Responding to Unplanned Incidents
Knowing what your team should do during an incident or outage is like taking a first aid course: it’s a tool to help you navigate what is often a high-stress…
News
APAC financial institutions to be moving to the cloud
Banks and financial services companies in the Asia-Pacific region have started to accelerate their use of cloud computing and data…
Digital talents to be looking for a new role in the coming years
It was recently found out that a significant number of people in digital roles are looking to change jobs in…
The war for the DoD’s cloud infrastructure contract continues
Amazon and Microsoft are still fighting over the $10 billion contract to modernise the US Department of Defence’s (DoD) cloud infrastructure.…
The DevOps Agile Skills Association to be expanding worldwide
The DevOps Agile Skills Association (DASA) has recently added new DevOps professionals to two of its flagship programs. Indeed, the…
Product news
New WSO2 identity server release provides a hassle-free configuration model and RESTful APIs for self-service IAM
The leader in open source IAM, WSO2 Identity Server adds RESTful APIs, new adaptive authentication options, cross-protocol single logout, multi-domain federation support for Microsoft Azure AD and Office 365, and…
Research identifies the DevOps practices that see the highest ROI
Companies that implement a DevOps strategy could see a return investment of up to $5 million when investing in certain firms, new research has shown. The independent report, sponsored by…
WSO2 API Manager 3.0 brings a new level of ease to monetising, productising, securing, and managing APIs
New release of the fully open source, cloud-native WSO2 API Manager offers native Kubernetes support; simplifies billing, API product creation, bot detection, access management, API validation, and GraphQL API design…
From cloud to AI, here’s what’s new in IT this week.
Autumn is a time of year that always sees a plethora of wonderful tech-based conferences. These places tend to have great opportunities to check out the latest releases and products…
These are just a few things that are new to DevOps this week
In a day and age where tech is always on the up, companies are consistently developing new products and wowing us with fresh ideas. From upgrades to events, these are…
Simplifying software: how Puppet aims to take the “soul-crushing tasks” out of IT
With over 40,000 companies relying on the firm to change the way they use software, Puppet wants to end repetitive tasks, simplify workflow and bring higher levels of security and…
Security
FBI to be investigation suspicious emails from its servers
The FBI recently launched an investigation regarding cyberattack emails sent from internal servers. Indeed, the agency reported that thousands of fake emails were sent from one of its servers on…
Newfoundland healthcare system targeted by a cyberattack
It was recently reported that the IT outage that affected the Newfoundland healthcare system was caused by a cyberattack. Indeed, an investigation is open to identify the origin of the…
Organizations in Canada to still face talent gap in the cybersecurity workforce
It was reported that the number of cybersecurity professionals in Canada and the U.S. has doubled during the pandemic but many organizations are still faced with a security talent gap.…
Security to be the biggest risk for Canadian organizations
A recent study by ITWC revealed that security is the biggest risk that Canadian organizations face today. Indeed, 81% of business leaders have reported that security was one of the…
Singapore to reinforce its cyber security strategy
It was recently reported that Singapore has been updating its cyber security strategy in order to address cyber threats more actively. Indeed, the new strategy will focus on building resilient infrastructure,…
Canadian businesses to adopt new cybersecurity measures after COVID-19
A recent study by the Canadian Internet Registry Authority (CIRA) revealed that many businesses that were target by a ransomware attack felt they had no other choice but to either…
Finance
Digital transformation market to reach $2.3 trillion by 2023
Spending on technology and services that enable digital transformation (DX) is expected to reach $2.3 trillion (£1.8 trillion) by 2023, findings from an updated worldwide spending guide reports. The International Data Corporation’s (IDC) Worldwide Semi-annual Digital Transformation Spending Guide focused on looking at DX within business practices, products, and organisations.…
Multicloud to edge firm celebrates 70% business growth
NoSQL database company Couchbase has announced it has seen record growth in the first half of fiscal year 2020. As part of the growth, the database organisation say they have experienced 100% increase in total contract value, 55% billings growth and a 50% rise in average deal sizes. Increased drive…
GitLab Raises $268M in round E funding
A DevOps based company that is known for delivering on a single application has announced its completion of a $268 million Series E round of funding. This has led to the firm being valued at a huge $2.75 billion. The recent subsidy for the DevOps enterprise, Gitlab, was forwarded by…
Agile market to reach $18.19 billion by 2026
The US agile transformation market has been estimated to reach $18.19 billion (£15 billion) by 2026 according to one report. Taken out by Allied Market Research, the study also predicts that the sector will have a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 17.9% in the next 7 years. The report…
Public Sector
Ericsson and Telstra to have launched 5G industry first deployment with spectrum sharing
Ericsson and Telstra have recently announced the launch of an industry-first deployment of radio access technologies on one radio using spectrum sharing in order to deliver expanded 5G coverage for Australian customers in cities and regional areas. Indeed, the telco companies were able to successfully deploy Radio 4480 with five…
Revenue NSW to be using AI and data analytics to investigate fraud cases
Revenue NSW has been using AI and data analytics in order to find out if people were overpaid or if there had been cases of fraud following the COVID-19 businesses grant provided by the state government. Indeed, the agency declared to use a rule-based system that enables it to detect…
Developers to prefer working in remote environments
It was recently found out that developers rather work at home even though the way they perform some of these functions have returned to pre-pandemic norms. Indeed, a recent study by GitHub revealed that only 10.7% of developers wanted to work in the office full or part-time while 47.6% of…
Policymakers to work on regulating the use of AI
Policymakers are getting concerned about the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) although they lack consensus on how. Indeed, a recent study by Clifford Chance found out that there is no real consensus on how to tackle emerging issues with AI. Only 23% of tech policy experts rate algorithmic bias and…
Smart Cities
IoT market will be dominated by CCTV in the next three years
CCTV using 5G will be the most dominant technology in the IoT solutions market over the next three years, ICT analyst Gartner has predicted However, the firm also believes that after the year 2023, connected cars will be the most prevalent in the Internet of Things market. The figures Next…
What cloud computing means for the future of smart cities
The latest in phone technology, 5G, has been causing controversy since its announcement last year. Some believe that its fast speeds of 10 Gbps will revolutionise the future of mobile tech, whilst others fear for the impact it will have on bandwidth and general signaling issues. However, whatever the opinion,…
