The Government Digital Service (GDS) enters a new phase, with the departure of chief Mike Bracken and a different relationship with Whitehall in the future
Wednesday, 30 September 2015
Smart peep-hole maker Peeple announced as 2015 Jlab winner
John Lewis accelerator JLab announces Peeple, a smart peep-hole producer, as its 2015 winner
Medical devices must be secure by design, say industry experts
The information security industry is calling for medical device manufacturers to design and build cyber security into all internet-enabled devices after thousands are found to be hackable
Vodafone challenges for best network performance in London
RootMetrics report reveals a comprehensive analysis of mobile network quality in central London, with EE and Vodafone the top performers
Free energy from radio waves could power the internet of things
A pocket-sized pollution monitor is one of the first applications to use free energy from Wi-Fi and mobile phone signals
Accenture spends €25m on European centre in Dublin
Accenture will open a European technology hub in Dublin that will recruit 200 people and focus on modern technologies
Women in “a position of power” in IT industry, says BBC panel
Women looking to make the move to the IT industry have the upper hand, according to a panel discussion at the BBC
Women an untapped cyber security resource, report reveals
Women in information security are quickly converging on men in terms of academic focus, computer science and engineering, and have a higher concentration of advanced degrees, a report shows
Employee use of cloud storage puts UK business data at risk
UK businesses are struggling to catch up with employee use of cloud-based storage services and policies to maintain data security, according to security firm WinMagic
CIOs need to expand service management beyond IT department
CIOs believe organisations are missing an opportunity by not applying IT service management outside the IT department
Risk to internet roots of trust having impact on businesses, study shows
Some 61% of UK firms have lost customers due to failure to secure the online trust established by digital certificates and cryptographic keys, a Ponemon Institute study shows
TelecityGroup to offer private Azure ExpressRoute connection to Office 365 users
Datacentre operator confirms availability of private Office 365 connection via its Cloud-IX platform
Legal documents reveal HP's failings over Autonomy
The board of Hewlett-Packard (HP) knew about Autonomy’s failings – yet voted the $11.1bn acquisition through regardless, internal memos have revealed
Tuesday, 29 September 2015
Google Pixel C: What you need to know
Google's Pixel C convertible will be out later this year and will start at $499.
Two thirds of UK businesses never meet important customers
British businesses don't always meet their best customers or the people they do most business with, because of trends in modern technology
Common PKI practices undermine trust in applications, study shows
Current approaches to PKI are fragmented and do not always incorporate best practices, according to a Ponemon Institute study
Nexus 5X, 6P: What you need to know
The Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P are available for preorder and start at $379 and $499 respectively.
British Airways picks Juniper Networks to build out cloud, core network
British Airways enhances the digital customer experience through a private cloud datacentre and IP MPLS core backbone
Universal Credit digital service moves into the cloud
New system under trial in south London has been migrated to an IaaS platform ready for further roll-out
IBM hails apprenticeship degrees as step towards injecting talent into businesses
Large firms such as IBM, John Lewis and Lloyd’s Banking Group gathered to discuss the benefits of young IT talent gaining degrees on the job
Cyber Security Challenge UK launches 24/7 games hub
Every area in the newly-launched Cyphinx virtual skyscraper will contain a new opportunity to test a different cyber skill, available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
CIO interview: Monique Shivanandan, Aviva
Aviva’s CIO, Monique Shivanandan, talks agile working, digital disruption and changing the culture of a complex 300-year-old company
120-day patching gap puts many firms at risk of cyber attack, study shows
The probability of a vulnerability being exploited hits 90% between 40-60 days after discovery, but many firms are taking up to 60 days beyond that to patch, while others are failing to patch at all, a study shows
What is standing in the way of a paperless NHS?
The number of healthcare practices using digital records is rising, yet thousands of patients are still unable to access their data
Celebrity search results loaded with malware, study shows
Intel security says employees and consumers should be aware that cyber criminals capitalise on interest in celebrities by enticing internet users to sites laden with malware
News UK reduces IT supplier complexity with single outsourcing contract
News Corps UK subsidiary outsourced its IT infrastructure services in an effort to bring all its supplier management together and reduce complexity
US diplomats warn of economic dangers of scrapping Safe Harbour Agreement
European Court of Justice confirms judgement on the future of the US Safe Harbour Agreement will be made public on 6 October
CIO interview: Richard Norris, head of IT and business change at Reliance Mutual Insurance
Digital transformation is reshaping the 104-year-old business, as the insurance sector undergoes sweeping change
Facebook shares dip after site outage
Facebook was down for 42 minutes around midday in California, after being out of service for 12 minutes four days earlier
Evolving ITSM to support agile IT and BYOD
We look at how IT service management is addressing emerging technology today – and the needs of innovation in the future
Nationwide Building Society deploys artificial intelligence to reduce back-end complexity
Nationwide Building Society is using artificial intelligence to help it reduce the complexity of its back-end systems as it introduces more digital products
UKtech50 2015 - help us find the most influential people in UK IT
Computer Weekly's annual search for the 50 most influential people in UK IT is underway - let us know who you would like to nominate for this year's list
CW500 video: Simon Gratton, Zurich Insurance on security and the IoT
What can businesses do to ensure their IAM and security systems are able to support internet connected things?
