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Security is becoming less of a concern for the software-defined data center
Many proponents of the software-defined data center (SDDC) believe this is the year that it will gain significant traction on its path to becoming a permanent fixture among larger enterprises. One of the main reasons for this optimism is the belief that security is becoming less of a barrier to adoption. That might be the ...
Fears grow over the size of Dell’s debt once EMC acquisition goes through
Dell Inc.’s already extremely convoluted acquisition of EMC Corp. could be about to get even more so, according to new reports. According to a Wall Street Journal report last week, Dell may be faced with paying “at least” ten percent interest in order to sell $9 billion worth of unsecured junk bonds in order to ...
Google & Microsoft agree to stop squabbling like kids
Google and Microsoft have finally agreed to stop squabbling about “regulations”, according to a report in The Register. The report notes that the two rivals have been battling it out for years, using proxies and sometimes even direct attacks on each other in a bid to get government regulators to investigate each other, as part ...
Ceph unveils v10.2.0 Jewel, the “foundation” of its next LTS release
Red Hat Inc. has just rolled out an important new release of its software-defined object storage software Ceph, which it says will be the “foundation for the next long-term stable release”. The aim of Ceph is to create a totally reliable storage system that has no single point of failure. This is done by spreading ...
Microsoft to plumb the depths with bigger underwater data centers
Microsoft is stepping up its underwater data center ambitions, following the results of an experiment that saw it sink a small ‘data center pod’ off the coast of California last year, Data Center Frontier reports. Speaking at a conference in New York earlier this week, Microsoft’s Ben Cutler, manager of the project, said the company ...
SkySafe lands $3M to hijack ‘rogue’ drones safely
A new industry niche in “drone security” looks set to emerge after U.S. authorities recently passed legislation that would allow them to legally intercept or shut down drones that fly too close to airports and other hazards, the BBC reports. Startups are already scrambling to fill the space, and one company in particular is keen ...
Bigger snowballs + updates galore: AWS wants more of your data
Amazon Web Services announced a host of new updates at its Chicago Summit this week. The new offerings and solutions are aimed at helping companies better deal with their Big Data. The headline acts are two new Elastic Block Store service volume types based on traditional hard-drive tech, as well as an even bigger Snowball ...
Microsoft teases IT folks with free cloud training goodies
Microsoft is trying to tempt IT folk to get themselves up to speed with the latest cloud computing skills by offering a bunch of freebies that could help them advance their careers. The freebies include free trials of Azure and Office 365, as well as support, training credits and some career advice. Mike Neil, Vice ...
Adobe Flash vulnerabilities were #1 target for cyberattackers in 2015
Despite being seemingly riddle with vulnerabilities, Java is no longer the favorite of exploit kit writers, who’re instead turning their attention to the equally defenseless Adobe Flash. According to the latest Global Threat Intelligence Report by NTT Corp., all of the top ten vulnerabilities targeted by exploit kits over the last year concern Adobe Flash. ...
JP Morgan warns of “major ripple effect” as cloud adoption accelerates
JP Morgan analysts has weighed in with an ominous warning to legacy vendors that cloud giants like Amazon Web Services and Microsoft are set to dominate the enterprise infrastructure landscape in the coming years. The fifty-page report, which was sent to clients last week and summed up by Barron’s Blog, states that “IBM, HP and ...