TechTarget News - Week of Aug 28, 2022
Sun Aug 28, 2022
Apple to make iPhone 14 in India
Tech giant Apple is ramping up iPhone production in India through contract manufacturer Foxconn in a move that will benefit local consumers and the country’s burgeoning manufacturing industry
Mon Aug 29, 2022
Teradata launches cloud-native platform, enhances BI suite
VantageCloud Lake is designed to enable wider use across organizations along with better cost control, while ClearScape Analytics adds more than 50 new capabilities.
Mon Aug 29, 2022
XenData's tape workaround cuts out egress fees
To help customers avoid costly egress and geo-replication fees, XenData has introduced a new tape archive appliance for local copies that can be moved at much lower costs.
Mon Aug 29, 2022
Change ahead for VMware partners amid ecosystem revamp
The virtualization company's channel allies can expect new business models, metrics and specializations -- along with a new owner in chipmaker Broadcom.
Mon Aug 29, 2022
OpenText to acquire Micro Focus for $6B
OpenText plans to acquire Micro Focus, a British software company, made its mark acquiring Hewlett Packard Enterprise's software business.
Mon Aug 29, 2022
Thinxtra teams up with Hong Kong’s LBS on smart hygiene
Australia’s Thinxtra will supply its battery-powered IoT devices to monitor hygiene and environmental conditions in residential and commercial venues in Hong Kong
Mon Aug 29, 2022
Heroku to end free tiers, creating platform void for devs
Heroku will cease offering its free tiers this November, leaving developers to choose from an array of alternatives that don't quite match up, according to industry experts.
Tue Aug 30, 2022
McKinsey advisory council highlights huge impact of tech on business
Advanced AI and new communications promise to revolutionise business, and IP ownership and code quality may hold back adoption of low-code tools
Tue Aug 30, 2022
One Login digital identity project makes headway
Government services are lining up to work with the GDS on its One Login digital identity system, according to its director of digital identity, Natalie Jones
Tue Aug 30, 2022
VMware unveils Aria for multi-cloud management
The Aria product portfolio includes a software console powered by a central data store to deliver a map of the applications running in a multi-cloud environment.
Tue Aug 30, 2022
VMware aims to improve security visibility with new services
Unveiled at VMware Explore, the company's new security services include Project Trinidad, Project Watch and Project Northstar. All three offer customer visibility enhancements.
Tue Aug 30, 2022
NetApp storage goes GA for VMware Cloud on AWS
Move will bring up to 50% decrease in TCO for customers running VMware apps in the Amazon cloud, says NetApp. No date yet for extension of the service across other public clouds
Tue Aug 30, 2022
LastPass breach limited in scale and well-managed, say experts
A breach of LastPass’s developer environment does not seem to have affected users of the password management service, but it may still be time for a credential reset
Tue Aug 30, 2022
Project Gigabit broadband plan covers 70% of UK homes, businesses
Project Gigabit contract awarded on UK’s Jurassic coastline, putting more than 7,000 hard-to-reach properties in the broadband fast lane by 2025
Tue Aug 30, 2022
UK government presses on with new cyber rules for telcos
Government has finalised new security rules for telecoms companies and will move to make them binding in the near future
Tue Aug 30, 2022
IAM house Okta confirms 0ktapus/Scatter Swine attack
Following last week’s disclosureby Group-IB researchers of a major phishing campaign, Okta has warned its customers to be on their guard
Tue Aug 30, 2022
VMware updates Horizon Cloud to reduce infrastructure needs
VMware has improved Horizon Cloud and added features to Workspace One UEM. It also plans to launch a managed virtual desktop product to support the various needs of hybrid work.
Tue Aug 30, 2022
VMware expands vSphere, vSAN for hybrid cloud enterprises
Updates to VMware's flagship vSphere and vSAN software keep pace with enterprise interest in hybrid cloud infrastructure for applications and workloads.
