TechTarget News - Week of Feb 28, 2021
Mon Mar 1, 2021
IR35 private sector reforms: Royal Mail contractors ‘frustrated’ by tax status test regime
Royal Mail contractors are ‘frustrated’ by the lack of transparency over their changing tax status, as the company confirms it is moving those ‘likely to be’ inside IR35 onto PAYE working arrangements
Mon Mar 1, 2021
First Newcastle residents gain CityFibre gigabit access
UK’s third national digital infrastructure platform provider claims Tyneside digital revolution is gathering pace as the first homes are connected to next-generation full-fibre network
Mon Mar 1, 2021
Only 12% of worldwide enterprises fully embrace SASE
Global survey reveals that although many public and private sector organisations have elements of secure access service edge in their IT stack, few have a comprehensive architecture and a significant number do not embrace the philosophy at all
Mon Mar 1, 2021
UK government pumps £4.5m into central Scotland gigabit connectivity plan
Key Scottish population belt identified as the first territory for investment as part of UK government’s £5bn investment in next-generation broadband
Mon Mar 1, 2021
Veale looks for channel growth at Vectra
NDR player views the channel as key to growing its footprint in the growing mid-market
Mon Mar 1, 2021
Digital secretary Dowden outlines UK post-Brexit data approach
The UK government is searching for a new information commissioner with an updated remit to use data to support growth and innovation, and plans on reaching new international data partnerships
Mon Mar 1, 2021
Qlik analytics platform keeps focus on active intelligence
With new data catalog capabilities and enhanced SAP connectors, Qlik continues its focus on the concept of active intelligence to enable users to more easily gain insights.
Mon Mar 1, 2021
Channel roundup: Who's gone where?
Until the robots take over, the best chance of gaining growth is to reach out to an experienced and skilled person. More across the industry have done just that in the past week
Mon Mar 1, 2021
Chinese threat group 'RedEcho' targeting Indian power grid
The Chinese nation-state actor's targets include 10 different Indian power sector organizations, but Recorded Future said there's no evidence RedEcho triggered blackouts.
Tue Mar 2, 2021
How SAP is riding the rising tide of cloud
SAP’s newly minted president for Asia-Pacific and Japan talks up the company’s cloud traction and what is being done to ease the transition to S/4 Hana
Tue Mar 2, 2021
Cellular IoT connections to reach 3.5 billion by 2030
Strategy Analytics survey finds that despite mass roll-out of next-gen networks, in the real world of the internet of things, 4G will continue as the dominant underlying platform, and 5G-based IoT growth will be gradual over the remaining part of the decade
Tue Mar 2, 2021
FINN completes Covid-delayed migration to the cloud
Norwegian online advertising marketplace completes cloud migration in a single night after months of delay due to the pandemic
Tue Mar 2, 2021
SAP channel consolidation continues as Sapphire buys InCloud
Sapphire Systems has moved for InCloud Solutions in a bid to add more depth to its cloud ERP expertise
Tue Mar 2, 2021
Reading Borough Council to overhaul IT infrastructure
Council and its children’s services partner award contracts worth £13.2m for shared IT infrastructure
Tue Mar 2, 2021
HMCTS rolls out digital case management system
The Common Platform digital system aims to make it easier to share and manage case information across the criminal justice system
Tue Mar 2, 2021
Openreach taps VIAVI to ensure network quality for UK full-fibre build-out
Openreach opts for optical network monitoring system to address network quality, including validating new construction, performing pre-activation checks and monitoring ongoing services
Tue Mar 2, 2021
HSBC offers to help customers transitioning to digital banking as branch closures continue
HSBC is offering its customers training in how to bank digitally in a safe and effective way as it, like many banks, moves customers out of branches and towards using online services
Tue Mar 2, 2021
CBRE predicts 2021 will be record-breaking year for European colocation demand
Latest quarterly market tracker report from CBRE paints a positive picture of how the growth of the European colocation market is set to proceed in the years to come
Tue Mar 2, 2021
Distribution helps UK deliver laptops to schools
Figures from Context indicate the impact of the government schemes to get laptops into the hands of students learning from home
Tue Mar 2, 2021
HPE called in to overhaul Swedish university’s supercomputing setup
The Swedish National Infrastructure for Computing has commissioned HPE to build a supercomputer for one of Sweden’s largest technical universities
Tue Mar 2, 2021
Arcserve UDP 8.0 update focuses on ransomware protection
After its latest update, Arcserve's flagship data protection software has integrated Sophos security and supports AWS S3 Object Lock to make backups immutable.
