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Is Amazon's Echo wiretapped, and would you group date on Tinder? (CNET's Open_Tab Ep. 8 show notes) - CNETCNET News26 Jul 2016 | 7:52 pm
POS device supplier Posiflex reports strong earnings for 1H16DIGITIMES: IT news from Asia26 Jul 2016 | 12:15 amOwn-brand POS (point of sale) equipment maker Posiflex Technology has reported net profits of NT$175 million (US$5.43 million) for the second quarter of 2016, up 48% on quarter and 11% on year. The earnings translated into an EPS of NT$2.5 for the quarter.
Is Apple due for an antitrust probe?IT Management & Trends Blogs26 Jul 2016 | 3:32 amI am sure you have heard of how Microsoft was placed under an antitrust probe and lost (minds out of the gutter please). They were sued because they were trying to force the windows operating system users to use internet explorer over and above other browsers. � Microsoft was claiming that the internet explorer program was an integral part of the operating system and couldn't
Obama Issues Federal Government Policy For Cyberattack ResponseDark Reading:26 Jul 2016 | 2:10 pmNew Presidential Policy Directive, PPD-41, solidifies just how key federal agencies coordinate, respond to cyberattacks on federal and private networks.
Clinton Campaign Manager: Prospect of More DNC Emails Being Released Was - Concerning'Computer Security News26 Jul 2016 | 7:10 amHillary Clinton's campaign manager Robby Mook said on ABC's Good Morning America that he was concerned an "aggressive regime" like Russian President Vladimir Putin's could be trying to "infiltrate the system of the Democratic Party" and also "influence the outcome of the election." Mook was responding to a question this morning regarding the email hack from WikiLeaks that showed that several staff members of the Democratic National Committee were biased against Sen. Bernie Sanders during the campaign primary.
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Is Amazon's Echo wiretapped, and would you group date on Tinder? (CNET's Open_Tab Ep. 8 show notes) - CNET26 Jul 2016 | 7:52 pmPlus, #THERNC and RIP to Kickass torrents. Join Open_Tab live on CNET's YouTube page Fridays around 3:30 p.m. ET/12:30 p.m. PT.
First commercial drone delivery in US included donuts, sandwich (Tomorrow Daily 397 show notes) - CNET26 Jul 2016 | 7:02 pmWe'd be down to order drone-delivered donuts from a local convenience store. The chicken sandwich, though...not so much.
Twitter is still trending downward financially - CNET26 Jul 2016 | 6:27 pmUser growth remains stagnant, and the social network plans to rely more on video and live-streaming to turn its fortunes around.
Former PlayStation Exec joins Killer Instinct dev - CNET26 Jul 2016 | 6:09 pm"The world ain't ready for this!"
Watch Quake's original designer talk about Quake Champions' new characters - CNET26 Jul 2016 | 5:36 pmMeet the Champions you'll be fragging with in Quake Champions.
DIGITIMES: IT news from Asia
POS device supplier Posiflex reports strong earnings for 1H1626 Jul 2016 | 12:15 amOwn-brand POS (point of sale) equipment maker Posiflex Technology has reported net profits of NT$175 million (US$5.43 million) for the second quarter of 2016, up 48% on quarter and 11% on year. The earnings translated into an EPS of NT$2.5 for the quarter.
Intel Dalian fab put into operation, says report25 Jul 2016 | 11:34 pmIntel's 12-inch fab in Dalian has been put into operaton for the manufacture of non-volatile random-access memory (NVRAM) chips, according to a ChinaNews website report.
AMD introduces new professional graphics25 Jul 2016 | 11:17 pmAMD has unveiled new solutions to address modern content creation and engineering: the new Radeon Pro WX series of professional graphics cards. The new brand, targeting 10 million professional graphics users is created based on the Polaris architecture.
SK Hynix profits fall25 Jul 2016 | 10:48 pmSK Hynix has announced consolidated revenues increased 8% sequentially to KRW3.94 trillion (US$3.47 billion) in the second quarter of 2016 thanks to "increased product shipments beyond expectation, courtesy of memory demand recovery." However, due to falling prices of memory chips, SK Hynix' operating profits decreased 19% on quarter.
Component makers to see weak orders for tablets and wearables25 Jul 2016 | 9:25 pmUpstream component makers have seen weaker-than-expected orders for tablet and wearable products since the early first half and the issue is expected to continue in the second half of the year and will hurt the makers' revenue performances in 2016.
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Is Apple due for an antitrust probe?26 Jul 2016 | 3:32 amI am sure you have heard of how Microsoft was placed under an antitrust probe and lost (minds out of the gutter please). They were sued because they were trying to force the windows operating system users to use internet explorer over and above other browsers. � Microsoft was claiming that the internet explorer program was an integral part of the operating system and couldn't
Which is the smallest transistor?24 Jul 2016 | 9:51 pmIn my days as a young whippersnapper I did an apprenticeship as an electric / electronic technician. This means that I learned electronic theory and how semiconductors worked. It was both an electrifying and holey experience. � In short, a transistor worked by two dissimilar materials configured with a bridge of one of the materials. With no voltage on the bridge or gate as
Programming for the future24 Jul 2016 | 1:22 amThe future, that unknown up and coming part of our life which we can try and plan for but will always, always, find a way to put the best made plans of mice and men on the scrap heap. � One thing which we can be sure of however is that the future will change and that in order for us to survive we need to be able to change with it. The same goes for any programs we write. � A
Anonymity is no more.22 Jul 2016 | 1:16 amThere is a reason I don't hack into computers. Not that I can't and not that I haven't. In my duties as a system administrator I have done so, legally and to the companies own computers. � I can honestly say I have never hacked into a third parties computer at all without their knowledge. � There is a reason I don't do this. It is very simple. Anything you
The Twisted Pair Ethernet Physical Channel21 Jul 2016 | 3:30 pmBecause of the great interest among users and vendors in the twisted pair Ethernet concept, many vendors developed and began marketing products prior to the finalization of the 10BASE-T standard. As a result, some interoperability problems may occur if hardware from different vendors (all claiming some degree of compliance to 10BASE-T) is used.
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Obama Issues Federal Government Policy For Cyberattack Response26 Jul 2016 | 2:10 pmNew Presidential Policy Directive, PPD-41, solidifies just how key federal agencies coordinate, respond to cyberattacks on federal and private networks.
Russia Likely Behind DNC Breach, Says FBI26 Jul 2016 | 7:30 amMotive behind DNC hack and leak is possibly to tilt election in favor of Trump, say US officials.
In Security, Know That You Know Nothing26 Jul 2016 | 7:30 amOnly when security professionals become aware of what they don't know, can they start asking the right questions and implementing the right security controls.
Report Finds Healthcare Most Targeted By Ransomware26 Jul 2016 | 7:29 amTop ransomware variant Cryptowall accounts for almost 94% of all detected attacks, says Solutionary.
Security Holes Exposed In Smart Lighting System26 Jul 2016 | 7:05 amSylvania Osram Lightify vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to turn out the lights or ultimately infiltrate the corporate network.
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Clinton Campaign Manager: Prospect of More DNC Emails Being Released Was - Concerning'26 Jul 2016 | 7:10 amHillary Clinton's campaign manager Robby Mook said on ABC's Good Morning America that he was concerned an "aggressive regime" like Russian President Vladimir Putin's could be trying to "infiltrate the system of the Democratic Party" and also "influence the outcome of the election." Mook was responding to a question this morning regarding the email hack from WikiLeaks that showed that several staff members of the Democratic National Committee were biased against Sen. Bernie Sanders during the campaign primary.
Media Alert: Kaspersky Lab Research Team to Participate in Reddit AMA on July...26 Jul 2016 | 2:57 amKaspersky Lab Global Research and Analysis Team will hold an Ask me Anything session on Reddit.com on Wednesday, July 27. Costin Raiu, Director of GReAT at Kaspersky Lab, along with experts from his team will be answering questions from Reddit.com users. When: The post will be set live at July 27, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. ET and will last for an hour and a half.
HHS Ocr Guidance on Ransomware Attacks: They Constitute a...25 Jul 2016 | 10:46 pmOn July 11, 2016, the HHS Office of Civil Rights released guidance on HIPAA covered entities' responsibilities in a ransomware attack, a type of cyber-attack that has targeted the health care sector extensively in recent months. This guidance comes in the wake of a June 20, 2016 "Dear Colleague" letter from HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell highlighting ransomware issues.
TOWIE star Lydia Bright defends her harsh words during fight with...25 Jul 2016 | 6:43 pmDemocratic National Convention chaos: Sanders backers chant 'Bernie' then boo every mention of Hillary; arena is surrounded by anti-Clinton mob - and even the gavelling goes wrong Revealed: How DNC staffers under Wasserman Schultz used anti-gay slurs, mocked the name of an African-American assistant and created a sexist Craigslist job post to humiliate Donald Trump Bernie Sanders sends desperate text to his furious supporters pleading with them not to protest at the DNC as the party leadership offer him a groveling apology Trump's secret backer? Clinton campaign doubles down on claims Putin's government has links to email hackers who have turned Hillary's coronation into total chaos Bernie supporters will...
FBI Confirms Investigation Into Massive Hack of DNC25 Jul 2016 | 2:25 pmThe FBI is now officially acknowledging its investigation into a massive breach of the Democratic National Committee's computers, which sources and experts say was likely the work of government hackers in Russia. The hack apparently allowed the cyber operatives to not only steal opposition research on Republican nominee Donald Trump, and many suspect it also led to the theft of internal messages that show efforts by DNC officials to undermine Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders during the primary season.
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Why Choose Oracle University for IT Training & Certification?26 Jul 2016 | 11:20 amCareer Growth: our training courses are designed to teach you skills that directly align with real-life IT jobs; empower yourself with in demand skills in a competitive job market. Salary Advancement: Certification magazine found that Oracle Certified Professionals earn higher salaries when compared to other DBA or Developer professionals. Earning this well-respected IT credential could make a positive impact on your wallet. Expert Instruction: learn Oracle from the same team involved in Oracle product development. You have questions and they have answers. Flexible Learning Options: train from anywhere, at any time, from any device. Pick the format that matches your learning...
Mix a Little Pleasure with Business at Oracle OpenWorld26 Jul 2016 | 11:11 amTime-out. Time for me. A Guest Post By Dr. Patricia Dues, president of the OAUG With such a jam-packed agenda full of quality sessions at Oracle OpenWorld, it's hard to imagine having any down time to escape the confines of the convention center and the overload of information assailing your brain. But remember, you are in beautiful San Francisco, and it's important to take a moment to rejuvenate. Here are three, quick time-outs to consider for Oracle OpenWorld this year. Find a Spot at Yerba Buena Gardens. Recognized as one of the nation's top 30 urban parks, Yerba Buena Gardens is known to be the cultural heart of San Francisco and is an inviting expanse...
TLS 1.2 Certified with E-Business Suite 12.126 Jul 2016 | 8:31 amI'm pleased to announce that Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1 inbound, outbound, and loopback connections are now certified with TLS 1.2, 1.1, and 1.0. If you have not already migrated from SSL to TLS, you should begin planning the migration for your environment.� For more information on patching and configuration requirements when migrating to TLS 1.2 from TLS 1.0 or SSL or enabling TLS for the first time, refer to the following My Oracle Support Knowledge Document:

Enabling TLS in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1 (Note 376700.1)

 Migrating to TLS 1.2 per the steps and configuration outlined in MOS Note 376700.1 will do the following:

Address recent security...

Integration with new Oracle Integration Cloud Service (ICS) by ec4u26 Jul 2016 | 3:49 amSince a few years cloud computing has become more and more popular. The main types of cloud computing are Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS). In the past, several subareas have been established in the market and pushed by research companies. One subarea is Integration PaaS (IPaaS)� and a variety of vendors have provided solutions. One advantage of IPaaS solutions is the simplified integration. Furthermore, IPaaS provides the capability to integrate cloud- and on-premise applications. Oracle announced Integration Cloud Service (ICS) as an IPaaS solution in June. This article describes a first impression and the key components of...
Oracle Service Cloud Release Recordings Now Available! - August 201626 Jul 2016 | 3:36 amThe Oracle Service Cloud 2016 August release is here! Check out our two recorded sessions to review� the Service Cloud platform changes and get a feeling of the features and enhancement packages. The sessions are intended for a technical audience, more specific for consultants, application engineers, solution consultants, CSMs, BDMs, customer care, upgrades but also to anyone else wanting a look at the solution changes. Session one covers topics like: Highlights of Policy Automation, Forum Functionality, Opt list Framework for Accounts, Cleanup and Redesign, PHP Upgrade, MAPI, PHP Helper and Utility Functions, Knowledge Advanced Customer Portal, Analytics, Mobile Agent Accelerator. View here! ...
Percona Database Performance Blog
Testing Samsung storage in tpcc-mysql benchmark of Percona Server26 Jul 2016 | 11:00 amThis blog post will detail the results of Samsung storage in tpcc-mysql benchmark using Percona Server. I had an opportunity to test different Samsung storage devices under tpcc-mysql benchmark powered by Percona Server 5.7. You can find a summary with details here https://github.com/Percona-Lab-results/201607-tpcc-samsung-storage/blob/master/summary-tpcc-samsung.md I have in my possession:

Samsung 850 Pro, 2TB: This is a SATA device and is positioned as consumer-oriented, something that you would use in a high-end user desktop. As of this post, I estimate the price of this device as around $430/TB.

Samsung SM863, 1.92TB: this device is also a SATA, and positioned for a server usage. The current price...

Percona XtraBackup 2.4.4 is now available25 Jul 2016 | 11:05 amPercona announces the GA release of Percona XtraBackup 2.4.4 on July 25th, 2016. You can download it from our download site and from apt and yum repositories. Percona XtraBackup enables MySQL backups without blocking user queries, making it ideal for companies with large data sets and mission-critical applications that cannot tolerate long periods of downtime. Offered free as an open source solution, Percona XtraBackup drives down backup costs while providing unique features for MySQL backups. New Features:

Percona XtraBackup has been rebased on MySQL 5.7.13.

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Percona XtraBackup reported the difference in the actual size of the system tablespace and the size which was stored in the tablespace...

