TechTarget News - Week of Oct 02, 2022
Mon Oct 3, 2022
Digital transformation is brewing at Heineken
In a presentation at the Digital Transformation Week conference in Amsterdam, Heineken’s data management director revealed some of the ways the company is using information technology to transform
Mon Oct 3, 2022
Security regulation cuts online payment fraud at 73% of retailers
New online payments security standard, Strong Customer Authentication (SCA), sees immediate fall in fraudulent payments to retailers
Mon Oct 3, 2022
StorPool takes its software-defined storage to the AWS cloud
Software-defined storage and block access specialist to offer its product on high-performance AWS bare metal and memory-intensive compute, while claiming improved latency
Mon Oct 3, 2022
MicroScope at 40: Rola Dagher, Dell Technologies
Dell’s channel chief shares her thoughts about the past and future of the channel as MicroScope marks its anniversary
Mon Oct 3, 2022
Three-quarters of business professionals want to embrace the metaverse
Study from networking systems, services and software company reveals business professionals’ interest in metaverse pointing to utilising more immersive and connected digital applications in the workplace
Mon Oct 3, 2022
BT Group sees network gains through AI Accelerator
Telco announces new platform to orchestrate, accelerate and monitor artificial intelligence model deployments developed by its data community and to drive efficiencies
Mon Oct 3, 2022
Natural History Museum partners with AWS for biodiversity research push
The Natural History Museum is teaming up with public cloud giant Amazon Web Services (AWS) to bolster its biodiversity research capabilities
Mon Oct 3, 2022
Digital right to work checks officially go live
Under the new government guidance, employers can choose between 16 certified identity service providers to digitally check their employees legal right to work in the UK
Mon Oct 3, 2022
Intermittent encryption attacks: Who's at risk?
Threat analysts have observed some ransomware gangs using a new technique that only partially encrypts victims' files, which could evade some ransomware defenses.
Mon Oct 3, 2022
Channel roundup: Who’s gone where?
It’s been another busy week on the personnel front across various parts of the channel
Mon Oct 3, 2022
Channel partner programs evolve amid digital transformation
A series of channel partner program relaunches that will continue into early 2023 reflect a shift to business outcomes, varied business models and subscription-based selling.
Mon Oct 3, 2022
Spot by NetApp exec on acquisitions and catalog slimming
In this Q&A, Spot by NetApp's Kevin McGrath talks about the future of Fylamynt, evolving partnerships with hyperscalers and how buying teams for Spot's technology are changing.
Mon Oct 3, 2022
EvolveWare feature adds agility to application modernization
EvolveWare's Intellisys gives enterprises a business rules extraction option that won't lock up legacy or modernized applications when code changes are required.
Mon Oct 3, 2022
NetSuite ERP adds CPQ, workforce management applications
NetSuite debuted several new features for CPQ, workforce management, embedded banking and warehouse management for its cloud ERP platform at SuiteWorld 2022.
Tue Oct 4, 2022
Red Hat CEO on OpenShift roadmap, competitive play
Red Hat’s newly minted CEO Matt Hicks talks up OpenShift’s roadmap, the competition with VMware and opportunities in the Asia-Pacific region
Tue Oct 4, 2022
Vodafone confirms Three UK merger talks
UK’s mid-sized operators begin negotiations on consolidation to gain the scale to accelerate roll-out of 5G in the UK, expand broadband connectivity to rural communities and small businesses, and offer stronger competition
Tue Oct 4, 2022
France extradites Spanish EncroChat cryptophone distributors for complicity with organised crime
Three phone sellers have been extradited from Spain to France to face charges that they were complicit in the activities of criminal EncroChat phone users
Tue Oct 4, 2022
Dynatrace overhauls AIOps back end, beefs up log analytics
The AIOps vendor unveiled a new approach to data management that has enterprise customers such as BT hopeful it could eliminate the need for separate log analytics products.