Monday, 28 September 2015
CIO interview: Daniel Marion, head of ICT at Uefa
Football might be Uefa's core business, but without IT and the cloud that underpins it, the company's commercial activities would not function
Australia's flash-storage hunger leading Asia-Pacific region
Australian organisations are taking up RAM-based storage arrays at a fast rate as they begin to harness data analytics technologies
Australian telecoms industry welcomes replacement communications minister
Australian prime minister names Mitch Fifield as minister for communications
CW500 video: Douwe Mik, EY, on security and the IoT
What can businesses do to ensure their IAM and security systems are able to support internet connected things
CW500 video: Simon Granton, Zurich Insurance on security and the IoT
What can businesses do to ensure their IAM and security systems are able to support internet connected things
NHS hospital hails cost benefits of datacentre consolidation project
Conquest Hospital claims sever room upgrade has made its operations more cost effective and energy efficient
Apple's Irish datacentre build hit by possible planning permission appeal delay
A "valid appeal" has reportedly been raised in response to Galway County Council's decision to grant conditional planning permission for Apple's Irish datacentre build
Businesses fail to test or maintain mobile applications
A survey from Accenture finds that despite enthusiasm for mobile applications among enterprises, senior decision makers are not properly prepared to implement and support them
Spark user survey suggests growth beyond Hadoop
Spark seems to be growing beyond Hadoop, as standalone instances outnumber Spark on Yarn on HDFS
Singapore’s Land Transport Authority pilots wearable technology
Commuters in Singapore may be able to make contactless payments using wearable devices if trial is successful
TalkTalk: We will beat BT on fibre broadband take-up rates
As it connects its first trial customers to its Ultra Fibre Optic network in York, TalkTalk says it can beat BT on customer take-up and cost of roll-out
Vodafone and Liberty Global walk away from asset swap talks
Vodafone and Virgin Media owner Liberty Global have terminated talks over a future relationship
Silent Circle launches Blackphone 2
According to Silent Circle, Blackphone 2 is aimed at delivering best in class privacy and security, without compromising on the functionality and usability
ICO warns over public Wi-Fi data
The Information Commissioner’s Office speaks out on public Wi-Fi network security
Sunday, 27 September 2015
Saturday, 26 September 2015
Friday, 25 September 2015
The challenges facing CMOs
Donovan Neale-May, Executive Director, CMO Council shares his thoughts on marketers as they increasingly control a bigger part of the technology budget. What are they spending it on and what is working?
Finding new investment opportunities
Anand Sanwal, CEO/Co-Founder of CB Insights, shares insight into how his company is using the latest data on startups and industry trends to find new investment opportunities.
Power over data
Steve Papa—data pioneer and Founder of Parallel Wireless and Endeca, talks about data driven business processes and results. Those with power over data have power over markets.
BlackBerry to put Android OS on new Priv smartphone
BlackBerry confirms its next flagship smartphone device, Priv, will run on the Android mobile operating system
A robot walks into an Apple Store...
The line outside Apple's Palo Alto store for the iPhone 6S wasn't entirely human. A tele-presence robot brought a touch of the future.
Brit spooks snoop on users of the BBC, Facebook, Google and more
Documents handed to The Intercept by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden reveal that GCHQ has harvested data from users of search engine, social media, news and adult websites, as well as online radio
SAP user group finds big minority adopting Run Simple mantra
SAP UK and Ireland User Group research suggests big minority of SAP customers are moving to Simple Finance
BT embarks on year-long IPv6 transition
BT says it will move its entire network to IPv6 by the end of 2016
How to fully test IT networks for vulnerabilities
Making sure a company network is secure is a very important task, and one that should be scheduled regularly
Zalando opens Helsinki tech hub
Fashion retailer will benefit from the mobile expertise found in Finland's capital, as it focuses on mobile apps
UK and US governments announce digital collaboration
The US and UK have announced plans to work together on digital government initiatives
Government Digital Service readies for change as its chief Mike Bracken prepares to leave
GDS is setting up executive training for senior civil servants and looking to work closely with departments to continue the digital transformation of Whitehall
NHS-approved healthcare apps found to be leaking unencrypted user data
A study into the data security of NHS healthcare apps highlights serious privacy shortcomings
Ofcom gives thumbs up to more white space devices
Ofcom reaches a decision on the use of a greater variety of devices that exploit white space gaps in radio and TV spectrum bands
CIO interview: Antti Koskelin at Finland’s Kone
Antti Koskelin joined Kone with the immediate task of finishing off a major IT infrastructure project that had already started, but has looked forward ever since
Thursday, 24 September 2015
Verizon service in Cuba, Facebook spherical video, military robots - The Wrap
Verizon will extend roaming service to Cuba, Facebook debuts spherical 360-degree video and the US Marines test out a robot.
O2 business customers get new upgrade finance options
O2 UK picks Equiniti Pancredit to manage easier upgrades for its small business customers
Lloyds Banking Group launches scheme to develop digital talent
Lloyds Banking Group has formalised a graduate programme to develop digital banking skills, with 29 graduates embarking on the two-year scheme
Shoppable creates a universal shopping experience
Heather Marie, CEO and co-founder tells us why Shoppable is the leader in distributed commerce technology, made up of a marketplace with over 15 million products (no inventory), Shoppable CMS, and a patent-pending universal checkout that can make any website, smart TV, mobile app, or WiFi connected device instantly Shoppable.
SocialRank focuses on data mining followers instead of content
SocialRank.com pulls in all of your followers from Twitter and Instagram, giving you control to see who your followers really are, segment them and do things with them.
Nordea Bank signs Temenos and Accenture for core banking transformation
Nordea Bank AB has chosen the core banking system it wants to build its digital future on, signing Temenos and Accenture as technology partners
Nominet Trust Tech for Good list – why awareness of good causes is important
Nominations for the Nominet Trust Tech for Good closes at the end of September 2015 – and here's how highlighting good technology deeds helps the industry
Mobile strategies increase the need for data loss prevention technology in Europe
Data loss prevention technology that covers all popular mobile platforms and is easy to use and implement is called for as mobile strategies evolve
IP network upgrade rings the changes for Liberian operator Libtelco
Libtelco, the only fixed-line telecoms operator in Liberia, turned to Cataleya to support a nationwide network upgrade
Equinix signs deal to drive up green energy use in US datacentres
Datacentre giant sets out plans to drive up its green energy use worldwide with new power purchase agreement
Enterprises warned off rushing into software-defined datacentre investments
Market watcher Gartner has urged users to take a cautious approach to software-defined datacentre investments
What next for NHS Care.data plan after its leader Tim Kelsey quit?
