TechTarget News - Week of Feb 20, 2022
Mon Feb 21, 2022
BreastScreen Victoria to use third-party support for Oracle database
Australia’s BreastScreen Victoria has inked a support contract with Rimini Street to free up IT capacity and funds for strategic initiatives
Mon Feb 21, 2022
Telstra and TPG Telecom strike network sharing deal
Australia’s Telstra and TPG Telecom have joined forces to share their mobile networks and spectrum in a landmark deal that will expand coverage for both telcos
Mon Feb 21, 2022
New consultation on legal direction to restrict use of Huawei in UK telecoms networks
UK government is consulting on its proposed legal instruments to mandate the removal of all Huawei equipment from 5G networks by the end of 2027
Mon Feb 21, 2022
Amazon and Visa resolve UK credit card ban threat
Companies reach ‘broad, global agreement that includes the acceptance of Visa at all Amazon stores and sites’
Mon Feb 21, 2022
Exclusive upbeat after its Q4 breaks €1bn sales barrier
Distributor gives investors cheer after sharing the first set of full-year numbers since it went public last autumn
Mon Feb 21, 2022
Open banking surpasses five million UK customers
Upwards of five million people in the UK are using open banking services as the financial sector’s fintech revolution gathers pace
Mon Feb 21, 2022
Website owners urged to adopt ‘eco-standard’ to help cut internet-generated carbon emissions
The Eco-Friendly Web Alliance has set its sights on preventing a further 500,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide being generated in the next decade by helping website operators to cut emissions
Mon Feb 21, 2022
Samsung, KDDI claim world’s first 5G SA O-RAN site powered by vRAN
Japanese and Korean partners accelerate deployment of standalone 5G sites by simplifying and automating process of building out network infrastructure using virtualised RAN technology
Mon Feb 21, 2022
UK joins US in pinning Ukraine DDoS attacks on Russia
A series of DDoS attacks on Ukrainian defence and banking organisations last week is now being firmly attributed to Russian action
Mon Feb 21, 2022
Backup heads to cloud as ransomware hits 76% and RTOs/RPOs fail
Veeam survey finds most can’t recover the data they want or do it in time, ransomware is now a ‘disaster’, use of the cloud is increasing, but the datacentre is still very important
Mon Feb 21, 2022
RealWear enables remote nuclear plant inspection
Augmented reality headsets from RealWear have been deployed by TÜV SÜD for certifying technical systems during the pandemic
Mon Feb 21, 2022
BMW Group gears up with G+D Technology eSIM for connected cars
International tech group extends partnership with car giant in the area of eSIM to create the basic requirement for a new kind of individually networked mobility
Mon Feb 21, 2022
Computer science degree applications up by 13%
The number of people who have applied to study computer science at university this year has increased more than any other subject in the UK
Mon Feb 21, 2022
Union pushes for collective bargaining around technology and data
Prospect union releases guidance on how workers and unions can engage employers over the use of technology at work, with particular emphasis on the need to include technology provisions in collective bargaining agreements
Mon Feb 21, 2022
Zoom gains NCSC Cyber Essentials Plus and NHS security badges
Video platform Zoom has added a number of UK-specific cyber certifications to help it demonstrate its platform is safeguarded against common threats
Mon Feb 21, 2022
Channel roundup: Who's gone where?
