NTT Communications sets sights on taking on bigger cloud rivals with expanded capabilities of its Enterprise Cloud service
TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
2016
Salesforce Customers Hit With 10-Hour Outage
One of Salesforce.com's EMEA instances went down for more than 10 hours overnight, problems caused by a "storage failure"
5 Top Tips For A Twitter Takeover
Rhea Cairns, account manager at Neo PR, explains how to use a third-party Twitter takeover to promote your brand's message
Nokia: Smartphones Now Biggest Source Of Network Malware
Apple's security credentials also dented as iOS malware infections enter top twenty, Nokia report finds
Government Could Step In To Stop Ad Blocking
Culture Secretary offers support for the battle against ad blocking and pledges to bring forward requirement for licence fee to watch iPlayer
Equinix To Open Four New Data Centres Across World
Equinix details 2016 growth plans with new data centres opening in Brazil, Australia, Japan, and the United States
MWC 2016: IBM Says Apple MobileFirst Partnership Is Symbiotic
IBM’s European Apple and mobile leader tells TechWeek how Apple has helped advance mobile working and how Watson and analytics will power MobileFirst
MoD Extends Capgemini Payments Contract Until December
Ministry of Defence wants another 12 months of Capgemini's P2P cloud payment and procurement service
Massachusetts Researchers Launch Solar-Power Data Centre
15 megawatt 'micro' data centre opened by US green computing scientists to research renewable future
Brazil Arrests Facebook Executive As WhatsApp Row Deepens
Facebook brands Brazilian decision to jail executive as “extreme and disproportionate”
Amazon Recalls Kindle Fire Tablet Chargers Amid Electrocution Fears
Amazon asks Kindle Fire 7 and Kindle Fire Kids Edition owners to stop using their chargers and apply for a replacement
3D Printed ‘Sneezometer’ Can Help Diagnose Asthma
University of Surrey creates 3D printed sneezometer which makes it cheaper and easier to detect respiratory diseases
HTC Vive Pre-Orders Sell Out Ahead Of May’s UK Launch
15,000 HTC Vive units were sold in just ten minutes, according to an executive
A Third Of All HTTPS Servers Are Vulnerable To DROWN OpenSSL Bug
Researchers detail how DROWN can be used to decrypt communications on HTTPS-secure websites and urge server operators to update now
Leaks Suggest Huawei P9 Will Have Two Rear Cameras
Leaked images show dual-camera set-up on forthcoming Huawei P9 flagship
Cloud Is Cheaper In The US Than In Europe
Europeans are paying a premium for cloud data regulations, customer service, and localised applications
Cisco To Buy Cloud Orchestration Vendor CliQr
$260m deal will see Cisco customers able to manage apps across many different types of cloud
Privacy Groups, Tech Industry Slam ‘Rushed’ And ‘Draconian’ Investigatory Powers Bill
NEWS ANALYSIS: The tech industry wants Investigatory Powers Bill to be subject to full parliamentary scrutiny, while privacy campaigners fear impact of legislation
Qualcomm Agrees To Pay $7.5m China Bribery Fine
Chipmaker reportedly hired relatives of Chinese officials and splashed out on gifts for telecoms executives
GDPR: Verdict Of Google, Microsoft & Adobe Privacy Leaders
Much work to be done, as confusion ensues over GDPR's 200 pages of uncertainty
Microsoft: We Gave Police Info On Paris Terrorism Suspects Within 30 Minutes
Microsoft says tech companies must play their part in national security, but also have to protect customers
RSA Slams Backdoors And Goes Hunting
Governments need to stop muddying the waters, says RSA president Amit Yoran
Reviewed: Microsoft Surface Pro 4
Microsoft’s latest work tablet is pretty close to perfection - but one issue holds it back
RSA Conference 2016: What’s Old Security is New Again
BLOG: Kurt Stammberger, founder of the RSA Conference, sees the same issues in FBI vs. Apple as were brought to the fore in 1993 with Clipper Chip.
Cashless Payments Will Make 2016’s Festivals Better Than Ever
Intellitix CEO Serge Grimaux explains how RFID and payment technology could transform music festivals as we know them
IBM Creates Breach Response Team With Resilient Systems Acquisition
The acquisition is part of IBM's efforts to expand its four-year-old security services unit
‘Fingerprinting’ Helps Malvertising Attacks Find Victims And Avoid Detection
Research shows more malvertising assaults are using 'fingerprinting' at an advert level to avoid unncessary attention and save bandwidth
Marketing Firm Goes Into Liquidation After ‘Record’ £350,000 ICO Fine
ICO fines Prodial £350,000 after 46m automated nuisance calls about PPI insurance claims but regulator says it will work with liquidators to recover the fine
Snapchat Employee Wage Details Leaked In Phishing Scam
Unfortunately, leaked Snapchat salary information didn't delete itself after ten seconds
Snoopers’ Charter Revisions ‘Don’t Fix Flaws’
The Investigatory Powers bill is being rushed through in spite of significant concerns, according to critics