Tim Kelsey, the driving force behind the Care.data project to set up an NHS patient records database, has quit - but what does his departure mean for the troubled programme?
Ofcom hikes licence fees for mobile spectrum
Ofcom more than trebles the annual licence fees it charges UK operators for mobile spectrum
Kansas City streetcar project highlights smart city development
Computerworld presents this look at the KC Streetcar project, which not only is connecting parts of the Kansas City, Mo., area, but also attracting new development, residents and a multitude of data for city officials.
Why businesses are failing on information management
The smartest organisations maximise the use of data they collect, but the majority are being held back
Wednesday, 23 September 2015
Twistlock provides tools and analytics that make it easier for developers, infrastructure teams, and security professionals to deploy and run containers securely
CTO John Morello tells us how Twistlock is the first ever security suite that focuses on vulnerability management and policy enforcement of containers (i.e. Docker, runc, rkt) and container host environments.
iCharts is the leader in Collaborative Visual Intelligence
CEO Seymour Duncker explains its cloud-based platform empowers rapid visualization of complex business information.
Greenhouse: One recruiting optimization platform
Daniel Chait, the CEO of Greenhouse tells us about the recruiting optimization platform that helps companies source, interview and hire the best talent.
Treasure Data wants to be your one database
Treasure Data is designed to be easy for engineers and responsive to product managers and data scientists, says CTO Kazuki Ohta.
Metropolitan Police Service’s £240m network procurement opens for tenders
London’s Metropolitan Police Service has invited tenders for the supply of network services over a five-year period
IT industry calls for the government to fill Stem skills gap
The government has invested in Stem initiatives but the IT industry still thinks it could be doing more to fill the skills gap
Data-sharing agreement between EU and US called into question by European law makers
The future of the US Safe Harbour Agreement has been thrown into doubt after EU law maker claims it may not adequately protect user data
Tech innovation leads the 'slow demise of traditional broadcast'
The broadcast sector is being revolutionised by internet technology, as delegates to the annual IBC show in Amsterdam found out
First Mile Geo is an analytics company offering a unified platform
CEO Matthew McNabb tells us how First Mile Geo delivers a unified platform where an enterprise can capture and analyze data in any language, for any location, through any medium easily and at scale.
When you show an expression, no matter how small, Emotient sees it
Emotient CEO Ken Denman shows us how their software translates facial expressions into actionable information that helps companies make better decisions based on audience response to media, products and experiences.
How to find out your Uber rating
Your Uber drivers have been rating you and here's how you can find out what yours is.
Resilient Systems has built the worlds first platform for handling cyber attacks
Resilient Systems’ Incident Response Platform gives organizations one central hub for managing response – providing instant action plans and best practices that map to specific incidents and organizations unique needs and policies, deep-data analytics and reporting to assess and improve response performance, streamlined task assignment and management, and threat intelligence to provide context about specific attacks. John Bruce, CEO tells us more.
Docurated is like Google for all your sales and marketing content
Docurated tells you how their product searches through millions of pages of content across multiple repositories and visually displays the content, so users can grab appropriate pieces and stick them onto a clipboard for Docurated to automatically format and builds a presentation.
PSC is helping people secure their software
Robert Cross, VP and co-founder of PSC expain's his companys' software security solution based on a proprietary software risk intelligence platform called inGenium. PSC is able to proactively identify software security and quality risks within software enabling clients to prevent outages, recalls and security events.
Dextro tells you everything you want to know about your video content
Co-founder David Luan tells us how Dextro has the opportunity to leverage multitudes of visual data into for other uses, such as social media brand detection, online video discovery, video surveillance, and much more.
MoblieSmith is a platform for creating native applications for iOS and Android
MobileSmith is an enterprise-class mobile app development platform that enables organizations to rapidly create, deploy, and manage custom, native apps for iPhone, iPad, and Android smartphones without writing a line of code. Drew Ramsey, Product Director explains more.
Dashlane makes identity and payments simple and secure, everywhere
Dashlane Head of B2B David Sawin tells us how they are making digital identities simple and pervasive for customers.
DEMO Traction Boston: Twistlock on-stage presentation
Twistlock is the first ever security suite that focuses on vulnerability management and policy enforcement of containers (i.e. Docker, runc, rkt) and container host environments. Twistlock provides tools and analytics that make it easier for developers, infrastructure teams, and security professionals to deploy and run containers securely. Here with more is CTO, John Morello.
Salesforce Thunder, Lightning and Wave show new app economy at work
At Dreamforce 2015, Salesforce.com's Adam Gross and Stephanie Buscemi discuss the internet of things app economy and action-orientated business intelligence apps
IT buyers waste money using Tier III datacentres for non-critical workloads, claims IO
IO's UK managing director claims datacentre users could save money by wising up about how much availability and resiliency their apps and workloads really need
Inside Taiwan: The engine room of the internet of things
Computer Weekly travelled to Taiwan to meet some of the tech companies that are quietly laying the foundations for the internet of things
Healthcare sector 340% more prone to IT security threats
Cyber criminals are targeting healthcare organisations because of the rocketing black market value of personal medical data, says Raytheon Websense
Government IT spending to be hit hardest by rising US dollar strength, warns Gartner
Gartner predicts IT spending declines across all industries and vertical markets during 2015
BT platforms streamline UCC deployments for Microsoft and Cisco users
BT introduces new cloud unified comms and collaboration clouds to support Microsoft and Cisco environments
Device shipments stagnate as users sweat their assets
Worldwide device shipments are expected to begin to contract this year, says Gartner
University graduates to Arcserve UDP backup from CommVault
FX Plus IT team reached the end of its tether with physical server-only CommVault three years ago and moved to Arcserve UDP for physical and virtual server backup, plus replication
DEMO Traction Boston: Khorus Software on-stage presentation
Using Khorus, CEOs can break down strategy into executable goals that cascade throughout the organization and gather performance insights from across the company every week. Here to explain the details is CEO Joel Trammell.
