TechTarget News - Week of Jun 05, 2022
Mon Jun 6, 2022
Micron to deploy mmWave in Singapore fab
The US chipmaker is leveraging Singtel’s 5G mmWave connectivity to roll out a range of Industry 4.0 applications at its cleanroom in Singapore
Mon Jun 6, 2022
Grain expands fibre network as CityFibre hits gigabit roll-out accelerator
When it comes to UK fibre development, size certainly does not matter, as two full-fibre companies of very different sizes announce major expansion of their gigabit broadband footprints
Mon Jun 6, 2022
Ultima beefs up security with The AntiSocial Engineer buy
The Ultima and AntiSocial Engineer deal provides access to expertise around vulnerability exposure and remediation through education and understanding human nature
Mon Jun 6, 2022
Mobile computing prospects looking solid
Research from Context and Canalys should provide some cheer for those in the channel that handle mobile computing hardware
Mon Jun 6, 2022
In digital transformation, telecom needs a partner boost
Legacy business models and risk avoidance leave many telecom firms behind in the race to innovate, but the partner ecosystem could spark their progress; more IT channel news.
Mon Jun 6, 2022
Major DDoS attacks increasing after invasion of Ukraine
DDoS attacks are a growing threat to both government and commercial entities across the globe, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine has increased the rate of attacks in 2022.
Mon Jun 6, 2022
MacOS malware attacks slipping through the cracks
Apple security specialist Patrick Wardle told RSA Conference 2022 attendees that some of the worst security flaws in the macOS operating system come from overlooked bits of code.
Tue Jun 7, 2022
Contact center orchestration features on tap from Genesys
Genesys is set to productize contact center technology from LogMeIn Bold360, Exceed.ai and Pointillist acquisitions to better compete with Microsoft, Zoom and Salesforce.
Tue Jun 7, 2022
CIO interview: Lee Cowie, chief technology officer, Merlin Entertainments
The theme park giant faced an enormous challenge during Covid with its venues closed, but digital technology came to the rescue and is now opening up new opportunities
Tue Jun 7, 2022
Exclusive Networks and Ingram back cyber skills coalition
Distributors among those that have signed up to support efforts to arm more students with cyber security skills
Tue Jun 7, 2022
Cybereason: Paying ransoms leads to more ransomware attacks
Cybereason found that the majority of organizations that pay threat actors to decrypt data are attacked again -- usually within a month and at the hands of the same attackers.
Tue Jun 7, 2022
DataRobot AI hits Google Cloud Marketplace, adds GitHub
The AI vendor puts its products on Google Cloud Marketplace and integrates with GitHub and other major online platforms including Sumo Logic, Splunk, Datadog and Zendesk.
Tue Jun 7, 2022
Backblaze B2 offers cross-continent Cloud Replication service
Backblaze B2 users can now replicate and store data between the U.S. and Europe, with executives claiming lower prices than cloud hyperscalers.
Tue Jun 7, 2022
Redcentric Solutions snaps up remaining Sungard Availability Services assets
Firm signs up AWS Consulting business and has a few weeks to complete deal for remaining datacentres
Tue Jun 7, 2022
DNI Avril Haines: Cybersecurity is getting harder
During her RSA Conference 2022 keynote, the U.S. Director of National Intelligence discussed the increase in cyber threats, from nation-state attacks to commercial hacking tools.
Tue Jun 7, 2022
MongoDB 6.0 set to bring analytics to NoSQL database
The vendor plans to update its database technology with new capabilities including queryable encryption and columnstore index to accelerate data analytics queries.
Tue Jun 7, 2022
Microsoft details zero-trust transition, challenges
Over the past three years, Microsoft has moved to a zero-trust framework. Security engineers outlined the transition and its challenges during a session at RSA Conference 2022.
