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- April 15, 2015
15 Apr'15
New data security tool goes beyond mobile devices
With high-profile data breaches becoming more prevalent, IT can look to tools that protect mobile devices down to the file level.
- April 15, 2015
15 Apr'15
AWS Marketplace open to more involvement from ISVs
The Amazon Web Services Marketplace is marking its third birthday with thousands of applications already on the service but it has room for more.
- April 15, 2015
15 Apr'15
AWS beats Rackspace and Microsoft in 451 Research's IaaS poll
Amazon Web Services (AWS) tops 451 Research’s poll of infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) suppliers, based on how they meets customers' needs.
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- April 15, 2015
15 Apr'15
AWS pours scorn on enterprise appeal of hybrid cloud
Amazon CTO Werner Vogels denies that moving to a hybrid IT model is the right fit for the enterprise.
- April 15, 2015
15 Apr'15
Microsoft rolls out Skype for Business in Office update
Microsoft rolls out Skype for Business client in April Office update, marking the end of the line for Lync.
- April 15, 2015
15 Apr'15
Institutional investors shy away from hacked businesses
Large investment firms are reluctant to put their money into businesses that have been hacked and appear to lack cyber security skills.
- April 14, 2015
14 Apr'15
HP's Bill Hilf hits back at public cloud exit reports
Several days after first denying its exit from the public cloud market, HP issues a blog post to put an end to the speculation for good.
- April 14, 2015
14 Apr'15
Security risk potential linked to young, mobile users
A study conducted by wireless supplier Aruba Networks has identified a distinct cohort of high-risk, security-agnostic workers.
- April 14, 2015
14 Apr'15
IBM builds healthcare analytics cloud for Apple Watch
IBM has created a business unit to develop Watson cognitive computing to support healthcare apps written for the Apple Watch.
- April 14, 2015
14 Apr'15
NTT Coms exposes cloud transformation dangers
Users might well understand the cloud is a growing part of the their IT budgets but few have a strategy to deal with it and find the current landscape confusing.
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- April 14, 2015
14 Apr'15
Mobile threats pose negligible risk to enterprise security
Latest Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report suggests mobile threats don't pose a big problem for enterprise security teams after all.
- April 14, 2015
14 Apr'15
Nokia in 'advanced talks' to buy out Alcatel-Lucent
Finnish telecoms company Nokia is looking to make a move on Alcatel-Lucent in order to cut costs, assuming they can get the go ahead from the French government.
- April 14, 2015
14 Apr'15
Five out of every six large companies targeted by cyberattacks
There was a 40% increase in the number of large companies targeted by cyberattacks in 2014, according to Symantec.
- April 14, 2015
14 Apr'15
HP cloud services success hinges on hardware
HP knows its cloud services won't beat AWS, Google and Azure, but its hardware can play an important role in the cloud.
- April 14, 2015
14 Apr'15
Google quietly develops enterprise video conferencing offering
GMeet, a Google Hangouts-based video conferencing service reportedly being developed by the Internet giant, might be an enterprise-grade option.
- April 14, 2015
14 Apr'15
DDN rolls out MediaScaler for media, entertainment
DataDirect Networks cobbles a media-specific storage platform from existing arrays aimed at companies that create and distribute digital media.
- April 14, 2015
14 Apr'15
Nearly 20-year-old Windows flaw resurfaces
The new 'Redirect to SMB' vulnerability is an update to an 18-year-old flaw that can lead to man-in-the-middle attacks on all versions of Windows.
- April 14, 2015
14 Apr'15
Sony Pictures hacked by off-the-shelf malware
A '60 Minutes' interview Sunday revealed that not only did Sony Pictures fall victim to well-known, off-the-shelf malware, but that the attackers also destroyed thousands of computers and servers after stealing the data.
- April 14, 2015
14 Apr'15
EMC president says DSSD is not a storage array
EMC President Jeremy Burton clarifies the role the DSSD flash appliance will play as storage for in-house memory databases and low-latency applications.
- April 14, 2015
14 Apr'15
Users wary of Microsoft Skype for Business rebrand
IT managers fear the Microsoft Skype for Business rebrand will cause confusion among employees. Also a survey found concerns with performance management and end-user experience.
