Cyberattacks are on the rise, and the attack surface is expanding. According to a recent report by security geek Derek Manky, the increase of online devices and digital tools, along with the need for accountability on multiple levels, is creating vulnerability for the digital economy. Manky, the global security strategist at Fortinet Inc., joined Peter Burris (@plburris) ...

Cyber threats are front and center in the news, and it is pervasive from the top levels of government right down to the small business. This week, at the Fortinet Accelerate 2017 even in Las Vegas, Fortinet Inc. announced the release of security technology that covers the whole attack surface: FortiOS 5.6 is an intent-based network ...

Using the same graphic processors that make computer gaming so fun, Nvidia Corp. is working with more than 80 car makers to apply the chips’ massive processing power toward making driverless cars a reality. During the 2017 North American International Auto Show in Detroit this week, Jeff Frick (@JeffFrick), host of theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s mobile live streaming ...

Network security has been getting headlines lately, and protecting sensitive or proprietary data has moved to the forefront when it comes to C-level concerns and boardroom discussions. As Fortinet Inc. holds its Accelerate 2017 event in Las Vegas, the company is debuting its end-to-end security capabilities that it says allow businesses to safely share information ...

As the world’s population in urban areas continues to grow, so does the need for more intelligent sources of transportation beyond the traditional vehicle. To tackle the issue, Ford Motor Co. is seeking alternatives to driving to work through its newly formed subsidiary Ford Smart Mobility LLC, which is operating in Palo Alto, California, and Dearborn, ...

When buying a diamond, you look for the four Cs: carat, cut, clarity and color. One company is working to add a B to the equation: blockchain. Everledger, a permanent ledger for diamond certification and related transaction history, is partnering with International Business Machines Corp. to apply blockchain technology to the diamond supply chain in an ...

It takes a powerful cloud to process all the data owned by The Weather Company, and IBM Corp. aims to show it’s up to the challenge. Having acquired the weather forecasting platform, IBM has applied its computing technology to Mother Nature’s data trail and is using artificial intelligence and cognitive machine-learning processes to uncover weather trends and use ...

A team at Hewlett Packard Labs aims to build the future of computing by developing a new bridge for applications for photonics, memory, compute and hardware and software. They call it The Machine, and they hope to do nothing less than create the architecture of the future for computing. The driving force behind The Machine is data. ...

Big data and analytics are now providing a personal approach in the battle against cancer. A prime example is the Collaborative Cancer Cloud is an initiative for Oregon Health Sciences University and Intel Corp. By using the open Platform-as-a-Service solution combined with precision medicine, the partners are seeking to elevate an institution’s ability to analyze vast ...

Hoping to speed development of the next wave of enterprise innovation, VMware Inc. plans to get even more active in the open-source community in 2017. The Dell EMC company already participates in a range of open-source projects, which increasingly are driving the leading edge of enterprise software and services. Leading the charge is Dirk Hohndel, who recently ...