TechTarget News - Week of May 23, 2021
Sun May 23, 2021
Innovation and skills at the heart of CBI report
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) wants an inclusive and innovative economy, with increased research and development (R&D) investment and better digital intensity and adoption, particularly among SMEs
Mon May 24, 2021
Why the security stack needs to move to the edge
Akamai’s chief technology officer Robert Blumofe makes the case for a decentralised security model to address cyber threats that are emanating from the network edge
Mon May 24, 2021
MEPs urge European Commission to revise UK adequacy decisions
Members of the European Parliament are calling for the European Commission to ensure EU citizens have greater privacy rights
Mon May 24, 2021
Mavenir powers Thailand’s Smart City to add fuel to 5G Open RAN fire
Thailand’s state comms technology joins consortium of network firms to develop “Silicon Beach”, with end-to-end 5G private network
Mon May 24, 2021
IR35: MPs urged to back ‘curb or kill’ umbrella company-focused Finance Bill amendments
Two amendments to the incoming Finance Bill that have the potential to ban the use of umbrella companies are being voted on by MPs in the House of Commons today
Mon May 24, 2021
Megaport claims transformation of networking at the edge with Fortinet Secure SD-WAN
Megaport Virtual Edge technology enables network managers to modernise their SD-WAN connectivity, optimise network performance and cut provisioning time
Mon May 24, 2021
Government pumps £166.5m into green technology
The government funding will be awarded to innovators, businesses and academics across the UK to develop technologies in carbon capture, greenhouse gas removal and hydrogen
Mon May 24, 2021
Dutch researchers build security software to mimic human immune system
Software could help IT systems develop immunity to some cyber attacks in a similar way to how the body fights infection
Mon May 24, 2021
UK to have digital border by end of 2025
Home secretary’s plans for immigration reform include border crossing technology, online immigration status service and electronic travel authorisation system
Mon May 24, 2021
Air India is latest victim of Sita hack
Data on millions of people who flew with Air India between 2011 and 2021 appears to have been compromised in the recent Sita supply chain attack
Mon May 24, 2021
Significant growth in anti-phising tools as channel moves to protect users
Figures from Context and research from Mimecast shine a light on the impact of spam and phishing attacks
Mon May 24, 2021
Hard Rock Hotel checks in Extreme Wi-Fi 6 to enhance guest experience
Advanced cloud-managed Wi-Fi enables secure, reliable connectivity and simplified network management throughout historic site of renowned global hotel chain
Mon May 24, 2021
Vaccine status drives more than a million new users to NHS App
Over 11,000 people have registered their preference for organ donation via the NHS App in just four days, 10 times more than average for that time
Mon May 24, 2021
HubSpot embraces competitor CRM systems, adds RevOps features
With HubSpot Operations Hub, users -- typically small and medium-sized businesses -- can access cloud tools most often used by large enterprise sales teams.
Mon May 24, 2021
WANdisco introduces Hive metadata migration to Databricks
WANdisco LiveData Migrator can now move Hive metadata alongside Hadoop data to Databricks, saving customers from a lengthy and manual transformation process.
Mon May 24, 2021
Catalogic sells ECX copy data management software to IBM
Catalogic Software has divested its ECX product to long-time storage hardware partner IBM and will now focus on its CloudCasa Kubernetes data protection service.
Mon May 24, 2021
Conti ransomware spree draws FBI attention
Hospitals and emergency service networks in the U.S. are at heightened risk from the new ransomware operation that disrupted Ireland's healthcare system in recent weeks.