- April 14, 2015
14 Apr'15
Microsoft releases Windows Server HTTP.sys patch
Microsoft's April 2015 Patch Tuesday release is lighter than usual with 11 total bulletins, but experts say that system admins should immediately install a critical HTTP.sys patch for Windows Server.
- April 13, 2015
13 Apr'15
Chinese hackers accused of 10-year cyber espionage campaign
IT security firm FireEye claims to have uncovered a decade-long cyber espionage campaign against firms in south-east Asia and India.
- April 13, 2015
13 Apr'15
Vulnerability counts distract from risk
Experts have split opinions regarding the correct methodology for counting vulnerabilities, but all agree that focusing on numbers can mask real cybersecurity risks.
- April 13, 2015
13 Apr'15
Qualcomm under pressure from activist investor to split
Activist investor Jana Partners is leaning on Qualcomm to spin-off its profitable chip-making business.
- April 13, 2015
13 Apr'15
Dell boosts scale-out NAS FS8600 and Fluid File System to v4
Dell beefs up hardware on its scale-out NAS FS8600, which can scale to four nodes in a cluster and a 4PB namespace with an upgrade.
- April 13, 2015
13 Apr'15
More interoperability please, CIOs plead at HIMSS 2015
At the HIMSS 2015 health IT show in Chicago, members of CHIME say interoperability, security and analytics weigh on their minds.
- April 10, 2015
10 Apr'15
Gigamon wins award for HC2 network visibility technology
Gigamon wins this month's SearchNetworking Network Innovation Award for its HC2 modular fabric node for network traffic visibility.
- April 10, 2015
10 Apr'15
Chrome add-on accused of acting as spyware
Security researchers say Webpage Screenshot, a popular third-party extension for Google Chrome, was secretly collecting end-user browsing data. Its true purpose and how Google missed it remain up for debate.
- April 10, 2015
10 Apr'15
Saisei divides bandwidth equally through network flow control
Saisei's latest software lets companies provide network users with equal shares of bandwidth. The network flow control product prevents slowdowns from bandwidth hogs.
- April 10, 2015
10 Apr'15
Workday predictive software warns if talent might flee
Workday released predictive software based on its purchase of a company noted for data science and machine learning, along with a PSA offering.
- April 10, 2015
10 Apr'15
AWS adds desktop app market, management feature
Amazon has made the app purchase, delivery and management process easier for DaaS customers but is still catching up in the market.
- April 10, 2015
10 Apr'15
End of Windows XP upgrade boom prompts Q1 PC shipments slump
Gartner's quarterly PC market tracker suggests the Windows XP upgrade effect has worn off.
- April 10, 2015
10 Apr'15
New Hyper-V Containers isolate Windows Server code
Microsoft continues its push for Docker, the Linux container technology, with a new Hyper-V Container tool for greater application isolation.
- April 10, 2015
10 Apr'15
SDDC deployment far from widespread
The value of SDDC in the enterprise is becoming better understood, but widespread uptake is rare.
- April 10, 2015
10 Apr'15
Nimboxx achieves HA with latest Atomic Unit
Nimboxx adds high availability features to its Atomic Unit to support migrating storage from physical to highly available virtual machines.
- April 09, 2015
09 Apr'15
InfoVista buys Ipanema to boost application performance offer
Network management supplier InfoVista buys application and network performance firm Ipanema to realise software-defined WAN ambitions.
- April 09, 2015
09 Apr'15
Mixed reaction to AT&T’s $25m data breach penalty
A $25m fine by the US Federal Communications Commission on AT&T for data breaches at call centers has received a mixed reaction.
- April 09, 2015
09 Apr'15
Gartner: Global IT spending to shrink in 2015
Strong US dollar will force IT prices to rise and spending to shrink.
- April 09, 2015
09 Apr'15
Lacking technology hampers insider threat detection
Enterprises may be increasingly aware of insider threats and believe they can find and stop them, but a new SANS Institute survey suggests they may be overconfident and lack the necessary insider threat-detection technology.
- April 09, 2015
09 Apr'15
Citrix CEO discloses new Workspace Services integrations
Citrix will bring the Internet of Things to many of its enterprise products, the company’s chief executive says.