MongoDB Consistent Backups25 Jul 2016 | 10:35 amIn this post, I'm going to discuss MongoDB consistent backups, and how to achieve them. You might have read before that MongoDB backup is not consistent. But what if I told you there is a tool that could make them consistent. What if this tool also would make it cluster-wide consistent, automatically compress the backup, become the first step toward continually incremental recording, notify your monitoring system and upload the backup to cloud storage for you? It's all TRUE! Recently Percona-Labs created a new repository aimed at exactly these issues. We hope it will eventually grow into something that becomes part of the officially supported tools (like Percona Toolkit and Percona's Xtrabackup...
The Value of Database Support20 Jul 2016 | 2:31 pmIn this post, I'll discuss how database support is good for your enterprise. Years ago when I worked for the MySQL Support organization at the original MySQL AB, we spoke about MySQL Support as insurance and focused on a value proposition similar to that of car insurance. You must purchase car insurance before the incident happens, or insurance won't cover the damage. In fact, most places around the world require automobile insurance. Similarly, many organizations that leverage production-use technology have their own "insurance" by means of 24/7 support. In my opinion, this is a very one-sided view that does not capture the full value (and ROI) that a database support contract with Percona provides....
Upcoming Webinar Wednesday July 20, 11 am PDT: Practical MySQL Performance Optimization19 Jul 2016 | 3:51 amAre you looking to improve your MySQL performance? Application success is often limited by poor MySQL performance. Please join Percona CEO and Founder Peter Zaitsev for this exclusive webinar on Wednesday, July 20th, 2016 at 11:00 AM PDT (UTC – 7) as he presents "Practical MySQL Performance Optimization". Peter Zaitsev discusses how to get excellent MySQL performance while being practical. In other words, spending time on what gives you the best return. The webinar updates Peter's ever-popular Practical MySQL Performance Optimization presentation. It covers the important points for improving MySQL performance. It also includes a discussion of the new tools and features in the latest MySQL 5.7 release, as...
The State of Security
Hacker Mindset: SANS NetWars & Tools of the Trade26 Jul 2016 | 8:00 pmIn my ongoing blog series "Hacker Mindset," I'll explore an attacker's assumptions, methods and theory, including how information security professionals can apply this knowledge to increase cyber-vigilance on the systems and networks they steward. In this article, I share my thoughts on NetWars – a live interactive Capture the Flag training exercise at SANS Rocky […]…�Read More The post Hacker Mindset: SANS NetWars & Tools of the Trade appeared first on The State of Security.
The Emerging Threats Posed by Augmented Reality Gaming26 Jul 2016 | 8:00 pmThere is a deeper, hidden world all around us, but most of the population remains oblivious to it. An alien technology called exotic matter has broken through a dimensional barrier and leaks into our world through millions of pinprick-sized holes. This exotic matter subtly influences human creativity. Centered around the locations where this matter flows […]…�Read More The post The Emerging Threats Posed by Augmented Reality Gaming appeared first on The State of Security.
DEF CON 24: Brainwashing Embedded Systems26 Jul 2016 | 6:00 pmCome get your hands dirty with embedded device hacks during my DEF CON 24 workshop. Brainwashing Embedded Systems will be held in Las Vegas Ballroom 3 on Saturday, August 10, from 10AM – 2PM. This workshop is a condensed version of the full-day training offered at the 2016 AusCERT and SecTor conferences. During the workshop, […]…�Read More The post DEF CON 24: Brainwashing Embedded Systems appeared first on The State of Security.
Challenges in Securing Unrestricted (Open) DNS Resolvers25 Jul 2016 | 8:00 pmWorking for a security services vendor provides me the opportunity to work with a variety of cool tools in our quest to develop new and innovative security services. The most recent project I was deeply involved in is the development of a DNS security service called SecureSurf. The foundational goal of the design of this […]…�Read More The post Challenges in Securing Unrestricted (Open) DNS Resolvers appeared first on The State of Security.
3 Principles and Challenges of Endpoint Discovery25 Jul 2016 | 8:00 pmDigital attackers are constantly looking for ways to infiltrate organizations' IT environments. One of the easiest modes of entry is for an actor to exploit a weakness in an endpoint, a network node which according to Dark Reading remains "the most attractive and soft soft target for cyber criminals and cyber espionage actors to get […]…�Read More The post 3 Principles and Challenges of Endpoint Discovery appeared first on The State of Security.
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Service Integration Via a Distributed Ledger25 Jul 2016 | 7:31 pmSummary: System integration by writing and reading claims on a distributed ledger solves some big problems. Consider a distributed ledger that provides people (among other principles) with an identity and a place to read and write, securely and privately, various claims. As a distributed ledger, it's not controlled by any single organization and is radically decentralized and distributed. In the following diagram, the Department of Motor Vehicles has written a driver's license record on the distributed ledger. Later, John is asked to prove his age at Walmart. John is involved in permissioning both the writing and reading of the record. Further, the record is written so that John doesn't have to...
Pico Labs at Open West14 Jul 2016 | 9:30 amSummary: We've built a mockup of a computer closet with temperature sensors and fans to demonstrate how pico structures can be used in the Internet of Things and to experiment with Wrangler, our pico operating system. The students in my lab at BYU are running a booth at OpenWest this year. OpenWest is one of the great open source conferences in the US. There are 1400 people here this year. When the call for papers came out this year, I missed the deadline. Not to worry, I decided to sponsor a booth. That way my students can speak for three days instead of an hour. Here's what they're demoing at OpenWest this week. A while back, I wrote a blog post about my work with the ESProto sensors from...
A System Ruleset for the Pico Engine21 Jun 2016 | 11:14 amSummary: I made a small change to the pico engine recently that has big implications for how we monitor, control, and configure it. I have a problem: a long time ago, Kynetx built a ruleset management tool called AppBuilder. There are some important rulesets in AppBuilder. I'd like to shut down AppBuilder, but first I need to migrate all the important rulesets to the current ruleset registry. There's just one tiny thing standing in my way: I don't know which rulesets are the important ones. Sure, I could guess and get most of them. Then I'd just wait for things to break to discover the rest. But that's inelegant. My first thought was to write some code to instrument the pico engine. I'd...
Failure and the Internet of Things13 Jun 2016 | 4:55 pmSummary: Dealing with failure gracefully is table stakes for connected devices. My review of two connected sprinkler controllers shows that they're not yet ready to join the game. I'm now on my second Internet-connected sprinkler controller. The first, a Lono, worked well enough although there were some features missing. Last week, I noticed that the program wasn't running certain zones. I wasn't sure what to do and I couldn't find help from Lono, so I decided I'd try a second one. My second purchase based on both friend's recommendations and reviews on Amazon was a Rachio. I installed it on Saturday. As I was working on setting up the programs and experimenting with them I noticed that the new...
Fitbit as Gizmo8 Jun 2016 | 10:34 amSummary: The networked devices you purchase aren't products as we've historically understood that term. You're not buying the device, you're buying the service. Fitbit is just a interface to a networked service. Without the service, the device is good for nothing. In the taxonomy of Bruce Sterling's Shaping Things, the Fitbit is a Gizmo. "Gizmos" are highly unstable, user-alterable, baroquely multifeatured objects, commonly programmable, with a brief lifespan. Gizmos offer functionality so plentiful that it is cheaper to import features into the object than it is to simplify it. Gizmos are commonly linked to network service providers; they are not stand-alone objects but interfaces. People within an...
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Trending Now: This Month's Top Cloud Resources25 Jul 2016 | 12:50 pmThis Month's Top Cloud Resources include the latest in information, coverage of important developments, and expert commentary to help with your Cloud related decision.The following kit contents will help you get the most out of your cloud research:

When IT Leaders Should Select Private Over Public Cloud Services

Workplace Mobility, Consumerization, and Cloud Drive End-user Computing Transformation

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Set the Stage for Successful DevOps with Combined IaaS and PaaS for Continuous Delivery25 Jul 2016 | 12:00 amIn this report, Gartner offers analysis and recommendations for successful private cloud deployments, including:

Engaging developers to provide the cloud-native deployment services they need in private IaaS deployments

Linking your IaaS private cloud deployment to your DevOps initiative with integrated IaaS/PaaS capabilities

Architecting and designing a full-solution approach to reduce overlap between different tools and constituents

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When IT Leaders Should Select Private Over Public Cloud Services25 Jul 2016 | 12:00 amWith many enterprises implementing a hybrid cloud environment to move applications to cloud, IT organizations must establish a decision-making framework for evaluating, deploying, and operating applications in the cloud. Businesses need to be able to deliver applications in the right way and on the right cloud, so IT organizations seek insight into setting policies for the best placement of applications across different cloud options.Request Free!
Una revolución en las redes cloud: Tecnología Citrix TriScale21 Jul 2016 | 10:50 amCon su nueva tecnología TriScale®, Citrix® permite una revolución genuina para las redes cloud empresariales mediante la provisión de un conjunto de capacidades sin rival que amplían las infraestructuras de entrega de servicios y aplicaciones de forma inteligente, rentable y sin complejidad adicional.Request Free!
VDI and Beyond: Addressing Top IT Challenges to Drive Agility and Growth20 Jul 2016 | 3:50 pmLearn how Citrix XenDesktop with FlexCast allows you to use a variety of methods to balance user requirements and costs for each use case in your organization.Request Free!
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Top Trending Business Intelligence and Big Data Resources for 201625 Jul 2016 | 10:20 amTop Trending Business Intelligence and Big Data Resources for 2016 brings together the latest in information, coverage of important developments, and expert commentary to help with your business intelligence and big data related decisions.The following kit contents will help you get the most out of your business intelligence and big data research:

Eckerson Group Which Embedded Analytics Tool is Right For You

Gartner Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms

Manage Risk by Protecting the Apps and Data That Drive Business Productivity

How the Software-Defined Data Center is Transforming End User Computing

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SDN 103: Maximizing Multi-Tenancy with Citrix NetScaler25 Jul 2016 | 12:00 amOver the last few years, organizations have increasingly been shifting their data centers to a cloud-based model. This transition has been built upon virtualization, automation and orchestration of IT resources—mainly server, storage and switching infrastructure. The goal is to increase agility and reduce the costs of deploying and managing resources to support business applications. This white paper explores why the market-leading Citrix NetScaler ADC is uniquely positioned to be a key part of the transformation to cloud data centers.Request Free!
Why Choose NetScaler Over F525 Jul 2016 | 12:00 amMany Application Delivery Controller (ADC) solutions promise to meet demanding customer needs while reducing IT costs, however, the reality often falls short. This paper highlights nine key datacenter and cloud architecture challenges that NetScaler helps solve more effectively than F5 to help you:

Address surges in traffic quickly and cost-effectively with on-demand elasticity

Reduce TCO within the datacenter through ADC consolidation

Enable network application-awareness through unique third-party integrations

Expand hardware seamlessly without downtime

Cloud-enable your datacenter for greater agility, elasticity and cost efficiency

Drastically increase application performance in real-world environments

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VCP6-DTM Study Guide (VMware Certified Professional -- Desktop and Mobility)22 Jul 2016 | 1:20 pmThis guide is not an official resource, but it's strictly based on an Official VMware Blueprint, and has many screenshots and how-to guides.�The Author: Vladan SEGET – IT Consultant, professional blogger and Managing director of ESX Virtualization website. vExpert 2009-2016, VCAP-DCA/DCD, VCP, MCSA.�With this guide you will receive weekly updates in your email for free, courtesy of Vladan.fr.��Request Free!
How Business Analytics Has Evolved Over Time [Trend Analysis]22 Jul 2016 | 1:20 pmMore than a decade since people have started talking about the efficacy of big data analytics within the sales process, businesses are still dragging their feet about adopting the technology. According to Salesforce's 2015 State of Sales publication, only 19% of sales leaders currently use predictive analytics.We took a look at how analytics have been studied and reported over the last decade or so, making note of analytics trends over time.Here are a few of the highlights from the research:

The ROI on analytics was established very early on, and subsequent studies over the years confirmed that the high value of analytics was not exaggerated.

While predictions about analytics started out broad, over time they...