Tue May 25, 2021
Melbourne taps AI to ease traffic congestion
University of Melbourne has teamed up with public and private sector organisations to build an AI application that can predict traffic congestion up to three hours ahead
Tue May 25, 2021
DBS to fill tech roles at women-focused careers fair
DBS Bank is looking for more women to fill over 140 openings in engineering roles in a bid to improve gender diversity among its ranks
Tue May 25, 2021
Legacy vulnerabilities may be biggest enterprise cyber risk
While high-profile cyber attacks and zero-days grab headlines, statistics gathered by network security specialists Cato suggest CISOs should be addressing legacy threats
Tue May 25, 2021
UK startups lack gender diversity in senior technical roles
Women account for about 2-3% of engineering and technology directors in startups and scaleups, says report
Tue May 25, 2021
BSO draws on Arc to deliver on-demand connectivity in Middle East
Joint venture will interconnect companies’ network footprints in the Middle East, connecting digital hubs and providing inter-regional connectivity
Tue May 25, 2021
Homeware retailer vidaXL signs three-year Google Cloud deal to enable SAP systems migration
Netherlands-based international homeware retailer vidaXL taps up Google Cloud for SAP systems migration
Tue May 25, 2021
Think 2021: AI and automation dominate IBM’s growth strategy
Think 2021 was an opportunity for IBM to showcase its progress in a vision for hybrid cloud operations and artificial intelligence
Tue May 25, 2021
McAfee to change terms of auto-renewing consumer plans
Consumers who found their McAfee antivirus contracts auto-renewed will be able to get out of their contracts and get their money back
Tue May 25, 2021
Threat of group GDPR legal action haunts CISOs
The vast majority of security leaders questioned for a new report say they are concerned about the possibility of group legal settlements against them following a serious data breach
Tue May 25, 2021
Amdocs expands telco cloud strategic collaboration with Microsoft
Software provider boosts collaboration that will enable service providers to transform to the cloud with cloud-native systems and cloud transformation services
Tue May 25, 2021
Trust is key to keeping the digital customer happy
Consumers were forced into using digital channels during the coronavirus lockdowns, but some digital users now plan to return to the physical world
Tue May 25, 2021
Oil and gas firm halves backup licence cost with Hycu move
Summit E&P made a strategic move to Nutanix hyper-converged and away from NetApp and VMware and wanted backup that could handle virtual machines and physical servers
Tue May 25, 2021
Datatec reveals impact of coronavirus on business strategy
Westcon and Logicalis owner has seen a ‘structural shift’ as the result of the changes accelerated by the coronavirus pandemic
Tue May 25, 2021
Nuvias acquires Cloud Distribution
Security, cloud and networking player adds more muscle with a move to pick up fellow UK-focused VAD
Tue May 25, 2021
CyberSprinters game gives kids a head start, says NCSC
An online game for primary schools, clubs and youth organisations will teach children aged seven to 11 the fundamentals of staying safe online
Tue May 25, 2021
IR35: MPs denied vote to amend Finance Bill to ‘curb or kill’ umbrella companies
MPs were denied the opportunity to vote in favour of amending the incoming Finance Bill to ‘curb or kill’ umbrella companies, prompting industry watchers to double down on calls for regulation
Tue May 25, 2021
Edge computing drives business innovation
Intel research identifies edge computing as a critical factor that businesses must harness to navigate and understand data now and into the future
Tue May 25, 2021
GDPR still a channel pitch three years on
The third anniversary of the introduction of European data compliance rules is a moment to remind partners that there is still a sales opportunity around the regulations
Tue May 25, 2021
Valence brings storage virtualisation for the cloud era
Startup 22dot6 launches Valence, software-defined storage that throws a virtualisation layer over any backend storage via multiple nodes that split metadata and storage services
Tue May 25, 2021
Backblaze B2 update adds more S3 features
The latest version of Backblaze's B2 cloud storage adds better security features and S3-compatible integrations ahead of a partner API rollout later this year.
Tue May 25, 2021
GCHQ bulk interception programme breached privacy rights, Strasbourg court rules
European Court of Human Rights finds that the UK’s bulk surveillance programme breached citizens’ privacy rights
Tue May 25, 2021
Chaos in Maricopa County: The election audit explained
The controversy about an election audit of Maricopa County, Ariz., involves accusations of deleted databases, bamboo fibers and potentially ruined voting machines.
Tue May 25, 2021
SAP-Honeywell connected buildings app combines OT, IT data
The new Forge Real Estate Operations application from Honeywell and SAP marries operational data with enterprise data to help companies make better decisions on building usage.
Tue May 25, 2021
Samsung releases two more smart TV, PC hybrids
The new 24- and 43-inch Smart Monitors will run Microsoft 365 and support Bixby, Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa voice assistants. Pricing for Smart Monitors starts at $200.
Tue May 25, 2021
How AI is changing Canada Life's recruiting process
Canada Life Assurance Company's initial adoption of a recruiting AI tool to rank candidates has proved so successful, it's paving the way for deeper investments in the technology.
Tue May 25, 2021
Affectiva emotion AI vendor latest in AI acquisition wave
Amid a surging market for AI technology, Smart Eye, a vendor of AI-based eye tracking and driver tracking systems, acquires a vendor of emotion-sensing AI software.
Tue May 25, 2021
Atlassian Forge fills key role in cloud migration strategy
After a two-year development effort, Atlassian Forge is generally available as a distribution point for the add-on apps users need to match on-premises features in the cloud.
