TechTarget News - Week of May 15, 2022
Tue May 17, 2022
Video effects firm cuts costs by 20% and goes hybrid with Hammerspace
Jellyfish Pictures saves on rising power and office space costs, as well as Brexit difficulties, by using Hammerspace to allow access to large files from any geographic location
Tue May 17, 2022
Controversial Post Office IT system to be replaced by 2025
Work is ongoing by the Post Office to replace the controversial Horizon retail and accounting system used in nearly 12,000 branches
Tue May 17, 2022
Australian CISOs least prepared for cyber attacks
Australian CISOs are under pressure and feel the least prepared globally to deal with the consequences of a cyber attack, study finds
Tue May 17, 2022
Hammerspace the ‘missing link’ for a cloud still lacking
The cloud can’t enable true multi-region working so Hammerspace helps make data visible globally and aggregate it as needed between locations with workflows set via customer policy
Tue May 17, 2022
Nokia and University of Technology Sydney unveil 5G-connected microbrewery
5G-connected microbrewery located in the Tech Lab of leading Australian educational establishment, which forms part of Industry 4.0 research facility, uses comms tech provider’s 5G backhaul connectivity solution and digital twin technology to optimise brewing process
Tue May 17, 2022
Tableau adding new storytelling tool to analytics platform
During its user conference, the vendor unveiled automated data storytelling capabilities, a new cloud version of its platform and more self-service data science tools.
Mon May 16, 2022
Customer experience technology's next phase as teams regroup
In this Q&A, Eastern Bank CX head Rich Dorfman discusses how the pandemic shifted approaches to tech, transformation, and measurement of customer and employee experience.
Mon May 16, 2022
Critical bug in Zyxel firewalls, VPNs exploited in the wild
Initially discovered by Rapid7, the vulnerability poses a critical risk to enterprise networks and could allow attackers to gain remote access to Zyxel security products.
Mon May 16, 2022
Partners become central to SAP industry cloud business
At SAP Sapphire 2022, the software company highlighted partnerships with consulting firms that emphasized their vertical market acumen; more IT channel news.
Mon May 16, 2022
IXsystems aims for the enterprise with latest OS updates
IXsystems brought performance and feature updates to TrueNAS and TrueNAS Scale in a major update that the vendor hopes will make it more attractive to the enterprise.
Mon May 16, 2022
Microsoft Viva gets OKR, shining a light on a niche HR tech
Microsoft is adding an objective and key result -- or OKR -- application to Viva, its employee experience platform. OKR is designed to improve business alignment.
Mon May 16, 2022
Sapphire 2022 provided scaled-down value
Rise with SAP took a backseat to sustainability at SAP Sapphire 2022, which returned as a live event. There were no big products announcements, just a flurry of updates.
Mon May 16, 2022
Smart traffic management offers greater emissions control
Juniper Research has predicted that CO2 emissions could be slashed if governments fully deploy smart traffic management systems
Mon May 16, 2022
Babble continues buy-and-build strategy with addition of Active
Babble is back on the acquisition trail as it looks to keep its expansive momentum going
Mon May 16, 2022
Europol gears up to collect big data on European citizens after MEPs vote to expand policing power
The European Parliament has voted to expand Europol’s role, legalising its processing of bulk datasets containing personal information and endorsing research into predictive policing technologies
Mon May 16, 2022
TD Synnex adds Google Cloud to its portfolio
Distributor will partner public cloud giant in key markets as it looks to provide resellers with more choices
Mon May 16, 2022
Gartner data and analytics summit: Unleash innovation on emergence from pandemic
Gartner analysts at the Data and Analytics EMEA summit in London urged D&A leaders to unleash innovation as their organisations emerge from the shadow of the pandemic
Mon May 16, 2022
Verizon Business and Visionable open connected healthcare centre
Verizon Business and Visionable to open technology-led centre dedicated to accelerating the adoption of connected healthcare technologies for patient-centric care
Mon May 16, 2022
Zoom furthers contact centre expansion with Solvvy acquisition
In the next step of progression from being the pandemic’s breakout collaboration services leader, Zoom makes strategic buy to add advanced conversational AI and automation capabilities
Mon May 16, 2022
Cisco enhances Webex for hybrid with ChomeOS, wellbeing support
Network and collaboration technology provider enters into partnership with IT giant to build the Webex Meetings PWA for all Chrome OS devices, and introduces collaboration services that support wellbeing
Mon May 16, 2022
Kasten backup adds Kubernetes ransomware detection, security
As ransomware becomes a bigger concern for container admins, updates to the Kasten backup and disaster recovery platform for Kubernetes take a proactive security stance.