Category: Tech
Intel’s first Broadwell server chip, Xeon D, will be in servers next year Ahead of competition from ARM servers, Intel is putting more weight in the server space with a new Xeon D family of chips, which will be in systems next year. Xeon D chips will be the first server chips based on the […]
Voice interception of mobile calls is an invisible security hole that isn’t getting enough attention Mobile threats have been with us for some time. Most organizations have done a fair job of protecting their important proprietary information, securing emails, encrypting on-board data and using mobile management tools to suppress data loss. All that has made […]
Chasing data-center trends, top server makers have made storage and memory capacity a priority in their new servers. Servers with Intel’s new Xeon E5-2600 v3 server chips, code-named Grantley, were announced by Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Lenovo and IBM Monday. The servers were announced on the same day Intel debuted the chips, which are based on the […]
Dell is expanding its hardware take-back program to acquire more plastic for reuse in laptops and desktops Dell is making a line of PCs using plastics obtained by expanding its recycling program. The company has expanded the hardware take-back program to more places worldwide, aiming to collect and reuse more extracted plastic and metals in […]
As more companies store data in the cloud, they’re increasingly crunching the numbers there, too. Even though cloud-based business intelligence has been around for nearly a decade, a recent trend is driving renewed interest: Companies are generating and storing more data in the cloud. “What I think will happen is people will move the analytics […]
This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach. Enterprise IT leaders are embracing enterprise app stores as a way to get business-approved applications into the hands of end users, and with momentum building, now is the time to […]
As the era of Internet of Things (IoT) dawned, the fridge got hacked. Well, maybe not. In early 2014, as many media outlets such as NPR reported, security services vendor Proofpoint claimed to have detected the first IoT-based cyber attack involving “more than 750,000 malicious email communications coming from more than 100,000 everyday consumer gadgets […]
Wireless charging in cars is expected to take off next year — but in the meantime, here are five cars that currently offer that feature. With 50 million wireless charging-enabled smartphones forecast to ship this year, the adoption of in-vehicle wireless chargers is expected to accelerate in 2015, according IHS. One of the barriers to […]
The HTTP/2 protocol will speed Web delivery, though it also may put more strain on Web servers When it comes to speeding up Web traffic over the Internet, sometimes too much of a good thing may not be such a good thing at all. The Internet Engineering Task Force is putting the final touches on […]
Given its prevalence, open source code is virtually impossible to avoid, but the proper steps need to be taken address its vulnerabilities This year has been the best of times and the worst of times for open source code and security. On the one hand, the latest survey by Black Duck Software and North Bridge […]