TechTarget News - Week of Feb 17, 2019
Mon Feb 18, 2019
Dell Boomi taps APAC cloud market
The supplier of cloud-based integration services has expanded into Southeast Asia following its debut in Australia about two years ago
Mon Feb 18, 2019
IT Priorities 2019: IT professionals plan a big push to migrate off Windows 7
With the clock ticking to Windows 7 end of support, more than half of the IT professionals who took part in a survey have a Windows 10 migration as their top IT project this year
Mon Feb 18, 2019
NCSC signals UK may take softer line on Huawei
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre suggests Huawei will be allowed to form core elements of the country’s 5G mobile network infrastructure after all
Mon Feb 18, 2019
Advanced brings more mainframe options to UK with GT Software
GT Software gets a chance to get into the UK market via an exclusive partnership with Advanced
Mon Feb 18, 2019
DCMS Select Committee claims Facebook ‘deliberately frustrated’ fake news inquiry
Facebook’s UK public policy manager defends its participation in MPs' inquiry into the spread of fake news and disinformation online, which concludes by declaring an end to self-regulation by social media firms
Mon Feb 18, 2019
Channel roundup: Who's gone where?
Another busy few days across the industry with some executives deciding now is the time for a fresh challenge
Mon Feb 18, 2019
Accenture predicts post-digital age where trust is the differentiator
The latest Accenture Technology Vision report calls out 'DARQ' technologies as the new must-have for CIOs and underscores the importance of building digital trust.
Mon Feb 18, 2019
Chief data officer role now well-entrenched, says Gartner
Three out of five chief data officers in a Gartner study reported an increase in headcount, though few are measuring the value of their data assets
Tue Feb 19, 2019
Finding security in the cloud
When choosing a cloud security provider, enterprises will need to consider the level of data privacy and data security risk involved
Tue Feb 19, 2019
IT Priorities 2019: UK investment intent for AI intensifies, SaaS applications mature beyond CRM
AI continues to strengthen as a focus for IT systems buyers in the UK, according to this year’s Computer Weekly/TechTarget IT Priorities survey, while cloud applications are maturing beyond CRM
Tue Feb 19, 2019
Healthcare providers should press on with digital transformation
Healthcare providers should continue digitisation efforts with security in mind amid looming cyber threats, says a top T-Systems executive
Tue Feb 19, 2019
Six experiential retail businesses chosen for Jlab
The businesses and startups that will take part in John Lewis’ 2019 Jlab programme have seen selected following a pitch day
Tue Feb 19, 2019
Kellogg’s tests VR for developing merchandising strategy
Breakfast food brand Kellogg’s is working with Accenture and Qualcomm to test the use of virtual reality to develop a retail strategy for the launch of new products
Tue Feb 19, 2019
Adopting digital learning in firms
At the Learning Technologies conference in London, three experts discuss adopting digital learning technologies in their firms
Tue Feb 19, 2019
Any slowdown in Moore’s Law will increase datacentre costs
Datacentre managers want to run their sites more like the cloud scale companies
Tue Feb 19, 2019
Huawei’s Ren Zhengfei: US won’t crush us
Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei has taken a more combative stance in the ongoing row over the firm’s alleged links to the Chinese intelligence services
Tue Feb 19, 2019
IT Priorities 2019: Cyber security and risk management among top priorities for 2019
This year’s Computer Weekly/TechTarget IT Priorities research shows that cyber security and risk management are among the top investment priorities
Tue Feb 19, 2019
Royal Mail delivers safety training through virtual reality
At the Learning Technologies event in London, Royal Mail’s online learning manager talks about the organisation’s use of virtual reality to help postal workers avoid dog attacks
Tue Feb 19, 2019
MWC 2019: 5G in Europe driven by industrial automation, says Ericsson
As Mobile World Congress 2019 nears, Sweden’s Ericsson has been expanding, and expounding upon, its plans for 5G mobile networks
Tue Feb 19, 2019
No More Ransom releases GandCrab decryption tool
Another free decryption tool is available that allows anyone infected with the latest versions of the GandCrab ransomware to regain control of their files and avoid paying the fee
Tue Feb 19, 2019
Health secretary Matt Hancock launches NHSX organisation to lead tech strategy
Central unit will bring together leadership in digital, data and technology to support NHS technology vision and Long-Term Plan
Tue Feb 19, 2019
Bank of England to migrate from core system with a one-off big bang
The Bank of England will migrate from its current core settlement system with a 'big-bang' migration before the end of 2025
Tue Feb 19, 2019
Pure launches ObjectEngine cloud dedupe, plus inter-rack NVMe
Flash storage pioneer offers flash-to-flash-to-cloud ObjectEngine on-premise and in the cloud while boosting connectivity between datacentre racks with NVMe-over-fabrics
Tue Feb 19, 2019
Activist Lauri Love’s computer ‘contained hacked data’, says judge
Lauri Love, who has been accused of hacking into US government computer systems, has lost a legal action against the NCA for the return of his computers and storage device
Tue Feb 19, 2019
Extreme Networks increasing partner support
A number of enhancements to the partner programme should make life easier for the networking player's channel this year
Tue Feb 19, 2019
Brother highlights the 'paper-lite' opportunity
Firm has charted an increase in scanning as SMEs look to try to reduce the amount of paper they are printing
Tue Feb 19, 2019
Connectivity issue downs Microsoft Teams app for hours
Many users of the Microsoft Teams app were unable to connect to the service through the web and desktop clients for several hours Monday.