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SDN 101: An Introduction to Software Defined Networking25 Jul 2016 | 12:00 amSDN has quickly become one of the hottest trends in IT. But not all SDN solutions offer real software-defined functionality. As more enterprises consider SDN, they want to know, "What is SDN? And what are the real benefits?" If you're ready to explore the advantages of SDN, and want to know how it should be implemented within your enterprise, start by reading our introductory white paper.Request Free!
Critical Security and Compliance Considerations for Hybrid Cloud Deployments25 Jul 2016 | 12:00 amA study by 451 Research reveals that the greatest barrier to cloud migrations is the twin challenges of security and compliance in the hybrid cloud space. Organizations are struggling with practical considerations, which can prevent them from achieving some of the most important and valuable benefits of hybrid cloud deployments. This report details a number of steps that organizations can take to set themselves squarely on a path to a secure and compliant hybrid cloud.Request Free!
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The Total Economic Impact of Citrix NetScaler: Cost Savings And Business Benefits Enabled By NetScaler25 Jul 2016 | 12:00 amThe purpose of this study is to provide a framework for businesses to evaluate the potential financial impact that NetScaler can have in their organizations based on results from existing customers.The study focuses on the value organizations can enable when migrating to NetScaler SDX. It accounts for the cost of deploying NetScaler against the savings from these benefits to provide a comprehensive assessment of the ROI and net value of the investment in NetScaler.Download the study to learn more.Request Free!
Web Application Firewall - Delivering Must-Have Protection for the Modern Enterprise25 Jul 2016 | 12:00 amThis paper looks at the different security technologies, and the protections that they provide and, perhaps more importantly cannot provide for defending modern web properties against today's cyber threats. The paper explains why a web application firewall is an essential component of an organization's web protection strategy and how the Citrix NetScaler Web App Firewall – with its unique combination of both application security and application performance optimization capabilities – is the ideal solution for meeting this need.Request Free!
SDN 102: Software Defined Networks and the Role of Application Delivery Network Services25 Jul 2016 | 12:00 amThis white paper will describe some of the models for SDNs, identify some of the associated use cases and describe methods to integrate application delivery network services with a focus on the Citrix® NetScaler App Delivery Controller™. The ADC provides application acceleration, and server load balancing. These services are essential to ensuring application performance and availability, which assures the best user experience.Request Free!
Eckerson Group Embedded Analytics: The Future of BI22 Jul 2016 | 12:00 amBusiness intelligence (BI} empowers business users to access and analyze data in the form of reports, dashboards, and self-service analytics. Although most organizations already provide internal business users with Bl tools to improve decision making, many now are embedding analytics into core business applications to broaden the reach and improve the timeliness of insights. By maintaining the business context for data and analysis, these enriched applications close the last mile of Bl by helping business people turn insights into action.Embedded analytics is not new, but the technology for integrating charts, reports, dashboards, and self-service tools has evolved considerably in the past 30 years....
Relatrio de defesa contra ataques cibernticos 2015 - Resumo executivo (Um relatrio do CyberEdge Group)21 Jul 2016 | 10:50 amO segundo relatório anual de defesa contra ataques cibernéticos do CyberEdge Group oferece uma visão aprofundada sobre como os profissionais de segurança de TI percebem ataques cibernéticos e planejam defender-se deles. Com base em uma pesquisa feita com mais de 800 tomadores de decisões e profissionais de segurança de TI, realizada em dezembro de 2014, o relatório apresenta inúmeras observações que as equipes de segurança de TI podem usar para entender melhor como suas percepções, prioridades e posturas de segurança se comparam às de seus colegas de profissão.Request Free!
Business Technology Roundtable
The Business Case for Hybrid Cloud Services Adoption4 Jul 2016 | 6:04 amForging a viable business technology strategy for today's global networked economy is a high priority for most forward-thinking CEOs across the globe. Their guidance to CIOs is to create the fusion between existing IT infrastructure and modern cloud services. Moreover, the shift to a Hybrid IT model must support the organization's key commercial expansion objectives.The savvy leaders who have a superior approach can extract greater value from their legacy IT investments, and launch new initiatives based upon public and private cloud computing services. This is the new normal -- CIOs must create the optimal blended environment for purposeful technology-enabled innovation.Primary MotivationA global study...
Savvy Digital Visionaries See Beyond Nearby Clouds9 May 2016 | 6:03 amWhile the decisive CEOs have a digital transformation agenda, those companies executing plans to re-imagine their business models are in the minority. And yet, the early-adopters now using cloud computing are enabled to respond quickly to changing market conditions. In contrast, the laggards are undecided and risk falling further behind.This is a global phenomena, where the industry and local market leaders are able to enact their transition with limited interference or threats from more traditional competitors. Just consider the current status-quo within the United Kingdom, as an example.The transformation of UK businesses is still relatively immature. Many organizations are aware of the potential of open...
Leading in 3D - a Framework for Digital Transformation14 Mar 2016 | 5:03 amCEOs across the globe now view business technology as a key component of their growth strategies. That's why the role of today's Chief Information Officer (CIO) has become increasingly challenging. Mounting pressure to innovate has left many CIOs flat-footed -- essentially playing catch-up trying to integrate new technologies, rather than driving them.A recent International Data Corporation (IDC ) study examined CIO and Line of Business (LOB) executive perceptions of IT organizations, the changing role of IT leadership from being a traditional operational player to becoming a strategic partner in digital business transformation scenarios.According to the IDC study, the way in which CIOs view...
Growing Hybrid Cloud Usage will Double in Two Years16 Dec 2015 | 2:07 pmCloud enables IT agility, empowers DevOps teams and helps to transform legacy business models. The fifth annual Future of Cloud Computing survey investigates key trends in corporate cloud usage. This year's insightful survey findings offer perspective from cloud service practitioners across all industry sectors."Cloud has been gaining momentum year-over-year since the Future of Cloud Computing survey was launched five years ago. Looking at the adoption rates and trends at such a detailed level, it's undeniable that the most successful technology leaders of today and tomorrow are scaling in the cloud," said Jim Moran, General Partner at North Bridge."Last year, we discussed the second cloud front and the...
Building the Playbook for Digital Transformation in 20164 Dec 2015 | 4:17 pmDoes your CEO have a bold goal for 2016? Does the goal include the word 'digital' or 'transformation' in the description? Well, if so, they're not alone in their quest for a superior IT-enabled competitive advantage that positions their organization for the future.Business technology investment related to digital transformation (DX) projects will constitute the majority of growth in IT-related markets over the next five years, according to the latest IDC assessment."The disruptive impact of digital transformation is about to be felt in every industry as enterprises 'flip the switch' and massively scale up their DX initiatives to secure a leadership role in the DX economy," said Frank Gens,...
June Regional Jobs Report: Impressive Year-Over-Year Improvements22 Jul 2016 | 8:00 amYear-over-year unemployment figures continued to trend in the right direction in June. No region's unemployment rate was significantly different from the national average, but three regions did see an appreciable year-over-year unemployment rate decrease. Month-over-month unemployment rates were stable in forty-three states and the District of Columbia, lower in one state, and higher in six states. IT Sector Unemployment Lower […] The post June Regional Jobs Report: Impressive Year-Over-Year Improvements appeared first on Modis.
5 Ways That New Technology is Being Used to Save Lives20 Jul 2016 | 7:30 amNew technology is constantly evolving to facilitate a variety of different tasks and roles. Sure, the desire for modern convenience and fresh forms of electronic entertainment drives some of the biggest sectors of the tech world, but many innovators have higher aspirations, too. As much as we all love new games and gadgetry, advancements in the health and safety […] The post 5 Ways That New Technology is Being Used to Save Lives appeared first on Modis.
The Future is Now: 5 SciFi Tech Fantasies Turned Into Reality18 Jul 2016 | 6:50 amIsn't it a little uncanny how the wildest imaginations of today often become the unexpected technological realities of tomorrow? Our tech-savvy world is evolving fast — so fast, in fact, that the innovations that might seem outrageous at any given moment are often made possible not that far into the future. Long-time fans of SciFi classics […] The post The Future is Now: 5 SciFi Tech Fantasies Turned Into Reality appeared first on Modis.
Everything You Need to Know About Exoplanet Exploration15 Jul 2016 | 6:42 amWhat would it be like to live on a planet with three suns? You'd greet each day with an overwhelmingly beautiful triple sunrise and watch amazing triple sunsets. Well, that's fun to imagine but it would not really be the case on HD 131399Ab, a newly-discovered exoplanet. A single orbit of HD 131399Ab takes 550 […] The post Everything You Need to Know About Exoplanet Exploration appeared first on Modis.
Everything You Need to Know About NASA's Juno Space Probe13 Jul 2016 | 7:02 amIt took five years and covered 1.8 billion miles. On July 4, 2016, the Juno space probe reached its destiny: Jupiter. Its mission is to measure the giant planet's atmosphere and core in order to understand how the solar system was formed. The Juno Space Probe Logistics Juno is solar-powered, with three 30-foot long solar arrays. […] The post Everything You Need to Know About NASA's Juno Space Probe appeared first on Modis.
Converge Blog
Join Converge at Electronica 201626 Jul 2016 | 1:15 pmelectronica is back!Messe München, GermanyNovember 8-11, 2016If you've never attended electronica, there's still time.electronica 2016 is the leading trade fair for electronic components, systems, and applications industries worldwide. This year as in years past, the halls will be filled with approximately 2,725 participants from 52 countries and 73,000 visitors from 87 countries including decision makers and media/journalists from 30 countries covering every aspect of the electronics industry.electronica has grown so much over the past few years that another hall was added this year to accommodate the demand.Converge is excited to be participating in electronica once again. We will be located in Hall...
Converge Exhibits with Arrow at Del Mar Electronics Event13 Jun 2016 | 7:13 amRecently, Converge attended the Del Mar Electronic and Design Show 2016 (DMEDS) in California. The DMEDS is a design and manufacturing trade show covering electronic components used throughout the supply chain including: fabrication, design, purchasing, and most aspects of electronics manufacturing. A regional event focused on the West Coast, DMEDS caterers to the electronics, medical, and biotech industries situated in the areas of San Diego County, Southern Orange County, and Imperial County.DMEDS was held May 3-4, 2016 at the Del Mar Fairgrounds in San Diego and consisted of close to 500 exhibitors spread out over 3 halls, with one hall strictly dedicated to seminars. As primary sponsor, Arrow hosted a...
Meet Our Global Director Enda Ruddy4 May 2016 | 5:00 amFor some time we have been introducing you to the Converge management team across the globe. In this following blog post you will meet Enda Rudy, Director EMEA Trade and FOM Globally.�Enda Ruddy, Global DirectorQ: Enda, can you tell us a little about yourself?A: Sure. I am from Dublin, Ireland, and have been living in Amsterdam for the past 13 years. I originally came to Amsterdam to work after finishing my studies. To learn the language, I moved in with a Dutch roommate, and I ended up marrying his younger sister. We are expecting our second child this summer – a brother or sister to our son, who is two.When I first moved here, I joined a soccer team where Tom Nelsey, Daniel Gentil, Oren Gadel, Ilja...
Why Is Converge Speaking Chinese?7 Apr 2016 | 6:51 amChina's steadfast ability to keep up with technology advances over the past few years has positioned China as the world's largest manufacturing region for electronic products.In the 2016 Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index published by Deloitte, China was once again ranked #1 in manufacturing, so it's no coincidence that Converge recently announced the addition of the Chinese language to our website last month.For a company to maintain a strong global presence, having a website to communicate in Chinese is essential. We believe it is not only highly efficient but also viewed as a sign of respect and commitment to the companies that operate in the region. Also, it's interesting to note that...
Converge Leads in Quality with AS9120 Certification15 Mar 2016 | 6:32 amIn the current market, if an electronic component distributor wants to supply parts/services to the high reliability market, it must be able to comply with the strictest quality, statutory, and regulatory requirements/standards in addition to being registered to the latest industry certifications just to maintain a reputable presence, never mind stay competitive.However, the process of preparing, applying, and being audited for an industry certification can be quite time-consuming and a costly endeavor, especially for a distributor procuring parts for the aerospace and defense industries. A distributor must be willing to invest a considerable amount of time streamlining quality processes, providing...
The Practitioner's Guide to Data Quality Improvement
Thoughts from Informatica World 201614 Jul 2016 | 9:53 amThis past May I had the opportunity to visit Informatica's annual conference, Informatica World, and now that some time has passed, I thought it would be worth reflecting on three aspects of the experience. First I had the opportunity to share a presentation with Robert Shields about the criticality of data protection, and in particular I was able to convey the message about the importance of integrating data protection techniques within the framework of data governance and data stewardship. In fact, I have summarized some of those same points in an article I later wrote for TechTarget searchCompliance. Second, I attended an executive briefing in which the new senior executives shared their thoughts and...
Linking Data Governance and Data Protection17 Feb 2016 | 10:31 amOver the past few years, cyber-criminals have become more sophisticated in their means of attack, their targets, and pointedly, their intent. While a decade ago the most severe cyber events would have likely to have involved denial of service attacks or credit card information theft. Since 2014 we have seen what is believed to be a nation-sponsored assault on a major entertainment company, compromised access to millions of records managed by the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM), tens of millions of records managed by Ashley Madison an adult dating site, and tens of millions of Anthem health insurance member and employee records. These more recent security breaches reflect more serious criminal intent...
Tools Vendors and Managing the Challenges of the Data Lake10 Nov 2015 | 7:45 amI would call myself a proponent of big data and, correspondingly, big data analytics. As a professional who has been involved in high-performance computing since the late 80s, I am glad to finally see the rapid adoption of commodity-based systems providing data distribution and parallel computing, such as what can be assembled and deployed using Hadoop. One particularly curious innovation, at least to me, is the concept of the "data lake." According to TechTarget, a data lake is "a large object-based storage repository that holds data in its native format until it is needed." A data lake provides a place for collecting data sets in their original format, making those data sets available to different...
Take our Survey on Transitioning to New Technology12 Feb 2015 | 11:27 amHow prepared is your organization for technology transition? Are you aware of the different facets of the process for a strategic technology renovation plan? We would like to find out, and therefore we are conducting a survey of technology professionals and their management hierarchy on transitioning to new technology (bit.ly/decisionworxsurvey). All respondents are eligible for a copy of the survey report and will be entered into a drawing for a free copy of my book "Big Data Analytics: From Strategic Planning to Enterprise Integration with Tools, Techniques, NoSQL, and Graph." Please help us by taking the survey and sharing the link with others!
5 Ways Data Virtualization Can Enhance Your Investment in the Enterprise Data Warehouse5 Feb 2015 | 8:22 amUnderstanding the Challenges of the Analytics Architecture The architecture of the venerable enterprise data warehouse, while deeply-rooted in the need for performance, reflects the design decisions made at the dawn of the age of reporting and analytics. In the mid-1990s, ensuring the performance of production transaction processing systems and maintaining sub-second response time remained the highest priority for the analytics architecture. And while the desire for reporting and analysis led to the creation of alternate data organizations for the data warehouse, the potential drain on computing resources motivated early designers to segregate the data on a separate platform, with its own specialized data...
The Data Center Journal
EU Nations Fail to Meet International Data-Security Standards26 Jul 2016 | 11:05 amBusinesses should be wary of hosting their data inside the European Union (EU). That's the message from a new international data privacy report from Swiss hosting company Artmotion. The report, which combines independent data from the United Nations, Transparency International… The post EU Nations Fail to Meet International Data-Security Standards appeared first on The Data Center Journal.
Top Five Ways to Control Rising Cloud Expenses25 Jul 2016 | 10:30 amThe cloud is easy to consume, which is both a benefit and a challenge. As anyone with a cloud environment will tell you, users who have ready access to capacity will use it—a lot. And that face has resulted in… The post Top Five Ways to Control Rising Cloud Expenses appeared first on The Data Center Journal.
Accelerating Category 8 Cable Adoption22 Jul 2016 | 10:44 amCategory 8 Ethernet cable will play a major role in meeting today's burgeoning needs for high-speed communications, whether in the data center, voice, video or other high bandwidth applications that run on copper cable for distances up to 30 meters.… The post Accelerating Category 8 Cable Adoption appeared first on The Data Center Journal.
Will Business Intelligence (BI) Ever Be Consumerized?21 Jul 2016 | 10:24 amConsumerization is a difficult concept to apply to the business-intelligence (BI) industry. By its very nature, BI is about business—gleaning business insights from business data. If you consider the consumerization of IT to mean the ability of users to access… The post Will Business Intelligence (BI) Ever Be Consumerized? appeared first on The Data Center Journal.
New Metric to Assess and Visualize Data Center Cooling Performance, Launched by The Green Grid19 Jul 2016 | 10:25 amThe Green Grid has developed a new multi-metric view that will provide a broader understanding of a data center's cooling performance and enable data center managers to take more informed decisions to maximize performance. The new addition to the metric… The post New Metric to Assess and Visualize Data Center Cooling Performance, Launched by The Green Grid appeared first on The Data Center Journal.
SMP Updates
Digital Media Strategies USA 201626 Jul 2016 | 6:12 amDigital Media Strategies USA - DMS USA 2016Date: 07-09 September 2016Location: New York, USADigital Media Strategies USA is a three day content-driven conference taking place in New York on September 7-9. It addresses the key strategic challenges ...
Monetising Media Europe 201626 Jul 2016 | 6:03 amMonetising Media Europe - MOME 2016Date: 21-23 September 2016Location: Millenium Gloucester Hotel, London, United KingdomMonetising Media Europe will take place on 21-23 September at the Millenium Gloucester Hotel, London. MOME brings together a g...
Ooredoo and Loylogic Announce Redesign of Nojoom Loyalty Program26 Jul 2016 | 1:18 amKUWAIT CITY and ZURICH/PRNewswire/ ---- Loylogic, the global leader in e-commerce and e-payment solutions for loyalty programs, and Ooredoo, the leader in providing telecommunications in Kuwait, have entered into a strategic partnership to redesig...
Cellcom Israel Schedules Second Quarter 2016 Results Release for August 10, 201626 Jul 2016 | 12:12 amConference Call Scheduled for August 10, 2016 at 9:00 ET NETANYA, Israel/PRNewswire/ ----- Cellcom Israel Ltd. (NYSE: CEL) (TASE: CEL) (hereinafter: the "Company"), announced today that it will be releasing its financial results for the secon...
BOXX Takes the Lead on GPU Rendering and More at SIGGRAPH 201625 Jul 2016 | 10:03 pmAUSTIN, Texas (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BOXX Technologies, the leading innovator of high-performance workstations and rendering systems, today announced that APEXX 5, the world's most advanced computer workstations, will showcase GPU rendering by demons...
Paragon Software Blog
While Apple's new file system promises the snapshot, Paragon Software delivers it22 Jul 2016 | 4:30 amOne of the most exciting features Apple announced at WWDC 2016 was a new file system APFS (Apple File System) that's going to replace CoreStorage, FileVault, FusionDrive, and the more than decade-old HFS by eventually becoming the default file system for all Apple gadgets in the coming years, from the Apple Watch to Mac computers. … Continue reading While Apple's new file system promises the snapshot, Paragon Software delivers it
How to verify, repair or format NTFS partitions under Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan. Quick troubleshooting guide8 Jul 2016 | 12:44 amSince the release of Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan, Paragon Software Сustomer Service have received over a 1000 requests concerning the verify/repair/format disk utility options, which disappeared from the Disk Utility in OS X 10.11 El Capitan. To address this issue, we integrated the functionality directly to NTFS for Mac Preference Pane. Additionally we have recently released … Continue reading How to verify, repair or format NTFS partitions under Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan. Quick troubleshooting guide
"Back up, Forest, back up!" or How to outrun ransomware criminals by choosing the right Mac maintenance & protection solution24 Jun 2016 | 7:22 amAh, ransomware: Over the past few years, millions of PCs from around the world have been locked or had their files encrypted as a result of devious malware. What we call "ransomware" today is a form of malware that is typically installed on one's computer by way of a social engineering attack. The user gets … Continue reading "Back up, Forest, back up!" or How to outrun ransomware criminals by choosing the right Mac maintenance & protection solution
Keep your friends close and your hard drives closer: Safely managing disks on your Mac21 Jun 2016 | 2:34 amKeeping personal information truly confidential is something of a challenge in the modern world. Our every move is being recorded, with eyes watching from each corner. It may sound paranoid, but this is the new reality. With our smartphones, social media, and messaging apps, almost everyone is now an open book. One of the safest … Continue reading Keep your friends close and your hard drives closer: Safely managing disks on your Mac
"No complaint about the lack of windows": the new era of Apple multi-platform environment15 Jun 2016 | 4:22 amYesterday at WWDC 16 Apple presented its new macOS Sierra – the spiritual successor of OS X 10.11 El Capitan. The era of "OS X" as part of the name has ended. With the new name, macOS Sierra focuses mainly on cross platform experience, continuity, and iCloud. To start with, Apple announced a new auto-lock … Continue reading "No complaint about the lack of windows": the new era of Apple multi-platform environment
Enterprise Network Security Blog from ISDecisions
Companies are failing to balance User Security & User Productivity30 Jun 2016 | 2:10 amLarge US firms are losing 182 days of employee productivity every year due to over complex security. IS Decisions research highlights a failure of both US and UK businesses to find the right balance between user security and user productivity. Our research reveals that on average, each (US) employee loses 21.88 minutes every week because of complex IT security procedures. Across a large organization with 250 employees, that time adds up to 3.8 days lost productivity a week or 182 days a year. Even SMEs suffer lost productivity to the extent of 21.9 days a year (based on companies with 30 employees). These results come from our survey of 500 US and UK organizations which is looking into the effect of...
How UserLock Guards against Shared or Stolen Windows AD Network Logins21 Jun 2016 | 1:57 amIf you ask your neighbors to watch your house and keep an eye out for any signs of forced entry when you go on holiday, you're going to miss the burglar who steals your keys and walks right through the front door. The most worrying thing about compromised credentials is that you're not likely to detect a hacker (external or from the inside) using stolen or shared credentials because your systems believe that the person on the network is who they say they are. There's no reason for your anti-virus software or firewall to flag anything to you. Many organizations can't protect against compromised network logins For a hacker or rogue user, compromised credentials are key to avoiding network breach...
User security compliance – Where industries are getting compliance badly wrong.14 Jun 2016 | 5:22 amWhen it comes to data security, regardless of your industry sector, you're likely to have to deal with compliance regulations. If you're in the legal industry, there is the Law Society's Lexcel standards. If you handle cardholder data, you'll have to comply with PCI DSS. And if you work in healthcare, there are guidelines from HIPAA, NHS England, Wales or Scotland. Then there is the umbrella of the ISO 27001, covering any set of information relating to individuals in any sector. Compliance requirements for user security are similar regardless of industry While different industries have different security requirements, the user security side of compliance is remarkably similar because employees in...
Are you sure of your Windows Users claimed identity?10 Jun 2016 | 6:34 amVerifying Windows users claimed identity to guard against unauthorized access from stolen or shared credentials. 1. Contextual access controls Contextual access controls can define and restrict network access conditions for each authenticated Windows user.