Tue Jun 7, 2022
Russia looks towards import substitution in its IT sector
The exodus of Western IT companies from Russia and sanctions imposed on the country amid its military invasion of Ukraine are leading to shortages of IT and professionals in the sector
Tue Jun 7, 2022
Ransomware Task Force calls for better incident reporting
Michael Phillips, co-chair of the Ransomware Task Force and chief claims officer at Resilience, pointed to a 'data gap' that prohibits a complete picture of the ransomware problem.
Tue Jun 7, 2022
Extreme Networks integrates acquisitions with SD-WAN, switch
After five major acquisitions in six years, Extreme Networks is prioritizing a unified, cloud-managed environment with SD-WAN, switches and a digital twin.
Tue Jun 7, 2022
Microsoft flags common pitfalls for cyber insurance
Cyber insurance is getting more expensive and tougher to acquire. At RSA Conference 2022, Microsoft's Cynthia James discussed the common mistakes made when obtaining coverage.
Tue Jun 7, 2022
Epicor ERP gets integration automation capabilities
Epicor released Epicor Automation Studio, an integration PaaS embedded into its ERP systems, Epicor Kinetic for manufacturing and Prophet 21 for distribution.
Tue Jun 7, 2022
Cisco Talos: Destructive malware, supply chain attacks rising
At RSA Conference 2022, Cisco Talos discussed how adversaries have evolved and changed their tactics, leading to major shifts in the threat landscape.
Tue Jun 7, 2022
Prison and Probation Service’s tagging ambition ‘outstripped its ability to deliver’
HM Prison and Probation Service’s programme to transform the tagging of offenders has failed to deliver after software platform was scrapped
Wed Jun 8, 2022
Weak IT and SecOps collaboration in ANZ opens doors to cyber attacks
The weak collaboration between IT and security teams in Australia and New Zealand is exposing their organisations to data loss, business disruption and other potential consequences of cyber attacks
Wed Jun 8, 2022
APAC life sciences firms face HPC challenges
More than half of pharmaceutical and biotech companies expect over 10% growth in genomic workloads but are facing scalability and other challenges with their HPC infrastructure
Wed Jun 8, 2022
P27 advance could replace multiple national clearing systems in Nordics
Nordic payments project promises to make payments to other countries as easy as sending a text message
Wed Jun 8, 2022
ProxyLogon, ProxyShell may have driven increase in dwell times
The median network intruder dwell time was up 36% to 15 days last year, thanks to massive exploitation of the ProxyLogon and ProxyShell vulnerabilities by IABs, according to new Sophos data
Wed Jun 8, 2022
Length, cost and severity of datacentre outages continue to rise, Uptime Institute research confirms
Latest datacentre outages research from resiliency think-tank Uptime Institute confirms that downtime incidents are increasing in cost, length and severity
Wed Jun 8, 2022
Salesforce moves forward with controversial NFT Cloud pilot
Salesforce integrates with TikTok and adds marketing and e-commerce features to its platform -- including NFT Cloud, which sparked controversy earlier this year.
Wed Jun 8, 2022
Enterprises overspending on cloud services
The channel needs to help users address some of the factors that are causing them to get frustrated about their experiences of cloud computing
Wed Jun 8, 2022
Pure Storage customers can buy, rent and now lease products
Pure Storage unites disparate SaaS products under the new Evergreen umbrella and adds the Evergreen Flex tier as a lease-to-own option for hardware.
Wed Jun 8, 2022
China using top consumer routers to hack Western comms networks
An advisory from US cyber authorities shares details of multiple vulnerabilities exploited by Chinese state actors to hack into Western telecoms networks
Wed Jun 8, 2022
Pure Storage FlashBlade//S increases performance, flexibility
The new Pure Storage FlashBlade//S expands the file and object storage array into a family with more options and more use cases.
