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Fujitsu uses psychological profiling to defend against cyberattacks
Japanese tech firm Fujitsu is building a platform that uses psychological profiling to ramp up computer security in the workplace. The company’s reseach arm Fujitsu Laboratories said it was developing an enterprise tool that will be able to identify workers who’re most vulnerable to cyberattacks, and give advice on how to sidestep them, based on ...
The Industrial Internet could add $14 trillion to global economy by 2030
The world’s economy could miss out on a massive $14 trillion potential windfall from the Industrial Internet, due to a lack of understanding and inaction, according to a new report. The report, titled Winning with the Industrial Internet of Things, was released by Accenture at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, yesterday. It reiterates ...
Google cements space ambitions with SpaceX; SDN, IoT & analytics startups bag new funds
Google is boldly going where no web giant has gone before, and along with investment firm Fidelity is pumping a massive $1 billion into Elon Musk’s SpaceX space transportation company. Together, Google and Fidelity now own almost 10 percent of the startup, which already counts four other major investors and is now valued at just ...
Flash forward: How will a storage revolution change software?
Applications and software will undergo a radical transformation in the coming years as developers move to embrace all-flash environments in the data center. This transformation will be hastened by the continuing evolution of all-flash array architectures, which research firm Wikibon believes will supersede spinning disk within the next five to 10 years. Cost will be ...
Just how big did Docker become in the last year?
San Francisco-based startup Docker, which offers an open-source technology that packages applications into movable containers, had a stunning year in 2014. It’s arguably the hottest startup in enterprise tech right now, with Silicon Valley giants like IBM and Microsoft just some of the names that’ve chosen to ally with its technology. Developers have been equally ...
China pumps $6.5B into state-backed venture capital fund
China’s government is placing a big bet on its ability to innovate in the technology sector, with the creation of a state-backed venture capital fund worth $6.5 billion to invest in local startups. The VC fund was announced by China’s State Council yesterday on its official website, according to Reuters. “The establishment of the state ...
Cloudian integrates Apache Hadoop to turn Big Data into ‘smart data’
Hybrid cloud vendor Cloudian Inc. has expanded into Big Data analytics by fully integrating the Apache Hadoop platform into its HyperStore software. In addition, it’s also joined the Hortonworks Technology Partner Program and achieved full Hortonworks’ certification. HyperStore version 5.1 is a plug-and-play hybrid cloud software solution that’s fully compliant with Amazon S-3. By integrating ...
Lookout report: Mobile threats loom large over the enterprise
Mobile malware targeted at the enterprise is becoming increasingly sophisticated, according to security firm Lookout Inc.’s latest mobile threats report. The paper, titled Enterprise Mobile Threats 2014: A Year In Review, warns that attackers stepped up their focus on application-delivered attacks over the last year, developing an armory of new, highly sophisticated malware programs designed ...
DigitalOcean adds FreeBSD OS to its cloudy mix
Cloud hosting provider DigitalOcean has added the option to run the FreeBSD operating system in its cloud, and is also considering throwing Windows Server into the mix at a later date. The availability of FreeBSD was widely requested by developers using the DigitalOcean platform. The firm said it was able to make it happen due ...
BlackBerry is poised to make a stunning comeback in 2015
It wasn’t long ago that BlackBerry was considered to be a major player in the smartphone race, owning a big slice of the consumer market and competing with both Apple and Google. What followed was a spectacular fall from grace as the company missed the smartphone pivot and all but collapsed in the space of ...