Tue Aug 30, 2022
Virgin Media O2, NEC, Rakuten Symphony drive multi-supplier Open RAN in UK
Open radio access technology project aiming to maximise future synergies in global telco supply chain, headed by global telecoms network IT provider and leading UK mobile operator, enters field phase
Tue Aug 30, 2022
VMware Tanzu teases vSphere, PaaS tie-ins -- but doubts linger
VMware said enhanced Kubernetes integrations for vSphere and Cloud Foundry, some in the works for years, will ship soon, but the pending Broadcom deal gives some observers pause.
Tue Aug 30, 2022
StarTree raises $47M for Apache Pinot-based analytics database
The vendor raised new money to continue to grow its database technology as the applications for analytics databases have expanded in recent years with more real-time data needs.
Tue Aug 30, 2022
FBI warns attacks on DeFi platforms are increasing
As cryptocurrency interest soars, cybercriminals are cashing in on the immaturity of some DeFi platforms and stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from investors.
Tue Aug 30, 2022
Panera's AI drive-through test addresses labor concerns
The restaurant chain is using Tori, a voice assistant from startup OpenCity. The company says its goal is to redirect employees from the drive-through lines to other tasks.
Tue Aug 30, 2022
Sisu adds new decision intelligence capabilities
The startup aims to augment human decision-making with automation, and its new tools find and explain changes in data, analyze their effect and prescribe what to do next.
Tue Aug 30, 2022
VMware beefs up Tanzu portfolio, adds OpenShift support
The Tanzu Application Platform will include support for Red Hat OpenShift, air-gapped installations and other capabilities to improve developer productivity and code security
Tue Aug 30, 2022
Alation adds Snowflake service, updates data catalog
The vendor launched the Alation Cloud Service for Snowflake designed to enable Snowflake users to more easily use Alation's data intelligence capabilities.
Tue Aug 30, 2022
Microsoft Excel attacks fall out of fashion with hackers
Hornetsecurity researchers say newly introduced safety measures from Microsoft have driven cybercriminals away from using Excel as a malware infection tool.
Tue Aug 30, 2022
IBM, VMware to jointly develop services for hybrid clouds
IBM and VMware expanded their long-held partnership with a deal to provide hybrid cloud services and consulting to IT pros in regulated industries.
Wed Aug 31, 2022
HPE supply chain issues drive up server prices
HPE’s latest quarterly results show the company is trying to combat its order backlog by encouraging customers to buy next-gen servers
Wed Aug 31, 2022
VMware CEO: Broadcom acquisition is on track
Raghu Raghuram claims VMware customers are getting more comfortable with the Broadcom acquisition while employees are ‘more or less focused’ on the job at hand
Wed Aug 31, 2022
Orange and Equinix bring cloud agility to telco infrastructure
Digital infrastructure company makes advances in development of software-defined networking to speed global telco’s cloud model through what they claim is ‘groundbreaking as-a-service capability’
Wed Aug 31, 2022
NHS staff fall further behind amid ransomware attack
While some NHS bodies are now recovering their services after the ransomware attack on a crucial software supplier, others are still being forced to rely on pen and paper, and some will be waiting months to recover
Wed Aug 31, 2022
Norway has NOK200m plan to bolster cyber defences
Norway is investing heavily in its cyber defences amid heightened threat from Russia
Wed Aug 31, 2022
NTT, VMware team to develop fully managed Edge+Private 5G offering as a service
Edge-as-a-service offer designed to enable Industry 4.0 to gain instant access to data where it is generated or collected and harness it to drive positive, powerful business outcomes
Wed Aug 31, 2022
VMware and IBM forge closer ties to build industry-specific hybrid cloud services
Tech giants reinforce commitment to working together with pledge to co-develop industry-specific cloud services for regulated enterprises
Wed Aug 31, 2022
Google debuts open source bug bounty programme
Google is calling on hackers to take pot-shots at its open source projects for the first time through a new vulnerability research programme
Wed Aug 31, 2022
Regional tech hub leaders want more support with levelling-up from next prime minister
Several senior leaders from the regional-focused UK Tech Cluster Group have shared their views on what they think the next prime minister should do to ensure tech funding is distributed more evenly across the UK
Wed Aug 31, 2022
CodeSee brings code mapping tool to enterprise developers
CodeSee, which maps code for the entire development pipeline, fills a market need for simplification in the face of growing complexity, according to one analyst.