DEMO Traction Boston: Vennli on-stage presentation
Vennli's cloud-based software integrates a proven strategy model, data visualization, and ongoing customer conversation. The company's brass, Pooya Ghiaseddin and Dan Farrell break down the products and business model.
DEMO Traction Boston: Plum.io on-stage presentation
Plum.io is a turn-key Cloud based software program that uses cutting edge behavioral science + predictive analytics to identify applicants with the highest potential for future success and job fit. Co-founder Christine Bird gives us an update.
DEMO Traction Boston: Foko Inc. on-stage presentation
Foko is a visual messaging platform that allows users to privately share photos, web links, and live broadcast. What happens in Foko stays in Foko, and that makes internal communications teams very happy. CEO Mark Gingras explains the app, private groups and more.
DEMO Traction Boston: Survata on-stage presentation
Chris Kelly, CEO of Survata talks about his product to make consumer research simple for all decision makers. Survata conducts consumer surveys for CPG companies, ad agencies, hedge funds & other data-hungry professionals.
How to mitigate security risks associated with IoT
There are five key information security risks associated with the internet of things that businesses can and should address
Tuesday, 22 September 2015
Plum is a matchmaker for jobseekers
Plum Co-Founder Christine Bird discusses her program's unique methods, including predictive analytics, to pair applicants with potential jobs.
Blue Triangle shows you the money
Donald Foss, CEO of Blue Triangle, talks about providing retailers and brands proprietary SaaS-based Predictive Analytics and more.
Industry is 12 months out from mass IoT adoption, says IDC
An IDC survey of global IT decision-makers reveals that almost three-quarters have either deployed or plan to deploy internet of things systems in the coming year
Majority of UK businesses have been targeted by cyber criminals
Cyber attacks are now considered a serious threat to UK businesses, yet a relatively small number have adopted the government's Cyber Essentials Scheme
Telcos could help drive cloud services into SMEs, says report
A study commissioned by cloud services marketplaces provider BCSG says telcos are a natural route to market for SME cloud services
Eileen Burbidge appointed Tech City UK chair
Tech City UK is building a new team to head up the UK’s digital economy agenda, and has appointed Eileen Burbidge as chair
Is Microsoft Office 2016 reliable enough for business?
A day after a major Skype outage, Microsoft unveils Office 2016, which, ironically, offers tight integration with Skype
Dashlane
Dashlane makes identity and payments simple and secure, everywhere. Their represenative tells us about it in this video.
Foko Inc.
Foko is a visual messaging platform that allows users to privately share photos, web links, and live broadcast. What happens in Foko stays in Foko, and that makes internal communications teams very happy. CEO Mark Gingras explains the app, private groups and more.
MobileSmith
MobileSmith is an enterprise-class mobile app development platform that enables organizations to rapidly create, deploy, and manage custom, native apps for iPhone, iPad, and Android smartphones without writing a line of code. Drew Ramsey, Product Director explains more.
Survata
Chris Kelly, CEO of Survata talks about his product to make consumer research simple for all decision makers. Survata conducts consumer surveys for CPG companies, ad agencies, hedge funds & other data-hungry professionals.
Plum.io
Plum.io is a turn-key Cloud based software program that uses cutting edge behavioral science + predictive analytics to identify applicants with the highest potential for future success and job fit. Co-founder Christine Bird gives us an update.
Entelo
The Entelo platform leverages big data, predictive analytics and social signals to help recruiting organizations find, qualify and engage with in-demand talent. This video has more about the company's mission.
chat.center
CEO and founder Keith Teare explains the mission of Chat Center. This is a solution for any business or developer to provide instant communications to customers, users, employees and other stakeholders. Chat Center is a Cloud Service - enabling Chat Names that can be expressed as URLs. It is also an iOS App (web and android coming soon) enabling a Chat Center user to receive inbound chats on their smartphone from customers who “Click to Chat” from a web or email link.
Khorus Software
Using Khorus, CEOs can break down strategy into executable goals that cascade throughout the organization and gather performance insights from across the company every week. Here to explain the details is CEO Joel Trammell.
Vennli
Vennli's cloud-based software integrates a proven strategy model, data visualization, and ongoing customer conversation. The company's brass, Pooya Ghiaseddin and Dan Farrell break down the products and business model.
LiquidPlanner
LiquidPlanner is predictive project management for modern business. Liz Pearce, CEO of the company talks about its predictive project management solution rooted in estimation, not unrealistic deadlines.
Twistlock
Twistlock is the first ever security suite that focuses on vulnerability management and policy enforcement of containers (i.e. Docker, runc, rkt) and container host environments. Twistlock provides tools and analytics that make it easier for developers, infrastructure teams, and security professionals to deploy and run containers securely. Here with more is CTO, John Morello.
Digitisation propels the service management desk beyond internal support
The IT service desk is set to break out as businesses expand their digital ambitions with software-powered services
Business leaders want better digital services from government, says research
A survey of corporate decision-makers suggests executives waste an average of five hours per week using outdated online public services
Australian organisations need to catch up in identity and access management
Australian organisations are lagging behind in terms of identity management, which is not lost on Deloitte as the company expands its Australia-focused resources in this area
Belgian Privacy Commission accuses Facebook of using NSA tactics to spy on users
Belgian Privacy Commission data protection watchdog likens Facebook's data handling processes to those of the US National Security Agency (NSA)
BT unveils ultrafast broadband pledge card to support digital economy
At an event in London, BT sets out four key pledges around broadband and connectivity to ensure and secure the digital future of the UK
Case study: Virtual desktops central to SMC Pneumatics transformation
SMC, a firm with traditional values and antiquated IT, offered a perfect transformation opportunity for head of IT for Europe, John Lang
VMware users: Curious about Containers
Brad Tompkins, president of VMware User Group (VMUG), chats with Network World about how the group's members are excited to start working with application containers.