Tue Feb 19, 2019
MDL AutoMation picks Imanis Data to protect MongoDB
MDL AutoMation purchased Imanis Data to gain hourly backups and nightly restores of its MongoDB database -- something that couldn't be done with MongoDB's native backup.
Tue Feb 19, 2019
Lenovo TruScale adds twist to cloud infrastructure on demand
With TruScale Infrastructure Services, Lenovo tries to catch up with Cisco, Dell and HPE, customizing TruScale to a customer's workload and helping customers avoid capital expenditures.
Tue Feb 19, 2019
Palo Alto Networks to acquire SOAR vendor Demisto
Palo Alto Networks announced its plan of acquiring SOAR vendor Demisto for $560 million to accelerate its Application Framework strategy and beef up security operations automation.
Wed Feb 20, 2019
IT professionals are getting ready for the onset of digital twins
While few businesses are running digital twins in production, Gartner expects two-thirds will implement the technology by 2022
Wed Feb 20, 2019
NHS AI code launched to set rules of engagement for tech firms
The government says its code of conduct for the use of artificial intelligence and other data technologies in the NHS sets out the data privacy rules of the game for tech firms
Wed Feb 20, 2019
Huawei Cloud opens Singapore region amid growing cloud rivalry
The Chinese tech giant is eyeing local and Chinese firms looking to expand operations in the Asia-Pacific region
Wed Feb 20, 2019
CIO interview: Martin Draper, CIO and change director, Liberty London
Department store’s IT leader is bringing a traditional retail business into the digital, omnichannel age
Wed Feb 20, 2019
Organisations adopt multicloud strategies as shift from private cloud settles
There is little change in the move from private to public clouds, according to Pierre Audoin Consultants – but more IT professionals are using multi-clouds
Wed Feb 20, 2019
Foresite to use funding to build partner network
The cyber security specialist is looking to build its partner network across EMEA after getting backing from an investor
Wed Feb 20, 2019
Estonia redoubles efforts to attract global IT talent
IT professionals from all over the world are being lured to Estonia through a government recruitment campaign
Wed Feb 20, 2019
Vendor lock-in a user concern for those heading to the cloud
Research from Fujistu has revealed some of the anxieties that customers are going through with the cloud
Wed Feb 20, 2019
UK naïve to think China won’t try to exploit Huawei
A think-tank report has branded the UK government naïve at best, irresponsible at worst, over its use of Chinese networking equipment in critical national infrastructure
Wed Feb 20, 2019
Huawei faces battle to win Nordic trust
Nordic countries are investigating the spying allegations made against Chinese networking supplier Huiawei
Wed Feb 20, 2019
MWC 2019: Huawei claims massive lead on 5G readiness
At a pre-Mobile World Congress event in London, Huawei’s Ryan Ding shared details of the firm’s rapidly expanding 5G mobile portfolio, and laid into his competitors
Wed Feb 20, 2019
MWC 2019: 5G smartphones go live on Vodafone network
Vodafone has connected three 5G-enabled smartphones to a live network during trials in Spain
Wed Feb 20, 2019
AWS and Greenpeace at war over claims cloud giant has ‘turned its back’ on renewable energy pledge
Amazon Web Services hits back at Greenpeace for suggesting it has 'turned its back' on powering its cloud with renewable energy, as a new report claims its growth could be driving the use of fossil fuels in Virginia
Wed Feb 20, 2019
StorageCraft backup and object storage focuses on healthcare
A new bundle of StorageCraft backup hardware, software and disaster recovery as a service targets healthcare organizations, which are particularly susceptible to ransomware.