If credentials are compromised, any attempted access outside of these logon rules is automatically blocked. Shared or stolen passwords are therefore unsuccessful in obtaining network access.

By verifying authenticated user's claimed identity you can attribute all actions to an individual user and place accountability on network actions to discourage any illegitimate action – whether that might be just pranks or more serious malicious user...

6 things you never want to hear a user say….3 Jun 2016 | 8:54 amIt was reported this week that user error accounted for the vast majority of UK security breach incidents. The CERT Insider Threat Center also recently determined that most security incidents initiated through phishing and other social engineering are carried out by acquiring and misusing user credentials to secure systems. The challenge is that users are indeed human. They are flawed, they are careless and often exploited. Users (computing) are in fact defined as "Those that generally use a system or a software product without the technical expertise required to fully understand it'. Of course, we all know that rather than blaming users for security breaches, an organization should be looking to...
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Proper Incident Management | @CloudExpo #API #Cloud #BestPractices12 Jul 2016 | 12:45 pmMitigating downtime requires good workflows, human response and – most importantly – proper alarms to alert relevant individuals when things go wrong. Proper incident notification is crucial to effect management of IT downtime. Proper IT management requires proper incident management. Otherwise, you court Murphy's law at your peril. In the IT world, if a server can fail, a cache overload or traffic overload the network - it will. And the consequences are significant.read more
OnPage is Compatible with Yahoo Stock Price Alerts!4 May 2016 | 11:54 amFollow the stocks you care about most and get personalized news and alerts with OnPage + Yahoo Stock Price alerts. When you cannot afford to miss time-sensitive notifications, simply route them via OnPage. The service is NOT free, but if priority messaging is mission critical for your business, it will pay for itself quickly.read more
Emerging IoT Markets | @ThingsExpo @UnigmaApp #IoT #M2M #DigitalTransformation24 Apr 2016 | 4:15 pmManaged IT services wasn't even a phrase until the early 2000s and, today, there are over 75,000 IT service providers in North America alone. By 2020, there are going to be 50 billion connected devices, and managed IT services might cease to be a phrase again. Unless the MPSs adapt to the new, connected world, we are going to see diminishing returns in that space. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Kirill Bensonoff, CEO of Unigma, will discuss the different opportunities IoT will create for MSPs and IT service providers – from on-site services, to monitoring, managing and consulting.read more
OnPage / Yahoo Stock Alerts21 Apr 2016 | 3:34 pmOnPage is Compatible with Yahoo Stock Price Alerts! Follow the stocks you care about most and get personalized news and alerts. Access real-time stock information and investment updates. OnPage can integrate with any sensor or application that sends a notification. The OnPage system is an ideal deployment for IoT (Internet of Things) devices. When you cannot afford to miss time-sensitive notifications, simply route them via OnPage. The service is NOT free, but if priority messaging is mission critical for your business, it will pay for itself quickly. YAHOO Stock Price Alerts via OnPage An OnPage for Android Creative Use Story. Also Works on iPhone & Blackberry. "Here's my step by step "How to get...
Power Connectivity & Distribution Company Expands to the West Coast7 Mar 2016 | 8:43 amIron Box Power Distribution, power company of PDUWhips.com, LockingPowerCords.com, RackmountPDU.com, and CustomAVRack.com, is excited to announce the opening of a new California facility. Headquartered in Raleigh, NC, Iron Box provides power connectivity and distribution solutions for data centers worldwide. The expansion to the West Coast will improve turn-around time for customers west of the Rockies. This is especially true for high-volume or custom orders for electricians, OEMs, and other IT professionals. Building and shipping PDU whips, power cords, and other power connectivity supplies from two warehouses will speed order fulfillment time, as orders closer to the California location will be handled...
Speaking our Mind
Managers and Agile – Where Do I Fit In?24 Jul 2016 | 11:08 pmAgile is about self-organizing teams, isn't it? As a Manager, what does that mean for me? Should I fear for my job? As a Manager or Director, Agile transformation can be disconcerting because you want to trust your teams and let them be self-organizing, but at the end of the day it's still your organization […]
Mindtree Recognized as Embedded Systems Leader in Zinnov Global Service Provider Ratings19 Jul 2016 | 3:47 amMindtree's leadership in embedded systems was recognized in the "Global Service Provider Report" from Zinnov, a leading globalization and market expansion advisory firm. Zinnov began conducting global R&D service provider ratings (GSPR) in 2009 and continues to provide objective analysis of the top product engineering service providers across the globe. Zinnov's GSPR rates global engineering […]
Mindtree Named as a Zinnov Overall Ratings Leader in Product Engineering Services for 4th Consecutive Year19 Jul 2016 | 3:35 amMindtree's leadership in digital transformation and technology services was recognized for the fourth consecutive year in the "Global Service Provider Report 2015" from Zinnov, a leading globalization and market expansion advisory firm. Zinnov conducted its first global R&D service provider ratings (GSPR) in 2009 and continues to provide objective analysis of the top product engineering […]
Developing new workforce skills in the age of automation18 Jul 2016 | 2:40 amMy last of a 3-part series on automation in banking and financial services covers refocusing and training workers for the critical skills needed in a digital, customer-centric world. Like the first two, this blog stems from the panel discussion "The human vs. the automated: understanding where each adds value," at the recent Future of Digital […]
Why automation in finance makes good Sence18 Jul 2016 | 1:46 amIn my first blog in this 3-part series, I discussed the advantages of automating mundane, repeatable transaction tasks to free up humans to tackle creative, value-add activities. This blog also arises from a panel discussion I took part in during the recent Future of Digital Banking conference in London. The panel discussion, "The human vs. […]
The Accidental Successful CIO
Netflix Closed Their Last Data Center – Should You Do The Same?20 Jul 2016 | 2:00 amNetflix now runs everything in the cloud, should you be doing this?Image Credit: Televisione Streaming The Netflix announcement back in August of 2015 wasn't a very big deal. In fact it probably went unnoticed by most people. However, from the point of view of those of us with the CIO job, it was sorta like a bomb had gone off. The company sent an email out that announced that in a month they planned on shutting down their very last operational data center. What this means is that they are now running their company entirely in "the cloud". Should you be doing this? How Netflix Moved To The Cloud As important as this move into the cloud is, what we CIOs need to keep in mind is that Netflix understands the...
CIO Mistakes – Treating Mobile Like Desktop Development13 Jul 2016 | 2:00 amDeveloping mobile apps is a lot different from creating a desktop applicationImage Credit: Mystery People CIOs are in charge of the IT department and this means that we're in charge of all of the software that our firm develops. In the past, a great deal of the software that we created was designed to be used throughout the company on desktops. The arrival of the mobile age has changed all of this. Now many of the applications that the IT department is being called on to create are mobile applications. Is your IT department ready? What's So Hard About Creating Mobile Apps? When an IT department decides that it's time to create a mobile application, they need to be careful. Everyone understands the...
Why Aren't Our Networks Staying Up?29 Jun 2016 | 2:00 amThings don't seem to work as well as they used toImage Credit: Bob Mical Does anyone besides me remember the phone system? You could be just about anywhere in the world at any time and you could pick up a phone, call someone, and your call would go right through. The Plain Old Telephone System (POTS) just worked. Now nothing is ever perfect and the POTS wasn't perfect either, but it was 99.999% perfect which meant that it only didn't work for about 5 minutes per year. Clearly, despite the importance of information technology, the networks that we're designing and building today don't work anywhere this reliably. Why not? Network Outages Seem To Be A Part Of Life Back in the day, when the phone network...
What To Do When Your Boss Is Younger Than You Are22 Jun 2016 | 2:00 amWhen you work for a younger boss, you'll have to make some adjustmentsImage Credit: Christopher Lance What have you always pictured your boss looking like? If you are anything like me, you've always pictured them as a grumpy old man. Or a grumpy old woman if you want to get all modern. However, there is one thing that I've never really pictured my boss as being – younger than I am! However, this is starting to happen. Firms are starting to put Gen-X folks into senior management positions. What should you do if this happens to when you are in the CIO position? What's Going On? So just exactly how did you end up having the CIO job but working for someone who is younger than you are? It turns out that...
What Role Does A CIO Play When Companies Merge?15 Jun 2016 | 2:00 amCombining two companies is a difficult task and the CIO plays a critical roleImage Credit: Tony Webster The person with CIO job faces many different challenges during their career. One of the biggest is one that is completely out of their control – when their company decides to merge with another company. When companies decide to merge, the senior management often make many promises to the press and shareholders of how much more efficient the combined companies are going to be. In the modern world of business based in part on importance of information technology, these promises have to be carried out by the CIO. Problems With The United / Continental Merger 5 Years Later The United Continental fleet...
The Informatica Blog – Perspectives for the Data Ready Enterprise
What the Financial Services Industry Can Learn from Their Youngest Clients26 Jul 2016 | 5:00 amWhat the Financial Services Industry Can Learn from Their Youngest Clients Kids these days! They love their interwebs and their snappy-chatty apps. They love instant access to data. They love having control over virtually every aspect of their lives, whether that's hailing an Uber or pre-ordering that latte from Starbucks, so it's ready when they walk in the door. And guess what? They also love to be self-sufficient, especially when it comes to interacting with traditional financial services firms. This may sound trite. But it's true. The millennial generation have grown up with on-demand everything. So it stands to reason that when traditional industries like financial services, look for new...
The Power of a Test Data Lake in Agile Environments25 Jul 2016 | 1:37 pmA recent survey of over 250 professional QA engineers across the world showed that more than a third of the testing time was spent on managing test data. When there are multiple systems that are involved in a business process that needs to be tested, the process of finding test data becomes close to impossible for test engineers. For most test engineers, finding the golden record that can be used for testing a business process end to end is done by sending an email with details of the profile of data required to a DBA or a test data architect. This person, in turn will issue a series of SQL queries to find the right set of test data that the QA engineer can use for testing. This process can take from 15...
GDPR: Does Brexit change anything?22 Jul 2016 | 6:08 amBrexit and GDPRThe recent UK referendum vote to leave the EU (Brexit) doesn't change the need for Financial Services institutions to become GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) compliant by May 2018. Doesn't 'Brexit' change all this for UK Financial Services institutions? In the short term the answer is NO! UK Financial Services institutions are still going to need to plan and develop strategies to support the requirements of GDPR. However, there are a number of variables surrounding the timing and implications of the Brexit vote and its influence on GDPR compliance. Let's look at a few. At time of writing, here are some facts about Brexit that are relevant for GDPR:

