Hackers wanted for careers at NSA
The National Security Agency (NSA) has made an open recruiting pitch to the hackers of the world and attendees of the annual DEFCON conference. “We want to talk to you about a career at NSA”…
Why Aren’t Olympians Breaking World Records This Year? [REPORT]
Watching the London 2012 Olympics, I noticed something – there’s not a lot of World Records that have been broken. Though the Games is still ongoing, you can’t help but wonder–are the world records…
Google+ Increases Big Brand Users, But Not Engagement
While Google pursues better and fresher content with it’s recent Wildfire acquisition, its Google+ platform must also innovate to match user engagement levels comparable to Facebook and Twitter. A SocialShare Report from BrightEdge shows…
As Promised, NetFlix Open Sources Chaos Monkey
Content streaming and movie rental service Netflix utilizes cloud computing to power its core operations. In fact, the bulk of Netflix’s infrastructure is cloud-based, and it is one of Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) largest customers. Netflix…
Enterprise Migration to the Cloud Still Has a Long Way to Go
The public cloud is picking up momentum, but many large enterprises are still hesitant about jumping aboard the public “as-a-service” bandwagon. Dan Lamorena, a director for Symantec’s storage and availability management group, explained, “You may…
Gartner Raises 2012 Cloud Spending Forecast
Citing a “stabilized” outlook, research firm Gartner expects enterprises to spend 3 percent more on IT, a slight increase from the 2.5 percent growth it noted in a report published earlier this year. Gartner estimates…
Salesforce.com: When It Comes To The Enterprise Cloud, Context Is King
In a blog post yesterday, Quinton Wall, Director of Technical Platform Marketing and general developer evangelist for Salesforce.com, makes the case that the App Store economy is here to stay – and that the enterprise cloud developers…
Hotmail is dead – Viva Outlook.com!
Anyone lost track of which version of Hotmail is still out there? Well, some relief is coming because Hotmail is being replaced by Microsoft’s new service Outlook.com. The change is in the midst of…
Azure Outage Caused by Networking Glitch, GM Says
Microsoft is one of the latest companies trying to clean up reputation damage inflicted by an outage of its cloud services. Mike Neil, the general manager in charge of Microsoft’s Windows Azure, wrote a…
appMobi Launches Free HTML5 Packaging Service
appMobi announced openBuild this week, a free cloud service that makes it easier for HTML5 developers to optimize their apps for all the different app stores out there. While HTML5 may be able to…