- April 09, 2015
09 Apr'15
Rubrik jumps into appliance/cloud data management world
Rubrik takes a shot at managing and protecting data locally and in the cloud with integrated appliance and Amazon Web Services replication.
- April 09, 2015
09 Apr'15
Microsoft to offer stripped-down Nano Server
What's more (or less) Server Core than Server Core? Microsoft's Nano Server, expected in the next release of Windows Server, will be all about PowerShell management.
- April 09, 2015
09 Apr'15
CipherCloud looks to untangle cloud compliance
CipherCloud's new Global Compliance Resource Center aims to clear up the confusion around global compliance and data privacy protection laws as they pertain to the cloud.
- April 09, 2015
09 Apr'15
Nimble InfoSight wants to eliminate noisy neighbors
Nimble Storage enhances InfoSight's service and analytics portal, concentrating on virtual machine monitoring that could tie into its VVOLs support.
- April 09, 2015
09 Apr'15
Tintri upgrades quality of service for VM-aware storage
Tintri VMstore's operating system upgrade improves the vendor's quality of service to enable better performance of mission-critical apps.
- April 09, 2015
09 Apr'15
Content, collaboration collide in new VMware bundle
VMware combined Socialcast with AirWatch features for its Collaboration Bundle, offering customers a new, integrated platform.
- April 09, 2015
09 Apr'15
Ruckus first to market with 802.11ac Wave 2 access point
The latest Ruckus 802.11ac access point provides limited use of Wave 2 technology, so existing network infrastructure can keep up.
- April 08, 2015
08 Apr'15
New version of Dyre malware emerges to target banks
Financial malware Dyre, in tandem with social engineering, was used in a new campaign to steal millions from financial institutions, according to IBM researchers.
- April 08, 2015
08 Apr'15
Brocade to expand campus switch automation
Brocade is improving its campus networking portfolio with switch automation software, a new line of hardware and additional support for open standard technology.
- April 08, 2015
08 Apr'15
Alleged White House hack highlights typical security failings
The alleged penetration of sensitive White House computer networks highlights typical security failings, say information security experts.
- April 08, 2015
08 Apr'15
Juniper pitches finance market with switch-integrated compute
Juniper launches a compact compute-integrated network switch to boost performance of sensitive applications for financial institutions.
- April 08, 2015
08 Apr'15
HGST blends Himalaya and Helium drives
HGST joins the active archive market with systems that scale up to 4.7 petabytes of storage and have a one-watt per terabyte power consumption.
- April 08, 2015
08 Apr'15
Are cybersecurity threats getting more complex?
The Websense 2015 Threat Report claims that cybersecurity threats are getting more complex, but one expert says the trends aren't anything new.
- April 08, 2015
08 Apr'15
Most firms not prepared for advanced threats, RSA study shows
Most organizations are not following incident response best practice and are not well prepared to face advanced cyber threats.
- April 08, 2015
08 Apr'15
HP rebuffs public cloud market exit reports
Hardware giant reinforces commitment to public cloud, but analysts claim it needs to be clearer about its off-premise strategy.
- April 08, 2015
08 Apr'15
AWS CodeDeploy adds on-premises instance support
AWS bolstered CodeDeploy with support for on-premises instances -- a move that follows other recent updates to support hybrid clouds.
- April 07, 2015
07 Apr'15
Latest Aerohive product delivers Wi-Fi management to educators
The latest Aerohive wireless product for education customers includes an updated cloud-based management console and a new access point.
- April 07, 2015
07 Apr'15
Appcelerator brings rapid API development to MBaaS
Appcelerator's new Arrow feature aims to help IT and developers connect back-end systems to mobile experiences.
- April 07, 2015
07 Apr'15
Dell's latest SMB switches a no-frills option
Dell's latest switches provide basic networking for small and medium-sized companies with fewer than 1,000 employees.
- April 07, 2015
07 Apr'15
Critical infrastructure commonly hit by destructive cyberattacks
Critical infrastructure organizations are commonly targeted by cyberattacks aimed at manipulating equipment or destroying data, a survey reveals.
- April 07, 2015
07 Apr'15
Study: Network pros spending more time on security
A majority of networking professionals spend 10 or more hours a week on security initiatives, a study finds.