Monday, 21 September 2015
Cohesity
Cohesity’s mission is to enable companies of all sizes to bring order to their data chaos. Its intelligent data platform converges secondary storage workflows to transform disparate silos of data into business insight. Started by Mohit Aron, who speaks in this video about the company.
iCharts
iCharts is the leader in Collaborative Visual Intelligence. CEO Seymour Duncker explains its cloud-based platform empowers rapid visualization of complex business information.
SocialRank
SocialRank.com pulls in all of your followers from Twitter and Instagram, giving you control to see who your followers really are, segment them and do things with them.
First Mile Geo
First Mile Geo delivers a unified platform where an enterprise can capture and analyze data in any language, for any location, through any medium easily and at scale. Additionally, First Mile Geo offers an 'analytics on demand' service where data can be microtasked for collection through Findyr and other applications for insights in hours/days not weeks/months.
Dextro
With Dextro we have the opportunity to leverage multitudes of visual data into for other uses, such as social media brand detection, online video discovery, video surveillance, and much more. Dextro strives to enable and power the intelligence behind every video dataset, livestream, and internet-connected camera.
Treasure Data
Treasure Data is designed to be easy for engineers and responsive to product managers and data scientists. All of your data in a single stream to collect, analyze and store, and it’s infinitely scalable, from one record to one trillion. So when you need it, the data is there.
Blue Triangle Technologies
Improvement of the online shopping experience by providing retailers and brands proprietary SaaS-based Predictive Analytics and more.
Docurated
Docurated tells you how their product searches through millions of pages of content across multiple repositories and visually displays the content, so users can grab appropriate pieces and stick them onto a clipboard for Docurated to automatically format and builds a presentation.
Shoppable
Shoppable.com is the leader in distributed commerce technology, made up of a marketplace with over 15 million products (no inventory), shoppable CMS, and a patent-pending universal checkout that can make any website, smart TV, mobile app, or WiFi connected device instantly Shoppable.
BlueConic
BlueConic solves the customer recognition problem. They create profiles for every individual and synchronize that data across the other tools in the marketing stack to help the brand serve relevant content and messages.
Emotient
Emotient, Inc., is the leading authority in facial expression analysis. Emotient software translates facial expressions into actionable information that helps companies make better decisions based on audience response to media, products and experiences.
MPs launch inquiry into the UK's digital economy
Business, Innovation and Skills Committee investigation will examine the challenges facing digital industries
Android drives dramatic rise in smartphone adoption in Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines and India
Young people in Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines and India are driving the rapid adoption of mobile devices, with the Android operating system coming top
Talent shortage drives IT salary rise in Singapore
IT salaries are rising fast in Singapore, fuelled by shortages in key areas and Singapore's image as a gateway to Asia for western businesses
UK broadband consistently top among major European markets
The UK is outperforming other major European countries on a number of fixed telecoms measures and will continue to do so, says an Analysys Mason report
Big data poses storage challenges in Australia and New Zealand
Big data is like digging for gold, except you must keep every single rock. TechTarget unearths some of the main challenges facing those mining data
Oxford University takes SaaS-led approach to IT department consolidation
The University of Oxford has merged several IT departments to provide staff and students with centralised support
Enterprise Growth Story: Cloud
Learn how one of the fastest-growing enterprise startups tapped into a new market using big data and the cloud to solve a hard problem.
Dashlane
Dashlane makes identity and payments simple and secure, everywhere. Their represenative tells us about it in this video.
Chat Center
CEO and founder Keith Teare explains the mission of Chat Center. This is a solution for any business or developer to provide instant communications to customers, users, employees and other stakeholders. Chat Center is a Cloud Service - enabling Chat Names that can be expressed as URLs. It is also an iOS App (web and android coming soon) enabling a Chat Center user to receive inbound chats on their smartphone from customers who “Click to Chat” from a web or email link.
IT services procurement: Could G-Cloud be the answer Europe is looking for?
With European public sector organisations looking to overhaul how they buy IT, some are wondering if the UK's G-Cloud model could be the answer they are looking for
IT industry seeks permanent staff as vacancies grow
KPMG finds demand for IT workers has grown since 2014, leaving more open vacancies for positions
AWS datacentre service trouble hits Netflix users
North Virginia datacentre hit by service trouble, blighting delivery of more than 30 of the cloud giant's products
Starbucks European IT director moves to education publisher Pearson
Robert Teagle quits the coffee company after eight years as European IT chief
Department store retailer House of Fraser appoints CIO
British department store brand House of Fraser announces appointment of Julian Burnett as chief information officer
Gigabit network is more than a fringe benefit for city of Edinburgh
As CityFibre begins a 150km fibre dig in Edinburgh, local businesses and the city council outline their objectives and plans for ultrafast broadband
Infinidat adds NAS to create Infinibox unified storage
Infinidat adds NAS functionality to Infinibox arrays but clustered NAS capability will have to wait until parallel file system support arrives sometime in the future
Employees crave digital skills, but organisations lack budget to teach them
VMware survey on digital skills finds a large percentage of employees are keen to learn, but organisations are holding them back
Apple cleans out App Store after XcodeGhost malware breach
Apple takes action after Chinese XcodeGhost malware affects an undisclosed number of apps on the company's App Store
Labour appoints Chi Onwurah as shadow minister for digital industries
Former Labour digital government spokeswoman takes on role of shadowing digital economy minister Ed Vaizey, with Louise Haigh taking her old role
Worldwide outage hits Skype users
Microsoft-owned messaging service Skype experiences technical difficulties, with users flooding social networking sites with downtime reports
DEMO Traction Awards
Erick Schonfeld and Neal Silverman hand out the hardware to the winning DEMO Traction companies.
