Monthly Archives: December 2018
Predictions 2019: What’s in Store for the IoT Greenfield
As it has for the last four years or so, the market for Internet of things hardware, software and services continues to be one...
Washington, D.C., Suing Facebook Over Data Privacy Violations
Today’s topics include Washington D.C., suing Facebook over data privacy, and AT&T making 5G services available in some U.S. cities.According to The New York...
Justice Department Shuts Down 15 DDoS-for-Hire Sites
Distributed denial of service, commonly referred to by the acronym DDoS, represents a serious threat to enterprises of all sizes. In a DDoS attack,...
Microsoft Visual Studio Gets Extension Essentials Pack for Developers
Microsoft Visual Studio developers can now add a package of assorted, community-built extensions all at once to their Visual Studio development environments that can...
Growth of Large Cloud Providers Spurs Server Market Growth
Today’s topics include large cloud providers fueling growth in the server market, and Russian social media activities impacting U.S. elections.Analysts from IDC reported last...
Microsoft Power BI Now Integrated With Azure Data Lake Storage
Microsoft Power BI users can now collaborate directly with Azure users using data stored in Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 through new integration capabilities...
Skype Adds Live Captioning and Subtitles for Improved Accessibility
Microsoft's Skype video calling, web conferencing and chat application now has live captioning and subtitles to make it easier to use for users who...
Global Smartphone Shipments Will Rebound in 2019: IDC
It's been tougher to sell smartphones around the world over the last few years as markets became saturated and new phone innovations became fewer,...
Microsoft Patches Out-of-Band Zero-Day Security Flaw for IE
Users of Microsoft's Windows operating system have grown accustomed to a regular, predictable cadence for patches—on the first Tuesday of every month.On Dec. 19,...
Pivotal Cloud Foundry 2.4 Boosts Security With Compliance Scanner
Pivotal is releasing version 2.4 of its Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) platform on Dec. 20, providing organizations with a host of new capabilities to...