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Security

Consumer version of Google+ to be shut down following data exposure

By Duncan Riley Oct 8, 2018

Google LLC is shutting down the consumer version of its Facebook Inc. competitor Google+ after it was reported that the platform has been exposing user data for years. Although many expected the little-used social…

Big Data

The new breed of data platforms is tolerant of hybrid clouds

By R. Danes Oct 8, 2018

Despite good intentions, big-data frameworks and platforms like Apache Hadoop created a lot of murky data swamps. The time and effort needed to make the data therein useful left a lot of users unimpressed.…

Emerging Tech

Curb the urge to automate if there’s no business case

By R. Danes Oct 8, 2018

If it can be automated it should be automated, right? Maybe. Maybe not. If a business with limited time, people and resources goes on a blind automation spree that ultimately doesn’t reduce expenditures or…

Infra

We’re all project managers now, so grab your collab tools, says Forrester

By R. Danes Oct 8, 2018

The digital transformation is changing the way businesspeople get work done. Three-fourths of respondents in a Forrester Research Inc. survey said projects in their organizations are more widely distributed than before, with more employees…

Blockchain

IBM Food Trust commercial blockchain launch links food safety from farm to dinner table

By Kyt Dotson Oct 8, 2018

After 18 months of testing, IBM Corp. today announced the commercial availability of its food safety blockchain-based platform, IBM Food Trust, designed for global use by farms, distributors and retailers. The system uses distributed…

Infra

Automation will take huge bite off security officer’s plate by 2020

By R. Danes Oct 8, 2018

The security operations centers, or SOCs, in organizations are about to get some extra hands to help fight attacks — not from humans, though. Technologies that automate a big chunk of security tasks are…

Cloud

LinkedIn to acquire workforce analytics startup Glint for $400M+

By Maria Deutscher Oct 8, 2018

LinkedIn is marking its first acquisition since becoming part of Microsoft Corp. in 2016. The business social network today announced plans to purchase Glint Inc., a Redwood City, California-based startup focused on providing enterprises…

Big Data

Amid the digital chaos, Splunk CEO embraces the world’s data

By Mark Albertson Oct 8, 2018

When the modern, high-end automobile has more lines of data-generating code than Facebook, it’s time to face a stark reality: Today’s world is awash in a sea of information and the explosion of data…

Cloud

Joining Google, Microsoft unveils its own cloud-based game streaming service

By Maria Deutscher Oct 8, 2018

Microsoft Corp. today previewed Project xCloud, an upcoming service intended to make video games that currently require a personal computer or a gaming console playable on mobile devices. The announcement comes a week after Google LLC revealed plans to launch a game…

Emerging Tech

Facebook launches Portal, an Alexa-powered video calling device with AI features

By Maria Deutscher Oct 8, 2018

Following more than a year of rumors that Facebook Inc. could enter the smart home market, the company today officially debuted Portal, a voice-controlled video calling device powered by Amazon.com Inc.’s Alexa assistant. The system’s…

the latest

The new breed of data platforms is tolerant of hybrid clouds

Curb the urge to automate if there’s no business case

We’re all project managers now, so grab your collab tools, says Forrester

IBM Food Trust commercial blockchain launch links food safety from farm to dinner table

Automation will take huge bite off security officer’s plate by 2020

LinkedIn to acquire workforce analytics startup Glint for $400M+

Amid the digital chaos, Splunk CEO embraces the world’s data

Facebook launches Portal, an Alexa-powered video calling device with AI features

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