Monthly Archives: May 2017
Snowden Advocates the Need for Open Source and OpenStack
BOSTON—Using public cloud and proprietary software represents a "silent vulnerability" to millions of users around the world, according to National Security Agency whistleblower Edward...
Facebook Takes On Fake News in Advance of UK Elections
Voters in the UK woke up May 8 to a new series of ads and television announcements warning about fake news in preparation for...
How the U.S. Army Is Using OpenStack to Train Cyber-Warriors
BOSTON—The open-source OpenStack cloud platform is now being used to help train the next generation of cyber-warriors. At the OpenStack Summit here May 8,...
Cortana-Powered Harman Kardon Invoke to Take On Amazon’s Echo
The smart speaker scene is going to get a little more crowded this fall. Harman today officially took the wraps off the Invoke, a...
Microsoft and Facebook Partner for Social Ad Tracking in Excel
Marketing folks who use Excel to analyze the performance of their social media campaigns now have a new reporting tool to help make sense...
Dell EMC Continues Its Push Toward Open Networking Portfolio
LAS VEGAS—Dell EMC is continuing to expand the open networking push that began three years ago with new switches that feature the latest version...
For Third Time, Google, Facebook, Twitter Accused of Materially Aiding Terror Groups
Google, along with Facebook and Twitter, have once again been sued for allegedly providing material support to terrorists.The lawsuit is the third one to...
Google Docs Users Targeted in Massive Phishing Attack
Today’s topics include a Google Docs phishing attack; Dell EMC getting ready to launch a hybrid cloud platform for Microsoft Azure Stack; Oracle announcing...
OpenStack Summit Emphasizes Emerging Deployment Models
BOSTON—The OpenStack Summit kicked off here today with multiple announcements and an emphasis on the evolution of the cloud deployment model. Jonathan Bryce, executive director...
Dell EMC Unleashes Ton of Refreshes, New Products at User Conference
LAS VEGAS—Dell and EMC, which legally and finally joined forces last September as a privately held corporation following a full year of sorting out...