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Does Digital Disruption Require a Rethink of the 4Ps?21 Jul 2016 | 5:30 amNow before we get going here, I need to confess that I have led product management and product marketing organizations. And I love creating compelling products that responded to customer needs. But at the same time, I have personally seen how a startup can dismantle a larger established product company's product business. Jeanne Ross says that in today's era, incumbent enterprises are like peaches to startups. The startups say I will just take a bite. Eventually, however, all that is left is the core and you know what the core of the peach consists of…cyanide. The problem is that "there is no competitive advantage in a single capability or product". This is why Jeanne believes Uber has so much...
How Cleveland Clinic Made the Business Case to Invest in Data Governance for Analytics19 Jul 2016 | 5:45 amHow Cleveland Clinic Made the Business Case to Invest in Data Governance for Analytics When talking to customers about analytics, I am frequently asked about how to build the business case for data governance for analytics initiatives. That is a great question and my first response is that it is always easier to design it in up front than to try to retrofit it after the fact. But, let's get back to the question. Let's face it, it is often hard to convince an organization to invest in good data management tools. Data governance can be an even harder sell, for a lot of different reasons. But the main objective is to get your management to understand the business value that data governance will...
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All Roads Lead to Digital Disruption26 Jul 2016 | 3:41 amCompanies that aren't traveling along a digital path—with workers and customers at the forefront of their digital plans—will face an insurmountable roadblock.
Where Is Today's Cyber-Security Leadership?8 Jan 2016 | 9:15 amWe need to rethink convenience. In the rush for fast and easy, we've created a massive and expensive security problem that threatens the integrity of business.
The Benefits of Predictive Customer Analytics11 Mar 2015 | 7:09 amPredictive analytics can provide highly accurate predictions that allow for more effective business decisions and product investments.
Businesses Find Value in Real-Time Data Streams3 Mar 2015 | 4:55 amReal-time data streams provide companies with such insights as customer spending patterns, purchase behaviors and even age and gender.
The Complicated Relationship Between CIOs and CSOs11 Mar 2014 | 1:54 pmSecurity expert Eric Cole discusses Target's gigantic data breach, a company's need for a CIO and CSO, and what CSOs wish CIOs understood about security.
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Hackers are coming for your privileged accounts: What you can do to stop them26 Jul 2016 | 7:56 amNot all accounts are created equal. Those that have special privileges and access are a prime target for hackers, and companies know it. But what can they do to protect these super users? A recent survey by Thycotic, a privileged account management (PAM) and security firm, found that most companies know they need to take extra steps to protect these high-value targets. The State of PAM Security report showed three-quarters (77%) of respondents said controlling privileged users and their credentials was a security priority for the company. For some, this level of control wasn't even an optional choice. Sixty percent of survey respondents said controlling these accounts was a compliance requirement for the...
3 infographics that perfectly sum up why women are needed in IT leadership25 Jul 2016 | 11:12 amThere has long been a gender gap in IT-related fields. But just where does this shortage of women in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) field come from? And what can be done to reverse the trend? BetterBuys.com recently rounded up some of the best information on the shortage of women in tech into a series of informative infographics. Some of the key findings: While women only hold a quarter (25%) of chief data officer roles and just 13% of chief information officer positions, successful startups have twice as many females in senior positions than unsuccessful ones. And just hiring women isn't enough: Even if you land top tech talent, retaining that talent is even more important. Nearly...
IT rushed to Windows 10, but users may regret it25 Jul 2016 | 7:35 amFree upgrades and a big public relations push have helped make Windows 10 a popular option for end users and businesses alike. But many of those surveyed recently by SpiceWorks seem to have buyer's remorse. According to the Windows 10 Adoption: Sprinting out the Gate report, 38% of businesses have made the move to Windows 10 roughly one year after its official launch. In addition, 68% of those surveyed said they expect to have the bulk of their laptops running Windows 10 in the coming year, and 63% said the same for desktops. Predictably, tablets and smartphones lagged behind in Windows 10 adoption, at 34% and 11% respectively. The top reason for making the switch from other supported versions to Windows...
What the new era of digital means for security20 Jul 2016 | 12:38 pmMost everyone agrees that new technology brings new security challenges. But a recent study finds that the timing of technology adoption has a major effect on IT's ability to support and secure it. Dell's 2016 Digital Transformation Security Survey started with a simple question: Is your industry in a digital transformation? And while 89% said it was, many weren't so high on their own status in said transformation. Only 27% said their organization had a coordinated strategy in place for changing the way their company does business. But most everyone was moving in that direction. For instance:

72% of companies made significant investment in mobile (and another 13% planned to adopt)

