John Casaretto
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Repealing the Internet and Other *Bright* Ideas
Over the weekend I stumbled across a thought-provoking opinion piece by the Washington Post’s Robert Samuelson where he proposes repealing the Internet because of the threat of cyberwar. Now at first it seemed as though he was making a classic overstatement designed to draw the reader in, only to withdraw, make a point and clarify ...
False State of Security: Two-factor Authentication
Everybody’s talking about two-factor authentication (2FA) nowadays. You hear that Twitter is implementing it, Google, Amazon Web Services, all the big names. That’s a good thing, and if better authentication can be implemented on these services, that means better security It’s not the be-all end-all however. 2FA has some weaknesses that many people don’t realize. ...
Google’s GCE Adds Cloud-Based DevOps with Boundary
One thing we all know for sure is that the cloud market keeps on changing – nothing stays the same for very long. Heavyweights in this business keep on putting out more, better, cheaper products. Flashback to May of this year (a lifetime ago), Google threw its hat into the ring alongside Amazon AWS and ...
Food Genius – The Big Data Food Trend Reporting Tool
Big Data and Food – How could you not love this? Food Genius is a Chicago-based outfit that delivers Big Data insights to those in the food industry. How exactly? Food Genius tracks and analyzes data from 22 million items on restaurant menus across the country. This means things like pricing, social, menu options, and ...
BlackBerry on Life Support as Earnings Disappoint, Losses Reported
Investors and enthusiasts looking at BlackBerry to turn around their fortunes in the smartphone industry found some dire news today. The company’s fiscal first-quarter results produced a quarterly operating loss and expectations of zero profits for the current quarter. Stock in the company had previously gained over 20 percent in value but dropped around 28 ...
Microsoft Puts Windows 8.1 to the Test with $100,000 Bounty
The news of Windows 8.1 availability has sparked interest across the world. We have a nice breakdown of what you will find in the latest release. Many people are interested in what comes next from the software giant – everyone from retailers, to consumers, to the enterprise. Make no mistake about it, hackers are watching ...
Roambi Business Delivers Big Data Visualization from the Cloud
Roambi has launched a new version of their service today that is cloud-based called Roambi Business. The product is designed to help businesses of all sizes access and visualize data in exciting new ways. Roambi has been in the mobile business intelligence business for some time now with a focus on iPhone and later iPad ...
Manning, Snowden Cases Highlight the Importance of Basic Data Security
Army Pfc Bradley Manning is facing a military judge in a court-martial procedure that will endure over many weeks. Be aware that rights and procedures in a court-martial are quite different than that of a civilian trial. The issue at hand is the public release of a reported hundreds of thousands of sensitive military documents ...
HP Security – New Service Helps the Enterprise Migrate to the Cloud Securely
As organizations move to the cloud the challenges in securing that transition vary greatly in range, scope and risks. That’s where experience, process and technology play such a critical role. HP has stepped up to announce a set of new security services that are focused on managing the risks of cloud migration of all types. ...
DataStax and The New Rules Of Data-Driven Clouds – Breaking the Oracle Chains
Big Data is accessible for any organization – whether big or small, reaching across the spectrum of data demands, in clouds throughout the world – and your best possible data infrastructure can be achieved quickly, easily and with cost-effectiveness with DataStax and Apache Cassandra. In a recent conversation with DataStax CEO Billy Bosworth, we talked ...