Another busy week across the industry, with several high-profile positions getting filled
Tue Feb 22, 2022
Singtel’s Paragon platform to ease edge computing deployments
Singtel’s new software platform is touted to make it easier for enterprises to deploy edge computing applications on its multi-access edge computing platform
Tue Feb 22, 2022
Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson claim 5G network slicing breakthrough
Partnership sees 5G slicing in combination with SD-WAN and local traffic breakout, enabling flexible connectivity establishment and control
Tue Feb 22, 2022
Cisco opts to make ThousandEyes a channel play
Networking player decides that partners are the best route to take the visibility technology out to customers
Tue Feb 22, 2022
Mondelēz moves global operations to digital workspace with Orange Business Services
Snack giant transforms legacy infrastructure to digital platform, enabling communication and collaboration on a global scale, with analytics and AI used to improve customer experience and personalise service for employee workplace needs
Tue Feb 22, 2022
Hammerspace offers follow-the-sun access to on-prem and cloud storage
Startup aims to succeed where others have failed and present file, block and object storage data from any and multiple locations as if it were local to the user
Tue Feb 22, 2022
UK organisations swift to chide phishing victims
While UK organisations are doing better at security training, many are quick to punish employees who fall victim to phishing attacks, whether real or simulated
Tue Feb 22, 2022
Horizon inquiry questioning raises hopes of fair compensation for victims so far left out
Post Office Horizon scandal victims left out of current compensation schemes have had their hopes raised that the statutory public inquiry is seriously addressing their demands for fair financial redress
Tue Feb 22, 2022
Sapphire Systems building digital operations platform proposition
Firm identifies opportunity to target mid-enterprise market with an offering that touches on finance, asset management and supply chain
Tue Feb 22, 2022
KDDI further extends 5G Open RAN network with Wind River virtualised base station
Japanese operator advances base stations within next-generation infrastructure, delivering open radio network access in commercial deployment
Tue Feb 22, 2022
Dell makes push to simplify and accelerate modern, open telco deployments
IT giant announces validated designs for telecommunications edge and core to offer more choice and speed for network modernisation
Tue Feb 22, 2022
Software AG executives trumpet progress on Helix growth plan
Software AG’s executive team has confirmed progress on a cloud-oriented growth strategy named Helix, launched in 2019 and bolstered by 2021 investment by US technology firm Silver Lake
Tue Feb 22, 2022
HP takes millions of dodgy print products out of circulation
Vendor’s counterfeit operation means that channel partners are spared revenues to illegal consumables and components
Tue Feb 22, 2022
Gartner: Public sector must target disjointed IT strategy
The pandemic showed how quickly public sector IT can deliver technology to support essential services – now it is time to fix scalability
Wed Feb 23, 2022
IBM: REvil dominated ransomware activity in 2021
IBM X-Force's Threat Intelligence Index report also found a 'triple extortion' ransomware tactic in 2021, where threat actors use DDoS attacks to put extra pressure on victims.
Wed Feb 23, 2022
Dragos: Ransomware topped ICS and OT threats in 2021
Whether ICS and OT networks were intentionally targeted or not, ransomware was found to be the No. 1 compromise to industrial organizations last year.
Wed Feb 23, 2022
Mobile device trade-ins and upgrades return more than $3bn in 2021
Quarterly research shows that as 5G devices proliferate around the US, device trade-in programmes return more than a billion dollars to US consumers in the fourth quarter of 2021 alone
Wed Feb 23, 2022
Tech acquisition to be major priority for UK police
Policing minister cites technology as major focus for future of UK police, in comments made ahead of the publication of the Strategic Review of Policing in England and Wales
Wed Feb 23, 2022
IBM opens cyber security hub in India
Big Blue’s new cyber security hub, comprising a cyber range, software development facilities and a security operations centre, will serve enterprises across the Asia-Pacific region
Wed Feb 23, 2022
Attempted burglary exposes risk of NatWest customer data in former worker’s home
Former Royal Bank of Scotland employee offers bank a compromise in her dispute over the return of confidential customer information
Wed Feb 23, 2022
IT leaders primed to drive innovation and hybrid work
As organisations move beyond the pandemic, survey shows IT leaders are being given greater levels of responsibility
Wed Feb 23, 2022
No imminent cyber threat to UK from Russia
Intelligence officials say they have no evidence or indication that Russian cyber attackers are preparing offensive assaults on infrastructure or organisations in Britain
Wed Feb 23, 2022
Police forces ‘must’ do data protection due diligence checks before using PDS-backed AWS cloud
Police forces across England and Wales are being reminded not to overlook their data protection-related compliance responsibilities when making use of the Police Digital Service’s Amazon-powered cloud platform
Wed Feb 23, 2022
Hitachi Vantara simplifies hybrid cloud storage
Hitachi Vantara is now providing customers a path to the hybrid cloud with software-defined storage and colocation. It also unveiled a new midrange storage offering.
