Enterprise IT
AMD's $35b Xilinx takeover wins shareholder approval
Firms target data centres, gaming, PCs, communications, automotive, industrial, aerospace and defense
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Adrian McDermott appointed CTO at Zendesk amid C-suite shakeup
Leadership appointments come as CRM firm hits $1b in revenues.
Cybersecurity
APT actors scanning for unpatched Fortinet vulnerabilities in ongoing attacks against high-value targets
Patch, patch, patch...
Cloud
VMware shakes up cloud licensing model, offers new “VMware Cloud” toolkit with flexible subscriptions
"We're simplifying the technology, we're simplifying the commercial constructs"
Policy
CEOs are turning "risk on" - with major investments in technology and data science planned
88% of CEOs believe that data science will be a main differentiator
Cybersecurity
Hackers breach PHP Git repository, add backdoor, troll Zerodium...
79% of websites rely on PHP...
Enterprise IT
VMware gives vSphere 6.5, vCenter 6.5 users a year's reprieve as support extended to Oct. 2022
VMware is giving vSphere 6.5 and vCenter 6.5 users 11 months' reprieve before ending support -- which was due to end in November 2021. The move follows June 2020's decision to also extend support for vSphere 6.7 through to October 15, 2022. VMware cited
Cybersecurity
Cybercriminals, nation state hackers fight for control of compromised Exchange Servers
"Attackers were observed cleaning up .aspx and .bat files to remove other attackers"
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Samsung debuts new 7,200 Mbps DRAM module in a notable memory innovation for the data centre
South Korean memory giant touts 13% efficiency gains, greater speeds.
Cybersecurity
Slack's move to open up DMs is a slow motion car crash.
"We made a mistake in this initial roll-out..."
Featured
Scottish Water goes to market with £4 million physical data capture contract.
Utility wants to "harness the full scope of new technology"
Cybersecurity
Sensitive internal and stakeholder data stolen from Shell in Accellion hack
Accellion breach's impact continues to reverberate