Nok Nok Labs brings FIDO-based authentication to smartwatches
As smartwatches take on more and more functions they are more likely to access business and personal data, so focus turns to their security.
Consumer authentication specialist Nok Nok Labs is launching the industry's first FIDO-based authentication solution for smartwatches in the form of its Nok Nok App SDK for Smart Watch.
IT teams are keen to automate identity management
Managing user accounts involves a range of tasks from access approvals to user credentials, compliance reviews and the perennially popular password reset.
Identity management company SailPoint is releasing results of its annual Market Pulse survey which finds many IT teams don't have enough time to get everything done and are looking to automate identity tasks.
81 percent of consumers would stop engaging with a brand after a data breach
With growing consumer awareness of data breaches and the potential for businesses to misuse data, a new survey looks at how this is affecting behavior.
The study from Ping Identity surveyed over 4,000 people around the world and finds 49 percent of respondents are more concerned about protecting their personal information than they were a year ago.
How will AI disrupt the sales and marketing sector? [Q&A]
The Sales and Marketing (SaM) environment has undergone a fundamental shift over the past decade, driven largely by the proliferation of accessible artificial intelligence (AI) toolsets. According to recent research, 40 percent of marketing and sales teams today recognize the importance of AI, and in particular machine learning (a subset of AI) in ensuring they are able to pursue and accomplish their growth goals.
But what makes this technology so powerful? The answer lies in automation. Namely, AI has the ability to automate tedious, complicated, and time-consuming tasks (which would otherwise be left to SaM professionals), leaving professionals to focus on more value-adding activities such as managing projects and making high-level strategic decisions.
Enterprises struggle to make data available for insights
The value of big data, we're told, is that it allows organizations to derive useful insights which can drive digital transformation projects.
However, a new study from cloud warehouse data transformation company Matillion and IDG Research shows that making data available for insights is a barrier for 90 percent of enterprises.
New generation solution streamlines document management
Despite the rise of technology and increasing numbers of online transactions, most enterprises still rely on documents in some form and this brings with it the risk of lost or mis-filed records.
With the launch of its latest DocStar Enterprise Content Management solution, Epicor Software gives businesses easy and secure file sharing, and provides automation to route and process business documents more efficiently and quickly.
Talent shortage holds back data analytics projects
Although organizations are becoming more data driven, projects are being held back by a shortage of skilled staff according to a new study.
The research by data science specialist Alteryx surveyed IT decision makers across the UK and five other countries in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Asia-Pacific (APAC) and finds 77 percent agree that data is a critical corporate asset for driving the business forward.
UK government scraps controversial plans for adult site age checks
The UK government's plans for age verification checks on porn site users, which were delayed in June of this year, have now been scrapped, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport announced today.
The checks would have required users to register a credit card or buy a 'porn pass' in order to access adult material online.
AI powered automation platform streamlines IT support tasks
Artificial intelligence is making its presence felt in many areas, not least maintaining and controlling IT infrastructure.
Intelligent automation company Ayehu is releasing its next generation (NG) IT Automation and Orchestration Platform aiming to offer more control and flexibility, ultimately driving increased productivity.
New platform aims to cut shadow IT use and cloud waste
Shadow IT is a problem for enterprises as it leaves them open to attack but also to waste from idle cloud resources.
Aiming to cut both shadow IT and unguarded cloud sprawl, CloudBolt is launching a new platform for the provisioning and management of computing and Kubernetes resources.
Delta Lake to be hosted by the Linux Foundation
All organizations want to get more value from their data, but can be hampered by the lack of reliable information within data lakes.
The Delta Lake project addresses data reliability challenges by making transactions ACID (Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability) compliant enabling concurrent reads and writes. It also helps to ensure that the data lake is free of corrupt and not-conformant data.
Pixelbook Go is a smart, competitively-priced Chromebook
Google's original Pixelbook launched back in 2017, and two years on the company is launching a new lighter, thinner version called the Pixelbook Go.
Weighing around two pounds and only 13mm thick, the Go offers up to 12 hours battery life, backlit keyboard and a 13.3-inch 1080p touchscreen. Top end models will feature a 4K display.
New privileged access solution improves security and control
Many data breaches involve some form of compromised credentials and the problem is made worse where accounts have privileged access.
ManageEngine, the enterprise IT division of Zoho, is launching a new product called PAM360, a complete solution to prevent the exploitation of accounts with privileged access.
IT executives struggle to manage spending effectively
Wasted technology spend accounts for 30 percent of all IT spending according to the latest State of Tech Spend report from Flexera.
The average IT spend is 8.2 percent of revenue, but larger businesses (with more than 10,000 employees) this rises to 9.3 percent of revenue. 56 percent of respondents expect to increase their spending
Symantec launches new endpoint security solution for businesses
Endpoints are generally the part of any network that is most vulnerable to attack, but as the number and diversity of devices expands, defending the endpoint effectively is a major challenge.
Symantec is aiming to make life easier with the launch of Endpoint Security Complete, offering organizations a single solution for protection, detection and response, as well as new attack surface reduction and breach assessment and prevention capabilities.
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