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• December 30, 2014 30 Dec'14

  Causation vs. correlation in big data

  Atti Riazi, chief information technology officer and Assistant Secretary-General at the U.N., chats with SearchCIO's Linda Tucci about drawing inferences from big data.

• December 29, 2014 29 Dec'14

  Cloud, mobile and analytics dominate HR and financials

  Companies discovered new cloud computing advantages in 2014, but analysts say there is still plenty of room for growth.

• December 29, 2014 29 Dec'14

  Top 10 2014: The most popular GRC articles of the year

  In our "Top 10 of 2014," find the most popular SearchCompliance articles from the past year offering advice on deploying a cutting-edge GRC strategy.

• December 29, 2014 29 Dec'14

  Top SDN trends of 2014

  In 2014, SDN trends were largely defined by the transition from theory to action as vendors productized the technology and engineers sought out SDN skills to prepare for change.

• December 23, 2014 23 Dec'14

  White box switching, .11ac pace networking in '14

  The top networking stories of 2014 include bare-metal switching, security scares and Gigabit wireless.

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• December 23, 2014 23 Dec'14

  Oracle CloudWorld sheds light on Oracle's cloud plans

  At Oracle CloudWorld in Boston, Oracle exec Shawn Price and consultant R "Ray" Wang discussed cloud computing trends that the vendor is looking to capitalize on as user adoption grows.

• December 23, 2014 23 Dec'14

  Network managers share their 2015 IT wishlists

  As 2014 comes to a close, network managers share their IT wishlists for what they'd like to see from their vendors, as well as the technology, in 2015.

• December 23, 2014 23 Dec'14

  Russian hacker group Anunak targets banks and payment systems

  A hacker group based in Russia and Ukraine is gaining access to the internal payment systems of banks and payments providers.

• December 23, 2014 23 Dec'14

  IBM simplifies its cloud contract to two-page document

  IBM has created a standard two-page contract for customers using its cloud computing services to replace long and complex contracts and negotiations.

• December 23, 2014 23 Dec'14

  PanTerra offers cloud communications-enabled analytics platform

  PanTerra's Unified Business Analytics platform for contact centers moves analytics beyond monitoring to communication and collaboration.

• December 23, 2014 23 Dec'14

  U.S. announces Cuba telecom plan; cable preps for Gigabit broadband

  In telecom news, U.S. telecom providers will be able to expand to Cuba, while the cable industry tests Gigabit broadband services.

• December 23, 2014 23 Dec'14

  10 data storage startups to watch in 2015

  These storage startups tackle surging demand for cloud disaster recovery, cold storage, application acceleration and hybrid flash.

• December 22, 2014 22 Dec'14

  VoIP hardware is hot-ticket item among IT pros

  More IT pros are shopping for VoIP hardware than for software-based telephony clients for the PC and mobile devices, a TechTarget survey shows.

• December 22, 2014 22 Dec'14

  Staples says breach larger than initially reported

  An update from the office-supply giant shows that 1.16 million cards and point-of-sale systems at more than 1,400 stores may have been affected.

• December 22, 2014 22 Dec'14

  Enterprise file sync and share expands in 2014

  The crowded enterprise file sync-and-share market is poised for change, as functionality increasingly becomes a feature of larger products, analysts predict.

• December 22, 2014 22 Dec'14

  Researchers uncover serious NTP security flaws

  According to researchers, the most severe of several newly discovered Network Time Protocol security flaws can be exploited remotely with a single packet.

• December 22, 2014 22 Dec'14

  Cisco SDN training is exactly where it should be, execs say

  Cisco would like to set the record straight -- it is taking SDN training seriously. SDN is not yet part of the core CCIE curriculum, but Cisco says SDN and programmability specialty courses will prepare certified engineers.

• December 22, 2014 22 Dec'14

  IBM expands cloud services globally

  IBM has stretched the global reach of its cloud computing services by adding 12 locations to its network of cloud centers.

• December 19, 2014 19 Dec'14

  Atos targets US growth with billion-dollar Xerox acquisition

  Atos is to spend over $1 billion and take over the IT outsourcing operations of Xerox.

• December 19, 2014 19 Dec'14

  Red Hat delivers growth as CFO calls time at firm

  Open source player Red Hat has delivered a solid set of Q3 numbers and revealed its CFO is opting to retire.

