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Cisco midyear security report serves up mostly bad news
Cisco Systems Inc.’s 2016 Midyear Cybersecurity Report, which was released today, paints an alarming picture of the state of security defenses, even as attacks proliferate and get more sophisticated and ruthless. The report, which is based upon data gathered from Cisco’s global network, depicts a mish-mash of outdated and unpatched software offering up tempting targets to ...
Gridstore becomes HyperGrid, touts flexible cloud migration
Get ready for another “as-a-service.” Hyper-converged systems startup Gridstore Inc. said it has merged with application migration specialist DCHQ Inc. to form a new company called HyperGrid Inc. that plans to deliver what it calls the first hyper-converged infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS). Gridstore raised more than $44 million, including a $19 million funding round in January, for ...
Will it integrate? Blendtec taps connectors for data mash-up
“Will it blend? That is the question.” Those words by Blendtec Inc. founder Tom Dickson (above) have kicked off each of the 146 (and counting) videos in the high-end blender maker’s phenomenally successful “Will It Blend?” video series. Each segment features Dickson pulverizing items ranging from golf balls to smart phones with the company’s flagship product. ...
3-D printing’s ‘Pied Piper’ foresees innovation surge as patents expire
The New York Times once described Duann Scott (@Duanns, below right) as “a Pied Piper for on-demand 3-D printing,” an analogy that pretty well sums up what Scott has been doing since he relocated to New York from his native Australia six years ago. In his prior role as a designer evangelist at Shapeways Inc., ...
What Brexit? SAP profits delight
It’s good to be SAP SE. The enterprise resource planning (ERP) leader rode what it called a “trifecta of double digit growth in software, cloud and operating income” to second-quarter results that beat analyst estimates. Earnings per share (EPS) came in at 82 cents, outstripping consensus estimates of 78 cents. Quarterly revenue rose nine percent to ...
Microsoft results impress with strong cloud growth
Not long ago, Microsoft’s failure to reach a Windows shipment goal would have sent the stock into the tank. But how times have changed. Microsoft stock barely moved in the wake of last week’s announcement that it would miss its goal of having Windows 10 on 1 billion devices in two years’ time. Instead, investors ...
LinkedIn Sales Navigator boosts Gmail, Salesforce.com integration
LinkedIn Corp. is improving integration between its Sales Navigator prospecting tool and other popular desktop applications as well as adding a lead discovery feature to its mobile client. The company is deepening integration with Salesforce.com Inc.’s CRM system to better identify and automatically present relevant accounts to users. Previously, the process involved manual tagging and importing. ...
Turnaround? IBM beats street as revenue decline slows
Investors applauded IBM’s second-quarter earnings announcement as the enterprise giant beat expectations on better-than-expected revenues and reaffirmed guidance for the full fiscal year. IBM stock rose nearly three percent in after-hours trading, capping a rise of more than 30 percent in the company’s share price since the beginning of the year. Revenues were off 2.8 ...
This week in earnings: Will elephants dance?
Three giants of earlier eras of computing report earnings this week, and investors and customers will be looking for evidence that their modern-day makeovers are nearing completion. IBM will report after the closing bell today, Microsoft at the end of training tomorrow and SAP AG before the opening bell on Wednesday. All three companies are ...
Is U.S. power grid vulnerable to cyber attack? There’s some good news and some bad news
Last December, a coordinated cyberattack cut power to more than 100 Ukrainian cities and towns by compromising the same kind of control systems that are used in the power grids of the U.S. and many other countries. It was the first known successful attack on physical infrastructure initiated by cyber criminals. Could the same thing ...