All articles by Tom Ball

Tom Ball

OpenStack private cloud steams ahead of public – report

Is your organisation looking toward using a hybrid cloud environment? The trend appears to be growing.

Gemalto slash security costs with on-demand SaaS platform

Gemalto says this on-demand security-as-a-service platform will be the first of its kind that offers the user everything in one place.

Guy Fawkes: The ultimate insider threat

After all, a fire consumes all in its path, and the incendiary effects of a data breach are no different.

AI hype outpaces reality as image recognition fails

Neural networks are at the root of this proble, and major players including Google and Salesforce are investing in it.

Synopsys puts Black Duck on its bill in $565m acquisition

Synopsys is venturing into the world of open source, looking to access new customers and provide new products following the Black Duck acquisition.

WhatsApp outage affects thousands across UK and Europe

The WhatsApp chat service is now in recovery following an outage that hit the UK and other parts of the world.

Bromium swoops in to fight cybercrime with Met Police FALCON unit

With Bromium on board, the Metropolitan Police could slash the time it takes to contain and analyse malware attacks.

Lloyds, Halifax online banking outage enrages millions

So far the problem is persisting, with no update as to what is causing the widespread online banking outage.

Bitcoin price shatters record by reaching $7,000 for the first time

This latest price surge was sparked by the announcement of Bitcoin futures trading by CME Group.

Visa Direct real-time payments platform launches with Worldpay support

This new real-time payments platform will power business to business, business to consumer, and person-to-person payments.