Tue Mar 2, 2021
More than 20% of tech employees hesitant to speak about diversity
Despite a large majority of people agreeing that diversity and inclusion initiatives are important, some people are still hesitant to speak about it as a topic, according to TTC research
Tue Mar 2, 2021
StorOne builds hybrid flash arrays based on Seagate hardware
StorOne S1 flash management stack is tuned for optimal run on Seagate Exos Application Platform 5U servers. Four configurations are available that mix Seagate disk and SSDs.
Tue Mar 2, 2021
Lawsuit challenges Amazon's treatment of Black employees
Amazon is facing a lawsuit from a corporate employee who details inappropriate behavior of co-workers and broad allegations about the firm's treatment of Black employees.
Tue Mar 2, 2021
EU seeking pan-European Covid-19 passport solution
The European Union’s proposal could see the creation of a Covid-19 vaccine passport to enable travel across the EU
Tue Mar 2, 2021
Power Fx: Microsoft's low-code language for Power Platform
Microsoft has extended its low-code application development strategy with a new programming language known as Power Fx that will be consistent across the Power Platform.
Tue Mar 2, 2021
Microsoft Dynamics 365 adds customer journey orchestration
Dynamics 365 users in marketing and sales get CX features forged from the pandemic economy that enable one-to-one digital experiences.
Tue Mar 2, 2021
Google prepares for hybrid return to office work
As the economy reopens, people are set to return to office work. But some are likely to want the flexibility to work from home
Tue Mar 2, 2021
Microsoft adds intercompany collaboration to Teams
Microsoft's Teams Connect lets companies message and share files with partners and customers through the collaboration app. Teams users have wanted the feature for a while.
Tue Mar 2, 2021
Microsoft brings Azure AI to the edge with Azure Percept
Azure Percept includes software for building machine learning models or deploying pre-built models, as well as hardware to deploy the models at the edge.
Tue Mar 2, 2021
PGA Tour teams up with AWS to improve fan engagement during tournaments
PGA Tour selects Amazon Web Services as its official cloud service partner as it sets about revamping tournament viewing experience for golf fans
Tue Mar 2, 2021
Review of global supply chains a delicate undertaking
A federal review of vital global supply chains such as semiconductors will likely produce a 'carrot/stick approach' to change, according to Gartner's Kamala Raman.
Tue Mar 2, 2021
Salesforce tackles B2B rebate management automation
Salesforce's tool for manufacturer rebates may have applications in other verticals, as it automates typically spreadsheet-driven processes.
Tue Mar 2, 2021
Gartner emphasizes augmented analytics in new Magic Quadrant
Augmented intelligence features and value are what separate leading BI platforms from the rest, Gartner analyst Rita Sallam said in a recent interview.
Tue Mar 2, 2021
Nexsan launches cloud edition of Assureon immutable vault
Nexsan Assureon can now be deployed on Azure and private clouds, no longer tying its immutable storage and active archive capabilities to Unity appliances.
Tue Mar 2, 2021
Airbyte set to advance open source data integration platform
The CEO of a data integration startup explains how he is looking to grow the technology and community behind the vendor's open source data extract and loading platform.
Tue Mar 2, 2021
Microsoft bolsters data security in 365
Microsoft said the latest 365 security features provide better protection for corporate data. The improvements guard sensitive information against attacks and leaks.
Tue Mar 2, 2021
Microsoft ignites Apache Cassandra Azure service
Microsoft rolled out a series of enhancements for the company's cloud data efforts, including updates to Azure Cosmos DB and a new database service for Cassandra.
