Splunk Cloud launches as security demands rise| #AWSSummit
With more announcements and customer stories at #AWSSummit than you could shake a stick at, picking up on one over any others is a difficult task. Splunk is a popular topic in the industry,…
Cloudera raises monster round of $900 million; $740M from Intel for 18 percent
By John Furrier
Cloudera announced that they raised a total of $900 million in equity in a private round of funding. Notable was the monster investment from Intel a whopping $740 million. Reuters reports that this investment…
Document management, security + AWS | #AWSSummit
This year’s AWS Summit featured much buzz around cloud services and products, and one of the recurring stories was how partner services have been able to utilize AWS to provide definitive value to their…
The real reason Facebook redesigned itself. Again.
Recently, social media lovers woke up to a whole new Facebook – and most of them weren’t at all pleased. With the redesign everything looked pinched, the ads were given more surface area, the…
Cloud security isn’t one size fits all | #AWSSummit
TheCUBE visited the 2014 AWS Summit last week, and there was no shortage of absolutely great thought leadership going on throughout the broadcast. Cloudnexa CEO Joel Davne had a great spot on theCUBE where…
Mt.Gox employees raised concerns long before it imploded
Bitcoin had an amazing run in 2013 with its value hitting the $1,000 mark, but the cryptocurrency didn’t exactly get off to the greatest of starts this year. From the arrest of BitInstant CEO…
AWS Summit exhibits a growing security ecosystem | #AWSSummit
I’ve taken AWS out to the woodshed in the past on security questions, but have always done so with valid points and concerns. Having watched this past week’s AWS Summit on theCUBE, it’s clear…
Journalists under attack : Hacks against media on the increase
New research from two Google security engineers has revealed a rise in the number of cyberattacks against journalists, with 21 of the world’s 25 top news organizations being targeted in the last year, most…
Just too stubborn: Why Windows XP still has lots of life in it yet
It was around this time last year that Microsoft confirmed that it would be ending its support for Windows XP, refusing to extend the life of its old operating system any longer as it…
McAfee CSO article stirs up the whitehat infosec community
An article published by Security Magazine online by McAfee Chief Security Officer Brent Conran earlier this month has created a storm of controversy in the infosec community. Posted under the category ‘Cyber Safety’ and…