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2 ways CryptXXX is sneaking onto computers20 Jul 2016 | 8:04 amRansomware has many ways of being delivered to systems. CryptXXX, a particularly vile strain with a $500 unlock fee, has two methods that put many users at risk – and you'll want to look out for both. The first method may be the scariest for IT. Hackers are using a botnet called SoakSoak or RealStatistics to scan websites for vulnerabilities. If vulnerabilities are discovered and there are no security programs to prevent intrusion, the hackers then deliver ransomware via the site's code. The result: Users visiting sites of affected businesses and organizations wind up infected with malware that'll lock their files and demand $500 to access them again. In order to prevent your site from being affected,...
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4 huge BI challenges facing CIOs and IT Leaders26 Jul 2016 | 8:55 amSummary: While Business Intelligence adoption has increased steadily, many businesses are finding that successful BI implementations are harder than they thought. They run into a number of common roadblocks along the way. In this article, we explore 4 of these challenges facing CIOs and IT leaders, and how to get around each one. "Knowledge has become the key economic resource and the dominant, if not the only, source of competitive advantage." – Peter F. Drucker photo credit: Snapographic_com via pixabay cc I share that quote because it applies perfectly to the current business world. We're in the middle of a data explosion. We have more data from more sources than ever before. Those who can turn...
Webinar Replay: Bring your pivot tables to the web25 Jul 2016 | 9:40 amSummary: Commonly found in spreadsheet programs (like Excel), pivot tables are interactive tables that automatically extract, organize, and summarize data. However, while pivot table reporting is almost synonymous with Excel, is it really the right tool for the job? Pivot tables are a staple of modern business reporting. Typically found in spreadsheet programs (like Excel), they let users quickly examine nearly any aspect of their data, make comparisons, and discover trends. But, are spreadsheets really the right tool for the job? No. You see, many businesses don't understand the risks and drawbacks of spreadsheet-based pivot tables. They also don't realize the business advantages (and security...
6 ways to reduce Shadow IT security risks19 Jul 2016 | 8:55 amSummary: A rapidly growing trend, "Shadow IT" is the use of unapproved IT systems and solutions within organizations. End users are increasingly bypassing IT in favor of third party solutions and services. In this article, we explore the security risks of Shadow IT, and a few ways to reduce these risks. photo credit: *sax via photopin cc Like it or not, Shadow IT is probably alive and well in your organization. It exists in most companies, but the majority of CIOs and IT leaders underestimate its reach. How bad is it? According to one report, the use of Shadow IT is 15-20 times higher than CIOs predict. Why is this such a problem? If uncontrolled, Shadow IT will open your business up to a number of...
The 15-point reporting software checklist18 Jul 2016 | 12:37 pmSummary: Enterprise data is growing faster than ever. To truly capitalize on this data, companies need web reporting software that lets them easily convert data into meaningful management information. But, with all of the available reporting options, what should you look for? If you've ever searched for a reporting solution, you quickly learned one thing: There are a ton of options. How do you know which is right for your company? Or, taking a step back…what makes for good reporting software? The answer to that question largely lies in your company's needs. However, I do believe that all "enterprise-class" reporting solutions must have certain essential features. Today, I'd like to share a handy...
Citizen Development 101: Understanding the Basics12 Jul 2016 | 8:55 amSummary: Application development has long been a problem facing both the IT department and the business units. The IT department gets overwhelmed with new application requests. They can't possibly complete every project when the business wants it done. Meanwhile, the business users get tired of waiting, and start bypassing the IT department altogether. Today, we explore the concept of "citizen development", and explain how it helps address this problem. photo credit: PublicDomainPictures via pixabay cc In a recent post, we explored a common problem: The development bottleneck. Application development efforts can't keep up with business demands. As a result, business users get stuck waiting around for the...
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Summer Internship Tips & Tricks6 Jul 2016 | 6:00 amSo you've been working at your summer internship for a few weeks: toiling away on important projects, making connections, exploring new cities and places, and maybe finding a few friends. But now it's July, the month that marks the halfway point for many internships. In a handful of weeks, you'll begin to see people wind down their work and wrap up projects. And for you iSchool students out there, most of you will make your way back to campus to start the fall semester. It all happens so fast – so how do you make sure that you make this internship count and leave a good impression? Lucky for you, this is a topic that our InfoSpace bloggers have touched on before. So we've gathered together some...
7 Questions with an LIS Professor: Barbara Kwasnik20 Jun 2016 | 6:00 amEditor's Note: This is the eighth in a series of posts profiling the iSchool's Library and Information Science (LIS) faculty. Check out previous 7 Question posts with R. David Lankes, Renee F. Hill, Jill Hurst-Wahl, Jian Qin, Marilyn Arnone, Barbara Stripling, and Ruth Small "I think it is important for women to allow themselves a life of the mind." When I heard Barbara Kwasnik say this, I knew it would stay with me for a long time. This is not something she said flippantly, nor was it meant to be a profound moment. Rather, it is just ingrained in how she lives her life. She is passionate about her research and about the field and is constantly looking for new connections between ideas and how to...
EntreTech NYC 2016: Grit, Passion, Transparency, and More15 Jun 2016 | 7:00 amBack in May, a group of students embarked on the iSchool's annual EntreTech NYC Trip, one of many iSchool Trips where students can learn by going into the field. There, they made 19 visits (scroll to the bottom to see the complete list of those who hosted!), networked with iSchool alumni, and got to take an inside look at the New York City technology world. Curious about what it was like this year? Here is a glimpse of what you can learn from EntreTech from five of the students who experienced it firsthand: Val Lacasse '16: Grit Whether a founder or an employee at a start-up, grit is what helped many people we visited achieve their goal. It is what allowed me to stand in front of truly...
Andy and Alex on Finding the iSchool, Periscope Tours, and Being Yourself6 Jun 2016 | 6:05 amAlex Lederman '16 (left) and Andy Ades '16 (right) with the iSchool's Julie Walas-Huynh, director of advising and student engagement, at the iSchool's 2016 Convocation Every year, the iSchool's Peer Advisors put in an amazing amount of effort to help high school students figure out if the iSchool is the right place for them. Two of these Peer Advisors, BS in Information Management and Technology majors Andy Ades '16 and Alex Lederman '16, dedicated their time and talents to creating Periscope Tours for prospective students who can't come to campus. Whether it's through creating videos or live-streamed tours, Andy and Alex are always thinking of ways to make sure that anyone can experience what it...
Career Networking for Newbies17 May 2016 | 6:00 amI was not always good at professional networking … and I'm still not that good, but when I came to college, I understood that networking is one of the most important skills to advance one's career, land internships, jobs, and, in my opinion, make the most of the college experience. Through networking, I have met incredible people including the COO/CFO of Mashable, the head of a $3 billion sector at Bank of New York, amazing Syracuse University alumni and faculty, and people who own startups and who are doing exactly what I want to be doing. And the best part? All of these connections have led to opportunities between interning at Bank of New York as a freshmen, interviewing at Mashable, working on angel...
PTA to Conduct IPv6 and Routing Workshops at Lahore and Karachi26 Jul 2016 | 7:10 pmPTA has taken several steps toward awareness of modern technologies and capacity building of IT and Telecom sector of Pakistan, PTA has arranged several training programs on IXP operations, Big Data, IPv6, DNSSEC and Internet Resource Management (IRM), through international organizations like ICANN, APNIC, ISOC and NSRC, at Islamabad. However, there is huge demand from […]
Jazz Reduces Data Rates for its Champion's Package26 Jul 2016 | 7:00 pmCommitted to providing relief to its data hungry consumers, Jazz has announced a reduction in its data base rate for the Champion's package. Previously, the package was being offered to consumers at PKR 10/MB + tax, which has now been reduced to PKR 2/MB + tax. Speaking about this latest offer, Muhammad Ali khan, Head […]
Zong Launches Cinema App for Customer's Entertainment25 Jul 2016 | 7:00 pmZong launches Cinema App by which customers can watch Hollywood movies, comedy video clips, kids' shows and much more on their smartphones. The App features bit adaptive streaming to ensure a superior viewing experience for our subscribers. Zong Cinema App Features: Following features are available in Zong Cinema App: Full Length Movies (Various Categories including […]
International Training Program Concluded in Islamabad24 Jul 2016 | 7:10 pmThe three days International Training Program (ITP) organized by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) in collaboration with International Telecommunication Union (ITU) concluded in Islamabad. The program, which ran from 20-22 July, 2016 featured several sessions with national and international speakers. These sessions focused on new ways and means to address issues and challenges popping up in […]
Easypay Becomes Exclusive Payment Partner for Giftpoint.pk24 Jul 2016 | 7:00 pmEasypaisa has announced its collaboration with Giftpoint.pk – a product of fintech company Innov8 – as an exclusive online payment partner. GiftPoint.pk is a unique new service offering a wide variety of international gift cards that are otherwise unavailable locally. With Easypay, customers will now be able to purchase all kinds of gift cards either […]
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How to Find the Row That Has the Maximum Value for a Column in Oracle25 Jul 2016 | 4:00 amDo you need to find the data for a row which has the maximum value for a specific column in Oracle? Learn how to do it and see some alternative answers in this article. The Table Structure Let's say you have a table called sales_volume that looks like this: CITY START_DATE SALES El Paso 27/May/15 […]
Oracle INITCAP Function with Examples21 Jul 2016 | 4:00 amThe Oracle INITCAP function is a handy string manipulation function. Learn what it does and see some examples in this article. Purpose of the Oracle INITCAP Function The Oracle INITCAP function translates a specified string into another string which has the first letter of each word capitalised, and all other letters in lower case. The […]
Oracle LOWER Function with Examples20 Jul 2016 | 2:41 pmIn this article, I'll take a look at the Oracle LOWER function, explain how it works, and see some examples. Purpose of the Oracle LOWER Function The LOWER function converts all letters within the specified string to lower case. Syntax The syntax for the Oracle LOWER function is: LOWER ( input_string ) Parameters […]
How Can You Create A Column With AUTO_INCREMENT in Oracle SQL?18 Jul 2016 | 4:00 amIf you've used MySQL, you're probably familiar with the AUTO_INCREMENT feature. But it's not available in Oracle. Read this article to find out how you can auto increment a column in Oracle SQL. What Is Auto Increment? An auto increment column, or an identity column in other databases, is a column that has its value […]
Oracle RAWTOHEX Function with Examples14 Jul 2016 | 4:00 amThe Oracle RAWTOHEX function is a simple conversion function. Learn how to use it and see some examples in this article. Purpose of the Oracle RAWTOHEX Function The purpose of the RAWTOHEX function is to convert from a RAW value into a hexadecimal value. As mentioned in the HEXTORAW function article, a RAW value is […]
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The Importance of Apache Flink in Processing Streaming Data24 Jul 2016 | 11:00 pmWhen it comes to processing big data, Apache Flink has the ability to process static as well as streaming data, making it a useful application.
Internet of Things (IoT) and Real-Time Analytics - A Marriage Made in Heaven21 Jul 2016 | 11:00 pmData from the Internet of Things often needs to be interpreted as it is being collected. This can be accomplished with the help of real-time analytics.
Is It Time for You to Start That Tech Blog?20 Jul 2016 | 11:00 pmYou've got tech expertise that you want to share, but should you take the plunge and start a tech blog? Here are some points to consider.
The Advantages of Real-Time Analytics for Enterprise19 Jul 2016 | 11:00 pmWith today's non-stop flow of data, real-time analytics can be the key to making the best use of data. Many businesses are utilizing it to improve efficiency, customer relations and a number of other uses.
Why Most Organizations Need a Knowledge Base17 Jul 2016 | 11:00 pmTechnical knowledge should be readily and easily shared with everyone in your organization. A knowledge base is one of the most efficient ways to accomplish this.
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GAA Feile Division 1 Champions proudly supported by MJ Flood Technology29 Jun 2016 | 8:46 amProudly wearing their kit sponsored by MJ Flood Technology, GAA Club Celbridge stormed their way to an emphatic win over Kerry Legion in the GAA Feile Division 1 football championships. The post GAA Feile Division 1 Champions proudly supported by MJ Flood Technology appeared first on MJ Flood Technology.
Take Your Business to Cloud 931 May 2016 | 3:30 amJoin us on June 30th in Dublin for an event focusing on using cloud technologies to boost revenues and secure more customers. Register now. The post Take Your Business to Cloud 9 appeared first on MJ Flood Technology.
The Office 365 online store and why we decided to launch it27 Apr 2016 | 5:28 amWe're a traditional IT company, selling a range of IT services which we wrap around a number of vendor technologies. And like most of the industry, we charge for those services as upfront capital expenditure. But that's about to change, with our launch of the country's first Office 365 online store. The post The Office 365 online store and why we decided to launch it appeared first on MJ Flood Technology.
Evolution not Revolution12 Apr 2016 | 8:59 amJoin us on May 19th in Dublin, for 'Evolution not Revolution', a unique event specifically targeted at the social care delivery sector and designed to introduce you to a new IT service model, addressing the specific issues and challenges you face in supporting services users and staff alike. The post Evolution not Revolution appeared first on MJ Flood Technology.
Connected Healthcare Event1 Feb 2016 | 2:53 amAs health technologies converge, the ability to connect patients, devices and clinical practitioners with each other has the potential to deliver better patient outcomes. Join us in Dublin, Cork or Galway and understand how connected healthcare could address many of the challenges faced by the sector today. The post Connected Healthcare Event appeared first on MJ Flood Technology.
How to Install and Configure DNS Server on Windows Server 201225 Jul 2016 | 7:36 amThis article is a step by step tutorial on how to install and configure a DNS Server on Windows Server 2012. MS Windows Server 2012 is a great and powerful server OS capable of many different roles and functions. However, to prevent overloading production servers with features and options that are never used, Windows Server 2012 provides a great option for Administrator to manually install the service needed. Important! Before install, make sure your DNS server has a static IP-address. Now let's begin. At first we need to open Server Manager and click on Add Roles and Features. Select Role-based or feature-based installation option and click on Next. Here you need to select desired server you'd like...
Configure Data Deduplication on Windows Server 2012 R220 Jul 2016 | 5:46 amIn this tutorial we will show you a fast and easy way to configure Data Deduplication via Powershell. At first we need to add role for deduplication: Import-Module ServerManager Add-WindowsFeature -name FS-Data-Deduplication Import-Module Deduplication Now we need to enable deduplication (this time on E: drive). Enable-DedupVolume E: -UsageType Default If you are planning to make deduplication for Hyper-V machines storages, run this command: Enable-DedupVolume E: -UsageType HyperV Now we need to set the minimum age for files (days before the deduplication starts). Set-Dedupvolume E: -MinimumFileAgeDays 20 If you want, you can add a folder for deduplication Set-DedupVolume –Volume "E:" -ExcludeFolder...
How to Backup and Restore Windows 10 Firewall Settings18 Jul 2016 | 7:34 amThis time we are going to show how you can easily backup and restore Windows 10 Firewall settings. It can be useful when you want to reset your Firewall settings, reinstall them or whatever, but want to keep your current Firewall settings and configuration. At first we need to go to C: and create a new folder (for example Firewall Config), where we are going to keep all our Firewall backups. Now open your Control Panel => System Security. Here you need to click on Windows Firewall. In new window go to Advanced settings. Here you will find an advanced tool to control your firewall settings. This tool is same for all versions of Windows OS. Now click on Export policy in the right corner. Here you can...
How to Convert Windows ESD File to Windows WIM File15 Jul 2016 | 11:28 amIn this tutorial we will show you how to convert ESD file to Windows WIM file using Command Prompt. ESD file is a new thing within Windows 10 OS, that Microsoft is pushing out. ESD files used when installing software upgrades, they are not to be opened manually (unless you're converting them). Instead, Windows uses them internally during the update process. The problem is that a lot of users using WDS to push out their images. So today we will show you can easily convert ESD to WIM image. Important. Before you start, make sure that your machine has Windows ADK installation. The first thing you need to do is to open your File Explorer. Go to C: drive and create a folder Win10 and drop all files from Windows...
How to Install VPN Server on Windows Server 2012 R211 Jul 2016 | 10:17 amIn this article we will take a look on how to install VPN server on Windows Server 2012 R2. VPN (virtual private network) technology is used to create a direct connection between computers that placed in different subnets. For example, you can use VPN when it is necessary to set up a small computer network of companies whose employees are working remotely. It also can be useful in a situation when you want to play computer game with your friend who lives in another city. VPN uses internet transport protocols TCP, UDP and has several types of implementations — PPTP, L2TP, OpenVPN. In this article we will consider a VPN solution for Microsoft Windows based on PPTP. This protocol is not the best solution...
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Many Consumers Are Clueless About Ransomware26 Jul 2016 | 1:10 amResearch reveals that a significant number of consumers aren't just underestimating ransomware attacks—they don't even recognize them when they happen.
App Development Tool Increases Speed, Flexibility26 Jul 2016 | 1:00 amFast Mirror adopted a flexible, cross-platform development tool that has slashed its overall development time by about 50 percent.
App Delays Frustrate Users, Cost Business Billions25 Jul 2016 | 4:20 amMost employees deal with frequent delays when using apps at work, and that's costing companies billions, but many IT leaders don't think users are dissatisfied.
Pokémon Go Is a Risk to Business25 Jul 2016 | 4:12 amWith virtual places in Pokémon Go superimposed over real places, gamers trespass on private property or access public spaces at times when they're not permitted.
Why Isn't IT More Agile?22 Jul 2016 | 1:11 amMany businesses are involved in digital transformation, and agility is critical for that transition, but very few companies perform at a high level of agility.
The Allure of Data Consolidation20 Jul 2016 | 12:00 amEnterprises are increasingly moving their data to the cloud. In fact, the typical enterprise hosts over 1,100 cloud services on average. With respect to enterprise content management (ECM) systems, it's not uncommon for an organization to have data stored in: SharePoint, SharePoint Online,...
A Case Study: Enabling Mobile File Sharing and Enhancing Collaboration6 Jul 2016 | 12:00 amWhen we speak with prospective customers about their technology pain points, a lot of them mention FTP. Most of these prospective customers acknowledge the fact that FTP isn't a perfect file sharing solution but justify using it because it's a familiar solution. As a result, they...
Why Enterprise Employees Need a Single Pane of Glass for File Access29 Jun 2016 | 12:00 amMobile devices and cloud computing were supposed to simplify life for enterprise employees. But there's at least one area of IT where life has become more complex: file access. A decade ago, the files an employee accessed might have been distributed across just a few content systems, such as...
Accellion Adds Industry-First Security Features7 Jun 2016 | 12:00 amEnterprises continue to leak data either through carelessness or falling victim to hackers who have become increasingly sophisticated and effective. Unfortunately, there is no silver bullet that will protect an organization's data. Rather, organizations have to set up many barriers to thwart...
Accellion and Microsoft Office 365: Enhancing Productivity Across the Enterprise and the Cloud16 May 2016 | 12:00 amAccellion recently announced a number of key integrations with Microsoft Office Online that enhance productivity for enterprise employees editing, sharing and collaborating on Word, Excel and PowerPoint files, whether they are stored on-premises or in the cloud. The end result? Employees are more...
Apple charters technology to deactivate iPhone cameras at live concerts30 Jun 2016 | 11:09 pmApple's new initiative of blocking the iPhone's camera feature allows venues to use an infrared beam to disable photography on mobile phones, preventing people from taking videos and photos. The invention comes amid growing frustration that intimate live events are … Continue reading →
Norton and Symantec shamed for security software peppered with critical vulnerabilities30 Jun 2016 | 11:07 pmGoogle's group of security analysts also known as the "project zero" team, tasked with hunting for computer bugs, discovered a heap of critical vulnerabilities in Symantec and Norton security products – allowing hackers t o completely compromise people's machines simply by sending … Continue reading →
Phreaking or sounds from your computer's fan can analyze usernames and passwords30 Jun 2016 | 11:00 pmA team of Israeli researchers have discovered that sounds made by a computer's fan can be analyzed to extract everything from usernames and passwords to full encryption keys. This demonstrates deftness of hackers and how the weakest link in any security … Continue reading →
Google My Activity tells it all30 Jun 2016 | 10:57 pmThis new website knows you inside out, everything you've searched for and many of the things you've done with your phone. Google has launched a new site that discloses everything it knows about its users. The new My Activity page … Continue reading →
Facebook tracks non-users, sells them offsite ads30 May 2016 | 9:31 pmAlready a colossal business — Facebook's ad service raked in over$55 billion in revenue in its most recent quarter alone. This could just increase now, with plans to start showing ads to non-users across the web. Previously, if you were … Continue reading →
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How to Filter Google Analytics Referral Spam and Bot Traffic26 Jul 2016 | 9:58 amBots have become a hot topic as online security has become a higher priority and, as we mentioned in a previous article, they hold almost half of all the Internet traffic. Automated and increasingly sophisticated bots have been used to accelerate and simplify online processes. Bots are essential for the online infrastructure but can also pose a serious security threat if deployed with malicious intents. Malicious bots can participate in launching Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks or as a mean to extract valuable customer data, or even both. Because of the increased visibility and publicity around security breaches, bots get categorized as security issues and often marketing and other teams don't...
New Security Threat Emerges, First 360-degree VR Live Stream Report And More in This Weeks News25 Jul 2016 | 4:07 amNew security threat – httpoxy Everyone is talking about the new security threat httpoxy, a set of vulnerabilities that affect application code running in CGI, or CGI-like environments. If you're running PHP or CGI (and there's a big chance you are) you should block the proxy header on your website immediately. On the other hand, if you're not deploying code, you don't need to worry. Akamai, Verizon, Cloudflare, Fastly, InstartLogic all successfully mitigate the problem for their users. Below is a screenshot of some of the confirmed cases so far. Learn how to quickly mitigate the problem yourself: httproxy.org First 360-degree VR live stream report LeaseWeb teamed up with DJ Hardwell and technology...
New Streaming Record for Akamai, 470 Gbps DDoS Attack Happened and More in This Weeks News19 Jul 2016 | 3:46 amNew sports streaming record The 7.3 Tbps traffic peak was hit during Portugal – France championship match which eclipsed the former 7.0 Tbps record generated by the Argentina – Netherlands semifinal match in the 2014 World Cup, as Akamai reports. This peak traffic was generated by more than 3.3 million concurrent streams. Here are the top five streamed matches this year: Portugal – France (7.3 Tbps; 3.3 million concurrent streams) Germany – Italy (6 Tbps; 2.7 million concurrent streams) Germany – France (5.9 Tbps; 2.6 million concurrent streams) England – Iceland (5.3 Tbps; 2.4 million concurrent streams) Italy – Spain (5.3 Tbps; 2.3 million concurrent streams) Read more about the streaming record on...
The Shift to The Cloud Based Security17 Jul 2016 | 9:39 amTake it from the man who pioneered the firewall. Check Point Software Technologies co-founder Shlomo Kramer, a pioneer of efforts to protect businesses from cyber attacks, is betting on security in the cloud as the sector's next big development. Moving network protection to the cloud could ultimately replace the very firewalls developed by Check Point and eliminate the need for costly appliances, consisting of hardware and software, that are a $50 billion market, Kramer said in an interview to Reuters lately. Image Source Tweet this: Firewall pioneer Shlomo Kramer predicts that cloud security could replace firewalls. "Today, it's nation state attacks on critical infrastructure and organised crime attacks...
Types of DDoS Attacks Infographic14 Jul 2016 | 5:46 amWebsites and applications live outside the data center in the cloud. It's not easy to protect such perimeters today, but there are intelligent ways to get around these problems. One is to understand the profoundity of these attacks. DDoS Mitigation & Protection services are a crucial part of any internet business strategy. Since the topic is broad and many of our customers ask very specific questions, we decided to put together this infographic for everyone to learn more about DDoS attacks. We hope you'll enjoy reading – feel free to share it with your colleagues and if you want to know more, or need help, ask our specialists anything you want to know about DDoS Mitigation & Security. Share this...
See What's in Store at PagerDuty Summit26 Jul 2016 | 9:30 amPagerDuty Summit is just around the corner, taking place on September 13th here in San Francisco. We have a lot of great content planned and wanted to share a few highlights. As technology becomes more ubiquitous, business models are rapidly changing to meet and exceed customer demand and provide a great experience. PagerDuty Summit will focus on how companies are navigating digital transformation with operational maturity. Interested in hearing stories about how top organizations were successful in addressing digital transformation? What were their lessons learned as they move into new territory? How did they scale and manage operations to provide both stability and agility? All these questions and more...
Jennifer Tejada Joins PagerDuty as CEO21 Jul 2016 | 1:20 pmIt is an exciting day at PagerDuty, as we announce the appointment of Jennifer Tejada as chief executive officer and a member of the board. In addition, we're excited to announce a 95 percent year-over-year increase in revenue growth from enterprise business; 90 percent year-over-year revenue growth; and acquisition of over 1,200 new customers globally. "I am excited to welcome Jennifer to PagerDuty," said Solomon, co-founder and CTO of PagerDuty. "Jennifer is clearly the best person to lead PagerDuty as we scale the business through product innovation in new markets. A champion of customer experience, Jennifer brings depth in building markets, driving operational excellence and leading...
PagerDuty is Honored as a Top Place to Work18 Jul 2016 | 12:24 pmCulture is a big deal at PagerDuty, which makes being honored as a Top Workplace by the Bay Area News Group all the more exciting. The Top Workplaces program recognizes exceptional employers on 30 regional lists and one national list. The evaluations for the list are based purely on employee opinions, making it a great honor. In addition to the Top Workplaces award, PagerDuty has been recognized with several other awards in 2016 including, the 11th Annual 2016 IT World Awards® given by Network Product Guide and the 2016 American Business Awards with a Silver Stevie® Award for Customer Service. Finally, the California Diversity Council recognized our VP of Marketing, Astha Malik with a multi cultural...
AWS Summit London Recap12 Jul 2016 | 9:15 amI had the opportunity to travel to London to attend AWS Enterprise Summit (July 6) and AWS Summit (July 7) last week. As an Amazon (pre-AWS) and Microsoft Azure alumnus, it was fascinating to step back and see how far this whole "cloud" story has really come. Here are a few key takeaways I had from a great show. #1) Moving to cloud (properly) means adopting a DevOps culture I really liked that Stephen Orban (Head of Global Enterprise Strategy and who opened with the keynote on the first day's Enterprise Summit) jumped on this point right away: your Infrastructure team MUST become a Cloud Center of Excellence and start to distribute top-to-bottom operational responsibility to the Product/Services teams,...
Building a Chat Integration for Cisco Spark in Minutes12 Jul 2016 | 8:00 amIn time for day two of Cisco Live, we thought it would be timely to build an integration for Cisco Spark and PagerDuty. So we did–and it only took a few minutes, and we were able to easily embed custom rules and functionality. We did this via the PagerDuty Custom Event Transformer–a very cool feature we launched a few weeks ago that enables you to convert a payload sent by any tool that can send an HTTP request into one understood by PagerDuty. In other words, you can integrate virtually anything with PagerDuty. This Spark – PagerDuty integration is just one proof point out of many more similar examples to come, that we can easily integrate with any ChatOps (or other) tool to optimize any workflow and...
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Databarracks Launches Cyber-DRaaS To Protect Against Ransomware26 Jul 2016 | 4:30 pmThe ISBuzz Post: This Post Databarracks Launches Cyber-DRaaS To Protect Against Ransomware appeared first on Information Security Buzz. Disaster recovery specialist Databarracks has launched a new DR service designed specifically to target cyber threats. Cyber-Disaster Recovery as a Service (Cyber-DRaaS) identifies cyber-attacks early and enables users to roll back to the last clean replication point in Databarracks' secure DR environment. Peter Groucutt, managing director at Databarracks, explains: "As a business continuity provider, we have a very unique view of cyber threats. We are called into action when defences have been breached and we need to get a customer back up and operating as quickly as...
The Dark Side: Mining The Dark Web For Cyber Intelligence26 Jul 2016 | 1:21 pmThe ISBuzz Post: This Post The Dark Side: Mining The Dark Web For Cyber Intelligence appeared first on Information Security Buzz. Search social media and delve into the dark web and you can find all sorts of useful data. James Parry, Technical Manager for Auriga, looks at how businesses can tap this mine of information to learn of impending attacks. Like any social construct, the Internet has its dark and seedy side. From social media to encrypted chat rooms and the black markets of the deep web, there's a whole world out there lying just beneath the shiny surface of the Internet and it's here that many cyber attacks are born. The majority of successful attacks carried out against businesses are...
