Monthly Archives: March 2016
How IoT, Cloud Create Actionable Insights for Microsoft Customers
How IoT, Cloud Create Actionable Insights for Microsoft Customers
We look at six Microsoft customers and how connecting devices and assets they already had with...
Apple Has No Plans to Buy Chip Maker Imagination
Apple officials have had discussions with troubled chip maker Imagination Technologies about a possible acquisition, but nothing came of the talks, and Apple has...
SD-WAN Market to Hit $6 Billion by 2020, IDC Says
The fast-growing SD-WAN market could increase to more than $6 billion by 2020, according to analysts with IDC.In a report March 24, the analysts...
Younger Workers Demand Video as a Communication Tool
Although 85 percent of employees use video as part of their everyday lives, only 28 percent say their employers are proactively encouraging them to...
Federal Government Focuses on Increasing IT Security Spend
Network defenses tops the list of technologies the U.S. government plans to increase its spending on in the next 12 months, following by analysis...
IBM Cloud, Watson Help Guiding Eyes Breed Superior Guide Dogs
IBM today announced that Guiding Eyes for the Blind, a non-profit organization that breeds, trains and places service dogs with the blind and visually...
Google Unveils Several New Features for Cloud Platform
SAN FRANCISCO—To emphasize that it indeed is getting more focused on becoming a leader in the cloud development world, Google on March 23 revealed...
Hackers Infiltrated Ukrainian Power Grid Months Before Cyber-Attack
The cyber-attackers that targeted Ukraine's energy distribution infrastructure in December were "highly structured and resourced," taking down than 27 substations in an attack against...
Researchers Claim Correlation Between Terror Attacks, Cyber-Activity
The links between cyber-warfare and terrorism are well-established. Terrorist organizations such as ISIS have been attacking targets they perceive as unfriendly nearly since their...
Microsoft Office 2016 Blocks Malicious Macros
Microsoft is making it tougher for enterprises to fall victim to macro-based attacks that prey on Office users. A new policy-setting feature in Office...