Wed Feb 23, 2022
Backups ‘no longer effective’ for stopping ransomware attacks
Traditional methods of mitigating ransomware are less efficacious thanks to the rise in double and triple extortion techniques
Wed Feb 23, 2022
Microsoft extends Defender umbrella to Google Cloud Platform
Redmond says extending Defender for Cloud native capabilities to the Google Cloud Platform will help simplify security for organisations pursuing multicloud strategies by eliminating the gaps where the bad guys can get in
Wed Feb 23, 2022
Tech Data adds more services and support around power protection
Distributor Tech Data reacts to calls from partners for more assistance selling and supporting power protection technology
Wed Feb 23, 2022
DCMS launches free cyber skills platform for kids
Government introduces free online cyber skills training for schoolchildren to encourage them into cyber security roles in the future and help address the skills gap
Wed Feb 23, 2022
Cohere Technologies raises $46m Series D round as it evolves spectrum software
Open RAN spectrum multiplier software provider announces funding round led by new strategic investments and existing investors
Wed Feb 23, 2022
Salesforce pays out over £2m in bug bounties
Salesforce says it received more than 4,000 vulnerability reports in 2021 alone as it delivers a rare public update on its bug bounty programme
Wed Feb 23, 2022
5G device sales forecast to hit 46.5 million by 2026
With the rise of always-on 5G portable devices, an explosion of edge AI adoption, the proliferation of smart manufacturing platforms and the emergence of the metaverse, industry is set for a sharp rise in mmWave smartphone sales
Wed Feb 23, 2022
Veritas NetBackup 10 promises multi-cloud data automation
The latest release of Veritas NetBackup refocuses its data protection and management capabilities on Kubernetes containers, SaaS tools and more frequent updates.
Wed Feb 23, 2022
Alteryx makes personnel changes to navigate cloud journey
The longtime data management vendor has remade its C-suite over the past few years, including adding a new CEO and president, as it modernizes its technology.
Wed Feb 23, 2022
SambaNova unveils GPT Banking for financial industry
The product is aimed at giving financial institutions deep learning language capabilities. However, deep learning is hard to navigate in the finance industry.
Wed Feb 23, 2022
European Commission opens path to a Data Act to stoke digital economy
The European Commission has published a proposal for a Data Act that it hopes will stoke a digital economy, in part by unlocking IoT and other ‘industrial data’
Wed Feb 23, 2022
Voltron Data takes aim at data management with Apache Arrow
CEO and co-founder Josh Patterson outlines the promise of the new language-agnostic data analytics development framework and why the vendor is raising big money to support it.
Wed Feb 23, 2022
Power BI platform adds new data prep, mobile capabilities
Microsoft added more than 40 features to its main analytics tool this month, including enhancements to data preparation capabilities and upgraded mobile formatting options.
Wed Feb 23, 2022
Zoom and RingCentral settle lawsuit
Zoom has agreed to let RingCentral customers continue using the Zoom-powered product Meetings. Zoom will also give companies time to move to RingCentral's homegrown product.
Wed Feb 23, 2022
US, UK attribute Cyclops Blink to Sandworm
The group known for its use of VPNFilter malware has retooled with what is being tracked as Cyclops Blink, but its impact appears limited to WatchGuard business customers for now.
Wed Feb 23, 2022
Couchbase Mobile 3 brings NoSQL database to the edge
The vendor looks to integrate an edge-to-cloud database architecture with a new release that provides developers with tools to manage distributed database deployments.
Wed Feb 23, 2022
NetBrain's new tool automates network troubleshooting
NetBrain's Problem Diagnosis Automation System leans on network manager expertise instead of AI to automate troubleshooting and resolve network issues.