- April 07, 2015
07 Apr'15
Quantum launches NAS archiving, denser Lattus nodes
Quantum adds archiving capabilities with the new Artico NAS appliance and enhancements to DXi backup and Lattus object storage systems.
- April 06, 2015
06 Apr'15
Nebula overcome by OpenStack market realities
OpenStack startup Nebula's demise is the result of market consolidation and selling a product that went against the market trend.
- April 06, 2015
06 Apr'15
Talon looks to seize sync-and-share market
Talon extends its RemoteFAST file-sharing software for branch offices to smartphones and tablets.
- April 06, 2015
06 Apr'15
Google: Android malware cut in half in 2014
Google's first Android Security Report claims that malware on the platform was found on fewer than 1% of devices in 2014, but experts question if the ecosystem is really as safe as it has ever been.
- April 06, 2015
06 Apr'15
Symantec aims Backup Exec 15 at latest VMware releases
Symantec, soon to be known as Veritas, brings out Backup Exec 15 on the heels of VMmare's vSphere 6 release to support the latest VMware technology.
- April 03, 2015
03 Apr'15
Panzura flashes new line of cloud controllers
Panzura doubles the amount of flash-based capacity in its new line of cloud controllers for data sharing and collaboration.
- April 03, 2015
03 Apr'15
VMware users take the slow train to EVO:RAIL adoption
VMware users are showing interest in EVO:RAIL, but competitive offerings and more complex decision making slows the purchasing process down.
- April 03, 2015
03 Apr'15
Tangoe's new messaging app offers communication simplicity
Tangoe's new mobile messaging platform, inTouch, enters a crowded field of competitors but intends to leave out Active Directory integration.
- April 03, 2015
03 Apr'15
StorReduce dedupes objects in AWS
Startup StorReduce ventures into uncharted territory with tool for reducing petabyte-scale cloud object stores in the Amazon cloud.
- April 03, 2015
03 Apr'15
Microsoft goes outside its borders with Azure Site Recovery
Azure Site Recovery expands Microsoft's cloud disaster recovery capabilities to VMware users and potentially to other services, too.
- April 02, 2015
02 Apr'15
Cisco to control Layer 4-7 SDN services with Embrane acquisition
By acquiring partner Embrane, Cisco cements the company's SDN services technology into the networking giant's platform for building software-defined data centers.
- April 02, 2015
02 Apr'15
SSL security crisis has no easy answers
Experts say even enterprises that carefully secure TLS may still be at the mercy of the numerous security issues affecting the SSL ecosystem.
- April 02, 2015
02 Apr'15
Sanctions against cyber attackers and spies may not be that easy
Barack Obama's executive order allowing sanctions against cyber attackers has been welcomed, but it remains to be seen if challenges can be overcome.
- April 02, 2015
02 Apr'15
Ruckus debuts second generation 802.11ac Wi-Fi access points
Wireless networking supplier Ruckus claims an industry first with its launch of enhanced 802.11ac Wave 2 standard access points.
- April 02, 2015
02 Apr'15
Chef adds continuous delivery to its menu
The new Chef Delivery tool gives DevOps teams a workflow engine that moves code through build, test and production deployments and much more.
- April 02, 2015
02 Apr'15
RSAC 2015 to feature IoT, threat intel
The Internet of Things dominates the agenda at RSA Conference 2015, but experts believe enterprises should focus their attention on threat intelligence and other topics.
- April 02, 2015
02 Apr'15
Oracle offers 'YouTube of the enterprise'
The Oracle Learning Cloud allows managers and employees to post and share video tutorials, PDFs and PowerPoints.
- April 02, 2015
02 Apr'15
China said to be behind GitHub DDoS attack
Security experts say the largest DDoS attack in GitHub history, which lasted five days, was the work of the Chinese government.
- April 01, 2015
01 Apr'15
Researchers discover data-stealing malware targeting energy firms
Security researchers have discovered an espionage campaign that uses customized malware to steal confidential data from energy firms.
- April 01, 2015
01 Apr'15
HP sues Lynch for billions
HP has turned up the heat of the former CEO and CFO of Autonomy by suing them for $5.1 billion in the UK courts.
