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Gartner drains ‘data lakes’ concept in new report
A new report from Gartner, Inc. calls into question the concept of “Data Lakes,” or large repositories of unstructured data from a range of sources than can be used for analytics. The study, called The Data Lake Fallacy: All Water and Little Substance, notes that while many vendors have signed on to the data lake ...
Internet Explorer cracks down on outdated ActiveX controls
Internet Explorer is getting with the times. As of next Tuesday, Microsoft Corp.’s venerable browser will begin automatically blocking out-of-date ActiveX controls as well as out-of-date versions of the Java plugin. Although the official feature is described as an ActiveX block, most of the prohibited plugins run Java. Older versions of Flash and Silverlight will still ...
No sales? No problem. Docker reported close to $40M+ venture deal
Red-hot startup Docker, Inc., the creator of the Docker open-source container project, is on the verge of clinching between $40 million and $75 million worth of funding, according to unnamed sources cited by GigaOM. The article says the investment round slaps a massive $400 million valuation on Docker, which is a lot for a company ...
HP unveils low-cost virtual private cloud
Hewlett-Packard Co. has just expanded its HP Helion portfolio with the launch of a new, low-cost virtual private cloud offering. Called HP Helion Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Lean, the new infrastructure-as-a-service product touts enhanced workload performance and better service delivery at a significantly reduced cost compared to HP’s other cloud services. Helion VPC Lean is ...
Russian crime group carries out “largest ever” hack
In what’s being described as the “largest data breach ever”, a Russian cybercrime group has amassed more than 1.2 billion user credentials, including some 500 million email addresses and logins, from over 420,000 websites across the world. The enormous stockpile of stolen data was unearthed by researchers from Hold Security, LLC., the company that first ...
Sneaky virus ‘Poweliks’ lives in the registry. Good luck finding it.
New malware has been dubbed “Poweliks”, and it’s quite ingenious. Instead of masquerading as a file like 99.9 percent of computer virus nasties do, this malware latches onto the computer’s registry, where it’s almost impossible to detect. It installs itself via malicious Word documents before creating a hidden encoded autostart registry key, which allows it ...
Oracle’s Solaris 11.2 slaps on support for OpenStack and SDN
Oracle Corp. has just pushed out a new release of its Solaris enterprise Unix platform, adding several enhancements that include OpenStack integration and various security, performance and compliance boosters. The most interesting addition to Oracle Solaris 11.2, which was launched in beta test in April, is OpenStack support. Solaris 11.2 runs the OpenStack Havana version of ...
Docker ships out dotCloud to focus on containers
Before Docker, Inc., began making headlines with its namesake container software, it was a platform as a service (PaaS) provider known as “dotCloud.” Thanks to Docker’s success, though, the company is abandoning its roots and selling its dotCloud platform to the German firm cloudControl GmbH, which is hoping to expand in the US. Docker’s containerization technology began life as ...
Microsoft’s Surface tablets ‘touch down’ on the NFL sidelines
NFL players and coaches alike will no longer need to sit on the sidelines twiddling their thumbs if Microsoft has its way. The software giant has just agreed a deal to provide every NFL team with a bunch of modified Surface Pro 2 tablets. This is apparently not just a creative marketing tactic by Redmond ...
Symantec: Wearables can be hacked to track workouts and even sexual activity
Here’s some jarring news for those who love to automatically tweet and track their exercise, sleep and sex routines. Adherents of “quantified self” might learn more about themselves, but they’re also making it possible for hackers to do the same. At least that’s what Symantec Corp. says. Using customized Raspberry Pi computers, Symantec’s security experts were ...