Consumer Electronics and Internet of Things Sectors Implementing Technology in New Products; Over 90 Mobile Companies Supporting GSMA eSIM Specifications for Consumer Devices Worldwide. The GSMA today announced the release of a new report highlighting the significant progress made by Chinese mobile operators, vendors and manufacturers in adopting Remote SIM Provisioning and eSIM technologies. The […]
Archives for February 2019
Twitter to liaise with India’s election body, boost hiring ahead of polls
Twitter Inc plans to boost hiring in India and appoint an officer to liaise with the Election Commission (EC), a senior executive said on Tuesday, responding to concerns about political misuse of social media ahead of this year’s general elections. Speaking a day after an Indian parliamentary committee told the company to engage more with […]
What CIOs and CTOs Can Learn From Smart Cities
Municipal IT leaders manage a lot of complexity; improving government efficiency, protecting citizens, and making cities attractive places to work, live and visit. Imagine being CIO or CTO of a large city: lots of departments and city leaders need your assistance, citizens are demanding faster and easier access to resources, uptime is crucial, and you’re […]
Hackers target Elasticsearch clusters in fresh malware campaign
Security researchers have observed a spike in attacks from multiple threat actors targeting Elasticsearch clusters, in what is believed to be attempts to place malware on victims’ machines. Attackers appear targeting clusters using versions 1.4.2 and lower, and are leveraging old vulnerabilities to pass scripts to search queries and drop the attacker’s payloads, according to […]
MWC 2019: VMware says telcos must move 5G infrastructure into the cloud to stay ahead
VMware made many announcements at MWC 2019 and they all centred around one common theme: network virtualisation. “If a telco wants to progress in the future, they need to think software-defined,” said Gabriele di Piazza, VP products & solutions for telco at VMware. “More and more communication service providers (CSPs) are turning to VMware to […]
The Future of AI in America: What All Leaders Should Consider
Regardless of the spotlight President Trump put on AI, the technology was destined to make a big impact in 2019, and companies will need AI to compete successfully. With President Trump’s recent executive order, he has put AI firmly on America’s radar. But to many of us in the technology industry, prioritizing AI development wasn’t […]
Bare metal flaw allows hackers to put backdoors into cloud servers
A new flaw has been discovered by security researchers that could enable hackers to install backdoors on the firmware of bare-metal cloud servers that stay active even when the customer using the hardware has been re-assigned elsewhere. Called “Cloudbourne”, the vulnerability was first discovered by researchers at the Eclypsium Research Team, who detailed their findings […]
Cisco and Telenor Group Extend Partnership To collaborate on Cloud, Security and Open vRAN for 5G
Barcelona – Mobile World Congress – February 27, 2019 – Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins and Telenor Group CEO Sigve Brekke met today to further strengthen the companies’ strategic collaboration by signing a Joint Purpose Agreement 2.0. Together, Cisco and Telenor Group will expand their joint innovation across cybersecurity, cloud and the digital workplace, and willexplore Open Virtualized RAN […]
Quickbooks launches MTD suite for small businesses
Quickbooks has made its Making Tax Digital suite widely available for small businesses and accountants, which includes software that will allow users to continue to file VAT using spreadsheets. The updated tools will ensure that anyone filing a VAT return using the tools will be compliant with the government’s new digital tax legislation, set to […]
Sauce Labs doubles down on EU growth with Frankfurt data centre
Sauce Labs has launched a virtual data centre in Germany and expanded its London office to keep up with European data demands, the company has announced. It’s a reflection of the company’s success in the EMEA region and, after doubling its European workforce, it now needs office space to support its rapid growth. “Since establishing […]