Wed Feb 23, 2022
SAP Process Automation offers low-code RPA, workflow tool
Companies can now automate business processes with SAP Process Automation, a low-code tool that combines SAP Workflow Management and SAP Robotic Process Automation.
Thu Feb 24, 2022
Paid-for advertising still not covered in Online Safety Bill
Consumer group Which? calls again for government to include measures against scam paid-for advertising in the Online Safety Bill
Thu Feb 24, 2022
Benu teams with AWS for SASE-based cloud-native networks
Network edge service provider teams with global cloud giant on first use of public cloud for wireline broadband and security services with secure access service edge infrastructure
Thu Feb 24, 2022
Russia behind dangerous Cyclops Blink malware
Joint NCSC CISA advisory attributes a dangerous malware, dubbed Cyclops Blink, to Russia’s Sandworm APT, likely a GRU unit, with WatchGuard users at particular risk
Thu Feb 24, 2022
New cyber guidelines to safeguard construction sector
NCSC launches sector-specific security guidance for organisations in the construction industry, with input from the Chartered Institute of Building
Thu Feb 24, 2022
Security organisations form Nonprofit Cyber coalition
Founding members of the Nonprofit Cyber coalition pledge to enhance joint action on cyber security around the world
Thu Feb 24, 2022
New wave of cyber attacks on Ukraine preceded Russian invasion
A wave of DDoS attacks, and a second data wiper attack, were seen hitting Ukraine in the hours leading up to the Russian invasion
Thu Feb 24, 2022
Print channel benefits from offices reopening
It’s been a tough time for those selling, servicing and supporting print hardware, but there are signs that 2022 will be a better year for the channel
Thu Feb 24, 2022
New tech, same threats for Web 3.0
Emerging technologies are prone to old-school social engineering attacks and credential-swiping techniques, according to Cisco Talos researchers who analyzed the new platforms.
Thu Feb 24, 2022
Researchers link Dridex botnet to emergent Entropy ransomware
A little-known new ransomware called Entropy contains significant code similarities to the general purpose Dridex botnet, suggesting some kind of link between the two
Thu Feb 24, 2022
Integrity360 acquires Caretower to bolster security market position
Combination of the two security players will establish a merged operation that will be one of the largest channel players in the UK cyber market
Thu Feb 24, 2022
Nokia launches Intelligent RAN Operations to manage 5G with machine learning
Solution goes beyond automation with machine learning to help mobile operators keep costs down with superior 5G network management, and reduces base station energy consumption by up to 15%, says Nokia
Thu Feb 24, 2022
HR manager experiences a Ukrainian startup's metaverse
Party.Space's metaverse offers an alternative to Zoom meetings. Its development team is in Ukraine, and its CEO has flown from the U.S. to be there as tensions escalate.
Thu Feb 24, 2022
Workers demand universal high-performance broadband to succeed with hybrid work
Cisco Broadband Index finds just more than two-fifths of UK workers now rely on their home internet to work from home or run their own business, but almost three-quarters think broadband services need to dramatically improve to enable them to work from anywhere
Thu Feb 24, 2022
Zoom takes its video service to the contact center
Zoom has entered the contact center-as-a-service market. The company's product offers video calling as companies seek a more visual interaction with customers.
Thu Feb 24, 2022
OwnBackup SaaS data protection expansion includes ServiceNow
Following major funding rounds and acquisitions, SaaS data protection vendor OwnBackup has made its move into new territory. Further SaaS support is on the horizon.
Thu Feb 24, 2022
Digital leaders open gap on digital laggards
A Boston Consulting Group report reveals that 30% of large enterprises are on the path to becoming 'digital incumbents' while the remainder risk falling behind.
Thu Feb 24, 2022
Ahana aims to improve Presto data lake security in the cloud
Data startup Ahana has updated its Presto cloud platform with integrated governance and control capabilities for data lake deployments.
Thu Feb 24, 2022
New data wiper malware hits Ukraine targets
HermeticWiper is similar to another data-wiping malware known as WhisperGate, which was used in cyber attacks against Ukraine last month. Both used ransomware as an apparent decoy.