• December 19, 2014 19 Dec'14

  Top five cloud storage stories of 2014

  This year was a big one for cloud storage, with new product innovations and emerging trends. See what stories made the biggest impact on SearchCloudStorage.

• December 19, 2014 19 Dec'14

  Top virtual storage news of 2014

  We take a look back at the most-read content on SearchVirtualStorage during 2014 to see what trends are shaping the industry.

• December 19, 2014 19 Dec'14

  Backup 2014: Acquisitions, spinoffs and cloud-to-cloud emerge

  Backup 2014 included breakups as Symantec divorced itself, acquisition as EMC picked up cloud-to-cloud backup and additions as Hitachi Data Systems got into disk backup.

• December 19, 2014 19 Dec'14

  2014 flash highlights included all-flash arrays and NAND engineer

  Startups and legacy vendors alike rolled out all-flash platforms to highlight 2014 in flash, underscoring solid-state's steadily increasing footprint in the enterprise.

• December 19, 2014 19 Dec'14

  VMware pushes public cloud in hybrid strategy

  VMware added a number of new features to its public cloud and rebranded it as vCloud Air in 2014, but the focus will still remain on hybrid in 2015.

• December 19, 2014 19 Dec'14

  Top DaaS and VDI news of the year

  Desktop as a service, GPU and application publishing dominated virtualization news in 2014. Take a look back and catch up on what happened with Microsoft, Citrix and VMware.

• December 19, 2014 19 Dec'14

  Misfortune Cookie flaw puts 12 million home routers at risk

  Check Point has uncovered a widespread home router security vulnerability, dubbed Misfortune Cookie, that could allow attackers to gain control over millions of devices.

• December 19, 2014 19 Dec'14

  FBI officially blames North Korea government for Sony breach

  The investigative U.S. government agency said it found overlap between the malware and infrastructure used in the Sony Pictures hack and other North Korean operations.

• December 19, 2014 19 Dec'14

  Microsoft embarks on Skype real-time translation

  Microsoft's preview of Skype Translator promises real-time translation and Skype for Business users are starting to envision its benefits.

• December 18, 2014 18 Dec'14

  Aerohive's new outdoor 802.11ac AP braves the elements

  Designed with the IoT environments in mind, Aerohive's new ruggedized 802.11ac outdoor wireless access point debuts.

• December 18, 2014 18 Dec'14

  Top 10 AWS features released in 2014

  AWS delivered about 450 feature releases this year -- here's the cream of the crop.

• December 18, 2014 18 Dec'14

  What SDN projects are enterprises working on in 2015?

  Several engineers and architects spoke to TechTarget about their 2015 SDN projects. Find out what they're doing in the data center, campus and WAN.

• December 18, 2014 18 Dec'14

  ICANN blames spear phishing for recent hack

  Attackers used spear phishing emails to swipe credentials from several ICANN staff members and accessed the non-profit organization's systems.

• December 18, 2014 18 Dec'14

  Enmotus woos server vendors with FuzeDrive software

  Startup's FuzeDrive Server software device provides kernel-level tiering that promotes hot writes to flash and keeps it there until displaced by newer data.

• December 18, 2014 18 Dec'14

  ConnectWise plans major push into the UK and Europe

  Business management platform player ConnectWise is increasing its commitment to the UK significantly in the months ahead.

• December 18, 2014 18 Dec'14

  Sony hack timeline: How a silly comedy sparked real cyber-terror

  Sony Pictures has been forced to postpone the release of The Interview after cinema chains refused to show the movie. Sean McGrath explores the events surrounding one of the most publicized hacks in corporate history.

• December 18, 2014 18 Dec'14

  Oracle reports strong cloud growth for second quarter of 2014-15

  Oracle's cloud revenue grew by 45% to $516m in the second quarter of the 2014-15 fiscal year, making up 5.4% of total takings.

• December 18, 2014 18 Dec'14

  Desktop video software a favorite among IT buyers

  A TechTarget survey shows three-quarters of IT buyers mulling over video conferencing technology are most interested in desktop video software.

• December 18, 2014 18 Dec'14

  Why Azure failed: Procedural failure amplifies Azure bug

  Microsoft has admitted procedural failure process in deploying updates led to last month’s catastrophic downtime of Azure storage.