Wed Aug 31, 2022
Amazon advances QuickSight with new embedded analytics tool
Coming after the addition of natural language processing capabilities, the new embedded analytics tool strengthens the BI platform to make it more feature rich.
Wed Aug 31, 2022
Folio Photonics sees optical disk as alternative for archive
Folio Photonics has increased the layers of optical disk, lowering the cost and increasing the capacity while delivering higher performance than LTO tapes.
Wed Aug 31, 2022
VMware CEO reveals big changes amid multi-cloud shift
VMware plans to change products, strategic direction and marketing to keep up with customers rushing to deploy multi-cloud architectures.
Wed Aug 31, 2022
Meta and partners build Velox open source execution engine
The Facebook parent company, along with multiple contributors, including Ahana, Voltron Data and Intel, are developing a new open source technology to make data processing faster.
Wed Aug 31, 2022
VMware Tanzu sets up edge computing showdown with OpenShift
Enterprise edge computing is still at a nascent stage, but a battle is brewing between Kubernetes platforms such as VMware Tanzu and OpenShift to support the emerging trend.
Wed Aug 31, 2022
Privacy bill ADPPA to police data sharing, algorithmic bias
The ADPPA passed the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce in July, making it farther than other recently introduced data privacy bills.
Wed Aug 31, 2022
DOT dashboard, Biden regs address airline customer service
The U.S. Department of Transportation's new dashboard shines light on airline passenger rights, and President Biden proposes new rules to make fees more transparent.
Wed Aug 31, 2022
Singapore to expand 5G coverage to seaport
The maritime hub will be testing the use of 5G in a range of maritime operations, including remote pilotage of vessels and drone delivery of components to ships
Thu Sep 1, 2022
Full-fibre roll-out furthers pace in eastern UK and the Midlands
Leading independent carrier-neutral full-fibre platform CityFibre reveals plans to invest more than £14m in network across Northamptonshire town, as Hull-based wholesale fibre company MS3 Networks extends key business partnership to deliver full-fibre broadband services to homes and businesses
Thu Sep 1, 2022
Arm sues Qualcomm over Nuvia tie-up
Qualcomm hopes to integrate Nuvia’s technology into its system-on-a-chip products based on Arm cores – but Arm says this infringes its IP
Thu Sep 1, 2022
Samsung to deliver private 5G network systems to South Korea’s public, private sectors
IT and comms giant lands contract to provide 5G private network solutions to five government agencies and private institutions in South Korea as part of a government initiative to advance the country’s private 5G ecosystem
Thu Sep 1, 2022
Google workers oppose cloud contract with Israeli government
Google workers and Palestinian rights activists call on company to divest from involvement in cloud and artificial intelligence contract with Israeli government and military, following allegations the tech giant has retaliated against an employee for being publicly critical of the deal
Thu Sep 1, 2022
New (ISC)² cyber careers schemes go live
(ISC)² has opened up two new global cyber careers schemes to applicants to try to help organisations fill 2.7 million vacant roles worldwide
Thu Sep 1, 2022
Swedish Electronics Protection Act coincides with major cyber spend
Swedish cyber security law comes at a time of heavy government investment
Thu Sep 1, 2022
Local authorities experience 10,000 attempted cyber attacks every day
Local authorities across the UK face a daily deluge of cyber incidents, with phishing and DDoS attacks the most prevalent, according to an insurance broker
Thu Sep 1, 2022
Space nerds beware: James Webb images used to spread malware
Astronomy and space aficionados are being targeted by cyber criminals exploiting some of the now-famous images captured by Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope to distribute malware
Thu Sep 1, 2022
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Thu Sep 1, 2022
Police interview Horizon scandal victim in investigation into potential perjury by Fujitsu staff
The Met Police have interviewed a former subpostmaster as part of an investigation into potential perjury by former Fujitsu staff
Thu Sep 1, 2022
Major shift detected in smart home technology deployment
Research from personalised communications services provider Plume finds consumers’ appetite for internet of things and smart home technologies continues to grow
Thu Sep 1, 2022
Community Fibre claims UK first with 5 Gbps broadband for businesses
London and South of England fibre broadband provider expands out of consumer-focused sweet spot and claims new benchmark for gigabit business connectivity package
Thu Sep 1, 2022
Microsoft discloses 'high-severity' TikTok vulnerability
The flaw in TikTok's Android app is the latest security concern for the social media company, which was criticized last month for having keylogging functionality in its iOS app.
