Monthly Archives: July 2015
FIDO Alliance Extends Two-Factor Security Standards to Bluetooth, NFC
In December 2014, the FIDO (Fast Identity Online) Alliance issued the 1.0 version of its U2F (Universal Second Factor) security specifications to enable two-factor...
Apple Fixes OS X and iOS Flaws Ahead of New Releases
Although there is much excitement among Apple users for the upcoming iOS 9 and OS X 10.11 releases, they aren't yet available, and Apple...
HP Enterprise Leader Veghte to Leave Company Ahead of Split
Bill Veghte, the executive who since October 2014 has been leading Hewlett-Packard's separation strategies as it prepares to break into two, will leave the...
IT Skills Gap Negatively Impacting Businesses
The majority of IT leaders and IT professionals believe the IT skills gap is real, with 80 percent of leaders and 70 percent of...
Small Business Expectations for Selling May Be Too High
Owners were four times more likely than brokers to blame a lack of qualified buyers as the reason small businesses remain on the market...
Massive OPM Breach Reveals Glaring Vulnerability of Federal IT Systems
Since the U.S. Office of Personnel Management announced a pair of network breaches this month, Michael Brown, a former admiral in the U.S. Navy,...
Google Disputes Report That It Manipulates Search Results
Google today dismissed a study, which two academic researchers conducted and Yelp sponsored, that claims the company is deliberately degrading search engine results in...
Windows 10 Preview Build Brings Cortana to Office 365
The latest preview build of Windows 10 finally integrates Cortana, Microsoft's answer to Apple's Siri, with Office 365.Weeks before Windows 10's official release, Microsoft...