Monthly Archives: October 2017

Daily Tech Briefing Oct. 4

Ellison Demonstrates Oracle’s ‘Cheap’ Cloud at OpenWorld

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Today’s topics include Larry Ellison’s introduction of Oracle’s new Autonomous Database Cloud and robotic security product; Oracle’s injection of AI technology into its cloud...
Security mistakes

5 Deadly Sins of Privileged Access Management Put Firms in Harm’s Way

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5 Deadly Sins of Privileged Access Management Put Firms in Harm's Way Data breaches continue to be a regular occurrence around the world as attackers...
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IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad Laptops Remain Corporate Favorites After 25 Years

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IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad Laptops Remain Corporate Favorites After 25 Years Lenovo this week is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its venerable ThinkPad laptops. The ThinkPad line...
Software Development Security

Google Reveals Critical Flaws in Dnsmasq Software Packages

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A team of Google security researchers has discovered a set of security vulnerabilities in the Dnsmasq software package that could have potentially enabled a...
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Former Intel CEO Paul Otellini Dies at 66

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Intel Corp. on Oct. 3 announced that its former CEO, Paul Otellini died in his sleep Oct. 2. He was 66.Mr. Otellini became Intel’s...
Cloud security

Oracle Cloud Security Suites Automatically Detect, Foil Cyber-Threats

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Asserting that a new approach is needed to combat cyber-crime, Oracle chairman Larry Ellison introduced two new cloud security suites at Oracle OpenWorld that...
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Google Beta Tests New NoSQL Document Database For App Developers

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Google has launched a beta-version of a new fully managed NoSQL document database service for its Firebase application development platform.The new Cloud Firestore database,...
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Yahoo Revises Massive Data Breach Impact from 1B to 3B Users

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On Oct. 3, Yahoo now part of Verizon's Oath business unit, publicly disclosed that all of its users were impacted by a data breach...

NetApp, Microsoft Expand Partnership for Azure Hybrid Clouds

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LAS VEGAS—NetApp is expanding its partnership with Microsoft to bring more capabilities to Azure to make it easier for enterprises to migrate more workloads...
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AI-Enabled Excel, More Admin Insights Coming to Microsoft Office 365

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Microsoft is already using artificial intelligence (AI) technologies for an array of intelligent cloud services and to help the visually impaired navigate the world,...