HyperConnectivity (comms)

5G and AIoT need more speed and more capacity, and PCIe 4.0 delivers, doubling the speed of PCIe 3.0 and providing the much-needed performance boost to keep pace with innovation and industry trends.

Tenable, Inc., the Cyber Exposure company, has published results of a study that found 72% of U.K. organisations attribute recent business-impacting cyberattacks to vulnerabilities in technology put in place during the pandemic, while 68% suffered attacks that targeted remote workers.

Bright Data, the global industry provider of making public web data accessible to all, has released new research that highlights the increased role bots are playing in automating key corporate functions, including customer service, web data collections and more.

Laserfiche announced the availability of Laserfiche Cloud in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. The SaaS provider of intelligent content management and business process automation’s cloud offering delivers an innovative and trusted system for securely managing content and automating business processes across the enterprise.

Software intelligence company Dynatrace announced it has completed the acquisitionof high-speed parsing and query analytics company, SpectX. This acquisition will accelerate the convergence of observability and security for modern hybrid, multicloud environments.

More than half of UK businesses (54%) say Brexit has presented them with data access and management challenges, according to research from MuleSoft, provider of the integration and API platform. This finding highlights that the challenges of siloed data and skills shortages are being amplified as businesses adapt their operations in response to Brexit.

Verizon and the NFL announced a 10-year partnership that will utilise 5G to support innovation and technology adoption throughout the league. The partnership builds on the more than 10-year relationship between the NFL and Verizon that paved the way for the installation of Verizon 5G Ultra Wideband service in parts of 25 NFL stadiums.

Mendix World 2021, claimed to be the virtual assembly of low-coders, Mendix, a Siemens business and global provider of low-code application development for the enterprise, announced platform enhancements designed to accelerate delivery of high-value solutions for the digital-first economy.

In the second quarter of 2021, the total number of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks decreased by 38.8% compared to Q2 2020, and by 6.5% in comparison to the previous quarter in 2021.

During his first in-person keynote since taking the helm of Intel in February, CEO, Pat Gelsinger predicted that semiconductors will account for more than 20% of the total premium vehicle bill of materials (BOM) by 2030. That represents an unprecedented 5x growth rate over 2019’s 4% figure.

The Transforma Insights User Group live event conjured up a lot of interesting discussions around the best approaches to digital transformation. In particular it gave ample consideration to the human factors that underpin the technology. It’s not the tech, it’s the people, says Eileen Fisher, communities manager at Transforma Insights.

The early bird catches the worm, and for businesses wishing to reap the many benefits of cloud ERP integration, the sooner the integration, the better especially if their existing solution has reached the end of its development lifecycle, says Ian Robertson is the sales and marketing director of BrightBridge

Offering customers more ways to pay in a simple, quick and safe way is key to eCommerce. Having the right technology behind your checkout is critical to success, says Sujit Unni, chief technology officer, Paysafe.

Rockwell Automation has launched a new digital training experience called TechEd Tuesdays, as an extension of its TechEd EMEA event.

TOMIA, a specialist in global connectivity monetisation solutions, has appointed Howard Stevens as CEO. Stevens, who previously served as TOMIA’s chief revenue officer, succeeds former CEO Marco Limena during a time of bookings growth and innovation at the company as connectivity, cloudification and 5G networks redefine the global telecom industry.

Enterprises have long been using Microsoft Excel to collect, store, analyse and report data, as well as run complex calculations and create models. And while overall Excel usage continues to grow, says Mike Nieburg, VP, business development at EASA, there has been a shift away from Excel to purpose-made applications for situations where the program’s more pressing problems limit its usefulness.

Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, and eProsima, an SME company specialised in middleware solutions, announced that the Renesas EK-RA6M5 Evaluation Kit for RA MCUs is the official supported hardware platform of the micro-ROS development framework.

Gavin Mee, managing director for Northern Europe at enterprise automation firm UiPath, reveals that software robots can support green solutions and, when implemented at scale, could help to significantly reduce a business’ carbon footprint while boosting its efficiency.

Despite a year of accelerated digital transformation within the industry, 21% of UK-based finance professionals remain concerned that the systems they use are unsuitable in assisting with the completion of tasks when working remotely. This is according to the annual FinTech Barometer 2021 conducted by Visma Onguard, the fintech company dedicated to the order-to-cash process.

As organisations continue to adapt to and embrace new ways of working, IT teams are facing unexpected challenges. According to a new survey from Snow Software, a specialist in technology intelligence, 92% of IT leaders report their organisations were moving or had already moved to a hybrid work model. Yet only 34% said enabling the shift to hybrid work was their department’s primary focus over the next 12 months.

The experience of COVID has accelerated migration to the cloud for thousands of businesses, says Saurav Gupta, sales engineer, InterSystems.

Alkira Inc., has announced a tighter business relationship with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to provide increased agility and advanced networking and security to AWS customers. Alkira is now listed on the AWS Marketplace to provide customers with a simplified procurement experience.

The light at the end of the pandemic tunnel is coming into view for all businesses and sectors. And just like many industries, say Eric Stoop, CEO of EASE, Inc and Murray Sittsamer, president of Luminous Group, manufacturing now has the chance to take a considered approach towards its post-pandemic future, and evaluate the lessons learned since lockdown was announced in March 2020, to ensure it comes out the other side stronger.

Konica Minolta Business Solutions (UK) Ltd has appointed Mike Faiers as its new chief technology officer (CTO). He will help strengthen Konica Minolta’s position in digital workplace technology, which includes areas such as data, analytics, and cloud-based services.

In countries where waste management is inadequate, devastating effects from plastic pollution are present. Now, ABAX has joined Empower to help developing countries establish effective recycling solutions and expand our environmental impact portfolio.

essensys, a global provider of software and technology to the flexible workspace industry, reports that the firm has successfully raised UK£33.2 (€39.08) million in proceeds through a primary share placing.

Although Kaspersky’s research shows that the overall number of financial malware attacks in Kenya has decreased in the first half of 2021, when compared to the same period in 2020, 29.3% of the 7 962 attacks recorded in the country targeted corporate users, which is a cause for concern, warn Kaspersky experts.