Monthly Archives: April 2015
Smartphones Start to Attract Older Generation, NPD Finds
For three quarters in a row, year-over-year sales of smartphones among consumers earning under $30,000 annually grew by more than 50 percent, according to...
IBM Opens New Netherlands Cloud Data Center
IBM announced that its SoftLayer unit has opened a second cloud data center in the Netherlands, located in Almere, just outside Amsterdam.The Almere data...
Centrify Launches Cloud-Based Privileged Identity Service
Centify unveiled a cloud-based identity management solution designed to address the gap in security, visibility and control over privileged accounts.Privileged accounts provide elevated access...
Buffalo MiniStation Extreme NFC Hard Drive Boasts Advanced Encryption
External storage, network-attached storage (NAS) and networking solutions specialist Buffalo Americas has announced the availability of its MiniStation Extreme NFC portable hard drive.The ruggedized...
Freescale Unveils Switch Platform for SDN, NFV
Freescale Semiconductor is launching a network switching platform that combines the performance benefits of traditional switches with newer network virtualization technologies that promise greater...
Financial Botnets Go Beyond Banking to Hit Payroll, HR Portals
San Francisco—As corporations team up with cops to take down criminals' networks, the operators behind banking botnets have expanded beyond major financial institutions to...
IDC Analysts Identify IT Security Trends at RSA
SAN FRANCISCO—Analyst firm IDC hosted its annual breakfast meeting at the RSA security conference here today, providing attendees with food—and food for thought about...
Office 365 Data Loss Prevention Gets Proactive
Microsoft is beefing up the data loss prevention (DLP) capabilities in SharePoint Online and OneDrive, helping Office 365 customers prevent potentially costly leaks of...
House Finally Passes Cyber-Networks Protection Act
The president of the United States has been asking for this for years. Companies have been connecting more and more on it, and industry...
Why CXOs Must Become Better Informed About Cyber-Security
SAN FRANCISCO—C-level executives need to get with it and become better educated about how prudent cyber-security practices in networks and devices should be deployed...