Tue May 25, 2021
Veeam backup software integrating Kubernetes protection
Veeam backup software additions announced at VeeamON include Kasten integration, Office 365 enhancements and further hyperscale cloud support.
Tue May 25, 2021
Retrospect locks down backup data against ransomware
Retrospect Backup 18 focuses on anti-ransomware with the ability to make backups stored in public clouds immutable and an updated management console with security features.
Tue May 25, 2021
Amazon hit with antitrust lawsuit
Amazon is facing an antitrust lawsuit for fixing retail product prices. Experts said the argument likely won't hold up and Amazon will fight it 'tooth and nail.'
Tue May 25, 2021
Oracle's new Arm-based cloud instances target penny pinchers
Oracle enters the Arm-based processor market alongside other top-tier cloud providers to improve price-performance for cloud app development.
Tue May 25, 2021
Operational technology is the new low-hanging fruit for hackers
FireEye researchers say exposed and poorly guarded industrial systems are being increasingly compromised by low-skill hackers using entry-level exploit techniques.
Wed May 26, 2021
New Google tools aim to simplify data analytics lifecycle
Google Cloud unveiled a trio of new tools, aimed at enabling users to work through the entire analytics workflow, during its virtual Data Cloud Summit.
Wed May 26, 2021
Tibco update features embedded analytics, ModelOps tools
Tibco unveiled a host of new features May 26 during its virtual user conference, including new embedded data science capabilities and a model deployment tool.
Wed May 26, 2021
Yeo Valley milks business benefits with full-fibre broadband
Truespeed converts farm and dairy business from ADSL to gigabit network to transform its business capability
Wed May 26, 2021
‘It's a good day when we refer a case,’ CCRC tells MPs during review of Post Office prosecutions
Criminal Cases Review Commission will not allow pressure on its resources to prevent subpostmasters seeking a review of their criminal convictions
Wed May 26, 2021
Google offers free tech skills training to UK jobseekers
Online training in areas such as IT support and UX design will be available through the Department for Work and Pensions
Wed May 26, 2021
Viavi accelerates 5G Open-RAN testing at the AWS Outposts edge
Latest development in advancement of open radio access network technology sees global provider of network test, monitoring and assurance services take test solution to leading cloud environment
Wed May 26, 2021
Softcat heads for ‘above expectation’ year
Firm’s third-quarter trading update should please investors that are looking to the channel player to continue growth
Wed May 26, 2021
Disabled travellers promised better train journeys by Passenger Assistance app
An app developed by UK startup Transreport for the Rail Delivery Group aims to improve train travel for disabled passengers
Wed May 26, 2021
Millions of pounds lost to crypto fraud on social media
More than £63m has been lost nationally by victims of investment fraud via a social media platform, says Action Fraud
Wed May 26, 2021
MSP Day 2021: Remote working and security top opportunities
The fourth MSP Day shines a light on where service providers expect growth to come from
Wed May 26, 2021
More data stolen in January 2021 than in all of 2017, says report
The volume of data being stolen through breaches is growing steadily and shows no sign of slowing, according to a report from Imperva
Wed May 26, 2021
Bytes shares first numbers since IPO
Channel player indicates that it has weathered the storm over its fiscal year and is set for growth
Wed May 26, 2021
Microsoft builds distributed ledger for Azure SQL database
The tech giant debuted new database services, including more security for Azure Database for PostgreSQL and MySQL, and a distributed ledger for Azure SQL.
Wed May 26, 2021
Department for Education’s e-learning unpreparedness widens inequality among students
Department is ‘surprisingly resistant’ to a lessons-learned exercise based on findings during Covid, says Public Accounts Committee report
Wed May 26, 2021
How Kao Data used digital twin technology to build UK’s first free-cooled wholesale colo datacentre
Harlow-based firm claims to be the first UK wholesale colocation provider to build a free-cooled facility, with the help of digital twin and computational fluid dynamics technology
Wed May 26, 2021
Databricks unveils data sharing protocol as part of data lakehouse
Databricks announces launch of open source project called Delta Sharing at Data + AI Summit, with backing of data providers and business intelligence tool suppliers
Wed May 26, 2021
Winning CIOs crack the code of business-IT alignment
The five finalists for the 2021 MIT Sloan CIO Leadership Award have hit upon a straightforward way to achieve business-IT alignment: Be the business.
Wed May 26, 2021
New Relic streamlines DevOps monitoring tools amid upheavals
Amid price reductions, executive changes and layoffs, New Relic hones ease of use for its DevOps monitoring tools in a bid to boost its cachet among software engineers.
