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Lansweeper, the IT Asset Management platform, today announced the acquisition of Fing, a network scanning and device recognition app. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.

Sectigo, a provider of automated digital identity management and web security solutions, reports that Baidu, a Chinese search engine with more than one billion daily page views, has chosen Sectigo to provide back-end services for the company’s all-new Baidu Trust SSL Certificates.

Infovista is helping one of Italy’s established banks, Banca Popolare di Sondrio, to deliver digital innovations by leveraging its Ipanema SD-WAN technology.

While every nation is at a different stage on the pandemic curve, most have one thing in common: organisations of all sizes, especially enterprises, have promoted working from home as a preferred option for staff with suitable roles. Jenny Gruening, head of EMEA Marketing at Smartsheet reports.

Software AG, a Germany-based enterprise software company, has become the latest technology company to report a major ransomware attack, Jeremy Cowan reports.

Axis’ Bjorn Callenfors looks at edge processing and open platforms for creating powerful security solutions including analytics, but warns that if an end product seems too good to be true, it usually is.

PAC has published its PAC INNOVATION RADAR “AI-related Services in Germany 2020”. For this evaluation, PAC analysed the services related to artificial intelligence (AI) offered by nearly 30 providers.

Thales has launched the CipherTrust Data Security Platform, said to be the industry’s unified data protection solution that enables organisations to discover, protect, and control their most sensitive data wherever it resides.

Morphean’s CEO, Rodrigue Zbinden, looks at the role of a new wave of hosted security technologies in supporting transport officials during the current pandemic and in the future.

As remote working becomes more normalised, so too does the notion of your mobile device becoming a one-stop-shop – a sole gateway to people’s consumer and business activities.

An IP address is one of the most important cornerstones in the internet’s infrastructure, hence knowing key details about IP holders can aid in identifying unusual or malicious activity, mitigating data breaches, and increasing overall network security.

The big supply-side story from the Internet of Things (IoT) in 2019 was the rise of Chinese vendors to the number one position in cellular module shipments and revenue, for the first time.

In response to COVID-19, 32% of IT leaders in EMEA plan to increase their investment in cloud-based networking, and 30% in artificial intelligence (AI)-based networking, as they seek more agile, automated infrastructures for hybrid work environments. This is according to research from Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company.

Frost & Sullivan’s new analysis, called Smartphone-based Solutions Spur the Global Infectious Disease Point-of-Care Testing Market, Forecast to 2024, confirms that the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed the infectious disease point-of-care testing (POCT) market.

Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company, has announced the general availability of Amazon Timestream. This is a new time series database for the Internet of Things (IoT) and operational applications that can scale to process trillions of time series events per day up to 1,000 times faster than relational databases, and at as low as 1/10th the cost.

The healthcare sector is a key focus of Orange‘s 2025 strategic plan. As part of this, Orange Business Services is now reorganising its healthcare entities, Enovacom and Orange Healthcare, to fully meet the needs of players in this sector, which is currently undergoing a digital transformation in France and internationally.

Now in its 17th year, October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month and it continues to play a critical role in raising awareness of the online threats faced by both organisations and individuals alike. This year’s theme, ‘Think Before U Click’, focuses on the importance of personal accountability: whether we’re checking personal emails or accessing the company server, diligence must always be exercised to avoid inadvertently opening the door to hackers.

Over the last decade, mobile has connected more than 2.5 billion people to the internet, with mobile broadband coverage reaching in excess of 90% of the world’s population. Despite this rapid expansion of mobile internet infrastructure, there is still a coverage gap of more than 600 million people, who live without mobile internet connections and the vital benefits this provides.

The number of people working from home has risen astronomically this year due to COVID-19. Consequently, numerous companies have been reliant on remote desktop connections to enable their employees to access their work computer from home.

New mobile-first connectivity solutions for Vodafone Ireland’s business customers are being enabled by global 5G and LTE wireless WAN vendor, Cradlepoint, and distributor, Westbase.io. The partnership aims to provide these customers with access to the latest developments in cellular networking.

Fraud fighters, SEON, are partnering with Patreon, the membership platform, home to over 200,000 creators and supported by more than 6 million active patrons. Patreon will be using SEON’s solution to help fight fraud and abuse in its membership platform.

The spread of artificial intelligence (AI) doesn’t come without risks. Gartner estimates that by 2022, the replacement of conventional security approaches by various forms of ML will make organisations less secure by a third.

Brazil is following the European Union’s (EU) good practices and has adopted a series of regulations on data protection. In the summer of 2018, the country introduced its Lei Geral de Protecao de Dados (LGPD). Inspired by the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the statute regulating the processing of personal data in Brazil finally came into effect last Friday.

Need to buy a “cure” for COVID-19? Willing to pay a hacker US$185 (€158.31) to destroy your competitor’s business? Want to spend $1,000 (€855.72) in bitcoin and get $10,000 (€8557.15) wired to a bank account of your choice? These are just a few of the illicit goods and services currently for sale on the dark web.

For the fifth year in a row the mobile industry has increased its impact across all 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) enabling essential services for people and businesses.

Capgemini has been commissioned by The European Space Agency (ESA) to develop the pilot version of the Multi-Mission Algorithm and Analysis Platform (MAAP).

EasySend, a no-code AI-powered platform transforming manual processes into digital journeys, has raised US$16 million (€13.77 million) in new funding. This follows the completion of an $11 million (€9.46 million) Series A round led by Hanaco with participation from Intel Capital.