John Casaretto
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Ravello Systems Empowers Public Cloud Test and Development for the Enterprise
Ravello Systems brought a new SaaS product into general availability yesterday that is designed to make app testing in the cloud easy and convenient. This ‘cloud hypervisor’ technology lets companies collect the virtual systems that an app runs on and then creates a replica of that complete environment for testing in the cloud. When you ...
Manning Apologizes for Wikileaks Actions Prior to Sentencing
The fate of Pfc. Bradley Manning hangs in the balance as the sentencing hearing in the Wikileaks case plays out in a Fort Meade, MD courtroom. He addressed the court Wednesday, apologized for hurting the country, asked for the opportunity to contribute something to the society and get a college degree. In his statement he ...
BlackBerry in Final Death Throes – Doesn’t Matter if Sold or Private
News hit this week confirming what many people had speculated about for a while now, that BlackBerry is officially up for sale. By forming a special committee to explore strategic alternatives, they have opened the door for partnerships, joint ventures, going private, but ultimately it is most likely that the company and its assets are ...
Cyvera Raises $11M, Combats Zero-Day Cyber Attacks
The threat of zero-day attacks is one of the most significant elements in the threat landscape to organizations today. The potential for damage is vast, it incorporates some of the most difficult challenges in cyber security today. Social engineering, weak passwords, malicious Trojans, and other elements play into this category. The Ponemon Institute reports that ...
Mega Working on Encrypted Email Service, Asks Others to Take Privacy Seppuku Pledge
Last week encrypted email service provider Lavabit announced they were shutting down. While the subject of the summer has been Edward Snowden and the documents he has leaked out, what many people may not be aware of is that several federal investigations have been ongoing. Snowden’s email account of record was with Lavabit, a secure ...
The Pirate Bay Marks Ten Years with Release of PirateBrowser to Fight “Censorship”
As mentioned late last week, The Pirate Bay held a giant party out in Stockholm over the weekend to mark its tenth anniversary. There were times when rightfully so, many people doubted the site would be around after ten years. So Big Pirate Bash – but they didn’t let it stop there, no. The Pirate ...
The Pirate Bay Turns 10 – Birthday Bash Ensues
Ten years ago, the controversial filesharing website The Pirate Bay hit the web. In those early days the site ran on four Linux servers and has transformed over the years in the technology they have used, all in a defiant and often legally challenged cause. Through the years they have survived raids, domain blocks, shutdowns, ...
Good Technology Sets their Sights on Mid-Market
Good Technology emerged with an announcement yesterday that is designed to help clients of all sizes progress in their mobile maturity capabilities. Their popular flagship product Good for Enterprise has been made available to companies of any size for $5 per user per month on an annual basis. In a competitive Mobile Device Management (MDM) ...
This Open Cloud Pioneer Says The Stack Wars are “Nonsense”
If you’re like me and you like to read about the latest emerging tech stuff, you’ve probably noticed all the debate around these “stack wars”. There is a lot of movement to embrace this evolving concept of cloud interoperability. The debate is around what will be the winning standard for legions of infrastructures around the ...
Assange’s Law – NSA Powers Double Every 4 Years
Well, here comes Julian. Never one to stand on the sidelines of any global surveillance debate, Julian Assange has emerged yet again to state his opinion. This time he has emerged with what can only be described as some kind of WikiLeak version of Moore’s law or something, except that instead of CPU speed, he’s talking ...