Wed Mar 3, 2021
IBM eyes hybrid cloud opportunity in ASEAN
The hybrid cloud message is resonating among Southeast Asian enterprises that are looking to modernise their applications and systems, says IBM’s general manager for the region
Wed Mar 3, 2021
HPE results show demand for remote data and consumption model
As businesses prepare for the return to the office, HPE expects many of its customers will continue to need remote working and advanced analytics
Wed Mar 3, 2021
SME backup: Card maker ditches tape-only for Nakivo 3-2-1 setup
IG Design Group gains a modern backup regime with data held on disk, in the cloud and long-term on tape in a move that has helped it to slash backup and restore times
Wed Mar 3, 2021
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella backs decentralised clouds to power hybrid working
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella sets out his vision for how the world of work, and the IT underpinning it, will need to change to become more flexible and decentralised once the Covid-19 pandemic is over
Wed Mar 3, 2021
IR35 private sector reforms: Hays calls on Treasury to delay April 2021 start date by a year
UK and Ireland managing director of recruitment giant Hays writes to HM Treasury to demand a delay and review of the government’s plans to roll out the IR35 reforms to the private sector from April 2021
Wed Mar 3, 2021
Virgin Media trial demos multi-gigabit upgradeable bandwidth
Virgin Media trials optical networking technology that could pave way to faster internet connectivity that is easier to upgrade
Wed Mar 3, 2021
Emergency patch addresses MS Exchange Server zero-days
Microsoft releases an emergency patch to address multiple zero-day exploits directed at on-premise installations of Exchange Server
Wed Mar 3, 2021
UK’s Arkivum up for €4.8m EU science data archive project
CERN-led multi-petabyte scale research data archive bid will use Google cloud and compete with AWS-based and open source designs from other providers Libnova and Onedata
Wed Mar 3, 2021
Pandemic brings good online sales growth for smaller retailers
IMRG data shows smaller retailers did ‘astronomically well’ in online sales growth after Covid-19 took hold last year
Wed Mar 3, 2021
Node4 welcomes fresh backers, and Radius buys again
Fresh from an acquisition, MSP Node4 has attracted fresh backers, and Radius has sealed its eighth acquisition in the past two years
Wed Mar 3, 2021
Glitch signs collective bargaining agreement with unionised workers
US software startup’s ‘milestone’ agreement with employees focuses on job security and labour rights rather than salaries and benefits
Wed Mar 3, 2021
Budget: SME Help to Grow scheme could foster further cloud adoption
The channel has focused in on the impact of the budget on the SME community with the chancellor of the exchequer looking to increase digital skills and technology adoption
Wed Mar 3, 2021
Upland Software acquires BlueVenn marketing automation CDP
Upland Software buys BlueVenn customer data platform for $54.3 million in cash, adding to Upland's growing cloud platform of marketing and analytics apps.
Wed Mar 3, 2021
Budget 2021: Tax relief for data and cloud, digital skills for SMEs, more IT firepower for HMRC
Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a slew of tech-related measures in this year's Budget, which also included a visa review for highly-skilled IT professionals and a £375m fund for innovative businesses
Wed Mar 3, 2021
Pure Storage cloud deployments include dedicated bare metal
Pure Storage on Equinix Metal allows customers to build a Pure Storage cloud on dedicated all-flash tenants. Equinix is rolling it out in 18 U.S. and international markets.
Wed Mar 3, 2021
Accellion FTA attacks claim more victims
More details have emerged about the Accellion FTA attacks since the December disclosure, including possible threat groups behind the breach and a growing list of victims.
Wed Mar 3, 2021
Microsoft Exchange Server zero-days exploited in the wild
Both the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and National Security Agency advise patching the Exchange Server zero-days immediately.
Wed Mar 3, 2021
Cisco completes $4.5 billion Acacia deal
Cisco said it will sell and support Acacia's optical networking products separately. Cisco will also continue selling the technology with its switches and routers.
Wed Mar 3, 2021
Microsoft ACS going GA with preview of Teams integration
Microsoft Azure Communication Services is now in preview, with deep integration with Microsoft Teams so developers can build real-time user experiences.