Three could return O2 to stock market after Telefónica acquisition
Three may try to float O2 on the stock market if parent firm CK Hutchison Holdings goes ahead with plans to buy the mobile network operator from Telefónica
Department for Culture, Media and Sport takes over responsibility for data protection policy
Government transfers responsibility for data protection policy and ICO oversight from Ministry of Justice (MOJ) to Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)
Executive Brief: American Airlines
Aleda Schaffer talks about strategic partnerships that have affected American Airlines.
More than half of 12-year-old girls say Stem subjects are too hard
Accenture finds more than half of 12-year-old girls in the UK and Ireland think science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) subjects are too hard
Friday, 18 September 2015
The Rise of the Private IPO
Why is private market fund raising happening and what does it mean for the companies involved, their investors and their customers?
Entelo
The Entelo platform leverages big data, predictive analytics and social signals to help recruiting organizations find, qualify and engage with in-demand talent. This video has more about the company's mission.
The Next Billion-Dollar Startups
The latest data on startup valuations, how fast the billion-dollar startup club is growing, and which startups might fill its ranks next.
The Power of Data
Fundamental data technologies driving businesses have changed over the past decade, what capabilities will they be opening up over the next decade? We find out.
The Technologies Transforming the Enterprise
A deep dive into the newest technologies gaining traction in the enterprise and how are they changing the customer experience.
Finding New Business Growth Engines
Savvy IT executives discuss how they find and assimilate new tech and assess the viability of new partners. We also explore how new companies gaining traction are working with enterprises in new ways.
Khorus Software
Using Khorus, CEOs can break down strategy into executable goals that cascade throughout the organization and gather performance insights from across the company every week. Here to explain the details is CEO Joel Trammell.
Cohesity
Cohesity’s mission is to enable companies of all sizes to bring order to their data chaos. Its intelligent data platform converges secondary storage workflows to transform disparate silos of data into business insight. Started by Mohit Aron, who speaks in this video about the company.
Dextro
With Dextro we have the opportunity to leverage multitudes of visual data into for other uses, such as social media brand detection, online video discovery, video surveillance, and much more. Dextro strives to enable and power the intelligence behind every video dataset, livestream, and internet-connected camera. In this video, company execs David Luan and Daniel Cintra tell us more.
Two Guys In a Garage – Five Surprising Insights Into HP’s Innovation Culture
As the technology industry pivots to mobile, data, cloud and security, learn how to steal innovative strategies, business models or participate in technology ecosystems to accelerate your organization’s journey.
BlueConic
Why BlueConic is allowing marketers to build profiles of their users and dictate behaviors accordingly, rather than starting with a marketing message and tailoring it to a user’s preference.
Marketing Technologies That Deliver Results
A look at the latest marketing technologies from branding and communications to retail and product analytics.
Technology drives patient power in Norway
A health authority in Norway is using technology to help patients understand their conditions and make better decisions
CIO interview: Mads Madsbjerg Hansen, FLSmidth
When Mads Madsbjerg Hansen joined Danish engineering giant FLSmidth he wanted get to know the company and its people, adjust the IT strategy where needed and change the IT organisation to fit that adjusted strategy
Oxford City Council chooses SCC for 10-year datacentre hosting contract
Local authority has selected IT services giant SCC to assist with fulfilling its datacentre hosting, infrastructure and server requirements
Bradford Grammar School graduates to DataCore for software-defined storage
Bradford Grammar School puts DataCore SANsymphony in front of DotHill storage arrays to create cost-efficient software-defined storage with synchronous replication
Fidor bank launches in the UK
Fidor bank launches its social media bank in the UK as the number of challenger financial services companies obtaining banking licences continues to rise
Public-private co-operation in the Nordics tackles growing cyber crime threat
Nordic governments and businesses are putting cyber security at the centre of their planning as threats increase
American Airlines forced to ground flights over IT issues
US airline confirms "connectivity issue" that prompted it to halt flights from several airports yesterday has now been resolved
UK firms cope better with cyber attacks than continental enterprises, research shows
Trend Micro research suggests UK firms are at greater risk of cyber attack than their counterparts in continental Europe – but are better at dealing with them
The real concerns about artificial intelligence
Speakers at the DARPA Wait What? Future Technology Forum discuss their concerns with artificial intelligence - software bugs and other security issues top the list, rather than AI robots becoming sentient and taking over the world.
Advances in AI surround human-computer interaction
Speakers at the recent DARPA Wait What? Future Technology Forum discuss advances in the interaction between humans and artificial intelligence.
Thursday, 17 September 2015
Growth By Design in a Mobile, Social World
A look at what behaviors that are native to these platforms, how good product design can win big markets, and which areas Bijan will invest in next.
CMO Council Research: Reaching Customers Through Data
Which technologies are top marketers deploying now–from social CRM and predictive analytics to lead qualification, conversion, and retention.
