Monthly Archives: July 2014
Microsoft, Akamai Team Up for Security Startup Accelerator
Microsoft and Akamai, the content delivery network (CDN) provider, announced that they are partnering to help early-stage IT security startups in Israel bring their...
Using Small Data to Accomplish Big Things
BOSTON—Businesses worldwide are rushing to adopt big data technologies, hoping to be able to mine and analyze the mountains of information they're generating to...
BlackBerry, With Secusmart, Will Secure Voice Calls Like It Does Data
NEW YORK—BlackBerry, at a security event here July 29, announced its plans to acquire Secusmart, a German software company that specializes in anti-eavesdropping and...
IBM, AT&T Partner on Cloud-to-Cloud Networking
IBM, AT&T and Applied Communications Sciences have developed a technology that could reduce the time needed for networking cloud environments to seconds, creating elastic...
Daily Tech Briefing: July 29, 2014
Samsung is delaying the launch of the Samsung Z, its first smartphone to run the Tizen operating system. Samsung issued a statement saying that...
Why Twitch Gaming Service Is Worth $1 Billion to Google
Why Twitch Gaming Service Is Worth $1 Billion to Google
By Don Reisinger
For Google, $1 Billion Is a Pittance
Although some are debating the value of...
Cisco Will Ship ACI Technology July 31
Cisco Systems officials say the company is days away from making its Application Centric Infrastructure technology generally available—just about a year after the company...
Implementing an Intelligence-Driven Security Strategy: 10 Data Points
Implementing an Intelligence-Driven Security Strategy: 10 Data Points
by Chris Preimesberger
Understand Your Current Risk
There are a lot of questions to ask before embarking on a...
Fake ID Flaw Puts Android Users at Risk
At last year's Black Hat USA conference, Jeff Forristal revealed the Master Key vulnerability impacting millions of Android users. For the upcoming Black Hat...
Google Drive Mobile Users Can Now Add Files Right Into Gmail Messages
Google Drive users on mobile iOS devices can now share files more easily with others by inserting them directly into a Gmail message and...