TechTarget News - Week of Feb 03, 2019
Mon Feb 4, 2019
Alibaba Cloud teams up with SMU on training programme
Alibaba Cloud will equip small and medium-sized enterprises with cloud computing and other technology skills through a partnership with Singapore Management University
Mon Feb 4, 2019
Dedicated blockchain accelerator opens doors to first cohort
A new accelerator programme, which balances business and wellness, takes seven startups into its first cohort
Mon Feb 4, 2019
Massive uptick in cyber attacks targeting Student Loans Company
Cyber criminals used a range of techniques, as well as malware, malicious emails and calls, in attempts to access confidential financial data belonging to students, in massive uptick in attacks in the past year
Mon Feb 4, 2019
Swiss bank moves away from file with Cloudian object storage
PostFinance opts for Cloudian object storage as it migrates 100 million files away from NetApp and builds S3-compatible archives for Hadoop and Apache Spark
Mon Feb 4, 2019
Context: Distribution set for another year of growth
After a decent 2018 things should go well again this year, depending on Brexit, for distribution
Mon Feb 4, 2019
Government restates SME spend commitment as large suppliers win more cloud hosting deals
An analysis of the G-Cloud and Digital Outcomes and Specialists (DOS) framework sales figures suggests proportion of cloud hosting deals going to big suppliers is continuing to rise
Mon Feb 4, 2019
Channel roundup: Who's gone where?
Another seven days and as usual there have been some moves made by those channel firms looking for a change in talent to drive growth
Mon Feb 4, 2019
Don’t bank on Google Bank, bank on banks becoming Google-like
The journey to Google bank is happening as the UK 's Lloyds Bank signals its intent to move to a platform inspired by the workings of the Google engine room
Mon Feb 4, 2019
WANdisco ships blockchain-driven LiveData for MultiCloud DR
WANdisco slips patented blockchain DConE technology into LiveData for MultiCloud, promising to deliver LAN-like speeds across clouds to improve disaster recovery.
Mon Feb 4, 2019
Rewards program provider taps Oracle IaaS for app migration
Oracle struggles in IaaS against AWS and Azure, but one Oracle cloud customer said its move there is a success, albeit within an overall multi-cloud strategy.
Mon Feb 4, 2019
Kite boosts Python code completion with machine learning
Software development tools startup Kite applies machine learning models to help developers automate the process of completing lines of code in real time.
Tue Feb 5, 2019
Cloud providers need to build channel trust
The big cloud providers need the channel to help widen sales but Canalys has warned they must generate more trust in those relationships
Tue Feb 5, 2019
Alphabet 2018 results: 23% growth, profit squeeze from investment
Alphabet – the conglomerate that includes Google and the search giant’s cloud business – grew revenue 23% in 2018, and stoked up R&D investment
Tue Feb 5, 2019
Cambridge launches urban data IoT project
The city of Cambridge will use Telensa IoT sensors and a Microsoft Azure platform to better manage its urban data assets
Tue Feb 5, 2019
Payday lender cuts troubleshooting by 30% with Virtual Instruments
Curo Financial thought storage was slowing down its websites, but found virtual machine and network issues were to blame. To fix this, it’s going proactive on storage performance issues
Tue Feb 5, 2019
Pulseway extends MSP support
Firm identifies marketing challenge faced by many MSPs and moves to help plug the gap
Tue Feb 5, 2019
HCI software maker Maxta shuts down after funding failure
Maxta tried to carve a niche in hyper-converged infrastructure with MxSP software for industry-standard x86 servers -- the business model HCI pioneer Nutanix shifted to in 2018.
Tue Feb 5, 2019
Dell EMC backup appliance lines support GCP, Alibaba Cloud
Dell EMC backup appliances get a software update that improves speed and expands public cloud support, showing a conscious push for multi-cloud and midsize customers.
