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Macos

Apple confirms that macOS and iOS are vulnerable to Meltdown bugs

Mon, 8th Jan 2018
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Security issues known as Meltdown and Spectre affect all modern processors, including Apple's Mac systems and iOS devices. No known exploits at this time.
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How to deploy data exchanges and integration for data monetization

Wed, 13th Dec 2017
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These and other digital business models are predominately based on data exchanges, which are now a pre-requisite for doing digital business at scale.
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Working through the holiday season? Four ways to keep your mobile device secure

Wed, 13th Dec 2017
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As the holiday season begins, Ixia warns that remote workers must not overlook mobile device security to avoid cyber threats.
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Rackspace, Bitcoin, Alibaba and the future of cloud

Tue, 12th Dec 2017
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Alibaba's Asian cloud sales soar; Changes in how we consume cloud; Rise of managed security service providers; Blockchain's potential beyond cryptocurrency.
Authentication

Okta launches identity management offering for startups

Tue, 12th Dec 2017
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Okta unveils Okta for Startups, offering its Identity Cloud free for one year to entrepreneurs and small businesses to enhance secure access management.
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Oracle's 2025 predictions for enterprise and an update so far

Tue, 12th Dec 2017
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cloud services
Oracle CEO Mark Hurd, at Oracle OpenWorld 2023, defended his ambitious 2016 cloud predictions, citing supporting data and anticipating accelerated cloud growth.
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Layered security: Making it harder for the bad guys to win

Thu, 7th Dec 2017
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While locking every door may seem obvious, making it harder for cybercriminals to physically get in should be stage one of a layered security program.
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6 key features of VMware's new Pivotal Container Service

Wed, 6th Dec 2017
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public cloud
Aiming to simplify the deployment and operation of Kubernetes clusters, this Kubernetes solution is for service providers and enterprise.
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Kasten emerges from the shadows with new data management platform

Wed, 6th Dec 2017
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Kasten unveils its K10 platform at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon, offering innovative data management for stateful containerised apps across Kubernetes deployments.
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Identity: The new common language of data - and the new security perimeter

Mon, 4th Dec 2017
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Digital identities should be the new security perimeter for enterprise data, according to IT provider Empired.
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LinkedIn's outage blunder left users exposed and was 'easily preventable'

Fri, 1st Dec 2017
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LinkedIn went down yesterday in countries across the world due to an SSL certificate expiry, leaving some users' data at risk with no encryption.
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Microsoft teams up with TomTom to launch Azure Location Based Services

Fri, 1st Dec 2017
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Microsoft is launching a new Azure service that aims to meet the geospatial needs enterprise customers that use location data.
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HPE says hybrid IT crucial for survival in retail – and how to implement it

Fri, 1st Dec 2017
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​Digital disruption is happening across industries around the world and HPE asserts none more so than retail - the tech giant discusses hybrid IT.
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Survey reveals cloud IT asset visibility crucial to cut costs

Thu, 30th Nov 2017
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The general consensus is that IT executives remain extremely concerned about the visibility of applications deployed in the cloud.
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Photo gallery: The world's most extreme data centers

Wed, 29th Nov 2017
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Negative 40 degrees, this facility is in an environment so cold they have to heat the air used to cool the data center.
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Amazon Web Services vs. Azure

Wed, 29th Nov 2017
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Apparently, AWS deploys about 200,000 updates each month so we are never short of new innovations to work with.
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Equinix: 8 predictions for IT in 2018

Wed, 29th Nov 2017
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Equinix highlights the rise of private blockchains, AI's mainstream breakthrough, and IoT's edge computing needs among its eight IT predictions for 2018.
Online shopping

Black Friday reveals the global trends headed to ANZ

Tue, 28th Nov 2017
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Futuresource Consulting has announced the key findings from its latest global consumer electronics retail channel trends report.
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Cybercrime selling like hotcakes: Ransomware sales soar 2500% in one year

Tue, 28th Nov 2017
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supply chain
​The way criminals ply their trade has changed dramatically since the rise of the digital era, and not for the better – at least for the victims.
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Expert opinion: The changing way enterprises are managing their data

Thu, 23rd Nov 2017
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storage
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ransomware
Director WEUR at Rubrik discusses a number of hot topics including if storage still really exists, multi-cloud environments, and ransomware.