Monthly Archives: August 2016
Big Data Helps Government Agencies With IT Security
Federal cyber-security is drowning in data, but big data analytics may be the key to unlocking data and charting a more secure future, according...
Spreading the Benefits of IoT Among Fishermen and Farmers
NEW BEDFORD, Mass.—On the fifth floor of a former newspaper building in this old port city on Massachusetts' southern coast, Chris Rezendes and his...
Red Hat Rebrands Virtualization Technology in New Release
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV), on the market since November 2009, is now undergoing a rebranding to simply Red Hat Virtualization with the new...
Foreign Hackers Allegedly Breach 2 State Election Databases
A variety of press reports indicate that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking into intrusions at the voter registration offices of two states...
Virtustream Will Incorporate VMware NSX Into Its Cloud
LAS VEGAS—EMC's store-bought cloud, Virtustream, revealed Aug. 29 that it plans to integrate the VMware NSX network virtualization platform into its enterprise cloud.This is...
Microsoft: Security Top Hurdle to Enterprise IoT Adoption
Like cloud computing, smartphones and the plain old internet before it, the internet of things (IoT) is being heralded as a game-changing technology for...
Sprint Adds Unlimited HD Video Streaming to Premium Mobile Plan
Sprint is already updating its week-old Unlimited Freedom mobile phone plans by announcing a new option to add unlimited HD-quality video streaming for an...
Google Project Fi’s WiFi Assistant Available to Nexus Users
Users of Google's Nexus devices will soon have the option of enabling their smartphones or tablets to automatically use free open WiFi hotspots where...
Excel Casts a Wider Net for Data in August Update
Microsoft has tweaked some of its Excel connectors, allowing users to gather more data for their business intelligence and analytics efforts with fewer steps.This...
Symantec Moves Security Forward in Blue Coat Era
Mike Fey has had a busy few years. As of Aug. 1, Fey is the president and chief operating officer of Symantec, after having...