• December 18, 2014 18 Dec'14

  Per-user Windows licensing might be a VDI cost-saver

  Early quotes for Windows' new per-user Software Assurance licensing could save significant money for IT shops doing VDI.

• December 17, 2014 17 Dec'14

  Avnet encourages channel to brush up on data center skills

  With more customers looking for help with data center infrastructure and software defined projects the channel needs to have those skills in place for next year.

• December 17, 2014 17 Dec'14

  Riverbed agrees to private equity buyout

  Senior executives from Riverbed say that despite Thoma Bravo and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan buying the company out, it's business as usual.

• December 17, 2014 17 Dec'14

  Sony Pictures cancels movie premiere in wake of breach

  Sony Pictures data breach update: The company was forced to cancel the premiere of the Seth Rogen film The Interview after threats from the hackers responsible for its recent data breach.

• December 17, 2014 17 Dec'14

  Google struggles to keep up with competitors in 2014

  Google Cloud Storage rolled out its Cloud Storage Connector in 2014 but not much else. The connector and price cuts were the biggest announcements for the year.

• December 17, 2014 17 Dec'14

  Conducting large-scale events with Blue Jeans' Primetime

  The new Blue Jeans video service, Primetime, enables large-scale -- and interactive -- webcasting events.

• December 17, 2014 17 Dec'14

  Skyera pickup extends Western Digital flash buying spree

  Western Digital's latest flash deal comes six weeks after Skyera beefed up the capacity to 136 TB of its single-controller 1U skyHawk all-flash array.

• December 17, 2014 17 Dec'14

  spect Software looks for diverse partners with global program

  Contact center specialist Aspect Software is looking to extend the range of partners it works with after taking the wraps off a global program.

• December 17, 2014 17 Dec'14

  Delta rushes to fix ticket security vulnerability

  A security vulnerability with Delta Airlines mobile e-tickets potentially allowed people to access other travelers’ boarding passes.

• December 16, 2014 16 Dec'14

  Microsoft rallies support for cloud data privacy

  Microsoft's refusal to give the U.S. government customer emails stored in Ireland will likely have implications for enterprise cloud data privacy and security.

• December 16, 2014 16 Dec'14

  Google bank would be held back by lack of security trust

  Consumers trust banks more than tech firms to protect personal details, but the likes of PayPal could form strong competition.

• December 16, 2014 16 Dec'14

  Microsoft Azure late to the game, now a contender

  Microsoft Azure added redundancy features and a new StorSimple hybrid array in 2014 -- now if it could just avoid those outages.

• December 15, 2014 15 Dec'14

  British spying on Belgian telco bigger than originally thought

  A GCHQ hack on Belgacom was more far-reaching than previously thought, according to the latest documents from whistleblower Edward Snowden.

• December 15, 2014 15 Dec'14

  Digital disruption: Start with the cloud

  Ray Wang, principal analyst at Constellation Research, sounded the alarm on digital disruption at the recent Oracle CloudWorld conference in Boston and explained how cloud can help companies go digital.

• December 15, 2014 15 Dec'14

  Nation states expected to ratchet up cyber war in 2015

  The prospect of more international espionage is one that looks like being a feature, along with more cloud and mobile attacks, in the security landscape next year.

• December 15, 2014 15 Dec'14

  Competition to lower UC costs in 2015

  Companies will find UC costs fall in 2015 as competing service providers launch hosted services comparable to on-premises systems.

• December 15, 2014 15 Dec'14

  Cloud NAS vendor Panzura expands global file system

  The enhancement enables users in multiple geographies to access different portions of a file simultaneously, without overwriting to shared cloud storage.

• December 15, 2014 15 Dec'14

  Amazon closes 2014 with enhancements to SSD and Glacier

  AWS adds Amazon Zocalo, upgrades to Amazon Glacier and EBS in 2014 as it tries to defend its No. 1 position in cloud storage.

• December 15, 2014 15 Dec'14

  Cloud change sunny for half but stormy for unprepared

  Cloud products often lacked the features or didn't perform as well as touted in the sales process.

• December 15, 2014 15 Dec'14

  Backup in 2014: Convergence with DR, archive, file sync, primary

  The lines between backup, DR, archive, file sync and primary storage blurred in 2014 to streamline processes, reduce redundant copies and help with protecting and restoring data.

