Monthly Archives: April 2019
White House Describes Its 5G Initiative
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, standing at the White House with U.S. President Donald J. Trump and surrounded by several representatives of interest groups outfitted...
Key Lessons Learned at Fortinet’s Accelerate Event
Security vendor Fortinet held its annual Accelerate event April 8-11 in Orlando, Fla. My research has found that cybersecurity remains the No. 1 concern...
Microsoft Launches Azure Premium Plans for Serverless Workloads
Microsoft Azure is now offering another hosting option, an Azure Functions Premium plan, for Azure enterprise cloud customers that want to add new capabilities...
Developers Continue to Grow Python Usage, Study Finds
One of the most insightful indicators of developer sentiment and trends is the annual Stack Overflow developer survey. The 2019 edition of the survey was...
Intel Launches New Data-Centric Solutions with Cascade Lake
Shiny new startups are so central to the tech industry’s culture and sense of self-worth that folks often neglect or even disparage larger, better-established...
Why Qualcomm’s Potential Quantum AI Advantage Could Be Huge
Qualcomm made a major set of AI/5G announcements this week at a San Francisco media event, including the release of new smartphone processors with...
How HTML5 Ping Is Used in DDoS Attacks
A new type of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack is abusing a common HTML5 attribute to overwhelm targeted victims.Security firm Imperva reported on April 11...
Cyber-Security Incident Response Plans Lacking, IBM Reports
Defending against potential cyber-attacks isn't just about prevention; it's also about having the resilience to respond and recover.Unfortunately, the majority of organizations aren't properly...
Intel Combining Optane, NAND to Boost Notebook Performance
Intel is combining its Optane memory technology with traditional high-density solid-state storage on a single small module that will begin showing up this quarter...
Five Reasons to Move Data-Capture Functionality to Cloud
A decade ago, no one could have foreseen the huge impact cloud computing would be making on business overall. The fast-rising amount of IT...