Tue Feb 5, 2019
Digital Isle of Man launches two initiatives to help blockchain businesses
The Isle of Man continues to promote itself as an international hub for technology startups, and is now taking a much keener interest in blockchain
Tue Feb 5, 2019
Carbon Relay debuts AI-based software for data center cooling
Newcomer Carbon Relay has introduced two products that use artificial intelligence to help IT pros manage data center efficiency.
Tue Feb 5, 2019
Marks & Spencer launches charging banks as part of startup partnership
Retailer Marks & Spencer has announced it will be adding battery charging banks to its stores as part of startup partnership
Tue Feb 5, 2019
Civil liberties groups to challenge bulk surveillance and intelligence sharing in Strasbourg
Coalition of campaigning groups wins the right to challenge the UK’s use of bulk surveillance powers, which allows suspicionless surveillance of the population and sharing of intercepted data with overseas intelligence agencies, in European Court of Human Rights
Wed Feb 6, 2019
Telegraph Media Group switches out AWS to go all-in on Google Cloud
Telegraph Media Group CIO Chris Taylor on why the newspaper publisher is switching out AWS to go all-in on the Google Cloud Platform
Wed Feb 6, 2019
Tech sector tells government that digital identity policy is 'urgently required'
The UK tech sector has urged the government to publish policy to support the creation of a “fully functioning” digital identity market, to boost the digital economy
Wed Feb 6, 2019
UK’s IT and BPO spend plummets because of Brexit uncertainty
UK businesses cut their investment in IT and business process outsourcing last year because of confusion over Brexit, but there was a 68% rise in public sector spending
Wed Feb 6, 2019
Zero trust a channel opportunity
It might sound like a buzzword but Zero Trust is a security issue that should be a door opener for many in the channel
Wed Feb 6, 2019
Synergy Research Group hails 2018 as standout year for cloud infrastructure market growth
The financial performance of the big cloud giants during the last quarter of 2018 prompts market watcher Synergy Research Group to declare it a "banner year" for the market
Wed Feb 6, 2019
Suffolk County Council awards 20-year WAN contract
MLL Telecom will work with CityFibre to extend Suffolk County Council’s existing WAN to 600 sites and offer them ultrafast connectivity services
Wed Feb 6, 2019
NHS screening programmes plagued by ‘not fit for purpose’ IT
‘Complex and ageing IT’ is causing issues for several NHS screening programmes, according to the National Audit Office
Wed Feb 6, 2019
Virgin Media tests 8Gbps home broadband service
Fifty residents of Papworth, Cambridgeshire, are trialling an 8Gbps FTTP broadband service using existing fibre infrastructure
Wed Feb 6, 2019
MSPs need to cut down on customer churn
Research has shown that most MSPs have no problem gaining new customers the problem is keeping them
Wed Feb 6, 2019
Huawei: We are not spying on the UK
Huawei’s Ryan Ding tells the British government that the company has never, and will never, use its technology to assist the Chinese intelligence services
Wed Feb 6, 2019
New Commvault CEO Mirchandani: We're ready for the next wave
The new Commvault boss says it's time for well-funded data management upstarts to 'take the training wheels off' if they want to compete in the enterprise.
Wed Feb 6, 2019
Self-driving cars get updated guidelines for trial safety and transparency
The Department for Transport has issued guidance on trial safety and transparency for self-driving cars, and is sticking by its pledge to have self-driving cars on Britain’s roads in the next two years
Wed Feb 6, 2019
US Department of Defense backs multi-cloud model to support $10bn JEDI mega-cloud deployment
The US Department of Defense has fleshed out its cloud strategy, as the industry awaits news of who has secured the decade-long contract for its $10bn mega-cloud environment
Wed Feb 6, 2019
Logitech Tap meant to simplify meeting room controls
Logitech has released its first advanced meeting room controller, Logitech Tap. The touchscreen device works with web conferring apps from Microsoft, Google and Zoom.
