Monthly Archives: April 2016
Enterprises Turn to SD-WANs to Improve Branch Office Connectivity
Joe Tan knew he was going to have to improve his company's WAN environments.Devcon Construction is a commercial building company based in Milpitas, part...
Google’s Antitrust Worries Won’t Go Away Just by Paying Huge EU Fines
After six years of wrangling with European antitrust regulators, it appears that Google is about to be fined for its insistence that Android phone...
Malware Posing as Legitimate Apps on Google Play, Security Firm Warns
The people most at risk of downloading Android malware on their mobile devices are those who install apps from unofficial third-party mobile application stores....
Iron Mountain Opens ‘Near-Infinite’-Capacity Cloud Archive
Iron Mountain, the patriarch of all data storage companies at age 65, launched a new cloud archive offering April 28 that gives the company...
Microsoft Limits Cortana to Edge and Bing on Windows 10
Cortana, Microsoft's virtual assistant technology included with the Windows 10 operating system, is being reined in, the company announced yesterday.Like Siri on Apple's iOS...
Defining the OpenStack Cloud Roadmap
AUSTIN, Texas—In the standard philosophy that has defined open-source since its earliest days, developers simply "scratch an itch" for things they want done, rather...
Comcast Diversifies With $3.8 Billion DreamWorks Acquisition
Today's topics include Comcast's acquisition of DreamWorks Animation, the addition of a Nano Server option to Windows Server 2016, new extensions to Yammer's team...
Microsoft Flow Takes On IFTTT at Work
IFTTT is getting some competition from Microsoft. The Redmond, Wash., software giant on April 29 announced Microsoft Flow, a workflow automation service aimed at...
Mitel, Polycom Deal Is Latest Move in a Dynamic, Crowded UC Space
Mitel, Polycom Deal Is Latest Move in a Dynamic, Crowded UC Space
Mitel's purchase of Polycom is the latest move in a rapidly changing collaboration...
Oracle Expands Cloud Services With Acquisition of Textura
Oracle added to its growing cloud services roster April 28 by acquiring publicly traded Textura, a provider of construction contracts and payment management cloud...