Wed Feb 20, 2019
Pure Storage all-flash gains ObjectEngine backup appliance
All-flash vendor Pure Storage provides ObjectEngine inline deduplication appliance to reduce data locally and shuttle it to S3-based object storage for analytics, DR and reuse.
Wed Feb 20, 2019
Google Cloud Services Platform presses hybrid cloud agenda
Google has pushed its Cloud Services Platform for hybrid computing into beta. The software is based on Google Kubernetes Engine and is geared toward application modernization.
Wed Feb 20, 2019
Google buys Alooma to bolster its cloud data migration chops
Google Cloud will acquire Israeli startup Alooma in a bid to add to its data migration portfolio. The move follows last year's acquisition of cloud migration vendor Velostrata.
Wed Feb 20, 2019
ConnectWise plugin flaw exploited in ransomware attacks on MSPs
GandCrab ransomware infected several managed service providers, thanks to an old a ConnectWise manage plugin vulnerability, but a new decryptor tool is offering relief to victims.
Wed Feb 20, 2019
Higher wages for IT professionals in Australia and New Zealand, but diversity issues remain
The talent crunch in Australia and New Zealand has pushed up wages in the IT sector, but more work is needed to foster workplace diversity
Thu Feb 21, 2019
APAC enterprises are just getting started on AI
Despite clear benefits of adopting the technology, only 41% of enterprises in the Asia-Pacific region have embarked on their artificial intelligence journey
Thu Feb 21, 2019
Toyota Australia under cyber attack
The company has confirmed the attempted attack that took out its email system, forcing employees to turn to other forms of communication to continue working
Thu Feb 21, 2019
Government revises outsourcing guidelines to balance risk with suppliers
The government has published its latest guidelines on public sector outsourcing
Thu Feb 21, 2019
Cooperation a key theme of Brussels cyber security symposium
Fostering trust-based cooperation of like-minded cyber security stakeholders to create new strategies, policies and standards emerged as a key theme at a cyber security conference in Brussels
Thu Feb 21, 2019
Government and IT industry-funded AI graduate education programme to be rolled out across UK
UK government announces the launch of a state and IT industry-funded graduate education programme in artificial intelligence, comprising masters degrees, PhDs and Alan Turing Institute fellowships
Thu Feb 21, 2019
UK committed to working with EU cyber security partners
NCSC CEO uses cyber security conference in Brussels to set out his agency’s position on Brexit, 5G security, Huawei, market incentives and international cooperation on active cyber defence
Thu Feb 21, 2019
MWC 2019: O2 to launch 5G by Christmas
Ahead of Mobile World Congress, operator O2 has revealed further details of how it is planning for the advent of 5G
Thu Feb 21, 2019
Huawei looking to step up UK investment
The telco firm has indicated partners here could benefit from more investment if the ongoing problems in the US continue
Thu Feb 21, 2019
Redis Labs swaps out open source to protect against public clouds
While Redis remain open source, higher value modules are now covered by a commercial agreement which limits commercialisation of Redis-based products
Thu Feb 21, 2019
Businesses urged to prepare for extortion campaigns
C-level executives, lawyers and doctors are the top extortion targets of cyber criminals, a report by researchers tracking thousands of sextortion attempts reveals
Thu Feb 21, 2019
Startup’s data cleansing and analysis tools available to UK police via Microsoft Azure
Tools will help police analyse case data, link disparate sources of information and develop new lines of inquiry from a single workstation
Thu Feb 21, 2019
Compuverde helps German university consolidate storage
German university licenses more than 1 PB of Compuverde software-defined storage to consolidate an unknown number of NAS systems from NetApp and smaller vendors.
Thu Feb 21, 2019
TensorFlow.js brings machine learning to JavaScript
Google has delivered a version of its TensorFlow machine learning library to support JavaScript developers, and the technology has proved to be a hit with users.
Thu Feb 21, 2019
HPE, Juniper intro 5G hardware for the edge
Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Juniper Networks have introduced 5G hardware for service providers' network edge.
Thu Feb 21, 2019
Why enterprise adoption of cloud UC should accelerate in 2019
Enterprises like Pacific Dental and PTC are adopting cloud UC to get a consistent, reliable experience across various offices and geographies without overextending IT staff.