Wed Feb 6, 2019
Trump's H-1B work visa plan cuts employers' costs, not criticism
President Trump, a critic of the H-1B visa program, has implemented a rule change that will reduce the visa filing cost for employers. But it may also make visa holders more expensive.
Wed Feb 6, 2019
UK news org plots move from AWS to Google Cloud Platform
Google Cloud Platform has scored one against rival AWS with The Telegraph's plan to switch providers to prep the British newspaper for continued success in digital publishing.
Wed Feb 6, 2019
New Arcserve appliances tightly integrate DR capabilities
The third generation of appliances from Arcserve combines backup workloads with disaster recovery with the ability to spin up copies directly on an appliance or to the cloud.
Wed Feb 6, 2019
From Microsoft Azure partners to ISVs, deeper partnerships emerge
Microsoft is pursing partnerships with an expanded range of channel companies across a set of initiatives such as Microsoft co-selling and Microsoft Azure Expert MSPs.
Wed Feb 6, 2019
Google's Mark Risher discusses 2FA adoption strategies
Although some types of two-factor authentication have been found to be vulnerable, Google's Mark Risher says 2FA adoption should be the baseline of security for all enterprises.
Wed Feb 6, 2019
Google's Mark Risher: New types of 2FA are 'game changers'
Google's head of account security, Mark Risher, discusses the various types of 2FA and how new options of WebAuthn and U2F are going to be game changers for enterprise.
Thu Feb 7, 2019
Data breaches in Australia show no sign of abating
Australia’s privacy watchdog recorded over 800 cases of data breaches, nearly one year into the country’s mandatory data breach notification regime
Thu Feb 7, 2019
T-Systems cuts size of datacentre estate by 85% through technology refresh
The IT services arm of Deutsche Telekom has culled the number of datacentres it operates from 89 to 13, but claims to have seen its compute capacity increase by 25%
Thu Feb 7, 2019
Tech Nation launches its first cyber security scale-up accelerator programme
Tech Nation hopes the accelerator programme will boost the UK's digital security sector
Thu Feb 7, 2019
Dell sets sights on $70bn channel revenues
The vendor has revealed that the channel is within touching distance of hitting $50bn in revenues and it is now looking for a larger goal
Thu Feb 7, 2019
Government legislates to bring back roaming charges in no-deal Brexit
All four UK operators have said they have no plans to reintroduce roaming charges, but EE, O2 and Vodafone have not committed themselves not to do so
Thu Feb 7, 2019
Dell reduces obstacles in partner route to gold
The vendor has revealed that it is making it easier for authorised partners to move up into its tiered programme
Thu Feb 7, 2019
Nordic region primed to pioneer 5G
The Nordic region could pioneer the commercial use of 5G, with Finland and Sweden hotbeds for the technology
Thu Feb 7, 2019
Mid-sized firms taking risks to get digital
Aruba discovers medium sized firms are under pressure to digitally transform their business
Thu Feb 7, 2019
Businesses still figuring out digital transformation have already lost
Accenture is calling it a post-digital era, one where businesses are already looking beyond digitisation to capitalise on new tech-driven opportunities
Thu Feb 7, 2019
Interview: Moving to DataOps
During a London data science popup meeting, Computer Weekly caught up with MoneySuperMarket.com’s analytics head, Harvinder Atwal
Thu Feb 7, 2019
Top Dell EMC storage technologists talk NVMe, SCM and containers
Podcast: Dell EMC technologists discuss their 2019 expectations for the growth of storage class memory, NVMe-oF, multi-cloud, container and smart storage technologies.
Thu Feb 7, 2019
AIOps wars heat up with New Relic-SignifAI deal
An already heated struggle between DevOps monitoring vendors becomes an all-out rumble, as New Relic acquires SignifAI and ups the AIOps ante for rivals.
Thu Feb 7, 2019
Gartner: Expanding SOC capabilities a priority for enterprises
Reinvesting in SOCs and crafting clear risk appetite statements made the list of Gartner's top security and risk management trends. Experts sound off on what's driving these trends.
