12 schools
The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency warned that cyber attacks targeting K-12 schools are expected to continue through the 2020 - 2021 school year.
Fri Dec 11, 2020
Partners pursue health-related IoT system integration
Systems integrators Insight Enterprises and Accenture have supported initiatives to bring new health technologies to the market; other IT channel news.
Fri Dec 11, 2020
Stargate API brings GraphQL to Cassandra database
DataStax has integrated the open source Stargate API 1.0 release into its Astra DBaaS platform, bringing GraphQL to the Apache Cassandra database.