Thu Sep 1, 2022
Oracle Red Bull Racing gets into gear with Zoom to power team unified communications
Collaboration technology provider’s Chat, Events and Meetings products taken up by championship-leading Formula 1 team to enhance key communications and hybrid experiences on and off the track
Thu Sep 1, 2022
Researcher unveils smart lock hack for fingerprint theft
An academic researcher demonstrated how IoT smart locks could become tools for attackers to covertly steal fingerprints and potentially access more sensitive personal data.
Thu Sep 1, 2022
StorPool tests high-end block storage software in AWS
StorPool Storage's block storage software can now run on AWS for enterprise applications that demand hyperscale performance.
Thu Sep 1, 2022
Nvidia now needs special license to export AI chips to China
The requirement applies to the vendor's A100 and H100 chips. It will also affect competitor AMD's M123O chips. The U.S. move will keep China from accessing advanced GPUs.
Thu Sep 1, 2022
Study to discover effects of business automation on jobs
A National Academies research group is trying to find out how AI-enabled business automation will affect the workforce. Arguments land on both side of the spectrum.
Thu Sep 1, 2022
Inflation Reduction Act boosts clean energy incentives
The Inflation Reduction Act increases incentives for clean energy, but there is concern that it doesn't address existing regulatory flaws inhibiting clean energy tech deployment.
Thu Sep 1, 2022
HP, Dell report cooling PC sales as business demand wavers
Businesses have delayed and reduced their desktop and laptop orders from HP and Dell, executives reported. The PC market has weakened after a two-year winning streak.
Fri Sep 2, 2022
HMRC to review how IR35 works in practice following PAC criticism
Several months have passed since the Public Accounts Committee issued its damning report on the fallout from the introduction of the IR35 reforms in the public sector, and HMRC has shared its feedback on its contents
Fri Sep 2, 2022
Energie AG, Austria lights up optical transport network
Austrian energy supply and infrastructure company invests in optical transport network spanning 7,000km to improve customers’ experience and gain opportunity to grow by scaling as it broadens customer base
Fri Sep 2, 2022
Dutch government finally allowed to use public cloud
Public cloud is finally within reach for Dutch public services. Previously, the Dutch government was only allowed to use private clouds due to risks concerning privacy and security
Fri Sep 2, 2022
BBVA to add 2,000 software engineers to workforce this year
Spanish bank BBVA is boosting its IT department while its traditional workforce reduces amid digital transformation
Fri Sep 2, 2022
IFA 2022: Qualcomm announces Meta partnership as it stakes out connected future
Chip giant unveils plans to embed its connectivity technology – encompassing Wi-Fi 7, 5G and even satellite – within virtual and real-world environments to drive connected experiences
Fri Sep 2, 2022
Ericsson claims sustainability gains with tri-sector 5G radio
Swedish comms tech provider makes further inroads into more sustainable networks with the introduction of a new triple-band, tri-sector radio that is said to be able to do the job of nine radios