Information Technology

Second AI Awards See A 50% Increase in Entries from A Diverse Range of Organisations

·         Accenture, AIB, ESB, National Transport Authority, INFANT Centre amongst those recognised for innovation in Artificial Intelligence.

·         Entries from Trinity College, UCC, Waterford Institute of Technology and DCU reflect increase in academic research in AI.

·         Nominations demonstrate innovation across health, customer service, and science.

ZTE Wins the Greatest Commercial Potential for Edge Computing Concept Award

Shenzhen, China, 23 September 2019: ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, has won The Greatest Commercial Potential for Edge Computing Concept Award at the Edge Computing Congress for its Slice Store for MEC solution, which fully demonstrates ZTE's innovation capabilities and leading position in the 5G field.

Cyber-Defense, Software Updates & Outsourcing Spur $100 Billion in IT Services M&A, Reveals Hampleton Partners’ Report

Cyber-Defense, Software Updates & Outsourcing Spur $100 Billion in IT Services M&A, Reveals Hampleton Partners’ Report

- $5 trillion threat of cyber-attacks and data theft encourage investment in cyber security solutions, talent and technologies [1]
- IT modernisation – plus cloud technology, IoT, virtualisation and robotics – driving deals to maintain competitiveness and reduce capital expenditure

London, UK – 19 September 2019 - Hampleton Partners’ latest global IT & Business Services M&A Market Report reveals that the sector’s total disclosed deal value reached a whopping $97 billion in 1H 2019 – the highest total on record for a six-month period.

Discover the Latest in Cutting Edge Logistics Printing Innovations with BIXOLON at IMHX 2019

IMHX (24th - 27th September 2019, Birmingham UK) - BIXOLON Europe GmbH, a subsidiary of the global leading Mobile, Label and POS printer manufacturer is encouraging visitors of IMHX to stand 18M140 to demonstrate its latest innovations in Label, Mobile and Kiosk printing technology for the Materials Handling, Transport and Logistics industries.

New Research from Enterprise Management Associates Confirms Importance of Packet Capture for Cyber Defense

London, UK – September 18, 2019 – One of the significant findings from Enterprise Management Associates’ (EMA) recent report, Unlocking High Fidelity Security 2019 is that organizations using full packet capture are better prepared to battle cyber threats. The report highlights that the visibility and accuracy of packet capture data provides the best source of certainty for threat detection, and notes that the adoption of full packet capture has accelerated over the past 12 months.

FireMon Sets a New Standard for Security Process Automation

DALLAS – September 17, 2019 – FireMon sets the stage to help customers now achieve what they thought was not possible. Today, FireMon announces a new approach to security process automation designed to take the traditional market for Network Security Policy Management (NSPM) solutions to the next level.

As innovation drives business revenue, security leaders are often forced to choose between secure practices and enabling innovation, despite the potential risk. FireMon rejects the tradeoff between business priorities and protecting the organization. Customers should be able to innovate in a secure manner without sacrificing either variable.

Heading towards the perfect storm: More than half of UK businesses are still not fully GDPR compliant according to Egress survey

Findings reveal that 37% of respondents have reported an incident to the ICO in the past 12 months, with double the amount being reported from mid-sized organisations versus larger enterprises.

London, UK, 11th September 2019: A survey of UK GDPR decision-makers conducted on behalf of Egress, the leading provider of people-centric data security solutions, has revealed that 52% of businesses are not fully compliant with the regulation, more than a year after its implementation.

oneM2M to highlight importance of standards in enabling India’s digital future at upcoming Industry Day

IoT standards body’s sixth industry day will feature talks and panel discussions from top minds and key players in the IoT sphere

Hyderabad, India, 10 September, 2019: As the Internet of Things (IoT) continues its ascent as a multi-billion-dollar market in India, oneM2M, the global IoT standards initiative, will host its sixth Industry Day in one of the country’s foremost centres for technical innovation and output.

Government representatives, industry leaders and IoT innovators will gather at oneM2M’s Industry Day, taking place in Hyderabad, India, on September 25, to highlight the critical role standards will play in enabling mass adoption of the IoT across Asia.