Monthly Archives: December 2017
2017 Year in Review: Cyber-Security Faces Challenges Old and New
As 2017 draws to close, it's a good time to reflect on the year that was in cyber-security. In many respects, this was a...
Why Lack of Proper Governance Puts Cloud Deployments at Risk
Why Lack of Proper Governance Puts Cloud Deployments at Risk
Cloud computing provides opportunities for companies to reduce the size and costs of their IT...
Hacker Uses TRITON Malware to Infiltrate Critical Infrastructure Sites
Today’s topics include the TRITON attack targeting critical infrastructure; Baidu and Microsoft using AMD’s new EPYC chips in their cloud environments; Amazon resuming sales...
Predictions 2018: Why Serverless Processing May Be Wave of the Future
How do data workloads get processed in a so-called serverless IT system? Trust us; they do.Of course, serverless--otherwise known as FaaS (function as a...
U.S. Government Blames North Korea for WannaCry Ransomware Attack
The U.S. government on Dec. 19 officially pointed the finger at the North Korean government as being responsible for the WannaCry ransomware attacks that first...
IT Pros to Seek New Jobs in 2018 in Search of Pay Hikes, Training
IT Pros to Seek New Jobs in 2018 in Search of Pay Hikes, Training
The majority of IT professionals are dissatisfied with their salary—and many...
CES Preview: AirSelfie Takes Selfie Stick Concept to New Heights
The annual Consumer Electronics Show, set for the week of Jan. 8, 2018 for 200,000 attendees at several locations in Las Vegas, is well...
Google to Index, Rank Sites Using Mobile Versions of Their Content
In keeping with Google's mobile-first strategy, the company's search engine crawlers will increasingly consider the mobile version of a website's content first when indexing...
Microsoft Uses AI to Expose Insights Buried in Excel Spreadsheets
Microsoft has found another use for artificial intelligence. This time, the Redmond, Wash. software giant wants to help Excel users find data and business...
Collaborative Takedown Kills IoT Worm ‘Satori’
In early December, a new version of Mirai—the internet of things malware responsible for creating a massive botnet that took down internet services in...