F-Secure warns of Russian state-supported cyber espionage
Russian state-sponsored hackers work office hours and target western governments, according to F-Secure report
Rugby World Cup host city Gloucester gets free city Wi-Fi network
BT tries out a free public wireless network in the centre of Gloucester as the city prepares to host the Rugby World Cup
Sainsbury’s hackathon showcases digital lab to improve customer services
Sainsbury’s digital lab hackathon brings together the IT team and staff from the wider organisation to generate ideas to improve customer services
Dreamforce: Benioff follows Stevie Wonder onstage to vaunt giving back
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff beats the drum for tech’s broader social mission at Dreamforce 2015, praising Uber and Western Union for giving back
MI5 chief Andrew Parker: Social networks have a responsibility to spy on users
MI5 director general Andrew Parker calls for more surveillance powers for the agency and says social networks have a responsibility to report suspicious activity
Singapore general election reveals growing importance of social media
Organisations in all sectors in Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) countries are recognising the influence of social networking
Asean businesses fall behind in cloud business agility
Businesses in Asean countries are slower to harness cloud computing than in other regions – but could overtake them, with much less legacy IT to deal with
Oracle expands to 45 megawatt cloud business in SaaS and PaaS push
Oracle expands its datacentre footprint as it pushes forward with its software as a service (SaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS) businesses
Nurse 'scared' to return to work after blowing whistle on IT problems
A former nurse felt unable to return to work after raising concerns about the accuracy of records on a patient database at a London NHS trust
Mobile networks hit by rise in Windows and PC malware, report shows
Latest fixed and mobile network malware analysis from Alcatel-Lucent reveals growing threat posed by Windows PCs and laptops
Bitcoin and Beyond
Circle is building a new consumer finance company with radically different unit economics, they're also leveraging mobile and social trends to drive global adoption. Here's a look at the how's and why's.
DEMO Traction September 2015 -- Welcome Address
The DEMO Traction Boston 2015 event kicks off. Welcoming you to the proceedings from the Westin Waterfront hotel is Erick Schonfled and Neal Silverman.
Wednesday, 16 September 2015
Datacentre consolidation drive saves US federal agencies $2bn
IT reforms pushed through by White House spending watchdog generate $3.6bn in overall savings
Competition watchdog turns attention to O2 acquisition
The Competition and Markets Authority invites formal comments on whether or not it should ask the European Commission to allow it to investigate the acquisition of O2 by Three
Cisco firmware exploit raises questions on internal network security
Rogue Cisco IOS firmware could enable hackers to bypass all perimeter-level security controls, warns FireEye
BT launches ethical hacking service for bankers
BT introduces a certified Crest Star ethical hacking test service for financial services customers
HP cuts jobs in bid to grow strategic services
HP's Enterprise Services division is set for major cutbacks as the company attempts to reduce operating costs prior to the split in November 2015
Australia's tech community has high hopes for digitally-literate prime minister
Australia's IT community has high hopes for the country's new prime minister who has a strong digital pedigree
Consumers to get connection vouchers for satellite broadband
DCMS looks set to offer connection vouchers to help consumers access satellite broadband in remote parts of the UK
HP reinforces commitment to open, hybrid cloud vision as business split looms
Meg Whitman restates firm's stance on enterprise appeal of hybrid cloud, as latest version of HP Helion CloudSystem goes on general release
CIO interview: Stewart Bromley, Atom Bank
Atom bank's chief operating officer Stewart Bromley talks about the advantage of starting from scratch with all services available through an app
Brocade apps enhance SDN interoperability and orchestration
Brocade has announced the latest version of its SDN Controller and new applications to meet datacentre requirements for interoperability and orchestration
Jobs with low risk of automation growing faster than jobs being replaced
Jobs that cannot be automated have increased since 2001, providing the UK economy with a significant financial boost
How Asean organisations are untangling big data storage challenge
If organisations are to benefit from the promise of big data they must get on top of a legal and regulatory minefield when it comes to storing data. How are Asean IT departments navigating this?
NHS trust failed to recognise IT whistleblowing
Managers at Southwark CCG did not realise that serious concerns raised by a former nurse of its IT systems should be treated as whistleblowing
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute supports bio startups on Nutanix
Converged infrastructure is helping Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute's IT team to provide scalable servers and storage for its Campus Business project
Tuesday, 15 September 2015
Almost 30% of retailers use facial recognition technology to track consumers in store
Retailers are using more technology in store to track customer behaviour, with the younger generation finding it useful for their shopping experience
Salesforce adds Thunder to Lightning as Dreamforce 2015 kicks off
Cloud supplier Salesforce adds real-time processing engine Thunder to app development platform Lightning as its 2015 Dreamforce event begins in San Francisco
Accenture buys Cloud Sherpas for SaaS applications push
Accenture sets out plans to acquire Salesforce consultancy business and give enterprises a helping hand with moving to the cloud
Surrey University opens 5G Innovation Centre with pioneering demos
Surrey University cuts the ribbon on its 5G Innovation Centre and shows off some early technical advances with video streaming and IoT technology
Boeing to offer ViaSat broadband service on new aircraft
Boeing signs a technical agreement to offer ViaSat’s broadband connectivity as an option on all new commercial aircraft
The digitisation of Premier League football
Premier League football clubs are ramping up their digital strategies this season
Are you exposed? Lessons from Ashley Madison
Data breaches are only a matter of time so companies need to know what to do to prevent, respond and contain breaches when they happen
CIO interview: Rob Threadgold, global head of IT infrastructure and operations, ICBC Standard Bank
Standard Bank is taking a global approach to IT challenges following its acquisition by Chinese banking giant ICBC
Case study: Philips takes agile approach to building bridges between business and IT
Dutch technology giant talks up the success of its attempts to embrace agile IT delivery methods, and how it's shaping future customer engagements
CIO interview: Richard Corbridge, CIO, Health Service Executive in Ireland
The Irish equivalent of the NHS is making great strides in digital healthcare and technology innovation
12 habits of successful tech CEOs
Andy Grolnick donned a suit coat and tie and readied himself for a frothy commute. The CEO of LogRhythm was among 200 people who tubed down Colorado’s Boulder Creek, outfitted in helmets and business attire, on July 14.
“There are pretty good rapids,” Grolnick says of the two-mile passage to LogRhythm’s offices, which took about an hour to navigate. It’s also cold. “It’s all run-off from the 14,000-foot peak. You’re definitely shivering at the end of the ride. It’s invigorating.”
