TechTarget News - Week of Jun 12, 2022
Mon Jun 13, 2022
London Mayor pledges £500,000 for city’s data economy
At the start of London Tech Week 2022, the Mayor of London is announcing £500,000 in funding for the city’s data economy, in the form of the Data for London platform
Mon Jun 13, 2022
Health data strategy to exorcise ghosts of GPDPR
Government publishes a revised data in health strategy, with an emphasis firmly on preserving the integrity and privacy of patients’ confidential information
Mon Jun 13, 2022
New warning over tech suppliers in thrall to hostile governments
Ukraine war could lead to shakeup of dual-use tech exports, says former UK intelligence officer
Mon Jun 13, 2022
Tech startups raise more than £12bn in 2022 to date
The £12.4bn in venture capital raised is more than was raised in the whole of 2020, putting the UK ahead of every country other than the US
Mon Jun 13, 2022
New UK digital strategy aims to secure future growth for £150bn digital economy
Government publishes plan that brings together existing and new initiatives intended to expand the digital sector and help to establish the UK as a ‘superpower’ in science and tech
Mon Jun 13, 2022
Government recommits to UK’s cyber future in Digital Strategy
New strategy leans heavily on cyber security but stops short of announcing any initiatives that have not already been launched or heavily trailed
Mon Jun 13, 2022
The inauguration of LUMI: Europe's most powerful supercomputer launches
A former paper mill in Finland is now home to the world's third most powerful supercomputer, which will help researchers across Europe accelerate their scientific breakthroughs in the fields of climate change and medicine
Mon Jun 13, 2022
Dell server, storage, PC sales grow despite component supply chain woes
Dell executives cite the company’s use of “alternative” component supply chains as server, storage and PC sales grow despite difficulties for most of the market sourcing parts
Mon Jun 13, 2022
UK, US prepare to launch PET project
A transatlantic prize challenge to accelerate development of privacy-enhancing technologies is set to begin
Mon Jun 13, 2022
Skyhigh Security CEO, VP talk life after McAfee
Gee Rittenhouse discusses the process of building Skyhigh Security, a new company created by Symphony Technology Group as a rebirth of McAfee's enterprise cloud security portfolio.
Mon Jun 13, 2022
Syncro steps up support for UK MSPs
Firm expands support hours and makes billing easier as it looks to grow managed service provider base on this side of the Atlantic
Mon Jun 13, 2022
Cisco adds calling during internet outages to Webex
Cisco will make Webex Calling less reliant on internet connectivity to increase its appeal to healthcare and other industries requiring a highly reliable phone service.
Mon Jun 13, 2022
HSBC to give thousands of staff fintech training
Thousands of HSBC staff will receive training in fintech technologies through a course developed with Saïd Business School
Mon Jun 13, 2022
Alternative data, multimodal AI tech produce new insights
AI fuels the delivery of new sources of investment and corporate information, such as satellite imagery, contact center audio logs, employee sentiment and social media data.
Mon Jun 13, 2022
Stipends for remote work emerge as polarizing issue
As remote work becomes a broader norm, there's debate about whether employees should be reimbursed for home office expenses, especially if it's their choice to work from home.
Mon Jun 13, 2022
Tenable slams Microsoft over Azure vulnerabilities
Tenable expressed its frustration after working with Microsoft on the disclosure of two cloud flaws that researchers ranked as critical, which the company later silently patched.
Tue Jun 14, 2022
Deutsche Bank relocates Russia-based tech staff to Berlin
German bank offers employees in Russian technology centres the opportunity to move to the German capital
Tue Jun 14, 2022
Swedish recruiters prepare for a tsunami of AI projects
Several programmes are underway in Sweden to attract and retain AI talent to meet a swelling demand in the job market
Tue Jun 14, 2022
Digitising the future of Nordic energy
Finland calls for digital intervention as part of the global transition to renewable energy
Tue Jun 14, 2022
Adobe adds CDP functionality for B2B use cases
Adobe catches up with the competition with the release of new customer data platform features for marketers, including a 'data clean room' and tools for B2B users.
Tue Jun 14, 2022
Spanish bank and Microsoft create innovation lab
CaixaBank and Microsoft partner in artificial intelligence and metaverse innovation
Tue Jun 14, 2022
Government data talk to the fore at London Tech Week
Data figured prominently in the unfolding of the government’s digital strategy at the start of London Tech Week, with privacy-enhancing technologies and anonymous health data sharing notable
Tue Jun 14, 2022
Cisco launches cloud management of Catalyst, Nexus switches
The latest addition to the cloud-based Cisco Meraki console expands the company's subscription-based pricing for network monitoring and management software.
