Heartbleed is a Walletbleed, too
How much has Heartbleed cost us? CloudFlare has posted a blog talking about the costs — laughably small in my view — of revoking and reissuing security certificates. This will be expensive, extrapolating into…
Chasing unicorns : Analyzing talent at the fastest growing companies
By Guest Author
In “Welcome To The Unicorn Club: Learning From Billion-Dollar Startups,” Aileen Lee suggested that only .07 percent of venture-backed consumer and enterprise software startups ever achieve billion-dollar valuations. That’s one in every 1,538 companies that have…
Bitcoin heads to space in hopes of becoming more secure
One of the biggest hindrances Bitcoin faces is convincing people that it is secure and safe to use. Another issue is accessibility. But these hurdles may soon be addressed, if Jeff Garzik, a core…
Brown University’s data protection journey: from one-size-fits-all to DR-as-a-service | #CUBEConversations
The disaster recovery landscape has changed considerably over the last few years as disk-based backup appliances slowly but surely displaced legacy tape in enterprise environments, a transition that Brown University’s Nancy Magers says has…
The Data Economy: Data standards needed to enable Industrial Internet
At its core, the idea behind the Industrial Internet (II) is to bring all the world’s industrial equipment online to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of industrial processes through large-scale data analytics and automation. For…
We’re a partner in the industrialization of IT, says Red Hat CEO | #RHSummit
The Red Hat Summit is different than most other vendor shows in the sense that, although it naturally centers on the company and its particular vision for technology, it also places a large emphasis…
Apple issues Heartbleed patch for AirPort hardware
Apple has been left feeling ever-so-slightly red faced after posting a security update to address the Heartbleed vulnerability in its AirPort router hardware. This comes after the company previously stated that all of its…
AWS anounces support for Docker containerization in Elastic Beanstalk
The world’s leading public cloud provider has just embraced one of the hottest new enabling technologies for migrating applications into the cloud. AWS has just announced support for the open-source Docker technology on its…
FCC denies U-turn on net neutrality
The Wall Street Journal is claiming the FCC has had a major change of heart over net neutrality. According to its report, the FCC is set to propose new rules that would pave the…
Bitcoin Weekly 2014 April 23: Vault of Satoshi proof-of-solvency audit, TEDx virtual currencies are the future, Bitcoin side-chains, and happy Easter BTC
By Kyt Dotson
More exchanges are hitching their wagon to the trust of the community in the wake of the insolvency of MtGox. Now Vault of Satoshi has submitted to a proof-of-solvency audit program to show users…