Thu Mar 4, 2021
Veritas looks beyond NetBackup for growth in ASEAN
Veritas has seen increased demand for its availability tools as it looks to address backup and recovery requirements from cloud, database and VMware workloads
Thu Mar 4, 2021
Ultima adds services depth with Just After Midnight buy
Automation specialist picks up cloud support player with operations stretched across the globe
Thu Mar 4, 2021
Parliament bill to create the UK's Advanced Research and Invention Agency
The ‘high-risk, high-reward’ UK equivalent of ARPA will be provided with powers to fund and develop projects, including exemption from freedom of information requests and 10 years to prove its own success
Thu Mar 4, 2021
UK contactless payment limit more than doubled
UK increases the amount that can be spent in one go using a contactless payments card to £100
Thu Mar 4, 2021
Qualys caught up in Accellion FTA breach
Security services supplier confirms that some of its data was stolen via vulnerabilities in Accellion’s file transfer product
Thu Mar 4, 2021
Progress towards gender equality in cyber still slow
The cyber security sector is making painfully slow progress towards gender equality, according to a report
Thu Mar 4, 2021
Dell gives authorised partners the chance to stand out with RISE
Vendor ushers in EMEA programme to help partners work with distribution to earn more rewards
Thu Mar 4, 2021
IR35 private sector reforms: HMRC under fire over ‘omission’ of employers’ NI from webinar guidance
HM Revenue & Customs confirms it has corrected a calculation error in a recent educational IR35 webinar that saw it fail to factor in employers’ NI in examples of how payments should be made between end-clients, agencies and PSCs post-April 2021
Thu Mar 4, 2021
Okta acquires identity rival Auth0 for $6.5 billion
Okta CEO Todd McKinnon said Auth0 shares his company's vision to establish identity services as one of the 'primary clouds' for enterprises, such as IaaS and collaboration.
Thu Mar 4, 2021
AI, fibre investment sees Comcast ride out massive wave of network traffic in 2020
Smart hardware and software technologies allow national US network provider to manage unprecedented traffic driven by major growth in online video and gaming
Thu Mar 4, 2021
Bank of Ireland to reduce branch network by almost half
Bank of Ireland is latest bank to pin its future on digital channels as customers change their banking habits
Thu Mar 4, 2021
Microsoft Exchange CVEs more widely exploited than thought
US CISA issues emergency guidance as impact of four newly disclosed Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities becomes clearer
Thu Mar 4, 2021
Microsoft debuts AR/VR collaboration platform Mesh
Microsoft Mesh lets people meet with colleagues as avatars in a virtual meeting place. Participants can work together on 3D models and interact through gestures.
Thu Mar 4, 2021
Okta picks up Auth0 for $6.5bn
Multibillion-dollar acquisition a vote of confidence in future of identity and access management services
Thu Mar 4, 2021
UK network users burn through unprecedented data in lockdown 3
Coinciding with the launch of Call of Duty: Warzone update, Virgin Media records its busiest day on record, with the average user downloading more than 20GB of data
Thu Mar 4, 2021
Sisu redesigns analytics platform to streamline workflows
Sparked by feedback from both existing and potential customers, startup BI vendor Sisu redesigned its platform to make data exploration and analysis more efficient.
Thu Mar 4, 2021
Microsoft unveils per-user pricing for Power BI Premium
Microsoft is making Power BI Premium, the top-tier version of the big tech vendor's business intelligence platform, available on a per-user basis for the first time.
Thu Mar 4, 2021
Microsoft makes Universal Print generally available
Microsoft wants Universal Print to replace on-premises print servers. The cloud service provides printer management and eliminates the use of printer drivers.
Thu Mar 4, 2021
Microsoft's security roadmap goes all-in on 365 Defender
Microsoft 365 Defender's new threat analytics feature includes step-by-step reports on attacks, vulnerabilities and more, as well as links to relevant alerts in each report.
Thu Mar 4, 2021
Microsoft makes passwordless push in Azure Active Directory
To adapt to security challenges like remote work and increasingly sophisticated threats, Microsoft is building a passwordless ecosystem within Azure Active Directory.
Thu Mar 4, 2021
Yugabyte raises $48M to build out distributed SQL database
The leader of a young open source database company explains why the vendor is raising new money as the demand for cloud scalability continues to grow.
Thu Mar 4, 2021
Sitecore makes personalization, e-commerce acquisitions
Sitecore's $1.2 billion investment plan for cloud modernization kicks off with the acquisition of Boxever and Four51.