Tue Jun 14, 2022
MS Azure Synapse vulnerability fixed after six-month slog
Microsoft patched a critical Azure Synapse vulnerability twice, but each time the researcher who discovered it was able to bypass it with ease, leading to a lengthy saga
Tue Jun 14, 2022
Port of Tyne lands BT 5G private network to boost smart port ambitions
UK telco teams with leading North East of England port to develop services based on private 5G network to power applications including robotics and autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, and internet of things
Tue Jun 14, 2022
Cisco links Webex to ThousandEyes internet intelligence
Integration between the Cisco Webex Control Hub and ThousandEyes lets IT administrators spot internet problems before they can affect video conferences.
Tue Jun 14, 2022
Added fibre for Nokia optical network services in US
Global comms tech provider unveils range of optical networking services for US market, including premier of 100G fibre in the country
Tue Jun 14, 2022
Snowflake Data Cloud expands with Unistore Hybrid Tables
Snowflake adds more capabilities, including support for Apache Iceberg data lake tables and both transactional and analytics workloads, with Hybrid Tables.
Tue Jun 14, 2022
In-demand programming languages devs should get to know
Experts weigh in on which in-demand programming languages offer the best job prospects.
Tue Jun 14, 2022
Microsoft updates Teams to filter out echoes
Microsoft will make Teams calls more like telephone conversations, using AI to filter out background noise and echoes that disrupt conversations.
Tue Jun 14, 2022
Zadara revs up F1 team's capabilities with edge storage
Alfa Romeo F1 Team Orlen uses Zadara to store and access race and technical data so that it can improve race analysis and mechanical performance.
Tue Jun 14, 2022
How Russian sanctions may be helping US cybersecurity
Federal government officials say Russian sanctions decreased cyber attacks on the U.S. over the past few months but could potentially lead to significant threats down the road.
Tue Jun 14, 2022
Yellowbrick 6 advances cloud data warehouse deployments
The data warehouse vendor is growing its hybrid data warehouse capabilities with version 6.0 of its namesake platform that is now enabled to run on AWS.
Tue Jun 14, 2022
Ardoq Discover boosts enterprise architecture tool usability
Tools for enterprise architects get criticized for their complexity, but they are getting better. A recently released module from Ardoq seeks to improve usability.
Tue Jun 14, 2022
Critical Atlassian Confluence flaw remains under attack
Researchers say a critical flaw in the Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server is now being used to spread ransomware in the wild, making updates a top priority.
Tue Jun 14, 2022
ThoughtSpot, Matillion partner to accelerate analytics
The analytics vendor and data integration vendor both offer cloud-native tools and have joined forces to reduce the time it takes go from data ingestion to insight and action.
Tue Jun 14, 2022
StorOne connects HDDs with NVMe-oF
StorOne extended NVMe-oF to SAS HDDs, bringing some of the NVMe benefits to the older technology before NVMe hard drives hit the market while reducing costs of NVMe-oF.
Tue Jun 14, 2022
Quantinuum quantum systems now support parallel operations
Quantinuum has added parallel processing capabilities to its H1-1 quantum system making it more suitable for solving complex tasks involving cybersecurity and optimization.
Wed Jun 15, 2022
Microsoft fixes Follina zero-day for June Patch Tuesday
A Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool flaw disclosed on May 30 and exploited in the wild gets resolved in this month's batch of security updates.
Wed Jun 15, 2022
UK needs to upskill to achieve quantum advantage
Quantum computing bridges the IT and scientific community, and although it may be years away, skills developed during pilot projects are key
Wed Jun 15, 2022
UK homes and businesses increasingly turn to altnets for connectivity
The UK Independent Network Sector report shows that the independent broadband sector has doubled in size over the previous year
Wed Jun 15, 2022
Public sector bodies accused of freezing out SME IT consultancies over IR35 compliance fears
After details emerged about the multimillion-pound tax bills and penalties some public sector organisations have incurred due to IR35 compliance failings, it is claimed some government departments are cutting their SME consultancy partners loose
Wed Jun 15, 2022
UK tech job opportunities at 10-year high
Rapid adoption of digital technology, along with the sector’s growing success, has driven tech hiring to heights not seen since the London Olympics
Wed Jun 15, 2022
Tabnine code completion platform adds more powerful AI
Tabnine's code completion assistant adds support for 11 languages with a major AI overhaul.
