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Juniper Networks Inc. has provided more details about the “unauthorized code” found in its ScreenOS operating system for firewalls. The company made the revelation that apparent “spying code” was found in ScreenOS versions 6.2.0r15 to 6.2.0r18, and 6.3.0r12 to 6.3.0r20 last week. …
Juniper hacked: “Unauthorized code” found in ScreenOS
Networking giant Juniper Networks Inc. has made the somewhat embarrassing admission that it’s found “spying” code implanted into certain versions of ScreenOS, the operating system for its NetScreen firewall and VPN products. The admission is an alarming one mainly because it smacks …
Red Hat rises on strong Q3 revenues
Linux poster boy Red Hat Inc. has beaten Wall Street analyst’s expectations once again in its latest fiscal Q3 earnings report, sending its share price rising in after hours trading. The open-source software giant reported a net income of $47 million for …
Salesforce said to be close to completing $600M SteelBrick acquisition
Salesforce.com, Inc. is refusing to comment on a story published by The Information that claims it’s negotiating to buy sales automation solution provider SteelBrick Inc. for $600 million. Salesforce put out the usual statement issued by big vendors when such rumors surface, …
Carbonite snaps up Seagate’s EVault backup service for $14M
Cloud-based backup provider Carbonite Inc. has splashed out $14 million in cash to take Seagate Technology Plc’s Evault cloud backup service off its hands, the companies announced yesterday. Carbonite, which is named after the mysterious substance in which Star War’s flyer Hans …
Cloud Foundry brings vendors into line with new PaaS certification
The Cloud Foundry Foundation (CFF), which bills itself as the industry standard Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), yesterday unveiled a new certification standard created to assure IT organizations of compatibility between multiple implementations of the open-source Cloud Foundry PaaS. In what is no small feat, …
Oracle bigs up cloud potential as on-premise revenues slide again
Oracle saw its total revenues fall once again as it posted its fiscal 2016 Q2 earnings results, but the database giant can take encouragement from substantial growth in its cloud business that helped the company to beat out Wall Street analyst’s expectations. …
Sophos acquires SurfRight to beef up synchronized security strategy
U.K.-based network and endpoint security outfit Sophos Group plc is moving into the advanced threat prevention realm with the $31.8 million all-cash acquisition of SurfRight, the Dutch-based maker of the popular “HitManPro” malware scanning and removal tools. Sophos says the plan is to …
Dell may drop $3BN to buy back VMware’s tracking stock
Dell Inc.’s financial whizz kids are working overtime to find a way to tie up the company’s mooted $67 billion acquisition of storage giant EMC Corp. without upsetting that company’s shareholders. In the latest feat of financial engineering, the Texas-based firm says …
Red Hat launches dedicated OpenShift PaaS platform
Red Hat Inc. is targeting developers with a new dedicated cloud platform for coders. The new service isn’t exactly cheap, which suggests it’s aimed at squarely at the larger enterprises. The new platform costs $48,000 a year, and provides companies with a …