Hardware & Infrastructure: Page 35
-
Majority of enterprise Android phone users have not deployed critical QSEE security patch
A research group estimates 80% of enterprise phones use the Qualcomm chipset, which the security exploit targets.
By Justine Brown • May 20, 2016 -
Deep Dive
BYOD vs. enterprise security: Is it possible to have both?
Weighing the advantages of a BYOD policy against the potential security risks can prove challenging for an enterprise's IT strategy.
By Justine Brown • May 19, 2016 -
Salesforce: 18-hour outage was caused by power failure at data center
A power outage triggered a firmware bug and ultimately resulted in five hours of lost customer data, according to the company.
By Justine Brown • May 19, 2016 -
Dell may take on less debt for EMC purchase
Improving debt market conditions could reduce the amount of debt Dell takes on as part of its acquisition of EMC.
By Justine Brown • May 18, 2016 -
SAP, Microsoft announce cloud-era collaboration
The deeper integration will allow enterprise customers to get more out of both company’s tools.
By Justine Brown • May 18, 2016 -
Lawmakers call for permanent Census CIO as 2020 count approaches
The upcoming census is expected to use more tech than ever, but lawmakers want a new agency CIO in place first.
By Justine Brown • May 17, 2016 -
Deep Dive
Apple's road to the enterprise
As consumer demand for tech slows, the enterprise market is becoming increasingly important to those that sell technology products and solutions.
By Justine Brown • May 16, 2016 -
Second malware attack targets commercial bank, worldwide financial network says
SWIFT, the financial messaging platform used by 11,000 banks around the world, was also targeted by malware in the $81 million cyber heist on Bangladesh Bank earlier this year.
By Justine Brown • May 12, 2016 -
Salesforce database outage loses 5 hours of data, vexes customers
The company said the database failure was caused by a "file integrity issue."
By Justine Brown • May 12, 2016 -
Defense Department working to automate, virtualize IT networks
The agency says a virtualized network—which includes compute, storage, networking and information security—could allow them to operate more efficiently and potentially outmaneuver cyber adversaries.
By Justine Brown • May 12, 2016 -
Report: Computers, phones often lack basic security hygiene
Duo Labs examined two million devices, all of them running Duo's two-factor authentication application, and found that the devices often had out of date applications.
By Justine Brown • May 11, 2016 -
Enterprise IT group pushes for tech development to better serve business needs
The Open Networking User Group says current platforms were developed around the needs of vendors and service providers, not the enterprise.
By Justine Brown • May 11, 2016 -
US tech spending to slow in 2016, Forrester says
The group attributes the slowdown to higher enterprise adoption of cloud and economic uncertainties.
By Justine Brown • May 11, 2016 -
FTC, FCC launch mobile device security inquiry
The agencies are asking -- and in some cases, requiring -- mobile device manufacturers and mobile carriers to provide information on vulnerabilities and patches.
By Justine Brown • May 10, 2016 -
SAP to create dozens of iOS enterprise apps through Apple partnership
The two companies announced a partnership last week that may help organizations more quickly deploy business applications.
By Justine Brown • May 8, 2016 -
Oracle, Google return to court this week over Java copyright battle
The two companies are set to revisit a six-year-old dispute over Google's use of Java for its Android operating system.
By Justine Brown • May 8, 2016 -
IT groups band together, urge presidential candidates to talk tech
Despite the fact that tech plays a growing role in the global economy, presidential candidates have barely touched on technology issues like data privacy and cybersecurity.
By Justine Brown • May 5, 2016 -
Deep Dive
Is Agile on the way out?
One expert thinks that Agile Software Development has become a marketing term, "co-opted to improve sales."
By Justine Brown • May 5, 2016 -
Expert: Cyber insurance will generate $5B in premiums by 2020
Though it’s still relatively new, the cyber insurance market earned $2.5 billion in premiums in 2015.
By Justine Brown • May 5, 2016 -
Report: Dated bugs concealed in open-source components
A new report found that 67% of the 200 commercial applications it reviewed over a six-month period contained vulnerable open-source components.
By Justine Brown • May 5, 2016 -
Microsoft buys IoT specialist Solair
The company has boosted its IoT efforts recently and has released a few of Azure IoT-based products for public preview.
By Justine Brown • May 4, 2016 -
Google acquires Synergyse to offer free Google Apps user training
In its announcement, Google said companies that use the Synergyse training program see "on average 35% higher adoption across Apps products."
By Justine Brown • May 3, 2016 -
Windows 7 losing ground, but remains by far most used operating system
The OS dipped below 50% worldwide operating system market share in April, nine months after the release of Windows 10.
By Justine Brown • May 3, 2016 -
Chrome dethrones Internet Explorer, becomes most used desktop browser
Analytics firm Net Applications found that Microsoft's browser market share—which includes both Internet Explorer and Edge—fell for the fifth straight month, losing its top spot.
By Justine Brown • May 3, 2016 -
IBM delves deeper into blockchain
In addition to secure cloud and docker integration, the company recently announced plans to launch "blockchain-as-a-service."
By Justine Brown • May 2, 2016
Previous
