Monthly Archives: February 2017
HPE Expands Big Data and IoT Security Capabilities
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) announced new security capabilities at the RSA Conference in San Francisco this week to help protect big data and internet...
IBM Launches Machine Learning for z System Mainframes
IBM on Feb. 15 launched a new product that should fit in nicely with its Watson artificial intelligence service inside a mainframe-based private cloud...
AppRiver Security Report Finds Ransomware Most Prevalent Cyber-Threat
Mobile Malware Gaining Steam
Mobile malware broke out from its niche category in 2016, AppRiver said. Android and its associated third-party app markets are still...
Oracle Appeals Ruling in Java Infringement Dispute With Google
Here are your top news stories from eWEEK. Today's topics include Oracle’s revival of a copyright infringement lawsuit with Google, market speculation that Apple...
Verizon Negotiates Down to $4.55B for Yahoo Transaction
Largely due to Yahoo's well-known highly vulnerable security system, Verizon reportedly has been able to negotiate down the price for buying the beleaguered web...
Microsoft, KPMG Announce Blockchain Innovation Centers
Microsoft and professional services provider KPMG International announced today that the companies are partnering on the formation of Blockchain Nodes in select cities.Blockchain Nodes...
Congressional Staffers See Russian Hacking, FISA Vote as Priorities
SAN FRANCISCO—Investigations into the extent and impact of Russia’s hacking and disinformation campaigns aimed at impacting the U.S. elections will likely keep Congress busy...
Homeland Security Chairman: We’re in the Fight of Our Digital Lives
SAN FRANCISCO—The chairman of the House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee, Republican Michael McCaul, didn't mince words to describe threats to the country's cyber-security...
Determinism Is the Key to Security, IDC Tells RSA Conference
SAN FRANCISCO—Analyst firm IDC hosted its annual RSA Conference breakfast meeting here on Feb. 15, providing the standing-room-only audience with some direction on the...
Microsoft Releases Open-Source Drone Training Technology
Microsoft announced on Feb. 15 the release of an open-source software toolkit called AirSim that can aid researchers in building autonomous drones and robots.The...