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Email scam

Nearly a quarter of 'unsafe' emails getting through to user inboxes

Fri, 28th Jul 2017
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ransomware
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cybersecurity
There is a continuous challenge of securing organisations from malicious attachments, dangerous files type, impersonation attacks as well as spam.
Data center communication

IBM expands global presence with two new data centres in London

Fri, 28th Jul 2017
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datacentre infrastructure
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public cloud
IBM has expanded its global presence with four new IBM Cloud data centres – two in London, one in San Jose and one in Sydney.
Trojan virus

Malware found prowling within every app of alternative Android store

Thu, 27th Jul 2017
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malware
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cybersecurity
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apps
Malware researcher at ESET, Lukáš Štefanko says this is the first time he has ever seen an entire Android market infected like that.
Cutting red ribbon

Visa expands global presence with not one, but TWO new data centres

Thu, 27th Jul 2017
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martech
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commerce systems
​Visa has announced expanded transaction processing capabilities in two new data centres – one in Singapore and one in the United Kingdom.
Handshake blue black

ForeScout partners with ServiceNow to enable complementary capabilities

Thu, 27th Jul 2017
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iot security
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iot
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partner programmes
ForeScout and ServiceNow have partnered to improve IoT security, providing customers with asset visibility and accelerated response to security incidents.
Businessman help

Majority of organisations that think they're GDPR compliant actually aren't

Thu, 27th Jul 2017
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data protection
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data analytics
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martech
A global study from Veritas has made some disconcerting findings, revealing only 2% of supposedly 'GDPR-ready' organisations are in fact compliant.
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Partners Group acquires Civica for not to be sneezed at £1 million

Wed, 26th Jul 2017
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outsourcing
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m&a
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civica
Private equity giant Partners Group snaps up Civica for a hefty £1 billion, bolstering public sector services globally.
Data out the backdoor

Cisco reveals alarming findings from Midyear Cybersecurity Report

Wed, 26th Jul 2017
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malware
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ransomware
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cybersecurity
The Cisco Midyear Cybersecurity Report warns of rapidly evolving threats and potential 'destruction of service' (DeOS) attacks.
Gamechanger planes

Check Point's second quarter financials exceed highest end of projections

Wed, 26th Jul 2017
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cybersecurity
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software
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financial results
Gil Shrewd says the company is rapt with the second quarter results, reporting the revenue growth to be healthy.
Partnership

Atos seals contract to transform IT infrastructure at National Bank

Tue, 25th Jul 2017
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digital transformation
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outsourcing
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national bank
The French IT giant will be providing comprehensive infrastructure and data centre services for Germany's National Bank.
Vintage phone fire

Surging demand among businesses for more interactive enterprise messaging

Tue, 25th Jul 2017
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uc
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martech
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agentic ai
Ovum's survey explored the rapidly-evolving business-to-consumer communications market with some interesting findings.
Data leaky tap

Digital Shadows discovers credit card crime ring cashing in on $24b a year

Tue, 25th Jul 2017
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risk & compliance
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cybersecurity
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credit card fraud
A professional ecosystem has emerged that is providing e-learning courses to allow aspiring cybercriminals to make USD$12k in monthly earnings.
Data tunnel

SSA market to explode over next 12 months – Gartner ranks top vendors

Tue, 25th Jul 2017
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storage
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network infrastructure
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converged infrastructure
Solid-state arrays (SSAs) are set to improve in performance by a factor of 10, doubling in density and cost-effectiveness over the next year.
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78% of UK data centres fail ASHRAE guidelines – is IoT the answer?

Tue, 25th Jul 2017
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datacentre infrastructure
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iot
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risk & compliance
New research from thermal risk experts has revealed UK data centres are seriously lacking when it comes to temperature management.
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'Most technologically advanced stadia ever built' - Tottenham partners with HPE

Tue, 25th Jul 2017
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partner programmes
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wireless networks
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cloud services
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has been singled out as a key partner in forming one of the most technologically advanced stadia ever built.
Network padlock broken

Hackers steal $32m of ethereum cryptocurrency – expert commentary and advice

Sat, 22nd Jul 2017
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crypto
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blockchain
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ai security
​In the second heist this week, hackers have stolen around US$32 million - Webroot senior threat analyst shares his commentary and insights.
Iot analytics

ECM market to exceed US$67 billion by 2022 – with APAC the hotspot

Sat, 22nd Jul 2017
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ecm
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martech
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laserfiche
​A new market research report has been released, revealing a very positive forecast for the enterprise content management (ECM) market moving forward.
Cyber hack pattern

60% of enterprises confirm global attacks have affected cyber protection choices

Fri, 21st Jul 2017
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malware
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ddos
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ransomware
Results from a recent survey of security executive from across 11 EMEA countries have been released, revealing the effects of attacks like WannaCry.
Announcement shadow

Prominent line-up of speakers announced for IBC Cyber Security Forum

Thu, 20th Jul 2017
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cybersecurity
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google
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hbo
Some of the big names announced include executives from ITV, Sky, News Corp, Google and HBO to discuss exclusive insights in cybersecurity.
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Rittal holds first partner summit to uncover opportunities for channel market

Thu, 20th Jul 2017
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hyperscale
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dc
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partner programmes
​More than 40 partners from all over Europe congregated at the first Rittal Partner Summit IT to discuss challenges and opportunities in the market.