This year, roughly 80 of the people who braved the creek for Boulder’s Tube to Work Day were from security analytics firm LogRhythm. It was Grolnick’s second year participating in the event.
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(Insider Story)Most DDoS attacks hiding something more sinister, Neustar warns
Smaller DDoS attacks can be more dangerous than a powerful attack that knocks a company offline but does not install malware or steal data, warns Neustar
NHS trust denies bullying and intimidation of IT whistleblower
Managers were already aware of whistleblower's concerns about the accuracy of NHS Southwark's data, tribunal hears
Monday, 14 September 2015
Haircare firm GHD rehomes hybrid cloud infrastructure in new Rackspace datacentre
Haircare product maker shifts hybrid website infrastructure to Rackspace's Crawley datacentre in preparation for Christmas rush
Russian organisations have confidence in virtual backup
Russian organisations are content with the options available to them for backing up virtual servers
Coventry and Warwickshire Growth Hub stokes local business with CRM
Coventry and Warwickshire Growth Hub has turned to Microsoft Dynamics CRM technology to report and organise work more effectively
An application ecosystem for the all-digital era
Digital disruption is forcing IT to adopt new operating models and CIOs must face the challenges it brings
Malaysia the most cyber-savvy nation in Asia claims Eset, but security gaps remain
Eset report ranks Malaysia and Singapore as the top two most cyber-savvy nations in Asia – but many internet users still take unnecessary security risks
Organisations in Asean countries adopt hybrid cloud approach
While developed economies such as Singapore are emulating the rapid take-up of other Asian nations, many other Asean organsiations are taking longer
Rise in IT security demand triggers surge in cyber security jobs
Cyber security roles account for 14% of UK-based IT jobs as organisations' demand for security provision rises
RSA Group flags ID theft risk to Lloyds Bank customers following datacentre storage theft
International insurance group has seen 500 customers take up offer of identity theft protection in wake of datacentre theft
Fraud rises but Australian businesses fail to heed data
Fraud is costing Australian businesses billions of dollars, but many are failing to address the threats from insiders
Openreach rivals say no to more Openreach regulation
Members of the Infrastructure Investors Group pressurise Ofcom to support fairer competition in infrastructure investment with lighter regulation
Sunday, 13 September 2015
Friday, 11 September 2015
European Commission consults on the future of telecoms and broadband
Twin European Commission (EC) consultations on the future of broadband and a review of the current telecoms framework will run until December 2015
Girls in Tech launches mentoring programme for women in IT
Network for women, Girls in Tech, has launched a mentoring programme to help selected women to learn entrepreneurial skills
Vodafone introduces nationwide Wi-Fi calling
Vodafone becomes second UK mobile operator after EE to give customers the ability to place voice calls over a wireless network connection
Few cyber attacks sophisticated, says Telefonica security chief
Most big data breaches are enabled by spear phishing and a lack of capabilities to detect and respond to intrusions, not sophisticated malware or attack techniques, says Telefonica's head of security
Financial services watchdog wastes money on Oracle licences
The Financial Conduct Authority admits it has fallen victim to the complex nature of software licensing that dogs companies in the sector it serves
The growing importance of the Nordic CIO
IT is becoming more important to businesses, in part due to the digital revolution, and the women and men who lead IT are now increasingly coveted
Security industry welcomes GCHQ password guidelines
GCHQ's guidance on password policy covers some of the most pressing issues facing UK businesses and employees today, according to Skyhigh Networks
Application testing costs set to rise to 40% of IT budget
Digital transformation has put software quality to the fore, resulting in CIOs spending more on quality assurance and testing
European Broadcasting Union simplifies MySQL with Severalnines
Clustered and high-availability MySQL is not easy to manage without a skilled database administrator – but the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) found a tool to help
AT&T's connected wheelchair benefits users, carers and clinicians
AT&T, together with Swedish wheelchair builder Permobil, demonstrates a connected wheelchair at CTIA in Las Vegas
Apple datacentre plans win cautious approval from Galway County Council
Galway County Council planning department says development can proceed – so long as Apple commits to meeting 12 separate construction conditions
John Lewis sales grow, but profit falls as restructuring shakes up the business
The retailer reports a growth in sales, but blames omnichannel shift for a fall in operating profit
Companies House investigates large firms' reluctance to provide open financial data
The public registrar Companies House wants to understand why FTSE100 organisations have resisted its call to file accounts as open data
HP topples Cisco to become cloud infrastructure equipment market leader
Hardware giant overtakes rival in the cloud infrastructure market as demand for servers, storage and private cloud-enabling kit soars
DD4BC cyber extortion gang adds social media to arsenal
Cyber extortion gang DD4BC is using social media campaigns to garner more attention for its ability to create service disruptions by publicly embarrassing large organisations
BT extends fibre roll-out across London
BT extends its commercial fibre roll-out in a number of London boroughs as it targets 95% coverage in the capital two years from now
Tennis governing body ATP outsources digital development
The men's world tennis governing body, the ATP, signs Infosys to help it use digital technology to better engage fans and players
Spectra Verde DPE aims bulk NAS at archive use cases
Spectra Logic's Verde DPE aims to provide low-cost file archive retention using Seagate 8TB SMR drives in bulk NAS storage in a space increasingly targeted by object storage
Case study: French delivery company Chronopost looks to NoSQL for big data challenge
French delivery company Chronspost is using open-source NoSQL systems to improve services and customer retention
Ashley Madison data breach escalates with password encryption failure
At least 15 million improperly encrypted Ashley Madison passwords are reported crackable, with enormous implications for members and their employers
Thursday, 10 September 2015
EE launches 4G-capable IoT comms platform
EE says its EE Connect platform will offer dedicated services for operators of large-scale M2M and IoT installations
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