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Security vendor Trend Micro Inc. has shined its spotlight on a worrying new trend in so-called ransomware – malware that uses encryption to lock up user’s files before demanding a ransom (usually in Bitcoin) to decrypt them. In a new post on …
Dropbox ramps up its enterprise appeal ahead of expected IPO
Cloud storage vendor Dropbox Inc. is stepping up its enterprise push in order to get more profitable ahead of an expected initial public offering of stock, adding a set of new business-oriented features to its product. Dropbox, which boasts some 500 million …
Databricks ships out “easier, faster, smarter” Apache Spark 2.0
The immensely popular open-source cluster computing framework Apache Spark has just reached version 2.0, according to an announcement by the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) yesterday. Spark’s incredible popularity means it’s become one of the most active open-source Big Data projects of them …
Drone delivery startup Flirtey flies first ever Slurpee to a customer’s home
As Amazon.com Inc., illustrated yesterday when it announced its moving its drone testing operations to the U.K., the U.S. lags behind other nations in the field due to strict regulations implemented by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). But the fact is, robotic …
DataStax injects a graph database into DSE 5.0 release
DataStax Inc. yesterday announced the general availability of DataStax Enterprise (DSE) 5.0, its database for cloud applications that’s based on the open-source NoSQL database, Apache Cassandra. DataStax’s software, which the company describes as “always on”, also leverages other open-source technologies including Apache …
Mirantis spearheads effort to deploy OpenStack on Docker containers
The upstart OpenStack vendor Mirantis Inc. has said it’s teaming up with Google and Intel to advance the development of Fuel, a lifecycle management tool, so that OpenStack can be deployed in containers. The idea is to allow Fuel to use Kubernetes …
Amazon to carry out Prime Air delivery drone tests in the U.K.
With the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration refusing to budge on its strict requirement that commercially operated drones must fly within the operator’s line of sight at all times, Amazon.com Inc., has announced plans to start testing flights in the U.K. instead. Amazon …
Microsoft beefs up Windows 10 with new enterprise security features
With just one week to go before Microsoft launches its major Windows 10 Anniversary update, much of the focus has been on the new consumer-oriented features of the OS. But Redmond chiefs are quietly hoping that new security capabilities in the updated …
Is your organization ready for Windows 10? This tool will let you know
Microsoft is hoping to ease Windows 10 adoption in the enterprise with a new tool designed to show IT admins if their PC fleets are ready for the new OS. The tool is called Upgrade Analytics and was released in preview on …
Microsoft to switch Windows Server team to its Windows & Devices Group
There’s a bit of an organizational reshuffle going on over at Microsoft, which has revealed it’s going to switch the engineering team responsible for Windows Server from its Cloud and Enterprise business unit to the Windows and Devices Group, which means that …