Hardware & Infrastructure: Page 29
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Study: Three-quarters of internet use will be mobile in 2017
Companies that don’t adapt for mobile users and customers could get left behind.
By Justine Brown • Oct. 31, 2016 -
Samsung still leads smartphone market, at least for now
Despite the highly publicized recall of the Note 7, Samsung led the smartphone market in Q3.
By Justine Brown • Oct. 31, 2016 -
CenturyLink acquiring Level 3 for $34B
CenturyLink brings its enterprise customer base to the deal, while Level 3 has a larger global reach.
By Naomi Eide • Oct. 31, 2016 -
Irish group challenges EU-US Privacy Shield
Digital Rights Ireland seeks annulment of the commercial data agreement.
By Justine Brown • Oct. 27, 2016 -
CenturyLink weighs possible merger with Level 3
Should they reach a deal, the combined companies would be worth over $50B.
By Justine Brown • Oct. 27, 2016 -
Google to 'pause' Fiber expansion after 5 years
The company says it will cease efforts until it can refine its approach.
By Justine Brown • Oct. 27, 2016 -
Qualcomm buying NXP for $47B
The deal would pivot the chipmaking giant into new areas, such as automotive semiconductors.
By Naomi Eide • Oct. 27, 2016 -
Google is launching 4k display, interactive whiteboard
The television-sized "Jamboard" can be mounted on the wall for meetings and presentations
By Justine Brown • Oct. 26, 2016 -
US DOT proposes guidelines to improve vehicle cybersecurity
The goal is to protect against security failures that can compromise motor vehicle safety.
By Justine Brown • Oct. 25, 2016 -
IBM expands Mac usage, touts lower ongoing costs
Apple’s biggest corporate customer, Big Blue, has more than 90,000 Macs deployed.
By Justine Brown • Oct. 24, 2016 -
Deep Dive
Massive DDoS attack spotlights internet choke point
What's at stake in the recent attack against Dyn? Experts are still trying to figure that out.
By Naomi Eide • Oct. 21, 2016 -
Slack's rapid growth may finally be slowing a bit
Some big companies say the platform is difficult to scale.
By Justine Brown • Oct. 21, 2016 -
Companies take note as exascale computing draws near
A computer soon might be able to perform 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 calculations per second, and that speed has real business implications.
By Justine Brown • Oct. 20, 2016 -
The horror! Samsung's smoking smartphone is now a Halloween costume
The Galaxy Note 7 gets a little more unwanted attention.
By Justine Brown • Oct. 19, 2016 -
EU court rules websites can store IP addresses indefinitely
The ruling expands the circumstances under which data can be retained without a user's permission, and it raises privacy issues.
By Justine Brown • Oct. 19, 2016 -
Deep Dive
Bandwidth bedlam for higher ed CIOs as devices multiply
From smartphones and tablets to smartwatches and TVs, ever-multiplying digital devices on campuses are squeezing networks.
By Roger Riddell , Naomi Eide • Oct. 19, 2016 -
Banking giant UBS spending $1B on IT overhaul
The world’s largest private bank hopes the new platform will help it reduce costs.
By Justine Brown • Oct. 19, 2016 -
Companies keep experimenting with new ways to use drones
AT&T is reportedly one of several companies exploring how drones might simplify the way they do business.
By Justine Brown • Oct. 17, 2016 -
Tech giants collaborate on open source specs for faster servers
The companies, which include IBM, Dell and Google, are effectively bypassing Intel.
By Justine Brown • Oct. 17, 2016 -
Microsoft turns to EU for last major approval of LinkedIn deal
Antitrust regulators in the United States, Canada and Brazil already have cleared the purchase.
By Justine Brown • Oct. 17, 2016 -
White House releases Facebook Messenger bot to open source world
The White House wants non-developers to be able to create their own bot interactions with customized language and workflows.
By Justine Brown • Oct. 17, 2016 -
Google, Facebook building massive trans-Pacific undersea internet cable
The 12,800 km submarine cable system will provide the first high-capacity direct undersea route between Hong Kong and Los Angeles.
By Justine Brown • Oct. 13, 2016 -
33 states asked DHS for election cybersecurity help
The agency has volunteered its help to states to ensure they are prepared for Election Day.
By Justine Brown • Oct. 12, 2016 -
CenturyLink latest telecom firm to mull data centers sale
More data centers are on the auctioning block as telecom companies revise their focus.
By Justine Brown • Oct. 12, 2016 -
HPE working on energy efficiency for its power-hungry products
The company wants to improve the energy efficiency of its products 30 times over its 2015 baseline.
By Justine Brown • Oct. 11, 2016
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