Tue Oct 4, 2022
HMCTS continues roll-out of Common Platform despite calls to halt deployment
Controversial roll-out of digital case management system continues amid planned strike action by Public and Commercial Services Union because of issues with the system
Tue Oct 4, 2022
Next phase of open banking already gathering pace
Open banking has had a major impact on the banking industry as finance forms harness data to provide better services, but the next phase of open finance promises even more
Tue Oct 4, 2022
Kaseya CEO talks of strong 2023 and love for Datto partners
Fred Voccola, CEO of Kaseya, shares his reactions to DattoCon and the message he had for MSPs at the event
Tue Oct 4, 2022
IBM integrates Red Hat storage for hybrid cloud
IBM storage has integrated Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation and Ceph into its new hybrid cloud data storage offering. Analysts said the move is good for both vendors.
Tue Oct 4, 2022
Tenable shifts focus, launches exposure management platform
The company said it's expanding beyond vulnerability management to address the growing attack surface and the challenges customers face to address it.
Tue Oct 4, 2022
OpenText enhances CX package, customer data platform
OpenText CE 22.4, its latest quarterly release, adds content security, CDP enhancements, and integrations with Microsoft Teams and the Google BigQuery data warehouse.
Tue Oct 4, 2022
Tories to replace GDPR
IT industry reacts to the government’s plan to replace the pan-European data protection regulation
Tue Oct 4, 2022
Harrison Drury elevates its employee, customer experience with Avaya OneCloud UCaaS
Solicitor’s transition to cloud-based unified communications-as-a-service platform modernises communications and sets up platform to support business’s strategy of providing a hybrid workplace
Tue Oct 4, 2022
UK a broadband laggard as altnets grab share from incumbents
Ookla overview of UK broadband market reveals that while fibre development is accelerating throughout the country, median fixed broadband download and upload speeds compare badly with global market
Tue Oct 4, 2022
Mavenir to deliver cloud-based 5G solutions on Google Cloud
Telecoms software provider and cloud giant team to offer combined system with containerised and micro-serviced converged 5G packet core, IP multimedia subsystem, messaging, orchestration, AI and telco analytics, and Open RAN products
Tue Oct 4, 2022
Secureworks finds network intruders see little resistance
A report from Secureworks found that in many network intrusions, the attackers only need to employ basic, unsophisticated measures to evade detection.
Tue Oct 4, 2022
Public sector aims to close digital skills gap with private sector
Digital leaders from the public sector have stressed the need to build up the digital skills and capabilities of civil servants to successfully deliver the government’s digital transformation ambitions, but not at the expense of supplier ecosystems
Tue Oct 4, 2022
AI Bill of Rights blueprint lacks enforceability
The AI Bill of Rights blueprint offers guidance to businesses, but the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy cannot enforce its recommendations.
Tue Oct 4, 2022
Confluent brings designer and governance to streaming data
The streaming data platform vendor added a stream designer and new governance capabilities to its cloud service for organizations working with real-time data coming from Kafka.
Wed Oct 5, 2022
RPA vendor Automation Anywhere aims at process discovery
While the vendor's new platform is geared towards automation, the market is shifting. Many enterprises are now moving away from RPA and toward process mining and discovery.
Wed Oct 5, 2022
Inside Dell Technologies’ zero-trust approach
Dell Technologies’ zero-trust reference model starts with defining business controls and having a central control plane that manages all the security aspects of an organisation’s infrastructure
Wed Oct 5, 2022
Forrester: US set to dominate AI enterprise software market
Artificial intelligence is the fastest growth area in software. This is driving adoption, which will make AI mainstream technology in business software
Wed Oct 5, 2022
Young people in tech unhappy despite inclusion push
Businesses claim to be working on improving inclusion internally, but many young people still feel ill at ease in the tech sector
Wed Oct 5, 2022
Italian Supreme Court calls for prosecutors to disclose information on Sky ECC hacking operation
Italy’s Supreme Court says Italian prosecutors and police should disclose information on how they obtained intercepted messages from the Sky ECC cryptophone network
Wed Oct 5, 2022
Orange Belgium, KPN plot 5G course for world’s smartest waterway
Operators plan to submit grant application to European Commission for project to use 5G to ensure secure and highly reliable connectivity and accelerate further digitisation in one of Europe’s most important corridors
Wed Oct 5, 2022
Policy action needed for EU to achieve 5G goals
Report finds that economic contribution of mobile continues to expand in Europe, but market dynamics are impeding 5G’s progress throughout the region and further regulation may be needed to hit digital goals
Wed Oct 5, 2022
Ransomware attacks ravage schools, municipal governments
Attacks disclosed in September revealed that K-12 schools, universities and local governments continued to suffer at the hands of gangs such as Vice Society and BlackCat/Alphv.