Thu Feb 21, 2019
GitHub security bug bounty program stretches to enterprise cloud
GitHub's bug bounty program for 2019 increases the reward money for researchers who find security vulnerabilities in the company's code.
Thu Feb 21, 2019
CrowdStrike report says breakout time for threat actors is increasing
CrowdStrike's annual global threat report highlights why speed is critical for cybersecurity defenders. Experts sound off on key findings, including the rise of 'big game hunting.'
Fri Feb 22, 2019
IT Priorities 2019: Security concerns top agenda for network buyers again
The ability to gain visibility into what is happening on enterprise networks has once again topped the agenda for network managers and buyers, according to the latest Computer Weekly/TechTarget IT Priorities survey
Fri Feb 22, 2019
HPE boss: "If the channel doesn't grow we can't grow"
Speaking to analysts about the HPE's Q1 numbers Antonio Neri made it clear that partners play a pivotal role
Fri Feb 22, 2019
Nato supports collaboration on cyber security
Nato supports collaboration and cooperation on cyber security as an organisation founded on the principle of collective defence, says representative
Fri Feb 22, 2019
Thales to sell nCipher to Entrust Datacard
Thales eSecurity has announced that it is to sell HSM specialist nCipher, the UK-based encryption firm it acquired in 2008, after spinning it out as a separate business
Fri Feb 22, 2019
Government not doing enough to address mobile not-spots
The National Infrastructure Commission has criticised the government for a lack of progress in addressing mobile network not-spots, particularly along key road and rail links
Fri Feb 22, 2019
BlackBerry acquires Cylance to cement security capability
BlackBerry moves forward with its plans to establish itself as an enterprise security firm, focusing on internet-connected endpoints
Fri Feb 22, 2019
US may cut off countries that use Huawei in 5G networks
US secretary of state Mike Pompeo has said America may scale back or cut military and diplomatic ties with countries that use Huawei equipment in national 5G networks
Fri Feb 22, 2019
IBM adds Power to Watson Machine Learning
While they debuted few whiz-bang offerings, IBM did roll out a handful of products that allow users to run AI technologies across more platforms, including Power Systems servers and competitor clouds.
Fri Feb 22, 2019
Antibias diversity tools grow, spinning off a new market
Antibias software is a rapidly growing HR market, according to a new report that offers what may be the first comprehensive look.
Fri Feb 22, 2019
Accenture partnership with Splice Machine sealed by investment
Read how Accenture and Splice Machine have deepened their alliance, taking aim at large-scale data transformation projects, and other channel news from the week.
Fri Feb 22, 2019
Upgrades to on-premises Avaya products will be released in bits
Feature upgrades for on-premises Avaya products will roll out in 'very small, manageable' chunks moving forward, the company said. Avaya is looking to more closely align its on-premises and cloud portfolios.
Fri Feb 22, 2019
Attunity acquisition expands data management for Qlik users
Qlik's acquisition of Attunity is another sign of the BI vendor's data management ambitions -- and may help attract new users that want to unify big data and analytics.
Fri Feb 22, 2019
Supply chain cybersecurity is a hot topic for RSAC 2019
Following years of AI climbing the hype wheel at RSA Conference, the topic is no longer one of the most prevalent as supply chain and infrastructure fears take focus at RSAC 2019.
Fri Feb 22, 2019
Facebook planned to spy on Android phone users, internal emails reveal
Facebook planned to use its Android app to track the location of its customers and to allow advertisers to send political advertising and invites to dating sites to ‘single’ people, confidential documents show
Fri Feb 22, 2019
Kemp 360 Vision analyzes F5, Nginx data
The latest version of the Kemp 360 Vision service can apply predictive analytics to data taken from F5 Networks and Nginx load balancers.
Fri Feb 22, 2019
Security automation on display in 2019 RSAC Innovation Sandbox
Security automation will be a factor when most innovative startup is chosen at this year's RSAC Innovation Sandbox since almost all finalists use automation to improve security.
Fri Feb 22, 2019
Google Cloud Speech-to-Text, Text-to-Speech see upgrades
Google upgrades its cloud-based speech and text products with higher accuracy levels, new WaveNet voice options and support for several new languages.
Sat Feb 23, 2019
Health Secretary Matt Hancock orders ban on use of pagers by NHS staff before end of 2021
Eradicating use of pagers will save the NHS £6.6m a year, as Health Secretary Matt Hancock outlines the next phase of his plan to modernise communication in the health service