eWEEK Staff

Today’s topics include Nimbus Data previewing the world’s largest solid-state drive, at 100TB, and Google changing its web ad policies to comply with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation.  Last week, flash drive maker Nimbus Data introduced its ExaDrive DC100, the largest-capacity solid-state drive ever produced. The drive has a 100TB capacity—more than three times […]

Today’s topics include the city of Atlanta being hit with a ransomware attack impacting multiple services and Microsoft officially launching its Databricks Analytics Service.  On March 22, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Bottoms confirmed that a ransomware attack is affecting some of the city’s IT systems and the attackers are demanding approximately a $51,000 ransom in Bitcoin […]

Today’s topics include Google spending $300 million to fight fake news online and Workday providing HR resources on Slack. Google will spend $300 million over the next three years to help news organizations sustain business growth and drive quality journalism. Under the new Google News Initiative announced March 20, the company will also empower news […]

Today’s topics include Salesforce acquiring MuleSoft to start its own integration cloud and IBM building a Power9 ecosystem to compete with Intel.  On March 20, Salesforce acquired infrastructure-as-a-service company MuleSoft for an estimated $6.5 billion. MuleSoft provides Anypoint, a platform for building application networks that connect enterprise applications, data and devices across any cloud and […]

Today’s topics include a Cambridge Analytica breach revealing Facebook’s weak data defenses, and Microsoft and BlackBerry teaming up on secure mobile Office productivity. Over Saint Patrick’s Day weekend, reports surfaced saying Facebook allowed data mining company Cambridge Analytica to gather the records of 50 million American users. The data loss occurred when Cambridge Analytica offered […]

Today’s topics include a former Qualcomm chairman seeking financing to buy the company and the exposure of multiple zero-day bugs in Apple Safari at Pwn2Own 2018. Paul Jacobs, the former executive chairman of Qualcomm’s board of directors whose father was a co-founder, is putting together a proposal to buy the company. This comes days after […]

Today’s topics include shareholder opposition to a rumored Dell and VMware reverse merger and Google Play Protect effectively improving Android security. Dell CEO Michael Dell and advisers are considering a reverse merger with VMware that could lead to taking Dell public again, according to recent reports. Dell is the majority owner of VMware, holding about […]

Today’s topics include the U.S. government accusing Russia of hacking the power grid and Google enhancing mobility security management in Chrome Enterprise. After a joint Department of Homeland Security and FBI analysis, the U.S. government warned on March 15 that Russian government hackers have taken direct aim at the U.S. power grid, as well as […]

Today’s topics include Google announcing new pricing for its Stackdriver cloud monitoring and logging service, and an SSD price drop spurring future notebook adoption. Google has introduced a simplified pricing model for its Stackdriver Monitoring and Logging service for monitoring cloud workloads. Highlights include a pay-as-you-go pricing option, volume-based pricing discounts and no-cost availability of […]

Today’s topics include President Trump blocking Broadcom’s acquisition of Qualcomm and Salesforce releasing Salesforce Essentials CRM for small businesses. As the latest demonstration of his administration’s increasingly protectionist business stance, U.S. President Donald Trump on March 12 blocked the contentious hostile takeover attempt by Broadcom of San Diego-based chipmaker Qualcomm. In his presidential order, Trump […]