Wed Oct 5, 2022
HashiCorp cloud security evolves via Boundary, Consul, Vault
With the debut of Boundary on HashiCorp Cloud Platform, along with updates for Vault and Consul, the vendor lays the foundation for a long-term product strategy.
Wed Oct 5, 2022
APTs compromised defense contractor with Impacket tools
A CISA alert warned that APT actors compromised a defense contractor's Microsoft Exchange server and used Impacket, an open source Python toolkit, to move laterally in the network.
Wed Oct 5, 2022
Good sustainability strategy balances tech, use cases
During Forrester Research's Technology and Innovation Forum, experts said IT leaders should identify use cases for technology to advance a company's sustainability strategy.
Thu Oct 6, 2022
India telcos chart revenue growth with cloud and OTT services
Telcos in India are eyeing new revenue streams from cloud and content services, but whether they can successfully monetise the offerings remains to be seen
Thu Oct 6, 2022
Equinix to open new datacentre in Indonesia
Equinix’s new facility in Indonesia follows a slew of datacentre builds that have been sprouting up in Jakarta to cater to the country’s growing digital economy
Thu Oct 6, 2022
JPMorgan’s UK digital bank app outage locks customers out
App-based Chase Bank suffered tech outage that left customers unable to access its services
Thu Oct 6, 2022
Channel feeling good about Q4
Despite economic uncertainty, thoughts around the key fourth quarter remain positive
Thu Oct 6, 2022
Tech Nation and PwC launch joint climate tech accelerator
The Net Zero X programme by Tech Nation and PwC will help climate tech companies to overcome common growth challenges and scale faster
Thu Oct 6, 2022
Proposals for scanning encrypted messages should be cut from Online Safety Bill, say researchers
Automatic scanning of messaging services for illegal content could lead to one billion false alarms each day in Europe
Thu Oct 6, 2022
NHS looks to improve digital mental health support
NHS England plans for programme to use digital technologies and data to improve mental health treatment and help patients access services
Thu Oct 6, 2022
SMEs in Europe ready to invest in real-time payment capabilities
Small and medium-sized enterprises are losing business because of the time it takes to receive payments, with many considering API-based services to address the problem
Thu Oct 6, 2022
EU rolling out measures for online safety and AI liability
The European Council has approved the passage of the Digital Services Act to protect people’s rights online, while the European Commission has announced proposals to help those negatively affected by artificial intelligence to claim compensation
Thu Oct 6, 2022
Context: Channel remains optimistic
Research from market watcher shows most across the European channel are feeling upbeat, even if that sentiment is not shared with all their customers
Thu Oct 6, 2022
Microsoft, Kyndryl deal connects Azure to IBM mainframe data
Aiming to break the mainframe out of its silo, Microsoft and Kyndryl will collaborate on allowing mainframe users to send data across multi-cloud environments.
Thu Oct 6, 2022
SingleStore raises funding to fuel development, expansion
The database vendor plans to use the capital to fund product development, global expansion and marketing as well as keep some in reserve as a hedge against a potential recession.
Thu Oct 6, 2022
Oil giant Shell lends support to LF Energy in its open source power networks push
Open source community LF Energy is continuing to go from strength-to-strength as its push to transform the way power networks operate gathers pace
Thu Oct 6, 2022
Former Uber CSO Joe Sullivan found guilty in breach cover-up
Sullivan was convicted of obstruction of proceedings of the Federal Trade Commission and misprision of felony in connection with the cover-up of Uber's 2016 data breach.
Thu Oct 6, 2022
OpenText shares customer experience cloud platform roadmap
Two years after its initial release, OpenText Experience Cloud finds its footing with integrations to enable composable experiences with content and data.
