Monthly Archives: March 2017
Microsoft Thwarts Cyber-Attacks with Azure Web Application Firewall
Microsoft is making it harder for cyber-attackers to target web applications hosted on its Azure cloud computing platform.Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF), a component...
VMware Patches Security Vulnerabilities First Disclosed at Pwn2Own
VMware customers now have patches for four different security vulnerabilities that were first demonstrated at the Pwn2Own hacking competition on March 17. Two separate...
Startup Dexter Releases Do-It-Yourself Chatbot Creator
Startup Dexter, which is carving out a name for itself as a provider of a do-it-yourself chatbot management/development platform for brands and agencies, has...
Microsoft Offers Early Windows 10 Creators Update Installation Option
Microsoft will begin rolling out the Windows 10 Creators Update on April 11, but experienced Windows users can get their hands on the software...
Citrix, Samsung Combine to Make Galaxy 8 a Virtual Desktop
Sometime later in Q2 2017, owners of the new Samsung Galaxy 8 smartphone will be able to use it as a virtual desktop running...
Progress Acquires DataRPM to Add Cognitive Computing IP
We need to get used to the term cognitive computing, because it's getting a lot of traction now as a new section within the...
World Backup Day 2017: ‘We Don’t Know the Day Nor the Hour’
Here's a universally good piece of advice from Matthew 25:13: "Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour."In the...
Bixby Brings Samsung Smartphones Into the Personal Assistant Era
Bixby Brings Samsung Smartphones Into the Personal Assistant Era
Samsung’s Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ were announced March 29 with a new virtual personal assistant...
Container Orchestration Moves Forward at Cloud Native Computing Event
Container Orchestration Moves Forward at Cloud Native Computing Event
BERLIN—The CloudNativeCon + KubeCon Europe 2017 event held here March 29-30 brought together vendors, developers and...
Microsoft Releases Entertainment Chatbot Named Ruuh in India
Despite a high-profile stumble last year, Microsoft is intent on ushering in an era of conversational computing. The company's latest efforts include quietly releasing...