TechTarget News - Week of Dec 06, 2015
Mon Dec 7, 2015
Australia launches plan to reduce reliance on natural resources
The Australian government has announced plans to reduce its dependency on industries that rely on natural resources and increase its activities in areas such as IT
Mon Dec 7, 2015
Cyber attacks an increasing concern for Asean countries
Organisations in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are increasingly the targets for cyber criminals, according to a report focused on the region
Mon Dec 7, 2015
Sweden considers writing off IT student loans to attract more women
Sweden is considering writing off student loans for women who study IT in an attempt to improve the gender balance in the sector to support digitisation
Mon Dec 7, 2015
Low-cost Nordics expect datacentre growth
The Nordics offers advantages as a datacentre location, with each of its five countries offering something different
Tue Dec 8, 2015
National roll-out of Universal Credit digital service to begin in May 2016
The Universal Credit digital service will be rolled out to five job centres a month from May 2016, says the Department for Work and Pensions
Tue Dec 8, 2015
G.fast technical trials connect 100 Swansea homes and businesses
BT has embarked on a technical trial of G.fast technology in Swansea
Tue Dec 8, 2015
Did Android applications save Java? Expert weighs in
Barry Burd, Java expert and author, discusses how Android applications may have brought Java back from the brink.
Wed Dec 9, 2015
Australian police raid home of alleged Bitcoin inventor
Australian police say a raid on a home in Sydney is not related to reports that the owner is the co-inventor of Bitcoin sitting on a fortune $415m
Wed Dec 9, 2015
DHL opens Singapore centre for logistics technology innovation
DHL has opened a centre in Singapore to research technologies that can be used in the logistics industry
Wed Dec 9, 2015
Volvo finance department expands system support beyond Sweden
Volvo Group Treasury has extended an outsourcing agreement with Virtusa to give it the same support response times worldwide
Wed Dec 9, 2015
The FCA is open to cloud – but what of the firms it regulates?
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) says cloud computing – even in its public form – is acceptable for finance organisations
Wed Dec 9, 2015
System management vendors target full-stack oversight
This week, bloggers explore a new breed of system management vendors, networking takeaways from the VTech breach, and endpoint detection and response.
Wed Dec 9, 2015
Exploring a software architect's favorite Oracle JavaFX tools
At JavaOne 2015, Java enthusiast Rob Terpilowski discusses why he's still a fan of Oracle JavaFX tools.
Thu Dec 10, 2015
Russian big data in early stages
The use of big data technologies in Russia is still embryonic and the economic slowdown is stalling developments
Thu Dec 10, 2015
EE and Motorola confirmed as ESN suppliers by Home Office
EE and Motorola have been formally selected to provide a resilient national 4G network for the UK’s ambulance, fire and police services
Thu Dec 10, 2015
HPE goes live with Europe-wide cloud service catalogue
HPE’s Cloud 28+ service catalogue is open for business and hopes to encourage wider take-up of off-premises services across the continent
Thu Dec 10, 2015
Java turns 20: What's in store for Java programming?
Barry Burd, author and Java expert, discusses how Java programming recently turned 20 years old how it's managed to stick around for so long.
Thu Dec 10, 2015
Datacentre operators must "open up" to close industry skills gap, claims IO
IO business development director Andrew Roughan said more must be done to encourage a wider range and higher number people into the datacentre industry
Thu Dec 10, 2015
Payara founder: GlassFish Open Source a great app server
At JavaOne 2015, Steve Millidge discusses expectations for the future and what he and Payara are working on with GlassFish Open Source.
Thu Dec 10, 2015
Amazon Route 53 adds Traffic Flow, beats most prices
AWS shops are excited to see Amazon Route 53 add Traffic Flow, though there are also third-party products on the market that offer similar features.
Fri Dec 11, 2015
UK firms act quickly to fix payment card data encryption
Security firm found that 16 global companies had failed to effectively encrypt traffic to the payment portion of their websites and apps
Fri Dec 11, 2015
HyperCat smart city venture sets up shop in India
UK government-backed HyperCat Consortium seeks Indian startups for Hyderabad-based incubator
Fri Dec 11, 2015
Eight startups selected for Cyber London security accelerator programme
Cyber London has selected startups from the UK, Finland, Hungary, Israel, Brazil and South Africa for its second cyber security accelerator programme