Category: Tech
For the past couple of years, tech pundits have been pounding the Bring Your Own Device drumbeat to such a fast and lively rhythm that you’d think just about everyone was dancing to it. Some industry watchers have even predicted the coming of a BYOD mandate, whereby employers would require employees to provide their own […]
Saving about $2 million was the primary reason international business-facility management firm ABM decided to convert its virtual infrastructure from VMware’s vSphere to Microsoft’s Hyper-V, but that came only after a period of having Microsoft prove that its virtual environment was ready. The ABM IT department had many skeptics who thought Hyper-V didn’t have the […]
From new chips to super-fast storage and amazing connectivity improvements, the future of computing was unveiled at Computex. But wait, there’s more! That’s all we have for this slideshow, but we’re only scratching the surface of the vast sea of electronics announced at Computex 2014. Check out PCWorld’s Computex category for all sorts of additional […]
In order to differentiate itself, Riverbed is re-defining itself as a platform company, instead of a suite of products. Over the years, a number of companies have become synonymous with certain technology markets. These are companies that have been the primary evangelists for a market and are typically the technology and/or share leaders. Examples of […]
Some cloud storage providers who hope to be on the leading edge of cloud security adopt a “zero-knowledge” policy in which vendors say it is impossible for customer data to be snooped on. But a recent study by computer scientists at Johns Hopkins University is questioning just how secure those zero knowledge tactics are. cloud […]
Two defendants face arraignment in federal court Friday The U.S. Department of Justice has brought charges against nine alleged members of a criminal organization that distributed the Zeus Trojan used to steal millions of dollars from bank accounts nationwide. The DOJ’s charges, unsealed Friday in U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska, include conspiracy […]
Adopting protocol called DMARC pays big dividends, says Twitter postmaster There used to be a whopping 110 million attack messages per day spoofing the Twitter domain name as cyber-criminals blasted out fake Twitter e-mail at intended victims to try and fool them into opening dangerous malware-infested links and other scams. But by adopting a messaging […]
Software-defined networking offers many positives, but keep an eye on possible vulnerabilities San Francisco — The big buzzword in networking these days is Software-Defined Networking (SDN), a de-coupling of the data plane and the control plane that allows you to manage physical devices via a software-based controller sitting on a general purpose server. There are […]
Samsung releases latest Android-based Galaxy S model in Barcelona Samsung made the Galaxy S5 official on Monday at a Mobile World Congress presentation in Barcelona, touting a slimmed-down approach to the latest flagship’s feature set and simplified design. GS5 It’s a small but notable departure for the South Korean company, whose devices all too frequently […]
In today’s threatscape, antivirus software provides little piece of mind. In fact, antimalware scanners on the whole are horrifically inaccurate, especially with exploits less than 24 hours old. After all, malicious hackers and malware can change their tactics at will. Swap a few bytes around, and a previously recognized malware program becomes unrecognizable. To combat […]