- April 01, 2015
01 Apr'15
Palo Alto and VMware intensify mobile protection
Palo Alto Networks and VMware are expanding their partnership deal to address mobile security demands in the channel.
- April 01, 2015
01 Apr'15
Enterprises to test-drive SDN at IBM innovation centers
As enterprise interest in SDN grows, new IBM innovation centers allow businesses to test SDN technology from a variety of vendors.
- April 01, 2015
01 Apr'15
Alcatel-Lucent switch gateway links virtual, physical networks
Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise has introduced a switch gateway in its latest high-density OmniSwitch that improves data throughput between virtualized applications and a VXLAN.
- April 01, 2015
01 Apr'15
Cisco pushes on with big hybrid cloud bet
With Cisco's Intercloud Fabric, users can migrate workloads across different public and private clouds. But are enterprises really ready for a multi-cloud world?
- April 01, 2015
01 Apr'15
AWS D2 instances pack in disk drives
New AWS D2 instances pack in disk drives, memory and faster processors, intriguing users with heavy data-processing applications.
- March 31, 2015
31 Mar'15
Microsoft provides Office 365 MDM for free
Microsoft provides Office 365 MDM at no cost, giving subscribers basic capabilities for mobile device management and the option of upgrading to the paid service Intune.
- March 31, 2015
31 Mar'15
IBM sets up $3bn IoT unit to integrate unused data
IBM to invest $3bn by 2019 in a new internet of things unit to address the fact that 90% of data generated by smart devices is never used.
- March 31, 2015
31 Mar'15
IBM storage GM discusses hyper-convergence plans
Jamie Thomas explains IBM's plans for the newly branded Spectrum Storage line, and whether a hyper-converged appliance is on the vendor's roadmap.
- March 31, 2015
31 Mar'15
Qualys expands SSL tester to better address vulnerabilities
Qualys has added a free, public API to its SSL testing services, which will enable an enterprise to test any website or server for SSL vulnerabilities.
- March 31, 2015
31 Mar'15
PCI SSC issues prescriptive new pen-testing guidelines
The PCI SSC has issued prescriptive new supplemental guidance on penetration testing in an effort to reverse current trends and improve merchant compliance.
- March 31, 2015
31 Mar'15
G20 data leak highlights threat of human error, say experts
News that personal data of 31 world leaders was accidentally leaked before the G20 summit in November 2014, highlights the threat of human error.
- March 31, 2015
31 Mar'15
Uncertainty surrounds SAP S/4HANA roadmap
The announcement of SAP S/4HANA promises a new world of lightning-fast processes, but making it a reality will not be simple.
- March 31, 2015
31 Mar'15
IBM GM: Spectrum offers commodity hardware choice
Storage GM Jamie Thomas says Spectrum offers flexibility to use commodity hardware, object interfaces and scale-out storage for SoftLayer clouds.
- March 30, 2015
30 Mar'15
Google appeal ruling should send shivers through US tech firms
What are the implications of Google's legal defeat in London and the UK court's hardening attitude towards privacy breaches?
- March 30, 2015
30 Mar'15
Support-of-things video tool arises following the IoT wave
TechWatch: Video may have killed the radio star, but it gives new life to next generation remote support tools such as LogMeIn's Rescue Lens.
- March 30, 2015
30 Mar'15
WAN optimization evolving into SD-WAN
SD-WAN technology is creating a more intelligent WAN through path control and traffic automation.
- March 30, 2015
30 Mar'15
Xen reboot response shows cloud maturity
Xen reboots through live migration and other tactics for patching the hypervisor vulnerability point to better resiliency in public cloud.
- March 30, 2015
30 Mar'15
Databricks the heir to MapReduce throne?
At Spark Summit East, Databricks talked up a storm about its new Spark cloud offering in an effort to distinguish the data processing engine from MapReduce and the Hadoop stack: The Data Mill reports.
- March 30, 2015
30 Mar'15
PCI 3.1: Will it be a 'fire drill'?
The PCI Security Standards Council has confirmed that PCI DSS 3.1 will be released in just a few weeks. According to a Gartner analyst, the surprise new release could cause major problems for merchants.