Wed Jun 15, 2022
Virgin Money slashes loan application time through fintech
Business loan application process at Virgin Money cut from days to minutes through fintech platform
Wed Jun 15, 2022
Patch Tuesday dogged by concerns over Microsoft vulnerability response
The last Patch Tuesday in its current form is overshadowed by persistent concerns about how Microsoft deals with vulnerability disclosure
Wed Jun 15, 2022
$2k to access your organisation on the dark web
Dark web brokers will sell access to company networks and systems for an average of $2,000 to $4,000
Wed Jun 15, 2022
Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins: IT spending could slow
Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins said companies could reduce spending but are unlikely to slash budgets because technology has become a revenue driver.
Wed Jun 15, 2022
SMEs leaning more heavily on MSPs, says research
Research from JumpCloud reveals increased momentum in the shift by small and medium-sized customers towards working with the managed service model
Wed Jun 15, 2022
SAP launches partner training initiative
Vendor SAP aims to help reduce the skills gap and provide partners with access to a fresh wave of skilled individuals
Wed Jun 15, 2022
DataStax raises $115M to advance its data stack
The CEO of the data platform vendor, which is a leading contributor to the open source Cassandra database, details why the vendor is looking to assemble a full data stack.
Wed Jun 15, 2022
SAS analytics and BI platform evolves toward cloud
Though the analytics vendor has invested heavily in AI over the past few years, the most significant change to its platform has been its embrace of the cloud.
Wed Jun 15, 2022
Microsoft takes months to fix critical Azure Synapse bug
Orca Security discovered that inadequate tenant separation in Microsoft's Azure Synapse service could allow a threat actor to steal credentials from thousands of customers.
Wed Jun 15, 2022
Splunk Enterprise users push more data into DevSecOps
Splunk shops are expanding their collection of log and observability data to offer developer self-service, correlate ops with security alerts and consolidate edge management.
Wed Jun 15, 2022
At SHRM conference, HR prepares for the next crisis
The SHRM conference this week took stock of the economic challenges facing HR managers, as well as some business policies and tech moving up in importance.
Wed Jun 15, 2022
Alphv ransomware gang ups pressure with new extortion scheme
The ransomware operators this week launched a website for victims' employees and customers to search for any stolen personal information following an attack.
Thu Jun 16, 2022
Interpol arrests thousands in global cyber fraud crackdown
A two-month operation saw law enforcement agencies in 76 countries crack down on organised cyber fraud
Thu Jun 16, 2022
Office 365 loophole may give ransomware an easy shot at your files
Researchers at Proofpoint have discovered potentially dangerous Microsoft Office 365 functionality that they believe may give ransomware a clear shot at files stored on SharePoint and OneDrive
Thu Jun 16, 2022
Salesforce Sales Cloud Unlimited Edition adds AI, automation
Pricing stays the same for Salesforce Sales Cloud's highest-level subscription, but formerly a la carte tools are now included that span AI-powered analytics and automation.
Thu Jun 16, 2022
Dundee security research centre opens with support from SBRC
An £18m hub at Abertay University in Dundee forms the centrepiece of Scotland’s first security research cluster
Thu Jun 16, 2022
Health app adoption on the up as users report benefits
Mobile healthcare app take-up is at a pivotal moment and clinicians will play a key role in the next phase of adoption
Thu Jun 16, 2022
Vodafone hits switch on UK’s first live ‘self-powering’ mobile phone mast
Mast incorporates technology to not only reduce environmental impact, but also help bring connectivity to ‘not-spots’ in remote and rural areas
Thu Jun 16, 2022
Loan charge MPs want contractor adviser community to participate in latest call for evidence
Loan Charge and Taxpayer Fairness All-Party Parliamentary Group seeks input from accountants, lawyers and tax advisers who work with contractors in-scope of the loan charge policy
Thu Jun 16, 2022
Qualcomm acquires Cellwize to accelerate 5G, edge adoption, innovation
Chip giant makes acquisition of 5G network deployment, automation and management software platform with intention of fuelling digital transformation of industries, powering the connected intelligent edge and supporting growth of cloud economy
Thu Jun 16, 2022
Distology, Nuvias and Exclusive Networks extend security relationships
Distributors continue to sign, deepen and reach out across the industry to improve the levels of protection that resellers can offer
Thu Jun 16, 2022
Oxbotica taps metaverse to improve autonomous vehicle detection scenarios
Software firm aims to use artificial intelligence to accelerate the safe and efficient deployment of autonomous vehicle technology, also reducing the carbon emissions generated by vehicles
Thu Jun 16, 2022
India surges in international bandwidth demand
Research shows undersupply has created an opportunity to serve ballooning bandwidth needs across regional hubs such as Mumbai and Chennai
Thu Jun 16, 2022
U.S. senator highlights role of antitrust lawsuits, reform
During the American Antitrust Institute's annual conference, Sen. Richard Blumenthal spoke on the importance of antitrust law for reining in big tech.