Wed May 26, 2021
Databricks opens up data lakes for data sharing
At its virtual Data + AI Summit, the AI vendor detailed new capabilities to make information stored in cloud data lakes more accessible and secure.
Wed May 26, 2021
Microsoft announces developer tools for Teams
Microsoft has introduced tools that let developers manage apps, charge for subscriptions and use audio and video feeds on Teams. Some tools are available today, others in the summer.
Wed May 26, 2021
SAP partners get new revenue-sharing model for cloud
SAP rolled out a revenue-sharing model that aims to support cloud economics. The software company also encouraged IP development among its partners.
Wed May 26, 2021
US agencies lack supply chain best practices post-SolarWinds
Vijay D'Souza, the GAO's director of IT and cybersecurity, said during a joint hearing that 'none of the agencies have fully implemented our recommendations.'
Wed May 26, 2021
Rowhammer reach extended for new attack method
Google researchers discovered a bit-flipping hardware trick can now be carried out across extra rows of transistors, circumventing protections against the attack technique.
Thu May 27, 2021
NGOs file complaints against Clearview AI in five countries
Privacy and human rights organisations have asked data protection regulators in the UK, France, Austria, Italy and Greece to investigate controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI
Thu May 27, 2021
Veeam bolsters portfolio to cover emerging workloads
The groundswell in containerisation and open-source hypervisors is behind Veeam’s recent move to enable backup and recovery of emerging workloads
Thu May 27, 2021
How the pandemic accelerated the Gulf’s edtech revolution
The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the adoption of digital learning technologies in the Gulf region’s education sector
Thu May 27, 2021
Aruba claims enterprise-grade Wi-Fi 6E industry first
HPE subsidiary introduces new access points to take advantage of 6GHz spectrum band to deliver greater performance, lower latency and faster data rates to support high-bandwidth enterprise applications and use cases
Thu May 27, 2021
Nokia, Microsoft team to offer public cloud AI use-case library for telcos
Nokia’s AVA AI use-case library now delivered as a service on Azure public cloud, claiming to combine telco-grade security and instant web scale architecture scalability
Thu May 27, 2021
Singapore deploys drones to monitor reservoir water quality
Singapore’s national water agency PUB is deploying autonomous drones at six reservoirs to monitor water quality and other activities to improve operational efficiency
Thu May 27, 2021
Openreach taps Ciena to boost connectivity services for UK carriers
To hasten full-fibre network build out and help meet growing customer demand, BT-owned broadband provision division deploys new routing, switching and optical solutions
Thu May 27, 2021
Build 2021: Microsoft targets multicloud developers
Company has previewed new capabilities to Azure application services, giving developers greater freedom of where to deploy workloads
Thu May 27, 2021
Security ops teams struggle to switch off at home
Spiralling stress levels among SOC and IT security teams can be attributed mainly to alert overload, says Trend Micro
Thu May 27, 2021
Vonage channel boss talks UK channel growth
Cloud comms player has set its sights on growing its market share here and has backed that up with more support for the channel
Thu May 27, 2021
TCS opens its first European innovation centre in Amsterdam
Netherlands capital hosts TCS’s latest innovation hub, which will bring together an ecosystem to address the challenge of sustainability
Thu May 27, 2021
MP-backed push to stop tech giants claiming super-deduction tax relief thwarted
Move to prevent the likes of Amazon using the government's new super-deduction policy to minimise their UK tax liabilities even further fails to win support in the House of Commons
Thu May 27, 2021
Dumfries & Galloway to host Scotland’s first rural 5G connectivity hub
Farming and rural healthcare are among the sectors set to benefit from 5G hub, which will bring together technological expertise, academic research and local businesses
Thu May 27, 2021
Databricks steps up in competitive machine learning market
At its Data + AI Summit, Databricks introduced AutoML, glass box tools and Delta Lake-based Feature Store capabilities for its AI platform.
Thu May 27, 2021
Proximus claims world’s fastest live fibre network with Nokia PON
Accelerating build out of Belgium’s leading high capacity, open fibre network, operator taps comms tech provider to make first ever 25G PON live deployment running on the same fibre network equipment currently used
Thu May 27, 2021
Uber signs collective bargaining agreement with GMB
Uber and GMB sign “landmark” collective bargaining agreement with no ability to negotiate on earnings, attracting criticism from smaller unions that it lacks teeth
Thu May 27, 2021
Oxbotica and TRL pilot safety framework for off-road autonomous vehicles
Autonomous vehicle technology companies develop code of practice to deploy autonomy safely, efficiently and at scale across a range of environments, in particular off-road settings such as mines, farms and ports where there are no pre-defined or standardised highway rules
Thu May 27, 2021
Loss of 150,000 police records made worse by management failures
The loss of 150,000 records from a number of national policing systems was caused by a human coding error, but made worse by process and management failures
Thu May 27, 2021
Juniper ships first major Apstra release
Juniper said the latest update to its recently acquired Apstra network automation product sends a message to customers that the company is committed to multi-platform support.
