Monthly Archives: January 2016
Internet of Things Security Problem Just Keeps Getting Bigger
Every year or so, the Internet rediscovers that unsecured webcams are out there, leaking ready-to-watch videos of babies, pets, bank customers and even the...
Apple Posts Another Record Quarter, but iPhone Sales Flatten
Although Apple chalked up $75.9 billion in first-quarter revenue, a new record for the company, its sales of 74.7 million iPhones—little changed from the...
Why Your Enterprise Must Pay Close Attention to IoT Device Security
The woman on the videoconference screen looked at me in astonishment. "I didn't think we had a call scheduled," she said in alarm. The...
VMware Rocks Its Earnings, but Also Confirms 800 Layoffs
VMware revealed its Q4 2015 earnings results Jan. 26, and with them came confirmation of an earlier published report that layoffs are indeed in...
SafeBreach Simulates Attacks on Customers to Find Security Risks
One way to know if a company is vulnerable to attacks is to try and breach it—safely. That's the goal of SafeBreach, which announced...
Microsoft Strengthens Data Privacy With SQL Server 2016
In the run up to this year's SQL Server 2016 launch, Microsoft is touting the database software's new privacy-enhancing capabilities.SQL Server 2016 represents a...
Sprint Sees Q3 Loss Narrow to $197M, Adds 501K Postpaid Customers
Sprint reported revenue of $8.1 billion for the third quarter of 2015, while sharply narrowing its operating loss for the period to $197 million...
Juniper Buys Cloud Networking Vendor BTI Systems
Juniper Networks is looking to expand its software-defined networking ambitions and its offerings for cloud and services providers with the acquisition of BTI Systems,...
Multiple Google Services Experience 90-Minute Disruption
Several Google services including Gmail, Google Drive and Google Docs appear to have experienced a widespread disruption early Tuesday morning.Reports on Google's App Status...
Head of Apple’s Electric Car Program to Leave the Company
Today's topics include the departure of Apple’s Electric Car Program chief, upgrades to Window’s 10 digital assistant Cortana, an upgrade to Cray weather facility...