Admins battle 'patch fatigue' -- fixing security flaws should not be this hard
Software patching is a necessity for every business and yet a decade after this idea became an established fact it still looks and feels more like a risky black art than a predictable form of...
View ArticleAruba accelerates the move to the digital workplace
Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, has announced a new suite of integrated networking software and hardware solutions that enable enterprises to address the digital workplace requirements of...
View ArticleF5 releases new 100 GbE VIPRION blade to support IoT, migrations from 4G to 5G
F5 Networks has launched its new 100GbE VIPRION blade to support the rapid surge of devices, applications and connection requests. The offering is introduced in response to the exponential growth of...
View ArticleOracle releases free and open API for its Data Analytics Accelerator
Empowering developers to build the next generation of big data analytics platforms, Oracle has released a free and open API and developer kit for its Data Analytics Accelerator (DAX) in SPARC...
View ArticleSo long, Watson - hello, Noodle: Ex-IBMer launches AI firm for enterprises
Artificial intelligence has made significant inroads in the consumer world, but use of the technology in the enterprise is still in its infancy.Stephen Pratt, who recently quit his job as global leader...
View ArticleHalf of information stored by organizations globally is 'dark' data
Half or 52% of all information currently stored and processed by organizations around the world is considered ‘dark’ data, whose value is unknown, reveals the results of the “Global Databerg Report”...
View ArticleSurprise! You have mystery PCs
In my previous column, I talked about some computers on my company’s network that weren’t getting patched because they weren’t getting rebooted. The good news is that I was able to negotiate an...
View ArticleFacebook's open network gear hits the big time at Equinix
Facebook's open networking technology is making inroads into the data center establishment, with global giant Equinix adopting the company's Wedge switch design and an open-source architecture in some...
View ArticleHyper-converged infrastructure: Will the convergence trend transform the data...
Data centre infrastructure is often complex and costly for businesses to run. But in recent years hyper-converged systems have been touted as a way to offer greater flexibility, scalability and ease of...
View ArticleGoogle has joined Facebook's Open Compute Project and submitted a 48-volt...
Google has joined Facebook's Open Compute Project and proposed a new design for server racks that could help cloud data centers cut their energy bills.The OCP was started by Facebook six years ago as a...
View ArticleMade-in-China servers attracting more buyers
Servers are facing the same fate as PCs and mobile devices, with a growing number of them made in Asian countries like China and Taiwan, a Gartner analyst says.Much like PCs and mobile devices, it's...
View ArticleRSA Security Analytics now offers real-time behavior analytics
RSA has announced that RSA Security Analytics now offers a real-time behavior analytics engine that is designed to expedite detection of advanced attack activities.Using machine learning techniques,...
View ArticleHPE accelerates all-flash data center adoption
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has announced storage portfolio enhancements to help enterprises accelerate migration to an all-flash data center. The new offerings include HPE 3PAR 20840 converged...
View ArticleLarge advertising-based cyberattack hit BBC, New York Times, MSN
Major websites including the BBC, Newsweek, The New York Times and MSN ran malicious online advertisements on Sunday that attacked users' computers, a campaign that one expert said was the largest seen...
View ArticleLenovo, Juniper Networks collaborate to develop next-gen data center systems
Lenovo and Juniper Networks have announced a global strategic partnership that will focus on building next-generation converged, hyper-converged, and hyper-scale data center infrastructure solutions...
View ArticleAustralian Securities Exchange's new PoP in Equinix's HK data center now...
The Australian Securities Exchange’s (ASX) new Point-of-Presence (PoP) in Equinix’s International Business Exchange (IBX) data center in Hong Kong (HK1) is now live and operational.ASX is leveraging...
View ArticleiOS malware that successfully infected non-jailbroken devices
While not the first iOS malware, what makes AceDeceiver different from previous iOS malware is that its the first iOS malware seen that abuses certain design flaws in Apple’s DRM protection mechanism...
View ArticleTwo-year-old Java flaw re-emerges due to broken patch
A patch for a critical Java flaw released by Oracle in 2013 is ineffective and can be easily bypassed, security researchers warn. This makes the vulnerability exploitable again, paving the way for...
View ArticleSkype for the Web now lets you call non-Skype users
Skype is making its web app more like the desktop version with a few new ways to reach non-Skype users.With Skype for Web, users can now place voice calls to any mobile phone or landline through the...
View ArticleChoosing the right cloud-based solution for your organisation
According to analyst firm Ovum, the global enterprise mobility management (EMM) software market is expected to expand tremendously to US$10 billion in the next five years. The APAC market is set to...
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