Thu May 27, 2021
Google Datastream advances change data capture in the cloud
At Google's Data Cloud Summit, a new service released in preview to enable users to capture data from other sources to bring into Google's cloud data and analytics services.
Thu May 27, 2021
Wasabi CEO plots global expansion for its cloud storage
New data centers, increased market attention and more are planned for cloud storage company Wasabi by its CEO David Friend after a $137 million Series C funding round.
Thu May 27, 2021
Clumio Discover gives customers full view of AWS snapshots
With the consolidated and contextualized information that Clumio Discover provides, customers with large, sprawling AWS environments can make better snapshot policy decisions.
Thu May 27, 2021
DHS opens valve on new pipeline security requirements
The U.S. government has put forward a trio of new cybersecurity requirements for companies that operate oil and gas pipelines, including incident reporting and risk assessment.
Thu May 27, 2021
BCS demands reform to rules on computer evidence following Post Office Horizon scandal revelations
Professional IT body wants changes to how computer evidence is used in court in the wake of the Post Office case
Fri May 28, 2021
IR35 reforms: Blanket-banning firms risk losing contractors and suffering reputational damage
Research by contrator-focused accountancy firm inniAccounts shines a light on how contractors are responding to their clients’ handling of the IR35 reforms
Fri May 28, 2021
RootMetrics benchmark reveals marked improvements in everyday 5G experience
New network performance yardstick from analyst firm highlights ‘everyday’ usage of next-generation networks in pure play and mixed modes, and finds that BT-owned mobile service maintains availability and speed leadership
Fri May 28, 2021
Deep Instinct reaches out to MSSPs
Cyber security firm says it is taking a different approach – and the channel can benefit
Fri May 28, 2021
Giganet expands South of England service area through CityFibre
Leading ISP expands partnership with leading infrastructure provider to add 22 locations for its full-fibre home broadband services
Fri May 28, 2021
Component shortage warnings take gloss off Dell Q1 numbers
Dell delivers strong revenue growth in its first quarter, but indicates that second quarter might be hit by the ongoing industry-wide component shortages
Fri May 28, 2021
Jitterbit buys iPaaS vendor for EDI, e-commerce capabilities
Jitterbit broadened its reach to retailers and their trading partners with the acquisition of eBridge Connections to address EDI and e-commerce use cases.
Fri May 28, 2021
Cloud professional services deals target Oracle, ServiceNow
A fresh round of investor deals in the cloud consulting space put a spotlight on Oracle, Twilio and ServiceNow's partner ecosystems; other IT channel news.
Fri May 28, 2021
Veeam executives detail backup trends, company plans
In this Q&A from VeeamON, several Veeam executives discuss data backup trends, the potential of the company going public, and if more acquisitions are on the table.
Fri May 28, 2021
NASA is changing its approach to people analytics
NASA is implementing a graph database to serve as the foundation of its people analytics. It will give managers and employees insights into skills and training needs.
Fri May 28, 2021
Sapphire Now should elicit more details on Rise with SAP
At Sapphire Now, the SAP community is hoping for clarity on Rise with SAP and an honest look at the challenges facing SAP customers.
Fri May 28, 2021
Microsoft revs up AI push with GPT-3-enabled Power Apps
GPT-3-enabled Microsoft Power Apps will enable those with little or no coding experience to build Power FX applications on Azure using natural, conversational language.
Fri May 28, 2021
Google lowers power use in latest Chrome update
The latest Chrome update changes the way the browser handles tabs to reduce CPU and power consumption. Chrome 91 also lets people copy and paste files directly into emails.
Fri May 28, 2021
An HR lesson from the Amy Cooper lawsuit
Employers face pressure to take action against employees for non-work activities. But, as Amy Cooper's recent lawsuit illustrates, doing so is not without risk.
Fri May 28, 2021
For big tech regulation, a hammer may not be the answer
Experts believe breaking up big tech companies does more harm than good. Other, light-handed approaches, including third-party audits of algorithms, might be better.