Fri Feb 8, 2019
Brexit is killing full-fibre broadband and 5G roll-outs, says CBI
A CBI report has warned that Brexit is “sucking the oxygen” out of digital priorities such as full-fibre broadband roll-out and 5G mobile network deployment
Fri Feb 8, 2019
NHS extends trials of digital identity system
The NHS in England is working with external organisations in new pilots to test its secure online login system for healthcare
Fri Feb 8, 2019
Lloyds Bank rolls out open banking functionality to mobile app customers
Lloyds Bank customers can now see current accounts from multiple banks through their mobile banking app
Fri Feb 8, 2019
Xerox signals SME growth ambitions
It has been a theme in the vendor's channel for the past 18 months but the importance of growing SME market share is something the firm has flagged with investors
Fri Feb 8, 2019
Samsung's 1 TB internal phone storage means headaches for IT
Samsung's new embedded Universal Flash Storage brings 1 TB of potential problems for IT.
Fri Feb 8, 2019
Kaseya CEO reveals 2019 acquisition plans for IT Complete
Kaseya's acquisition strategy for its IT Complete platform remains a work in progress, with security, endpoint management and more on its 2019 shopping list.
Fri Feb 8, 2019
Defense Department eyes behavioral biometrics with new contract
The Department of Defense awards a $2.4 million contract to Twosense.AI in order to create a behavioral biometrics system that can replace the current ID card system.
Fri Feb 8, 2019
8x8 X Series integrates with Slack, Microsoft Dynamics
8x8 X Series has new APIs for embedding communications into third-party apps. Meanwhile, the vendor said it could now deliver speech analytics to larger contact centers through the public cloud.
Fri Feb 8, 2019
WAN access focus of Cisco Viptela-DNA Center integration
The first phase of integration between the Cisco Viptela SD-WAN and DNA Center is aimed at providing WAN access from branch offices.
Fri Feb 8, 2019
Mumsnet denies 'thousands' affected by software glitch-induced data breach
Parenting advice site Mumsnet moves to clear up reports that thousands of users have been affected by its recent data breach
Fri Feb 8, 2019
Sale of Avast Managed Workplace sharpens vendor's security focus
Following Barracuda Networks' purchase of Avast Managed Workplace, an RMM-free Avast plans to build out its SMB security portfolio; other news from the week.
Fri Feb 8, 2019
Ionic 4 taps Web Components for mobile app development
Ionic 4, a rebuilt version of Ionic's web and mobile development platform, conforms to the Web Components standard and expands support to all popular JavaScript frameworks.
Fri Feb 8, 2019
Trustwave finds security flaw in old Lifesize video products
Trustwave publicly identified a flaw in several legacy Lifesize video products this week, after the vendor initially indicated it had no immediate plans for a patch.
Fri Feb 8, 2019
Rancher's Kubernetes multi-cluster app support fuels IT debate
To federate or not to federate cloud-native apps? As Kubernetes becomes ubiquitous, that is the question that more IT shops must answer.
Fri Feb 8, 2019
'SpeakUp' backdoor Trojan could spell further trouble for Linux servers
Check Point Research explains why SpeakUp, the new Trojan targeting Linux servers, has the potential to unleash more harm and offers pointers on how to defend against such malware.
Fri Feb 8, 2019
Google eyes confidential computing to buff cloud security cred
Google Cloud Platform's Asylo open source project could one day boost confidential computing efforts, but for now it mainly serves to boost Google's security bona fides.
Fri Feb 8, 2019
Apple releases FaceTime patch and iOS zero-day fixes
New bug fix releases for both iOS and macOS include the anticipated FaceTime patch for the serious eavesdropping flaw in group chats as well as fixes for two iOS zero-days.
Fri Feb 8, 2019
Ultimate Software acquisition won't be immune to turnover, culture clash
Ultimate Software's employees own stock that's now worth $331 a share, thanks to a private equity sale. Will this money prompt some to leave?