Monthly Archives: October 2014
Small Businesses Investing in Mobile Technology
Sixteen percent of small and midsize businesses in the United States have spent less than $800 on mobile devices last year--the highest of all...
TeleCommunication Systems Debuts VirtuMedix Health Care Platform
Mobile communications specialist TeleCommunication Systems introduced VirtuMedix, a secure, virtual collaboration platform designed for remote consultation of health care providers and patients.With the VirtuMedix...
The New Chip That Could Double Your Smartphone’s Battery Life
By Tom JowittA common wisecrack about the Apple iPhone (and indeed many smartphones) is that users always need to be close to a power...
Bandwidth, Network Speeds Exploding With Hyperscale Deployments
As applications become more network-centric and the volume of data grows in the cloud, organizations are seeing increased bandwidth demand for front-end applications, mid-tier...
NetApp’s New Cloud Packages for AWS, SoftLayer, Azure
NetApp, at its Insight North American conference in Las Vegas Oct. 28, joined a growing number of major IT companies in recent months who...
CurrentC System Attacked Soon After Some Merchants Block Apple Pay
As security breaches go, the attack on CurrentC was small potatoes. According to an email sent out by the payment card service, someone broke...
Microsoft Tightens the Lid on Office 365 Data
Microsoft is helping its growing Office 365 customer base plug potential data leaks.Following up on the launch of data loss prevention (DLP) capabilities in...
Facebook Builds Open-Source Osquery for Security Insight
Facebook today announced a new open-source framework, called osquery, that could yield new security insight for enterprises. Osquery is designed to turn operating system...
Facebook Stock Dips 16 Percent in Two Days on Outlook
Facebook's advertising businesses are doing very nicely, thank you, as indicated in its third quarter 2014 earnings report Oct. 28 that beat analysts' projection...
FCC, FTC Sue AT&T for Throttling Data Speeds for Millions of Customers
Two U.S. government agencies are suing AT&T Mobility for allegedly throttling down service speeds for at least 3.5 million mobile phone customers despite contracts...