Thu Jun 16, 2022
Tibco Spotfire 12 to enable direct actions from dashboards
The platform's next update, which the vendor previewed during a recent virtual user conference, will enable customers to trigger data-driven actions directly from their dashboards.
Thu Jun 16, 2022
Co-creation and a partner ecosystem core to IBM
Vendor and partner Logicalis talk about working relationship as an illustration of how Big Blue is working with the channel
Thu Jun 16, 2022
Splunk AIOps development to be led by new 'hands-on' CEO
Splunk product development will be led by the company's new CEO following another high-ranking exec's departure, prompting speculation about the vendor's long-term priorities.
Thu Jun 16, 2022
Green software summit outlines developer best practices
The Green Software Foundation Global Summit highlights tech sustainability and the important role developers can play in tackling climate change.
Fri Jun 17, 2022
MoD sets out strategy to develop military AI with private sector
The UK Ministry of Defence has outlined its intention to work closely with the private sector to develop and deploy a range of artificial intelligence-powered technologies, committing to ‘lawful and ethical AI use’
Fri Jun 17, 2022
Government responds to Data Reform Bill consultation
Westminster claims its new data laws will boost British benefits, protect consumers, and seize the ‘benefits’ of Brexit
Fri Jun 17, 2022
Organisations struggle to support IT in a hybrid work model
Study from digital employee experience tech firm finds 95% of professionals face disruptive IT issues that hinder productivity, with particular problems regarding remote workers
Fri Jun 17, 2022
Fintech firm chooses Salesforce software to support growth
Revolut is to use Saleasforce software to support sales and marketing as part of its expansion plans
Fri Jun 17, 2022
GTDC: Distribution has kept momentum going into 2022
Industry group provides an update on where the channel is in Q1 after a couple of solid years of sales growth
Fri Jun 17, 2022
Tech sector sustainability efforts need full ecosystem approach
Reorienting the tech sector around collaboration rather than competition and reassessing the industry’s conventional wisdom around economic growth is essential to improving sustainability on the timescale needed, London Tech Week attendees are told
Fri Jun 17, 2022
Neon previews serverless PostgreSQL database service
Startup emerges to launch a new developer-focused cloud database as a service based on open source PostgreSQL, with capabilities to enable branching for application development.
Fri Jun 17, 2022
Increased complexity leaves users struggling with cloud security
Research from MSP Aptum shines a light on the struggles that are being experienced by large numbers of users
Fri Jun 17, 2022
Comau, Ericsson, TIM test factory of the future through 5G network slicing
Robotics and automation company teams with comms tech provider and leading Italian operator to deliver solutions for Industry 4.0 and smart manufacturing by using the potential of the 5G network as part of EU-funded 5Growth project
Fri Jun 17, 2022
Broadcom's acquire-and-axe history concerns VMware users
VMware users are taking a wait-and-see stance on the Broadcom acquisition, keeping their fingers crossed that Broadcom remains committed to investing in innovation.
Fri Jun 17, 2022
Hertzbleed disclosure raises questions for Intel
Hertzbleed, a family of new side-channel attacks, was first reported to Intel in the third quarter of 2021, and it's unclear why it was kept under embargo for so long.
Fri Jun 17, 2022
Experts debate antitrust law enforcement benefits
Experts debate whether antitrust law enforcement should go beyond promoting competition and focus on other factors.
Fri Jun 17, 2022
British businesses to recognise Google skills certificates
Google training programmes are being made available to more people in the UK as part of an initiative from the supplier and major UK businesses