TechTarget News - Week of Aug 09, 2015
Mon Aug 10, 2015
Carphone Warehouse data breach hits 2.4 million UK customers
Carphone Warehouse confirms the authorities have been notified about the breach, and urges customers to take steps to protect themselves
Mon Aug 10, 2015
BlackHat 2015: Industrial hacking - the untold story
Hackers have been penetrating industrial control systems for at least a decade for extortion, yet little is known about how they gain access
Mon Aug 10, 2015
Autoglass moves to cloud-based IT infrastructure
Autoglass has signed a 10-year outsourcing deal with US supplier CSC that will see its IT infrastructure move into the cloud
Tue Aug 11, 2015
British Gas trials app-based smart-meter display
My energy live app will display real-time energy use on a smartphone, says British Gas
Tue Aug 11, 2015
Use technology to improve NHS, say patients
Almost 70% of the population believes technology should be used in the NHS to improve patient outcomes and efficiency, says Trustmarque
Tue Aug 11, 2015
FBI uncovers cyber insider trading gang
Nine suspects are expected to be charged in the US with insider trading based on corporate press releases stolen by hackers before they had been made public
Tue Aug 11, 2015
Hootsuite moves social media management toolkit to IBM Softlayer cloud
Social media management dashboard maker shifts App Directory to IBM cloud
Tue Aug 11, 2015
Small IT firms most susceptible to going under due to late payments
Small businesses, particularly those supplying IT, should look at alternative financing models as late payments put them at risk of closure
Wed Aug 12, 2015
Mike Bracken: I turned down an increase in GDS budget
Outgoing government digital chief says he rejected the chance of extra funding and that his platform strategy is still on the table
Wed Aug 12, 2015
Google Fiber targets San Antonio for fiber optic cable rollout
Google Fiber plans to lay 4,000 miles of fiber optic cable in the San Antonio area; FCC voted to revise IP transition rules.
Thu Aug 13, 2015
Lenovo to cut jobs as it faces 'severe' challenges
Lenovo says the last quarter saw “severe challenges” in its main PC, tablet and smartphone markets
Thu Aug 13, 2015
Troubled HTC to restructure as smartphone shipments plummet
Taiwanese company announces major business restructure targeting connected lifestyle and wearable products following disappointing results
Thu Aug 13, 2015
Ofcom launches mobile network coverage checker
Ofcom gives smartphone users the ability to check their operator’s mobile phone coverage at postcode level using an online tool
Thu Aug 13, 2015
Interview: Government digital chief Mike Bracken – why I quit
Mike Bracken, the outgoing director of the Government Digital Service, talks exclusively to Computer Weekly about his departure from Whitehall
Thu Aug 13, 2015
Analysts: SDN wouldn't have prevented United Airlines network outage
Some speculate that SDN could prevent a network outage like the one that brought United Airlines to a screeching halt. Others, however, say the industry needs an SDN reality check.