Thu Oct 6, 2022
Terraform Cloud continuous validation inches toward GitOps
Terraform is already part of the GitOps workflow for some enterprises, but a new continuous validation feature could increase its overlap with tools such as Argo CD and Flux.
Thu Oct 6, 2022
Splunk suit claims Cribl built on stolen log management IP
Former Splunk employees and industry watchers reacted to a lawsuit filed by Splunk this week alleging that Cribl's business is based on stolen log management code.
Thu Oct 6, 2022
ServiceNow buys Era Software to unify observability strategy
ServiceNow's acquisition of Era Software looks to strengthen the company's position in the observability market and make digital transformation projects easier to implement.
Thu Oct 6, 2022
Companies search for ROI from cloud spending
A KPMG survey of 1,000 executives found that two-thirds were reevaluating cloud spending after failing to achieve a significant ROI.
Thu Oct 6, 2022
Automation and digital assistants in a post-pandemic world
From the food industry to manufacturing and healthcare, enterprises are looking for more ways to enhance their businesses and scale their growth with digital automation.
Thu Oct 6, 2022
ArangoDB expands scope of graph database platform
The database vendor extended its namesake database platform to support machine learning applications with its revamped ArangoGraph Insights Platform cloud database service.
Thu Oct 6, 2022
Yellowfin enhances NLQ tool in analytics platform update
The release is the vendor's first since being acquired by Idera in early 2022 and builds on natural language query features it first launched in late 2021.
Fri Oct 7, 2022
HashiCorp Waypoint public beta adds fresh take on PaaS
The sales pitch for HashiCorp Waypoint sounds a lot like traditional PaaS, but its technical approach may be uniquely well-suited to the recent rise of DevOps platform engineering.
Fri Oct 7, 2022
Private investors back innovators to boost African connectivity
Local operator research finds nearly four out of five VC and private equity firms believe innovation in connectivity will drive expansion in Africa, despite infrastructure issues
Fri Oct 7, 2022
Australia to amend telecoms regulations following Optus breach
Amendments to Australia’s telecoms regulations are in the works to temporarily allow sharing of individuals’ identifier information between telcos and financial institutions
Fri Oct 7, 2022
Satellite 5G boost as SES-20 and SES-21 launches confirmed
As part of its plan to continue delivering network services while freeing up C-band spectrum to enable the deployment of 5G across the US, satellite operator SES has announced the successful launch of its SES-20 and SES-21 craft
Fri Oct 7, 2022
Broadcasters reveal 5G, satellite connectivity deployment for live coverage of Queen’s funeral
Standalone 5G network in a box and integrated wireless connectivity based on Starlink satellite broadband used in live remote broadcast production in coverage of transport of late Queen to Edinburgh Airport and of London funeral
Fri Oct 7, 2022
Bolt drivers take legal action over employment status
Drivers argue they have been wrongly classified as self-employed, and are seeking backdated wages and holiday pay
Fri Oct 7, 2022
Barracuda looks to new CRO to share best practices
Security player’s recently appointed CRO will look at how it can take the best bits of its global channel activities and share them to improve its routes to market
Fri Oct 7, 2022
Oracle unveils 5G cloud-native network analytics suite
Data giant claims to put communications network data analytics function first with portfolio of statistical and predictive 5G network core analytics services
Fri Oct 7, 2022
CISA lists top vulnerabilities exploited by Chinese hackers
The U.S. government published a list of the most commonly exploited vulnerabilities exploited by Chinese state-sponsored actors, including Log4Shell and the ProxyLogon bugs.
Fri Oct 7, 2022
Micron investment to spark chip ecosystem in New York
The $100 billion plan aims to bring businesses and thousands of workers to the Syracuse, N.Y., area -- and boost the chip supply for the IT staples and innovations CIOs pursue.
Fri Oct 7, 2022
Experts torn on impact of antitrust bills passed by House
The three antitrust bills passed by the U.S. House of Representatives would funnel more money to antitrust law enforcers, as well as add to enforcement processes.