Thu Feb 24, 2022
Dell, Marvell partner on telco 5G hardware
The combination Dell PowerEdge server and Marvell-powered inline 5G Layer 1 processing card can run carriers' open or virtualized radio access networks.
Fri Feb 25, 2022
Mid-band 5G forecast to deliver $610bn GDP growth by 2030
Study shows 5G mid-band spectrum will play a key role in meeting demand for enhanced mobile broadband and fixed wireless access, but to satisfy demand for 5G services by 2030, government action is crucial
Fri Feb 25, 2022
NAO report praises NHS for data and digital leadership in Covid-19 vaccine roll-out
The £5.6bn programme has delivered value for money to date – and ‘creative’ use of data despite complexities was among the factors that led to successful delivery, says report
Fri Feb 25, 2022
Darktrace buys attack surface management firm Cybersprint
Emergent AI cyber specialist Darktrace is to pay £39.7m for Netherlands-based Cybersprint
Fri Feb 25, 2022
Mavenir expands Open RAN ecosystem
Network software provider ups its ante in the field of open radio access networks, with a new suite of O-RAN-compliant radios for deployments ranging from macro, mmWave and mMIMO
Fri Feb 25, 2022
H&M scheme looks to tackle issues affecting D&I in STEM
Retailer H&M launches its first ever STEM programme in the UK in a move to become a more diverse and inclusive organisation – and to tap into future tech talent
Fri Feb 25, 2022
Purechannels sets out to improve vendor and partners comms
Marketing player Purechannels launches platform designed to give a more customised experience for partners
Fri Feb 25, 2022
Irish data watchdog calls for ‘objective metrics’ for big tech regulation
Helen Dixon, Ireland’s data protection commissioner, says EU regulators must agree on metrics to measure the effectiveness of data protection regulation
Fri Feb 25, 2022
Channel helping Dell to navigate supply constraints
Vendor Dell talks about how its partners have helped it to deal with the ongoing shortages that have been a feature of the entire industry over the past year
Fri Feb 25, 2022
SentinelOne reboots Scalyr as enterprise data platform
The cybersecurity vendor launches DataSet as a separate technology service from its core cybersecurity platform to help organizations manage and query large volumes of data.
Fri Feb 25, 2022
Mass phishing attacks against Ukrainian citizens reported
The Ukrainian cyber authorities are alerting people located in the country to be alert to phishing attacks
Fri Feb 25, 2022
Researchers find access brokers focused on US targets
Security vendors studied 'access broker' advertisements on the dark web, which provide ransomware groups with the network and system access required for data thefts.
Fri Feb 25, 2022
Performance, capacity tick up with Dell PowerVault ME5
Dell Technologies modernized its entry-level storage with the new Dell PowerVault ME5, bringing more performance, capacity and ease of use for its SMB customers.
Fri Feb 25, 2022
Arista embeds security software in campus switches
Arista Networks will embed network detection and response software in campus switches to provide AI-driven threat detection across the network.
Fri Feb 25, 2022
Cloud partners bolster relations with AWS, GCP and Microsoft
Service providers expand cloud centers of excellence, invest in technical skills and create intellectual property; more IT channel news.
Fri Feb 25, 2022
(ISC)2 study finds long remediation times for Log4Shell
An (ISC)2 survey of cybersecurity professionals found Log4Shell remediation for many organizations took several weeks or more than a month, requiring work on weekends and holidays.
Fri Feb 25, 2022
In-house AI boot camp pays off for Levi Strauss
Levi Strauss' AI boot camp isn't easy to get into. Some 450 employees have applied to one of the 100 slots so far. It's an intensive program, but the firm likes the results.
Fri Feb 25, 2022
Sanctions cost Russia US tech, and that may hurt
The U.S. has issued sanctions against Russia for its military invasion of Ukraine, which could face devastating IT service delivery disruption if the conflict continues.