Hacker Steals 1.6 Million Accounts From Top Mobile Game's Forum26 Jul 2016 | 12:34 pmThe ISBuzz Post: This Post Hacker Steals 1.6 Million Accounts From Top Mobile Game's Forum appeared first on Information Security Buzz. Reports are starting to surface saying that a hacker has targeted the official forum of popular mobile game "Clash of Kings," making off with close to 1.6 million accounts. The hack was carried out on July 14 by a hacker, who wants to remain nameless, and a copy of the leaked database was provided to breach notification site LeakedSource.com, which allows users to search their usernames and email addresses in a wealth of stolen and hacked data. In a sample given to ZDNet, the database contains (among other things) usernames, email addresses, IP addresses (which can often...
Auto Industry ISAC Releases Best Practices For Connected Vehicle Cybersecurity26 Jul 2016 | 8:15 amThe ISBuzz Post: This Post Auto Industry ISAC Releases Best Practices For Connected Vehicle Cybersecurity appeared first on Information Security Buzz. Goal is to provide car manufactures with guidelines for protecting modern vehicles against emerging cyber threats The Automotive Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Auto-ISAC) has released a set of cybersecurity best practices for connected vehicles. The document, developed over the course of five months by a group of more than 50 cybersecurity experts from the auto industry, is designed to demonstrate the collective commitment by automakers to make modern cars safer against emerging cyber threats. The best practices cover seven broad areas, including...
US Congress Websites Recovering After Three-Day DDoS Attack26 Jul 2016 | 4:34 amThe ISBuzz Post: This Post US Congress Websites Recovering After Three-Day DDoS Attack appeared first on Information Security Buzz. It has been reported that several websites owned and operated by the United States Congress are recovering from a three-day DDoS attack. The campaign began on July 17 when the websites for the Library of Congress began experiencing technical difficulties. A day later, the websites went temporarily offline. During the attack, Library of Congress employees were unable to access their work emails or visit any of the Library's websites. It is reported that the attackers overcame the initial defence measures to escalate their campaign. Stephen Gates, chief research intelligence...
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The Basics: Start your career in computer programming25 Jul 2016 | 11:30 amHave you ever had an interest in computer programming? Take a look at these statistics from the U.S. Department of Labor about computer programmers:2015 median annual income: $79,530 ($38.24 per hour) Typical entry-level education: Bachelor's degree Number of jobs in 2014: 328,600 Job outlook for 2014-2024: -8 percent (decline) Employment change (2014-2024): -26,500But what do programmers actually do? They write programs in a variety of computer languages, such as C++ and Java. They turn the program designs created by software developers and engineers into instructions that a computer can follow. They also write and test code that allows computer applications and software programs to function properly....
Salary Survey Extra: Virtualization certification and education22 Jul 2016 | 12:30 amSalary Survey Extra is a series of periodic dispatches that give added insight into the findings of our most recent Salary Survey. These posts contain previously unpublished Salary Survey data.Certification and higher education are not mutually exclusive aims. There are those in the IT crowd who frequently draw a battle line between the two, arguing for the merits of one above the other. More often than not, however, education and certification are complementary career bastions, standing side-by-side as the foundation of a productive and fruitful professional journey. It's possible to enjoy success in IT with one and not the other, but you're almost always better off with both.Whenever we do a salary...
Taking stock after three years of renewed publication20 Jul 2016 | 5:22 pmThis feature first appeared in the Summer 2016 issue of Certification Magazine. Click here to get your own print or digital copy.In early 2014 I wrote a piece for Certification Magazine titled "Rising Generation." In the article I expressed my belief that the future of IT training and certification was in good hands. I came to this conclusion by visiting with instructors and students around the country. It was a great experience hearing their views and ideas on IT. More importantly, it was inspiring to see their dedication to teaching, learning, and reaching for their dreams.For nearly 20 years, this publication had been the leading independent voice of the certification industry, publishing...
The emerging realm of IBM Big Data certification18 Jul 2016 | 4:43 pmIt should come as no surprise that IBM is a major player in the Big Data marketplace. The venerable corporation's nickname is "Big Blue," and its early focus on mainframes and large servers was referred to as "Big Iron." Moving into Big Data was pretty much a marketing identity must-have.IBM's Big Data product portfolio has grown impressively under the watchful eye of the company's current CEO Ginni Rometty. The century-old technology company has had the computing power to support Big Data platforms for quite some time, thanks to initiatives like Watson, a cognitive computing platform built on machine learning and natural language processing.A recent eWeek story story noted that over a third...
Salary Survey Extra: The standard-issue virtualization professional15 Jul 2016 | 5:34 pmSalary Survey Extra is a series of periodic dispatches that give added insight into the findings of our most recent Salary Survey. These posts contain previously unpublished Salary Survey data.When it comes to IT, there is typically no one size — or one description — that fits all. People in IT are a pretty diverse lot. We do find outliers: As countless studies and surveys have shown, for example, most of the working professionals in the IT realm are men. Indeed, 97 percent of the virtualization professionals who responded to our recent Salary Survey PLUS are male.Despite certain characteristics that predominate, however, you can't generally round up a group of working professionals and draw a tidy...
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How Can I Recover My Data from a Failed Hard Drive?25 Jul 2016 | 8:40 amLike most computer users, at some point you're going to find yourself in a moment of panic that all of your hard work and cherished memories are gone due to problems with the system. A catastrophic hard drive failure strikesRead the Entire Article...The post How Can I Recover My Data from a Failed Hard Drive? appeared first on Secure Data Recovery Blog.
Setting Up Business Wi-Fi and Hotspots19 Jul 2016 | 8:40 pmSetting up Wi-Fi has become a standard practice for many businesses today. Often times, it's more difficult to choose a trusted Internet service provider (ISP) than understanding how to set up Wi-Fi in your home or office. Here are 4Read the Entire Article...The post Setting Up Business Wi-Fi and Hotspots appeared first on Secure Data Recovery Blog.
Are Computer Peripherals Open to Attack?17 Jul 2016 | 9:10 pmThe Internet of Things (IoT) is an interconnected system of devices with the ability to transfer data over a network without the need for human-to-human (or even human-to-computer) interaction. For example, IoT could be a heart monitor implanted in aRead the Entire Article...The post Are Computer Peripherals Open to Attack? appeared first on Secure Data Recovery Blog.
Are You Afraid of Your Computer?6 Jul 2016 | 1:03 pmPersonal computers, tablets, and smartphones have brought the world a number of modern conveniences that have never been possible before. Even with these advancements in technology, there are still vulnerabilities that can cause significant fear and anxiety when using computers.Read the Entire Article...The post Are You Afraid of Your Computer? appeared first on Secure Data Recovery Blog.
Plug-Ins Create New Browser Security Holes20 Jun 2016 | 8:42 amWeb browsers have grown increasingly secure, but the most frequent flaw in browser security has become browser plug-ins. These are not the extensions installed on the browser (though they can pose risks, too), but they are plug-ins that web pagesRead the Entire Article...The post Plug-Ins Create New Browser Security Holes appeared first on Secure Data Recovery Blog.
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Protect Your PC Against Computer Viruses While on Vacation15 Jul 2016 | 6:35 amDo you know how to protect your PC against the millions of unpredictable computer viruses while on vacation? If you are planning to travel to an exotic island, the beach, the mountains or even the grandparent's this summer, here are a few tips to protect yourself and your gadgets from security threats all over the […] The post Protect Your PC Against Computer Viruses While on Vacation appeared first on Geeks On Site.
Cybercrime and Your Personal PC27 May 2016 | 3:20 pmOne of the most critical things to look for in a cybercrime report is how one can protect themselves from harmful activity. Whether you are tech savvy or not, no one wants to be a sitting duck for the next big risk. Next generation technology continues to transform, exposing residences and businesses to both opportunities […] The post Cybercrime and Your Personal PC appeared first on Geeks On Site.
Cyber Protection for National Small Business Week6 May 2016 | 1:33 pmCongratulations! Your small business is celebrating one of the many national small business weeks to come and Geeks on Site would like to take the opportunity to celebrate the outstanding impact of all you entrepreneurs and small business owners. We know what it's like – being a small business – and it isn't always easy. […] The post Cyber Protection for National Small Business Week appeared first on Geeks On Site.
3 Computer Fundamentals for Beginners to Avoid Mistakes22 Apr 2016 | 12:11 pmYour mother probably once told you "practice makes perfect." Which is true; everyone makes mistakes. When it comes to your PC accidents can happen, but simple errors could cause your computer serious damage. Keep in mind that with time, and practice, you can avoid these 3 common computer mistakes. Computer Mistake #1: Surplus of Computer […] The post 3 Computer Fundamentals for Beginners to Avoid Mistakes appeared first on Geeks On Site.
6 Things Every Computer User Should Learn14 Apr 2016 | 10:33 amSometimes it can be tough maneuvering around the system and mechanics of a computer. No matter how difficult, we all have our own niche, whether it be Microsoft Office, Emails or Social Media. We all have computer related strengths and weaknesses. We've come up with 6 things that every computer should learn about. � 1. […] The post 6 Things Every Computer User Should Learn appeared first on Geeks On Site.
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Five Hard Truths About Digital Transformation30 Jun 2016 | 3:15 pmRecently, we surveyed our audience and asked them, "What does 'Digital' mean to your organization?" Our audience selected between the following four options: The latest gimmick Any technology that builds our customer relationships Our approach to streamlining corporate processes and platforms Not sure To be clear: there are many more potential definitions for the word…
Why IT and Agile Don't Get Along30 Jun 2016 | 2:51 pmAt least once a month, the tech media publishes another op-ed complaining that IT is too slow and cumbersome, and that we must radically alter our approach to produce faster and more responsive service development and delivery. Complaints about IT's speed aren't particularly new, but one thing is new—there appears to be a solution to…
How to Cut Your Consulting Bill in Half4 Apr 2016 | 11:01 amThese days, IT leaders are being asked to do more with less. Faced with this directive, most IT leaders immediately hire—what we can all agree feels like—an excessive number of consultants to figure out how to make it all work. I'm not talking about the thousands of contractors you've hired to manage your day-to-day system…
Today's IT Leader: Your New Role4 Apr 2016 | 9:42 amCaught in the digital revolution, our stakeholders demand more from technology than ever before. Often, it makes our stakeholders feel overwhelmed, and (at best) they expect IT to figure it out for them, without them. To act as their "proxy". The real role of IT leaders in 2016 is to be this full mental stand-in…
How to Accelerate Your IT Career in 201610 Jan 2016 | 7:27 pmWelcome to 2016! My guess: you've resolved to learn at least one new technical skill this year. After all, we IT professionals are constantly skilling up, for a variety of reasons: For entry-level IT pros, learning a hot new technical skill offers a route off the help desk, and into a more substantial role. For…
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Prisma: People have fallen in love with the Art inspired photo app26 Jul 2016 | 6:58 amPrisma is a new trend in the world of applications after the Pokemon Go. However, the app category is different as it is for the art photography lovers. Convert your ordinary photographs into work piece of art. A wide range of photo filters available into the style of famous artworks. This is an era of photography. Every minute you will find people taking selfies, groupies and having a photo shoot on personal camera. As the Pokemon Go has taken the game lovers in the storm, the photography app Prisma has also met the success silently. Prisma app for iPhone is rich with its art-inspired photo filters. Art-loving people find it beautiful to use. Due to the precise conversion of real photographs into artistic...
App Development Company iMOBDEV's 7th Inception Day Celebrations21 Jul 2016 | 7:03 amTremendous two days…!!! It's a 7th time that iMobains are celebrating the foundation day. Finally, we were living the most awaited day of the year. 7 years back, 19th July is the date on which the iMOBDEV was established. On this wonderful occasion, the box of surprises opened up with great cheers. As a bumper bonanza, we celebrated two smashing days with great enthusiasm. Back to back surprises revealed were creating too much fun. For more photos of iMOBDEV's 7th Anniversary Celebrations, Click here : Facebook Album And…here are the glimpses of the festivities we enjoyed during the fantastic two days: Departed from Ahmedabad to Lake city, Checked into the resort, poolside fun, pool games, cricket match,...
Pokemon Go: Game lovers have gone crazy with this augmented reality app14 Jul 2016 | 11:15 pmGame mania is found in each crazy person however with a less or more interest. Pokemon Go is going viral on the internet and breaking all the records just within few days after its release. For the game creator John, it has taken 20 hard-working years to gain this overnight success. Pokemon Go is suddenly taking the world by a storm. Basically, it is a Franchise which was launched in the early 1990s. The concept of the game is, in its world players travel many locations in search of varied monsters. The critters caught can be used to fight with each other. An ultimate goal of a trainer to play the game is to "catch 'em all". Defeat the prestigious trainers recognized in the game as gym leaders and Elite...
Top 13 Trending Topics of the Technology World 201614 Jul 2016 | 12:45 amThe top stories in the IT and business world are of a great interest for the techies. Technology geeks find themselves lucky to have a knowledge about the trending topics around the clock. The business world is well affected by the technology. Top trending technology topics give the way to the business persons to rule the world with exceptional services. Here we are talking about the top stories which are relevant to the Information Technology or Computer world. Have a look! � Trend 1. Twitter to expand the GIF size limit to 15 MB Good news for the media using GIF images in Twitter to convey the information or illustrate their products! Twitter has extended the size limits for the GIF images, animated GIFs...
8 Top reasons that cloud based Webshop works well for the store owners12 Jul 2016 | 11:41 pmCloud-based e-commerce websites and applications are performing well. Learn here, why cloud based Webshops are getting hits and have become this much popular among the developers and users. For the epitome business growth, the professionals have moved to online business. The big brands also believe in selling the stuff online. Strategies of doing business online continue rolling. Considering the technical aspect, the businesses must shift to the cloud based Webshops for many good reasons. Expansions of cloud offerings help you in leveraging the flexibility of IT based services. Cloud based web and app development is tested okay for making all everyday operations smooth and efficient. A new trend of hosting...
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4Challenge Completed for Neill Birchenall1 Jul 2016 | 6:21 amPhoto credit: Matthew Lollar Arriving back in Sheffield on Monday, the 4Challenge riders received a rapturous reception at Weston Park as friends, family and supporters gathered to welcome them home.As sponsors of 4Challenge, BirchenallHowden were also represented in the riding team by Neill. We put some questions to Neill about 4Challenge and how it all went.So, just how difficult was it?"Days 1 and 2 of the challenge were as tough as expected, but I think most people's focus was on Day 3. We all knew that would be the most challenging day before we set off due to the distance and the amount of climbing needed.Day 3 actually proved to be much more difficult than we thought, too....
Microsoft and Windows 10 Adoption9 Jun 2016 | 7:22 amWindows 10 is by no means a bad operating system, but Microsoft's aggressive updates have caused annoyance and frustration among users of previous versions.Last year, Microsoft released Windows 10, with Windows 7 & 8 users being able to upgrade their operating system for free. This offer will come to an end on the 29th July this year, and any 7 & 8 users that wish to download the upgrade after this date will have to pay for it. These existing users that haven't upgraded are starting to get a little annoyed however. With adoption rates slowing down, Microsoft have started to get more aggressive in pushing out their upgrades to existing OS users.The Problem with Windows 10A lot of Windows users are...
Taking the 4Challenge13 May 2016 | 4:38 am4Challenge 2016 is approaching and BirchenallHowden will be represented in the gruelling 4 day cycle…What is 4Challenge?4Challenge was set up in 2015 in order to raise funds for Weston Park Hospital Cancer Charity. Each year, participants take on a huge challenge, dedicating time and effort for the cause. This year, those taking part in 4Challenge will cycle from Edinburgh to Sheffield over the course of 4 days, riding 310 miles and climbing 23,000 feet!Why 4Challange?There will be a mixture of abilities among the challengers, from cycling novices to veterans, and among the riders will be our very own Neill Birchenall. Here's what Neill had to say about 4Challenge…"In February 2015 our friend and...
Remote Business IT Solutions26 Apr 2016 | 8:23 amIf members of your team occasionally work from home or out of the office, they need to be equipped with the proper remote IT solutions.The modern office is flexible and with more and more businesses allowing remote working or working from home, companies need to be aware of the issues that can arise. Putting in place policies and implementing the right tools will help your team to work securely and efficiently. Here are some of the most effective ways to ensure that remote working within your business is as effective as possible.Hard Drive EncryptionWith employees working from home or remotely, there is an increased risk of loss or theft of devices or laptops. The cost of the hardware is one thing, but the...
BirchenallHowden 10th Anniversary Celebrations12 Apr 2016 | 8:10 amTo celebrate the 10th anniversary of BirchenallHowden, the whole team headed to Leeds for a weekend of fun and reminiscing.We kicked things off on Friday evening by dropping our bags off at the Malmaison hotel, then stepping out for a fantastic meal at Cielo Blanco, a Mexican restaurant in the city centre. We were up early on Saturday morning as we put our brains and brawn to the test on Leeds's own Crystal Maze. Check out our video of the day below... This was like watching a piece of performance art. The victors! Richard O'Brien would be...
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Smartphones v/s People26 Jul 2016 | 5:15 amThis is an accurate observation as smartphones have taken over daily lives. 🙂 Read more.
Pokemon Go : Expectations v/s Reality20 Jul 2016 | 6:38 amThis is what happens with a massively popular free to play game like Pokemon Go. 🙂 Read more.
Is It Safe To Play In Online Casinos For Real Money?20 Jul 2016 | 4:39 amThere are a lot of different online gambling establishments using online payments system. Is it safe to share with your money and to use such systems? Raising popularity of online casino service... Read more.
Convert PDF Documents To Excel Online For Free6 Jul 2016 | 5:45 amPDF to Excel is a free online tool that converts any PDF document to Excel. It supports conversion formats to Microsoft Excel (versions 7, 10, 13), LibreCalc, OpenCalc or any other MS Office... Read more.
A Quick Guide To Using Windows Defender In Windows 1028 Jun 2016 | 6:00 amWindows Defender is an effective antivirus program that comes enabled by default in Windows 10. Configuring settings : First, a few key settings can be checked to ensure that real time protection is... Read more.
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Infochola achieves Microsoft Partner – Gold Cloud Platform26 Jul 2016 | 12:14 amInfochola achieves Microsoft Partner – Gold Cloud Platform We Infochola's, feels proud and happy to announce that we have achieved another big milestone in our journey with Microsoft as being their valuable partners. Infochola is one the trusted Microsoft Partners for Cloud Solutions and we thrive in this technological era of Customer engagement and customer delight. Modern businesses must adopt the latest technology solutions available from Microsoft to make their business run smoothly with the maximum efficiency. By achieving Microsoft Partner – Gold Cloud Platform competency, we have demonstrated our efficiency and continuous...
Infochola Achieves Microsoft Partner – Silver Cloud Productivity23 May 2016 | 1:07 amInfochola is very much delighted to announce that recently, we have achieved the Microsoft Partner for Silver Cloud Productivity. While announcing this our Founder and CEO of Infochola, Mr. Rajarajan Rajendran has mentioned that "Infochola is committed to give continuous support to Microsoft, being a valuable partner to them and we need to put our efforts to achieve more and more competencies like this". The Microsoft Partner – Silver Cloud Productivity represents the best when it comes to the deployment of Microsoft Office 365 solutions to the Enterprise customers. Achieving the Microsoft competencies showcases, being the valuable Microsoft Partners, a high degree of our...
The Future of SharePoint19 May 2016 | 4:22 amMicrosoft is coming up with a lot of innovative ideas that empower people, teams and organizations to intelligently discover, Share and collaborate on content from anywhere and on any device. For years, most of the Microsoft customers have relied on SharePoint for many of its advantages such as Teamwork, automate business processes, to create business intranet websites and to create business applications. SharePoint online that comes as an in-built part of Office 365, offers content management and collaborative capabilities that are integrated with other applications to create and co-author documents, work with their teams, analyze and make decisions. SharePoint is also some of the most powerful cross-suite...
Infochola Achieves a Microsoft Silver Small and Midmarket Cloud Solutions Competency.28 Apr 2016 | 9:23 pmWe are excited to announce that as a part of the Microsoft Partner Network, Infochola Solutions achieves a Microsoft Silver Small and Midmarket Cloud Solutions competency. To earn a Microsoft silver competency, partners must successfully demonstrate expertise through rigorous exams, culminating in Microsoft certifications. And to ensure the highest quality of services, Microsoft requires customer references for successful implementation and customer satisfaction. Infochola Achieves a Microsoft Silver Small and Midmarket Cloud Solutions Competency. � This means that Infochola reaffirms our commitment to be a trusted Cloud Solutions Provider for our valuable customers. We have confirmed with this...
Microsoft Office 365: What it means for your business11 Mar 2016 | 8:29 pmMicrosoft Office 365 is a cloud-based service that brings together familiar Microsoft desktop applications alongside cloud services. This blogpost details how Office 365 can play a pivotal role in the day-to-day management of a business, its advantages and why professional support from a managed service provider can ensure you get the most from your Office 365 environment.Why Microsoft Office 365? Accessibility Office 365 can be accessed any time on various devices from PC, Mac, Tablets & Mobile devices. Low Cost Monthly subscription with flexible payment plans. Cutting Edge Regularly updated with software...
How Can I Make Myself Better Everyday10 Jul 2016 | 5:36 amEveryone want to become better and better as days pass on but doesn't know How? And if you are such kind of person looking for the betterment everyday, then you are at the right place. The key exponents that re dealt with one's life can be explained as follows: Assessment: One should be able to […] The post How Can I Make Myself Better Everyday appeared first on GRADUATES CORNER.
Create your own web browser in few minutes26 May 2016 | 11:58 amHi guys:-). Hope you all are doing well. Getting bored in these holidays? Don't know what to do? Well, Iam here to help you…!!! So, let me tell you one interesting thing that you can do by spending just a few minutes on your PC/ Lappy and its creating your own web browser. Interested? […] The post Create your own web browser in few minutes appeared first on GRADUATES CORNER.
Things Everyone should learn in their Twenties30 Apr 2016 | 3:06 amHi guys. I was a bit busy these days so couldn't update any topics. Hope you all are doing great :-). Today Iam writing about the things everyone should know when they reach their twenties. Because focusing in this age will make wonders happen. So let us know all the lessons that we need to […] The post Things Everyone should learn in their Twenties appeared first on GRADUATES CORNER.
8 Things Every Graduate Must Do Apart From Academics29 Jan 2016 | 8:18 amUsually the students don't get the wide sense of visuality towards what they are supposed to do after the completion of their graduation. They don't do any pre-planning and go with the flow like most of the graduates do , and end up doing something which is of very low quality and not satisfactory to […] The post 8 Things Every Graduate Must Do Apart From Academics appeared first on GRADUATES CORNER.
Best Statement of Purpose Sample for MS24 Jan 2016 | 3:31 amHello guys, welcome to Graduates Corner.! The Statement of Purpose is one of the documents that are required in applying to the masters in the western countries. Now in this article Iam going to give you a Sample for the Statement of purpose (SOP). SOP SAMPLE: It first starts with the aim of yours that […] The post Best Statement of Purpose Sample for MS appeared first on GRADUATES CORNER.
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X-Frame-Options – How to Combat Clickjacking21 Jul 2016 | 8:15 amHTTP security headers provide yet another layer of security by helping to mitigate attacks and security vulnerabilities by telling your browser how to behave. In this post we will be diving more in-depth into x-frame-options (XFO), which is a header that helps to protect your visitors against clickjacking attacks. It is recommended that you use the x-frame-options header on pages which should not be allowed to render a page in a frame. What is X-Frame-Options? x-frame-options (XFO), is a HTTP response header, also referred to as a HTTP security header, which has been around since 2008. In 2013 it was officially published as RFC 7034, but is not an internet standard. This header tells your...
Top 12 Browser Compatibility Testing Tools14 Jul 2016 | 8:22 amWhen it comes to designing and developing for the web, you will at some point in time inevitably come across a bug, compatibility and or rendering issue, with a browser in which you don't have access to. Even with ever-improving standards support you almost always have to rely on third party tools to diagnose the issue. So today we want to cover the top 12 browser compatibility testing tools which you can use to debug problems and ensure all your visitors are receiving the same experience on your website or application. Browser Compatibility Testing Designing and development website and applications can be a lot of fun, but along with that also means a responsibility to ensure that everyone is...
Integrating Log Management into Your DevOps Workflow7 Jul 2016 | 8:17 amWe live in a day where large amounts of data is constantly being distributed and recorded, and sometimes that can be overwhelming. One way to stay on top of everything is to integrate a well thought out log management system into your current devops or IT workflow. Log data can help you become aware of application errors, slow web performance, and other operational issues before they turn into a larger scale issue or start costing your company revenue. What is Log Management? Log management can be defined as the way you deal with large volumes of log messages and or log data, sometimes also referred to as audit trails, event logs, etc. This could include processes and policies you use to store them,...
PostCSS – Transforming Your CSS with JavaScript30 Jun 2016 | 8:14 amWhen it comes to CSS there are always new tools being introduced to help us transform styles in a more fast and efficient manner. There has been a lot of buzz this past year in the development community about PostCSS. So today we thought we would give you a brief introduction on what PostCSS is and how you can utilize it to streamline your development workflow. Make sure to also check out our previous post where we discussed some of the differences between CSS preprocessors, Sass vs LESS. What is PostCSS? PostCSS was developed by Andrey Sitnik, also the author of Autoprefixer, as a means to use JavaScript (mainly with plugins) for CSS processing and or transforming styles. It is commonly referred...
Waterfall Analysis – Diving Into Your Website's Requests23 Jun 2016 | 8:15 amAnalyzing website performance is something we do on a daily basis here at KeyCDN. One way we benchmark and troubleshoot slowness is by diving into the website's individual requests and doing what we like to call a waterfall analysis. There are numerous tools out there like Chrome DevTools, WebPageTest, and Pingdom which will generate a waterfall chart of your website. Understanding how they work can help you to better pinpoint performance issues as they provide valuable insights about how specific assets affect your page speed and the user experience. Waterfall Analysis The waterfall chart, also referred to as a waterfall graph, provides you with a visual representation of how all the assets on...
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Cyber-Insurance, Threat Intelligence and the Wendy's Breach: Interview with Larry Bowman26 Jul 2016 | 4:30 amData breaches and other cyber threats have plagued business over the past decade often resulting in a long and expensive recovery process. Luckily for businesses, cyber-insurance can help alleviate some of the financial burden of these cyber-attacks. "If you were to Google top ten losses due to data breaches in 2015 you would start off with a low of about $46 million for the Home Depot, move into the hundreds of millions with Anthem and Target, and as you get closer to Epsilon you get into the hundred to a billion mark," said Larry Bowman, Director at Kane Russell Coleman and Logan PC. "The Veteran's Administration hack was valued at about $500 million. These totals are for notification costs, response,...
Podcast: Pokemon Go Tops Cybercrime Targets, GOP Unveils Cyber Platform and Other Risk Trends22 Jul 2016 | 12:49 pmA new episode of the SurfWatch Cyber Risk Roundup has been posted, Episode 76: Pokemon Go Tops Cybercrime Targets, GOP Unveils Cyber Platform and Other Risk Trends: The popular Pokemon Go was this week's top trending cybercrime target following several incidents including DDoS attacks that disrupted service. DDoS attacks against the U.S. Congress, Philippines Government and WikiLeaks also made news. Data breach announcements include more than 130 stores being impacted by Cici's Pizza's point-of-sale breach, Asiana Airlines having 47,000 documents containing customer information stolen, and 2 million users being impacted by a hack at Ubuntu Forums. On the advisory front, SurfWatch Labs released its Mid-Year...
DDoS Attacks Trending Over the Last 30 Days21 Jul 2016 | 11:02 amDDoS attacks are growing in size and sophistication, says a new report from Arbor Networks, and those attacks have continued to impact a variety of organizations over the past few weeks. According to Arbor networks, a current average-sized DDoS attack is capable of taking down almost any organization's server at about 1 Gbps. The average attack size in the first half of 2016 was 986 Mbps, which was a 30% increase over 2015. It is project that the average size of a DDoS attack will reach 1.15 Gbps by the end of 2016. Some highlights from the report include:

