TechTarget News - Week of May 15, 2016
Mon May 16, 2016
HSBC cuts hundreds of UK IT jobs
HSBC is cutting its UK IT workforce and transferring jobs to lower-cost countries as part of its global delivery strategy
Mon May 16, 2016
Beachbody pumps up application performance monitoring tools
Costly website and app downtime spurred an application performance monitoring tools makeover at Beachbody. Learn how the fitness firm chose and deployed new APM tools.
Tue May 17, 2016
BBC Three builds second base in Birmingham
The BBC announces plans to develop a second Birmingham-based headquarters for BBC Three
Tue May 17, 2016
Vodafone CEO hints at return to growth for mobile operator as full-year results drop
Mobile operator Vodafone shares details of its full-year financial results, while talking up the role cloud has to play in its ability to deliver low-cost services
Tue May 17, 2016
New SteelCentral probes deeper into application behavior
Riverbed upgrades SteelCentral with support for public cloud, containers and Skype for Business.
Tue May 17, 2016
Police set for better engagement with UK tech firms
The policing lead for digital investigation and intelligence says new structures will improve engagement and collaboration between the UK tech industry and police forces
Wed May 18, 2016
Ingram Micro acquires Comms-care
Ingram Micro has moved to bolster its services capabilities with the acquisition of Comms-care
Wed May 18, 2016
Queen’s Speech sets out plans for Digital Economy Bill
The Queen’s Speech announced plans to make the UK a world leader in the digital economy and reiterated a commitment to making fast broadband a legal right
Wed May 18, 2016
Nike and BMW pilot HP Inc's first 3D printer
HP Inc rolls out its first 3D printer, with hopes that it will revolutionise manufacturing
Wed May 18, 2016
Cyber espionage campaign targets Ukraine separatists
Security researchers discover a surveillance operation against separatists in Eastern Ukraine using spear phishing attacks to spread previously unknown malware
Wed May 18, 2016
S/4HANA Finance brings data consolidation to major insurer
A finance leader at New York Life explains how S/4HANA Finance helps manage and analyze data on $528 billion in assets, and the key role of change management in a successful project.
Wed May 18, 2016
U.S. lab considers SDN for growing ESnet research network
The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has turned to SDN and Corsa data-plane appliances in tackling soaring demand on ESnet research network.
Thu May 19, 2016
SuiteWorld 2016: The way retailers use ERP is shifting, taking on an external focus
NetSuite manager for commerce products looks at how consumers are forcing the retail world towards an experience-led business models
Thu May 19, 2016
Google Allo and Google Duo shine bright at Google I/O
The Google I/O conference moves to Mountain View, as new products and product enhancements for everything from Google Duo to Google Allo to Android N are announced.
Thu May 19, 2016
What's going on with Broadcom Tomahawk?
In this week's roundup, a blogger expresses frustration with Broadcom, and analysts assess the next generation of endpoint security market and monitoring.
Thu May 19, 2016
Lessons from LinkedIn data breach revelations
There are several important lessons to be learned from revelations about LinkedIn's 2012 data breach, say security experts
Thu May 19, 2016
Gov.uk Verify to go live 24 May 2016
On 24 May 2016, the government’s identity assurance platform will move from beta to “fully live”, after missing its original April go-live target
Thu May 19, 2016
Lawmaker Vaizey hails UK role in resolving datacentre sovereignty issues
Digital economy minister talks up government’s work in supporting the growth of the UK’s technology sector
Thu May 19, 2016
Taking a new look at security in RESTful API design
REST appears to be sure-handedly winning the API war with SOAP, so it's time to start learning about REST security. We explore this protocol's latest security developments.
Thu May 19, 2016
Salesforce Government Cloud, app sharing ease agency collaboration
Salesforce Government Cloud Lightning eases government agencies' security concerns, allows for app sharing and improves communication among agencies and citizens.
Thu May 19, 2016
Digital inclusion charity demands government enforcement of web accessibility laws
AbilityNet claims government is "falling down on the job" by failing to act against firms that do not make their websites and services accessible to disabled users
Thu May 19, 2016
Virgin Media uses Salesforce to build omni-channel sales
Virgin Media is using Salesforce to offer a single customer view irrespective of the channel the customer uses to talk to the company
Thu May 19, 2016
New Dell SC Series operating system adds dedupe, QoS
Dell launches an operating system update for its SC Series storage arrays, featuring dedupe, QoS, Live Migrate, VVOLs support and new management capabilities.
Fri May 20, 2016
Cabinet Office failed to manage risks around migration to shared service centres, says NAO
The government’s delayed programme to migrate back-office functions to two shared service centres is not achieving value for money, lacks an integrated business case and has failed to track additional costs incurred, says the NAO
Fri May 20, 2016
NHS data security standards to be designed around technology, people and processes
The Care Quality Commission’s delayed review of NHS data security standards will encourage NHS organisations to have senior information risk owners and Caldicott Guardians at board level
Fri May 20, 2016
Cisco sales down in switching; up in software, services
Cisco sales last quarter revealed weakness in its switching and router business, as revenue from software subscriptions and cloud-based services increased.
Fri May 20, 2016
How three digital leaders overcame resistance to change
Digital leaders at CBS, IBM and SAP point to culture as one of the biggest digital transformation hurdles. Here's how they prevailed.