Fri Mar 5, 2021
APAC leads in open source adoption
APAC organisations are using open source software to modernise their infrastructure and develop containerised applications, though security concerns linger on
Fri Mar 5, 2021
Mobile business and productivity apps see 7.1 billion downloads in 2020
App Annie research finds stay-at-home orders and lockdowns drive uptake of business productivity applications such as Zoom Cloud Meetings, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams, growing 35% annually
Fri Mar 5, 2021
Innovation underpinned by trustworthy governance, says CDEI
Public support for greater use of digital technologies such as AI depends on how much trust people have in its governance, says report
Fri Mar 5, 2021
Singapore Airlines the latest victim of supply chain attack
A restricted set of data of over 580,000 frequent flyer members of Singapore Airlines was exposed in a supply chain attack against Sita’s passenger service system
Fri Mar 5, 2021
Vodafone promises ‘unbreakable’ broadband without breaking the bank
New hybrid Pro Broadband product aims to deliver Wi-Fi in every room through hybrid router that is claimed to deliver uninterrupted wireless connectivity
Fri Mar 5, 2021
Air IT and Onecom keep consolidation trend going
Both firms have dipped their toes back into the acquisition waters after making recent purchases
Fri Mar 5, 2021
Nottinghamshire schools suspend online learning following cyber attack
Cyber attack on central trust that manages secondary schools in Nottinghamshire leaves them unable to access IT systems and deliver remote lessons
Fri Mar 5, 2021
Jamie Farrelly takes on EMEA channel role at Commvault
Former Veritas staffer Jamie Farrelly joins Commvault at a time when the data player is going through a transformation and is keen to take its channel partners with it
Fri Mar 5, 2021
Clarification needed on IT ‘super-deduction’ allowance
Chancellor announces that companies investing in qualifying new plant and machinery assets will be able to claim a ‘super-deduction’ allowance
Fri Mar 5, 2021
Mandiant: MS Exchange bugs first exploited in January
Analysis from technical teams at FireEye’s Mandiant tracked activity exploiting newly disclosed vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server more than a month ago
Fri Mar 5, 2021
Williams F1 car launch disrupted by data leak
Williams Formula One team forced to pull augmented reality app it had planned to use to launch its 2021 car at the last minute after an apparent cyber attack
Fri Mar 5, 2021
Connectivity the ‘unsung hero’ of the future of work
Research finds that by stripping away bureaucracy, flattening hierarchies and streamlining processes, the response to Covid-19 has given an indication as to how work could and should change for the better, but there will be losers along with the winners
Fri Mar 5, 2021
T-Mobile targets post-pandemic workplace with remote working suite
Aiming to address a world of work in which Covid-19 brought a decade’s worth of progress in a year’s time,T-Mobile launches a collaborative solutions suite that it says will meet the challenges of remote working head on
Fri Mar 5, 2021
Microsoft makes Productivity Score useful to tech buyers
Microsoft's Productivity Score update lets an organization's tech buyers monitor, without the help of IT staff, the average performance of employees' PCs and mobile devices.
Fri Mar 5, 2021
Oracle Database 21c looks for adoption of blockchain tables
Blockchain isn't just for cryptocurrency. The technology can be an additional layer of security and authenticity enabling an immutable transaction ledger in a relational database.
Fri Mar 5, 2021
Linkerd 'opt-in,' developer accessibility sway IT pros
Not every enterprise needs the detailed configurability of Istio service mesh, and devs can unobtrusively experiment with Linkerd alongside other Kubernetes workloads.
Fri Mar 5, 2021
BCG: Future of outsourcing points to fewer service providers
Research on post-pandemic outsourcing trends reveals shifts in organizations' thinking about service providers and digital transformation initiatives; other news.
Fri Mar 5, 2021
Samsung adds AI processor in memory to high-bandwidth memory
Samsung's new in-memory processing architecture brings compute capability to high-bandwidth memory to address data bottlenecks with AI and HPC workloads.
Fri Mar 5, 2021
HPE SimpliVity gains cloud backup and Kubernetes CSI plug-in
SimpliVity has added integration with HPE Cloud Volumes Backup and HPE StoreOnce to enable easier backup at the edge, as well as a new Kubernetes CSI plug-in.
Fri Mar 5, 2021
Microsoft revamps Teams webinars
The latest Teams version lets webinar hosts register people and send notifications. Microsoft has also increased the number of view-only webinar participants to 20,000.
Fri Mar 5, 2021
Prisma Cloud hatches DevSecOps plans for Bridgecrew
Palo Alto Networks will add Bridgecrew DevSecOps tools to Prisma Cloud and open its considerable coffers to fund the new acquisition's infrastructure-as-code projects.
Fri Mar 5, 2021
Schneider Electric shifts to hybrid workplace
The hybrid workplace model is being embraced by Schneider Electric, which is moving to coworking offices for its employees. The firm sees it as an adaptable, if challenging, option.