TechTarget News - Week of Jul 12, 2015
Mon Jul 13, 2015
TechUK paper urges industry to collaborate in closing the IT skills gap
TechUK paper puts forward recommendations to government and industry on closer collaboration to close the IT skills shortfall
Mon Jul 13, 2015
Huawei joins European 5G research project
Huawei commits to pan-European 5G Public Private Partnership (5G-PPP) plan to strengthen five separate 5G research projects
Tue Jul 14, 2015
Symantec bets on simplicity, cloud and mobile
Symantec is not trying to be all things to all people, but is instead focusing on threats and protecting information in the mobile and cloud environments
Tue Jul 14, 2015
Land Rover praised for recall over software security bug
BT Security head Mark Hughes says Land Rover's recall of vehicles to fix a software security flaw is a sensible step to address evolving criminal threats
Tue Jul 14, 2015
Vodafone scheme to help SMEs get online
Vodafone is to trial a series of digital workshops for SMEs aimed at equipping them with a stronger online presence
Tue Jul 14, 2015
Banker’s startup experience feathers the nest for Starling Bank
Starling Bank founder Anne Boden relates how her time with startups outside traditional banking convinced her to build a digital bank from scratch
Tue Jul 14, 2015
WPC: Cloud solution provider firms amped on Microsoft strategy
Microsoft cloud solution provider firms and other channel allies voiced support for the company's technology and partner initiatives at WPC.
Tue Jul 14, 2015
ICYMI: International carriers deploying SDN technologies
In this week's SDN news, international telecom and Internet providers are deploying SDN technologies, while AT&T is testing a new software-defined storage platform.
Tue Jul 14, 2015
Anyone still running Windows Server 2003 is now at risk
Businesses still running Windows server 2003 are vulnerable to attack from hackers looking to exploit security holes
Tue Jul 14, 2015
Extreme adds muscle to Wi-Fi appliances
Extreme Networks introduces Wi-Fi appliances that can manage considerably more access points than previous versions.
Wed Jul 15, 2015
Huawei to implement 4.5G network for Shanghai Disney
Huawei signs world’s first 4.5G network co-operation agreement to implement a smart city network at the Shanghai Disney resort
Wed Jul 15, 2015
The obstacles to software-as-a-service adoption in banking
Security tops the reasons why banks don't use software as a service for banking-specific applications
Wed Jul 15, 2015
IEEE group advocates random MAC addresses for Wi-Fi security
An IEEE group advocates random MAC addresses for increased Wi-Fi security, while networking pros say enterprise security isn't strong enough for moving applications to the cloud.
Thu Jul 16, 2015
Women in IT meet prime minister David Cameron's gender pay gap news with scepticism
The prime minister’s announcement that firms with more than 250 employees will have to disclose salaries has been met with concerns over how and when results will be published
Thu Jul 16, 2015
Flash Player security failures turn up the hate
There have been calls for the death of the Adobe Flash Player for years either due to performance issues or the threat of exploit. But with a recent rash of zero-day vulnerabilities, those calls are getting louder.
Thu Jul 16, 2015
Microsoft cloud strategy turns competitors into partners
For a company once known for its closed ecosystem, the Microsoft cloud strategy is increasingly reliant on the competition.
Fri Jul 17, 2015
UK man arrested for hacking into US government computers
Briton Lauri Love is accused of hacking into various US agencies, including the US army, Nasa, the federal reserve and the environmental protection agency
Fri Jul 17, 2015
Daisy completes acquisition of Phoenix IT
Daisy takes step closer to ambition of becoming a £1 billion unified communications & IT infrastructure managed services business
Fri Jul 17, 2015
SDN blogs: SD-WAN may be the answer to your problems
This week, experts discuss software-defined WANs as an alternative to traditional wide area networks. And one startup is looking to make data centers more efficient.
Fri Jul 17, 2015
United Airlines begins bug bounty payouts
United Airlines has paid out the maximum award to two hackers, which means the flaws are likely to be remote code execution vulnerabilities
Fri Jul 17, 2015
Plexxi aims low-latency switch at emerging workloads
Plexxi launched a low-latency switch that's suitable for high-frequency financial trading. The Switch 2 Series is also aimed at analytics applications and cloud data centers.