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New Trustwave Report Underscores Progressing Global Cybersecurity Threats
almost 5 years agoTrustwave today released the 2019 Trustwave Global Security Report, which reveals the top security threats, breaches by industry and cybercrime trends from 2018. The report is based on the analysis of billions of logged security and compromise events worldwide, hundreds of hands-on data-breach and forensic investigations, manual penetration tests, network vulnerability sc...
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Raytheon is moving to bridge the UK's cyber-skills gap with new apprenticeships
almost 5 years agoTo help combat the UK's high technology skills shortages, Raytheon is preparing to launch new cyber-apprenticeships as part of a £2m investment. The new-two year programme will provide those with an interest in cybersecurity an alternative career path to three and four-year degree courses. The apprenticeships will help candidates develop the in-house skills they'll need ...
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Secureworks Launches New Cybersecurity Analytics Application to Accelerate Threat Detection and Response
almost 5 years agoSecureworks, a leading cybersecurity company that keeps organizations safe in the digitally connected world, today announced the launch of a software-as-a-service (SaaS) application that will transform the way companies detect, investigate and respond to cyber threats. Red Cloak™ Threat Detection and Response (TDR) is a security analytics application that continuously app...
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The leading sources of stress for cybersecurity leaders? Regulation, threats, skills shortage
almost 5 years agoA perfect storm of regulation, increased threats and technological complexity is overwhelming cybersecurity decision makers, reveals new research from Symantec. Four in five (82 percent) security leaders across France, Germany and the UK report feeling burned out, whilst just under two-thirds (63 percent) think about leaving the industry or quitting their job (64 perc...
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We're not omnipotent,' trills National Cyber Security Centre in open-armed pitch to UK biz
almost 5 years agoCyber UK 2019 "We're talking about how to design telecoms systems properly for the long term," National Cyber Security Centre CEO Ciaran Martin told press at UK.gov's infosec event in Glasgow last week. "That is a bigger and sometimes different issue from the Chinese."In what could be perceived as an attempt to draw a line under this morning's news of the National Security C...
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Government appoints ambassador to tout British cyber security tech abroad
almost 5 years agoThe Government’s Department for International Trade has appointed Dr Henry Pearson as the UK’s new Cyber Security Ambassador, tasked with promoting UK business security expertise around the world. More specifically, he will help British firms connect with other international businesses to close security-related contracts. The role will focus on organisations that need hig...
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Docker Hub hack exposed data of 190,000 users
almost 5 years agoDocker Hub, the official repository for Docker container images, has announced a security breach on late Friday night. The breach came to light after the company started emailing customers about a security incident that took place a day earlier on April 25. "On Thursday, April 25th, 2019, we discovered unauthorized access to a single Hub database storing a subset of no...
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AWS opens Hong Kong datacenter region
almost 5 years agoAmazon Web Services (AWS), the Amazon subsidiary that provides on-demand cloud computing platforms, apps, and services to “millions” of customers globally, this week announced a further expansion into China with the launch of a new datacenter region. As of this morning, the AWS Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) Region is open for business, bringing AWS’ total number of availability z...
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Equinix Acquires Switch Datacenters' AMS1 Data Center Business in Amsterdam
almost 5 years agoEquinix, Inc, the global interconnection and data center company, today announced that it has closed a transaction for the purchase of Switch Datacenters' AMS1 data center business in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in an all-cash transaction for €30 million ($34 million). The facility, which will be renamed Equinix AM11 International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data center, is in clo...
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Colt ranked second on Global Ethernet provider Leaderboard
almost 5 years agoColt has climbed from third to second in the Vertical Systems 2018 Global Ethernet Provider Leaderboard, holding its position from the mid-year update. Thanks to strong growth in all markets and the continued expansion of the Colt IQ Network, Colt is ahead of CenturyLink, BT Global Services, Orange Business, Verizon and NTT. In the last 12 months Colt has grown its IQ Net...
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Liberty Global appoints Lutz Schüler as Virgin Media CEO
almost 5 years agoLiberty Global, the world’s largest international TV and broadband provider, today announced the appointment of Lutz Schüler as CEO of Virgin Media, the company’s operations in the UK and Ireland, effective June 11, 2019. Schüler joined Virgin Media as Chief Operating Officer in September 2018, after eight years running Liberty Global’s operations in Germany. Tom Mockridg...
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Kcom sold for £504m
almost 5 years agoKCOM Group has been acquired for £504 million after an offer from Humber Bidco Ltd, a subsidiary of the Universities Superannuation Scheme. The Universities Superannuation Scheme is a UK pension scheme for universities and other higher education institutions. The company has paid 97 pence per share, reflecting a 34% premium to KCOM’s closing price of 72.5 pence on Tues...
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Apple to spend at least $1.5 billion on AWS over five years
almost 5 years agoApple is spending more than $30 million a month on Amazon Web Services, CNBC reports. Citing people familiar with the arrangement, the publication adds that Apple recently signed an agreement to spend at least $1.5 billion on AWS over the course of five years. At its current spending rate, Apple will pay more than $360m for this year, $10m above its costs last year. ...
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Telefonica set to receive EUR 600 mln for data centres
almost 5 years agoTelefonica is set to receive EUR 600 million from investment fund Asterion for its data centre business, according to unnamed sources cited by Spanish online newspaper El Confidencial. The operator’s board approved Asterion’s bid after assessing binding offers from a number of infrastructure and investment funds, said the report, adding that the company took nearly a month t...
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Zoom IPO: Tip of the Iceberg
about 5 years agoThere are various hotly anticipated potential IPOs expected during 2019. Modern tech based disruptors are reaching the point where public investment forms the next stage of their development. Slack, Lyft and Uber were all expected to hit the trading floor this year, and some have already with limited success, but so far it is Zoom Video Communications that has stolen the sho...
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Microsoft Surface Hub 2S: Collaboration on the Move
about 5 years agoMicrosoft teams with Steelcase to offer a digital collaboration solution that team members can roll along with them from one workspace to another. During a vision presentation, Panay highlighted Microsoft’s latest-generation collaboration wares -- the Surface Hub 2S product line -- while Steelcase CEO Jim Keane showed the flexible line of office furniture the co...
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Contact Centre Payments – Going Mobile
about 5 years agoRob Crutchington at Encoded looks at how the mobile market is changing the way customers choose to make payments. Over recent years there has been a huge increase in the number of Smartphone users, apps downloaded and mobile transactions, presenting new challenges for contact centres. In fact, according to this year’s UK Contact Centre Decision Makers’ Guide (DMG) by i...
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8x8 eliminates upfront cost of business phones with new flex hardware program
about 5 years ago8x8, Inc. , a leading cloud provider of voice, video, chat and contact center solutions for over one million users worldwide, have this week announced its new 8x8 Flex Hardware Program which helps companies take the risk out of moving to cloud communications by eliminating the upfront capital costs associated with purchasing desktop and conference phones. “Hardware, suc...
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Cisco brings Webex controls to G Suite for business
about 5 years agoCisco is partnering with Google to launch an add-on to give users access to advanced Webex meeting controls in G Suite. Cisco launched an app last year that gave users the ability to schedule a Webex meeting when adding an event to Google Calendar. The new add-on, expected this quarter, will let users control the settings for those Webex meetings within G Suite for busi...
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Google Voice is Hanging in There
about 5 years agoAs countless collaboration tool providers explore new opportunities for voice, video, and other communication options, Google may still be in the running. After a debut in 2018, Google’s “Voice” service for G Suite recently introduced a brand-new expansion in availability and added features. Up until now, Google Voice has only been available to a handful of users througho...
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