CIOs racing business transformation to stay relevant
CIOs are always under fire, that is just a fact of life, writes Consultant, former CIO, and Wikibon Analyst Scott Lowe in “Four Sobering Facts that CIOs Must Face in 2014”. The latest evidence…
How Datalink helps customers converge public and private clouds
As more organizations seek to adopt cloud computing in any of its forms, many will find that it may not always be as simple to implement as one might think. Cloud providers often offer…
Smart car solutions gets aggressive : New partnerships + funding
This week’s SmartCar roundup features Google’s entry into the connected car arena and Zubie’s $10 million funding round. Google partners with Audi for connected cars Sources claimed that come CES 2014, Google and…
Snapchat API exploit results in 4.6M usernames and phone numbers exposed
Snapchat users are mistaken if they think that the messaging platform is inherently more secure than others. While it’s gained millions of users over the last year due to the way it permanently deletes…
Stealth startup Pushd secures more funding for mysterious product
Pushd, a San Francisco-based stealth startup with rock star social networking talent, has bagged another $1 million from anonymous investors last week, an SEC filing picked up by VentureBeat reveals. The funding brings the…
DerpTrolling continues DDOS trolling gaming sites and Twitch streamers for New Years Eve Day
By Kyt Dotson
Yesterday, a new DDOS troll moved onto the gaming scene by lighting up a Twitter account (@DerpTrolling) and began to wash away Internet gaming services. The anti-fireworks and criminal behavior culminated in the harassment…
CloudFlare CEO predicts a big year of DDoS threats ahead
As we look at what lies ahead in security, we find that subject of DDoS has come up again and again. So we went straight to CloudFlare for some predictions in 2014. CloudFlare CEO…
HP’s David Scott on the different flavors of enterprise storage | #HPDiscover
As senior vice president and general manager of HP Storage, David Scott is at the forefront of industry change, with a finger firmly on the pulse of enterprise demand. In his latest appearance on…
Facebook CIO on analytics in the knowledge economy | #HPDiscover
Second only to Google in digital ad revenue, Facebook is setting an example for the enterprise in leveraging web-based data sources to drive business value. Tim Campos, the social networking behemoth’s CIO, sat down…
YouTube community fights back against blocked games videos
By Saroj Kar
A few days ago YouTube sets the new rules on gaming videos, resulting from the introduction of a controversial machine verification Content ID. The idea would be to search the submitted material portions of…