Wed Jun 8, 2022
Pure FlashBlade//S and Evergreen//Flex boost as-a-service push
FlashBlade//S brings two new arrays in which customers can upgrade controllers and capacity, while //Flex allows capacity to be bought and moved across any QLC or TLC Pure array
Wed Jun 8, 2022
NHS invites suppliers to apply to join latest tech marketplace
Health service launches new IT framework for suppliers offering technologies that can transform GP operations
Wed Jun 8, 2022
OpenJS World 2022 highlights what's new in web standards
At OpenJS World 2022, a keynote panel discussed efforts focused on improving interoperability and evolving web standards, and commiserated on how some things will never change.
Wed Jun 8, 2022
New CD Foundation GM fights CI/CD pipeline fragmentation
Former Ericsson engineer Fatih Degirmenci will coordinate between CDF projects and CNCF working groups to secure software supply chains and ensure interoperability among tools.
Wed Jun 8, 2022
Apple Mac performance, features boost business appeal
The upcoming MacBook Air and Pro models will feature Apple's high-performing M2 chip, which will help workers in creative businesses edit videos and images faster.
Wed Jun 8, 2022
Commvault CEO: We're a data protection, not security, company
In this Q&A, Commvault CEO Sanjay Mirchandani talks about record revenue, the changing landscape of data protection and how Commvault is responding.
Wed Jun 8, 2022
CISA director promotes collaboration and trust at RSAC 2022
Jen Easterly said there's growing momentum for stronger collaboration and communication between government agencies like CISA and private-sector cybersecurity companies.
Wed Jun 8, 2022
Companies ready for rocky economic HR tech market
When adopting HR tools from startups, managers protect themselves from economic trouble in the HR tech market with careful analysis before investing.
Wed Jun 8, 2022
Texas social media law brings content debate to Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently blocked a Texas social media law that would have limited content removal, but that's likely not the end of the court's involvement on the issue.
Wed Jun 8, 2022
SANS lists bad backups, cloud abuse as top cyberthreats
A panel of experts from the SANS Institute took the stage at RSA Conference 2022 to weigh in on some of the biggest threats and risks facing security teams.
Thu Jun 9, 2022
IBM winding down its Russian business
After three months in suspension, IBM’s operations in Russia are being wound down, CEO tells staff
Thu Jun 9, 2022
STC meeting highlights the importance of role models in encouraging STEM diversity
Though there has been progress increasing the number of girls choosing to take STEM subjects later in education, there is still work to do, and role models could be part of the answer
Thu Jun 9, 2022
Schneider Electric: IT industry must address 'sustainability action gap' to fight global warming
Research commissioned and compiled by Schneider Electric reveals industry-wide disconnect between words and actions on sustainability
Thu Jun 9, 2022
Cyber researchers step in to fill Patch Tuesday’s shoes
Afraid you’ll miss Patch Tuesday when it’s gone? You’re not alone, but security analysts at Recorded Future are taking action to help the community come to terms with its loss
Thu Jun 9, 2022
Trade body calls for public-private sector collab on digital ID
TechUK has published a report outlining 10 key recommendations it believes are urgently needed to enable the rapid creation of an effectively regulated digital identity marketplace
Thu Jun 9, 2022
SolarWinds CEO offers to commit staffers to government cyber agencies
A new proposal from SolarWinds’ outspoken CEO, Sudhakar Ramakrishna, could see software companies commit key staff to work with government cyber agencies to improve cooperation and incident response
Thu Jun 9, 2022
Sage lifts lid on channel skills concerns
Vendor shares research that reveals the channel is looking to bolster expertise to support customers as well as their own businesses
Thu Jun 9, 2022
HYCU funding to aid multi-cloud data protection, management
HYCU will add to its backup and recovery product line and workforce following a series B funding round. The company still has plans for an IPO as well.
