Enterprise IT
The Kalifa Review: UK Fintech report urges robust gov't action, dollops of cash, in the shade of Brexit.
"We've already seen stagnation in productivity, hiring of talent, cautious investment and lack of confidence"
Enterprise IT
Valuing InsurTechs is still hard - but it's one of the most exciting opportunities of this decade
"Can InsurTechs can use tech and data to gain a sustainable advantage?"
Policy
European finance regulators demand more powers to enforce "digital operational resilience"
Lack of follow-up powers poses risk to "effectiveness of enforcement"
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DataStax Astra just took Cassandra Serverless. That's a game-changer.
DataStax Astra delivering serverless Cassandra
Enterprise IT
Federal Reserve system suffers shock outage, blames ops error.
"Our technical teams have determined that the cause is a Federal Reserve operational error"
Cybersecurity
6,000 exposed to highly critical VMware vCenter Server vulnerability
Patch now.
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LinkedIn suffers sweeping outage
Issue resolved in circa 50 minutes.
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Reddit poaches Bank of America's Allison Miller as its new CISO.
Cisco and Robinhood also making new CISO appointments
Enterprise IT
HSBC writes down $1.3 billion in "software intangibles", vows accelerated tech investment.
Tech investment protected even as costs cut elsewhere.
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"I don't speak computer. What the f*** does this say?" Silicon Valley Covid billboard sparks debate, distaste.
A public health message posted on a billboard in Silicon Valley has drawn a decidely mixed reaction, with the billboard, written in JavaScript, ostensibly encouraging people to wear masks, socially distance, wash hands and get tested -- but described as inadvertantly tragicomic by some, and worryingly elitist by others. The
Enterprise IT
Atom bank CTO Rana Bhattacharya on migrating to GCP, deploying Kafka, and programming satellites...
"We've been on a quite a massive transformation journey"
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These North Korean hackers are the "world’s leading bank robbers", stealing $1.3b.
DPRK's Canadian money launderer pleads guilty.