Monthly Archives: June 2015
30 Percent of Servers Worldwide Sit Idle, Report Says
About 30 percent of servers in data centers around the world are sitting idly, wasting about $30 billion in infrastructure capital, according to a...
Businesses Look to MSPs for IT Security Needs
More than two-thirds of organizations (68 percent) currently outsource IT security services to a managed service provider (MSP), according to a survey of 350...
Staffing, Resources Major IT Challenges for Businesses
The majority (89 percent) of IT groups in mid-sized companies are still in the early stages of IT management maturity and focus on day-to-day...
BlackBerry May Run Android on a Future Smartphone: Report
BlackBerry, which has stood fast with its own operating system for its products for years, is now looking at running Android on a future...
Docker Popularity Spawns Need for Container Monitoring
The open-source Docker application container virtualization technology is becoming increasingly popular, spawning a need for distributed monitoring capabilities. To help organizations understand what tools...
AWS Rolls Out Powerful, Fast Cloud Offerings
Amazon Web Services is offering up its latest general-purpose virtual servers that come with a powerful custom Intel processor and networking technology that can...
Court’s Refusal to Stay Net Neutrality Rule Only a Temporary Victory
It's a rare happy day here in Washington. While the Congress was at loggerheads about a trade deal, the U.S. Circuit Court for the...
French Regulators: Google Must Apply ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ Globally
France's main data protection authority, CNIL (Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés, has given Google 15 days to start applying EU's "right to...
Rapid7’s IPO Filing Underscores Demand for Security Services
Security vendor Rapid7's June 11 S-1 filing for an initial public offering (IPO) is yet another indication of the intense demand for security services...
Microsoft Scraps ‘Modern’ Skype App Ahead of Windows 10
And then there was one. Microsoft is dropping the modern Skype app for Windows PCs, leaving only the desktop version, the company announced."Starting on...