Thu Jun 9, 2022
More wrongful convictions quashed in Post Office IT scandal
Two more Post Office Horizon scandal victims have had their wrongful convictions overturned
Thu Jun 9, 2022
DataSolutions and ANS Group both talk growth
Channel players share insights into their performance and ambitions for the future
Thu Jun 9, 2022
UK government promises £1bn savings from latest digital strategy
Three-year roadmap aims to transform online public services, targeting 50 top services for improvement – but contains much that has been previously promised in the past
Thu Jun 9, 2022
Schneider Electric cuts ribbon on more open partner programme
Vendor reacts to calls for a revised structure and introduces a fresh approach
Thu Jun 9, 2022
OpenTelemetry inspires CDF's event-driven architecture plan
The CDEvents project and others like it aspire to standardize how CI/CD pipeline tools share data, filling a role similar to OpenTelemetry's in the observability realm.
Thu Jun 9, 2022
Meltano 2.0 provides a superset of open source DataOps tools
The startup and GitHub spinoff added the Apache Superset business intelligence technology to enable organizations to more easily build full data operations pipelines.
Thu Jun 9, 2022
Mandiant: Cyberextortion schemes increasing pressure to pay
At RSA Conference 2022, Mandiant executives discussed how attackers are pulling out all the stops to pressure victims to pay, from DDoS attacks to harassing victims' customers.
Thu Jun 9, 2022
Datamart a new self-service developer tool in Power BI
The capability, now in in preview, will enable Premium customers to build small to midsize relational databases dedicated to a single subject, without requiring code.
Thu Jun 9, 2022
CrowdStrike demonstrates dangers of container escape attacks
CrowdStrike gave a live demonstration at RSA Conference 2022 of how an attacker can use a recently discovered Kubernetes flaw to obtain full control over a container's host system.
Thu Jun 9, 2022
Rob Joyce: China represents biggest long-term cyberthreat
NSA director of cybersecurity Rob Joyce spoke at RSA Conference 2022 about the cyberthreat landscape for nation-state attacks from Russia and China.
Thu Jun 9, 2022
Increasing importance of analytics an opportunity for ISVs
With more organizations looking to data to inform decision-making, there's a growing need for the services of independent software vendors and data providers.
Fri Jun 10, 2022
Supply chain security takes center stage at OpenJS World 2022
At OpenJS World 2022, the Open Source Security Foundation outlined two ambitious initiatives to fix supply chain security issues in open source software.
Fri Jun 10, 2022
DevSecOps demands focus on developer experience, IT pros say
It's not enough to set up an approved path to production to establish DevSecOps, experienced platform engineers say; developer experience and collaboration are equally important.
Fri Jun 10, 2022
Datavita to open Scotland’s first metro datacentre in Glasgow during Q3 2022
Datacentre operator Datavita is building a server farm in the heart of Glasgow’s financial district
Fri Jun 10, 2022
Researchers find eight CVEs in single building access system
A series of eight vulnerabilities in Carrier LenelS2 building access panels could enable malicious actors to obtain physical access to their targets
Fri Jun 10, 2022
Snake Keylogger climbing malware charts, says Check Point
Cyber criminals behind Snake Keylogger campaigns have been switching up their tactics in the past few weeks, say researchers
Fri Jun 10, 2022
Schneider Electric, Maintel and DataSolutions highlight green efforts
Vendor, cloud player and distributor illustrate some of the steps that are being taken across the industry on the sustainability front
Fri Jun 10, 2022
Investment firm takes Salesforce to task for lack of racial diversity
Retail investment platform Tulipshare is campaigning to hold Salesforce to account for its lack of racial diversity
Fri Jun 10, 2022
ICO fails to disclose majority of reprimands issued under GDPR
London law firm Mishcon de Reya forces disclosure of reprimands issued to organisations by the Information Commissioner’s Office for contraventions of UK data protection law
Fri Jun 10, 2022
To secure supply chain, US needs semiconductor chip sites
To make U.S. semiconductor chip fabrication facilities successful long-term, experts say chip buyers such as Apple need to be included at the table during the planning process.
Fri Jun 10, 2022
Oracle sets lofty national EHR goal with Cerner acquisition
With its Cerner acquisition, Oracle sets its sights on creating a national, anonymized patient database -- a road filled with technical and legislative hurdles.