Foundational best practices for starting up an IaaS deployment By Brandon Butler Network World | September 28, 2016 How do you get started using the cloud? For some organizations, cloud usage has already begun by someone in the company - whether they know it or not. But to have a successful cloud deployment, it’s helpful to have a plan. 1. Alignment workshops After a company has made a dec...
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‘We feel very well positioned both in the new areas of technology and in the existing areas of technology,’ says CEO Michael Dell By Rachael King Updated Sept. 7, 2016 10:15 a.m. ET Dell Inc. Wednesday said it completed its $60 billion deal to acquire EMC Corp., the largest technology merger in history. The new company, to be named Dell Technologies, aims to be a one-stop shop for informati...
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As businesses of all sizes migrate ever more workloads to cloud-based infrastructure, we examine the dynamics of this rapidly changing market. By Charles McLellan | August 15, 2016 -- 15:19 GMT (08:19 PDT) | Topic: Cloud Computing: Moving to IaaS Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) is a maturing segment of the cloud computing market. In its 2015 Cloud Computing Hype Cycle, Gartner placed IaaS...
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Al Franken wants to know how the data collected is used By John Ribeiro The popularity of augmented reality smartphone game Pokémon Go has raised a variety of concerns, including a warning by the National Safety Council, urging drivers not to play the game behind the wheel and asking pedestrians to be careful while playing it. U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.), a strong privacy advocate, has ra...
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It's the second ransomware threat after Petya that leaves computers unable to boot into the OS By Lucian Constantin IDG News Service | July 1, 2016 Attackers are developing an aggressive new ransomware program for Windows machines that encrypts user files as well as the computer's master boot record (MBR), leaving devices unable to load the OS. The program is dubbed Satana -- meaning "S...
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New data paints a much darker picture of the underground market for hacked servers The market for hacked servers might be much larger than previously thought, with new evidence suggesting that hackers sold access to over 170,000 compromised servers since 2014, a third of them located in the U.S. The new revelation comes from antivirus firm Kaspersky Lab, whose researchers reported last week that...
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5 things you should know about password managers Source: IDG News Service Tools such as Last Pass and Dashlane can save you a lot of headaches New data breaches are coming to light almost weekly and they reveal a simple but troubling fact: many people still choose weak passwords and reuse them across multiple sites. The reality is, remembering dozens of complex passwords is almost imposs...
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Know everything about your business contact before you even walk into the room By Mark Hachman The image above says it all: Microsoft spent $26.1 billion to ensure that you'll never walk into a meeting "cold" again. Picture a typical business trip: meetings all day, drinks at night. A good salesperson knows his or her contacts before he or she steps foot in the door. But that goes for coworkers...
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Alphabet believes it can provide wireless internet connections as fast as the 1 gigabit per second offered by Google's Fiber service. by Lance Whitney  @lancewhit You may one day be able to wirelessly tap into the internet at speeds as fast as or faster than you can get via a wired connection. Google parent Alphabet is aiming to cook up a wireless technology that would match the speed of its f...
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Working in IT can be a stressful career, but a new survey shows the pressure's easing for many tech workers. But is career satisfaction dropping, too? By Sharon Florentine It's no secret that working IT is stressful, but a new survey from TEKsystems shows that the pressure may be easing for some IT professionals. The 2016 IT Stress and Pride survey from IT talent management and solutions company...
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