• December 15, 2014 15 Dec'14

  Five things we learned about VSAN in 2014

  Now that VMware's VSAN has been generally available since March, we take a look back at analyst and customer feedback to see what we've learned about software-defined storage.

• December 15, 2014 15 Dec'14

  Dell Networking gets even more open

  The Dell Open Networking story is expanding with a new partnership and reference design that simplifies the use of a Midokura virtual network overlay running on Dell open switches with Cumulus OS.

• December 12, 2014 12 Dec'14

  Adobe reports strong Q4 results and buys Fotolia

  Creative software vendor Adobe enjoys strong quarter with over half a million new cloud subscriptions.

• December 12, 2014 12 Dec'14

  IBM's MobileFirst iOS apps only available through Big Blue

  The new IBM iOS apps are trickling out with IBM taking the lead on selling, managing and tying the apps back into existing enterprise systems.

• December 12, 2014 12 Dec'14

  Box updates third quarter figures as it gears up for IPO

  Cloud storage specialist files updated figures showing strong growth in revenue.

• December 12, 2014 12 Dec'14

  Avi Networks offers Layer 4-7 SDN with integrated analytics

  Avi Networks emerges from stealth mode with software-defined network services and integrated application performance analytics.

• December 12, 2014 12 Dec'14

  Migration a long-range goal for CenturyLink cloud deal

  The CenturyLink cloud buys continue as disaster recovery as a service vendor DataGardens joins the fold with more than just DR in mind.

• December 12, 2014 12 Dec'14

  What's around the corner for enterprise mobility?

  This year saw shifts in enterprise mobility, with management moving from devices to apps and data. Experts tell us what to expect in 2015.

• December 11, 2014 11 Dec'14

  Google vs. AWS SSDs put to the test

  Six months ago, it was unclear whether AWS or Google offered the better SSD deal. But recent storage performance benchmark testing tells a different story.

• December 11, 2014 11 Dec'14

  StoriantLink NAS gateway debuts as Amazon alternative

  Startup Storiant aims to serve the growing market for long-term cloud storage for unstructured data in regulated industries at a lower cost than public cloud storage.

• December 11, 2014 11 Dec'14

  Datto buys Backupify; Asigra, Acronis make moves

  Cloud backup vendors fight for top position: Datto acquires cloud-to-cloud backup, Asigra lets service providers host on AWS, and Acronis broadens partner base.

• December 11, 2014 11 Dec'14

  Pure Storage enters converged infrastructure space with Cisco, VM

  Pure Storage hooks up with Cisco, VMware and channel partners to enter the hot converged infrastructure space with new FlashStack CI offerings.

• December 11, 2014 11 Dec'14

  Arista EOS+ offers DIY network programmability

  Arista introduced Arista EOS+, a more programmable version of its switch OS, and professional services to help take advantage of that programmability.

• December 11, 2014 11 Dec'14

  Windows 10 set for autumn launch

  The release date of Windows 10 is looking likely to be autumn 2015 rather than late summer as had been previously expected.

• December 11, 2014 11 Dec'14

  IoT will drive a middleware boom

  Spending in middleware is expected to exceed $16.3 billion, driven by a shift towards agile mobile application integration.

• December 11, 2014 11 Dec'14

  AWS OpsWorks extends into data centers

  AWS can now manage on-premises servers through its OpsWorks service, but can it get enterprises to buy in?

• December 11, 2014 11 Dec'14

  Enterprises see value in dedicated network for cloud

  A secure, dedicated network is a priority for many enterprise customers of public cloud as they look for predictability and security.

• December 11, 2014 11 Dec'14

  Will 802.11ac Wave 2 spur switch upgrades in 2015?

  The high bandwidth of 802.11ac Wave 2 might force enterprises to upgrade to faster Ethernet switches in 2015.

• December 11, 2014 11 Dec'14

  EMC Syncplicity views more file data with Panorama

  EMC Syncplicity adds Panorama for end users looking to manage online storage on mobile devices from multiple repositories.

• December 11, 2014 11 Dec'14

  Konica Minolta Business Solutions inks deal with Ariba Network

  The U.S. wing of the printer manufacturer plans to scrap manual procurement and buy supplies over the e-commerce network after integrating it with SAP ERP.

• December 11, 2014 11 Dec'14

  AWS, Google square off in network benchmark tests

  Cloud service providers go head-to-head in independent benchmark tests of network throughput and latency -- and the results may surprise you.

• December 10, 2014 10 Dec'14

  Belden snaps up Tripwire

  Manufacturing vertical partnership between infrastructure and security firms leads to permanent tie-up.

• December 10, 2014 10 Dec'14

  Russia to test independent payments system in affront to sanction

  Russia to test card-payment system that will end reliance on Mastercard and Visa.

• December 10, 2014 10 Dec'14

  A third of executives are too complacent about data security

  A new NTT Com Security survey has revealed that while many decision makers understand the importance of data security, a third are not committing the resources necessary to ensure it.

• December 10, 2014 10 Dec'14

  Social media threats to business on the rise, says report

  Social media threats to business are increasing, according to the first in-depth analysis covering Fortune 100 companies.

• December 10, 2014 10 Dec'14

  Going on the offensive? Security advice to consider

  In IT, offensive security can involve methods other than 'hacking back.' In this #GRCChat recap, participants offer examples of active defense tactics, as well as advice on when to go on the offensive.

• December 10, 2014 10 Dec'14

  LevelUp CFO talks digital data security

  Without enterprise security, mobile payment platform company LevelUp could not stay in business. Here are four components of its security strategy.

• December 10, 2014 10 Dec'14

  EMC wants to bind data protection, storage technologies

  Chief of EMC's Core Technologies Division talks about changing storage buying patterns and how technologies like flash, cloud and hyper-convergence affect EMC.

• December 10, 2014 10 Dec'14

  Sony Pictures hack worsens as extortion attempts emerge

  Among the new details uncovered this week, Sony executives received extortion emails just days before troves of the company's data were released online as part of a massive breach.

• December 10, 2014 10 Dec'14

  Windows now an option with Google Compute Engine

  Google Compute Engine adds Windows support -- another sign of the platform's growing maturity and one fewer reason for enterprises to say no.

• December 10, 2014 10 Dec'14

  Data Dynamics aims StorageX software at Microsoft

  StorageX 7.5 includes Microsoft DFS automation tools and CIFS-based disaster recovery; vendor plans to target object storage and Hadoop in next release.

• December 10, 2014 10 Dec'14

  The Intel open network story grows with OpenDaylight push

  The Intel open network strategy is becoming clearer by the day. With a new OpenDaylight platinum membership, Intel is vying to be the leading silicon and platform behind emerging SDN and NFV infrastructure.

• December 09, 2014 09 Dec'14

  Mobile devices first port of call for half of consumers by 2018

  By 2018, smartphones and tablets will be the first devices used for online activities, according to research firm Gartner.

• December 09, 2014 09 Dec'14

  Fido publishes final spec of password-killing protocol

  The Fido Alliance has published the final technical specification of its password-killing authentication standards.

• December 09, 2014 09 Dec'14

  Cyber-attacks could have domino effect on channel, Radware warns

  Radware's annual report finds ISPs and hosting service providers are at high risk of being attacked and warns of dangers to the channel.

• December 09, 2014 09 Dec'14

  New analytics tool helps IT govern corporate data

  IT admins who need a hand with data governance can apply data analytics to keep corporate Office 365 data safe.

• December 09, 2014 09 Dec'14

  Kaminario CEO says some midrange customers go all-flash

  Kaminario CEO Dani Golan says he hasn't competed against an all-hard disk drive array in more than a year and finds Pure Storage his top competitor.

• December 09, 2014 09 Dec'14

  Cisco sues Arista for patent, copyright violations

  The Cisco-Arista legal dispute will disrupt Arista, worry customers and possibly tarnish Cisco's reputation.

• December 09, 2014 09 Dec'14

  Because of storage, cloud bursting's just pie in the sky

  Cloud bursting is considered one the best use cases of hybrid cloud deployment, but the reality is, storage is not so easy to move in and out of the cloud.

• December 09, 2014 09 Dec'14

  Report: On data protection, corporate ignorance abounds

  Trustwave says one out of every five organizations has no controls in place to prevent sensitive data exposure, despite growing criminal interest.

• December 09, 2014 09 Dec'14

  Light December Patch Tuesday caps hectic 2014

  Capping a busy year of software updates, Microsoft's December 2014 Patch Tuesday release delivers three critical bulletins; separately Adobe offers a pair of critical fixes.