An average of 124,000 DDoS events per week over the last 18 months.

A 73% increase in peak attack size over 2015, to 579 Gbps.

274 attacks over 100...

Cybercrime is Increasingly Interconnected, Says New SurfWatch Labs Report20 Jul 2016 | 8:21 amThe first half of 2016 is over, and SurfWatch Labs analysts have spent the past few weeks sifting through the huge amount of cybercrime data we collected — totaling tens of thousands of CyberFacts across more than 3,400 industry targets — in order to identify threat intelligence trends to include in our mid-year 2016 report. "If anything," the report notes, "the stories behind these breaches seem to contradict the increasingly familiar spin that follows most incidents: 'We were the victim of a sophisticated attack. The incident has been contained.'" Download the full Mid-Year 2016 Cyber Trends Report To the contrary, the data behind the year's many incidents indicates many cyber-attacks are...
Costs of Data Breaches Rising, But Its Not All Bad News19 Jul 2016 | 5:00 amIt should come as no surprise, but data breaches are costly for organizations. Each stolen record containing sensitive or confidential information costs an organization an average of $158, according to the 2016 Ponemon Cost of Data Breach Study released last month. That price more than doubles – to $355 – when looking at a highly regulated industry such as healthcare. Those costs add up. The final tally for an average breach is now a whopping $4 million. That's up from the $3.79 million last year and a 29 percent in total costs since 2013. Clearly, data breaches have a significant impact on business. In fact, the biggest financial consequence often comes in the form of lost customers, according to...
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Top 5 Best Practices to Manage Enterprise Mobility26 Jul 2016 | 3:44 amWhat seemed to be a far-fetched idea or an unclear, undefined entity, a few years ago, is what is ruling the world of business today. Enterprise mobility. People are all for the concept of "bringing their own devices" at their workplaces these days. More than 60% of workers have access to their company data or work through their smartphones and tablets. Interestingly, only about a third of business enterprises have any kind of BYOD (Bring-Your-Own-Device) management strategy in place. "People are bringing their own devices, but in many cases, they and their companies are not taking care of those devices and the applications on them appropriately.", says Richard Absalom, consumer impact technology...
B2B Marketing Tip: Importance of a Website for Your Business22 Jul 2016 | 4:16 amHow much attention do you pay to your website? Not so much? Then it is high time you gave your website it's due attention, because what you are missing out on, is probably one of the biggest drivers of B2B sales for your business! That's right! Your website has way more impact on your business, than you give it credit for. But hey, you are not alone. Many businesses actually underestimate the potential of their websites, and their influence on B2B sales. Most of them just consider their websites to be just an online brochure to showcase their products and services. Well, the ones that do have a website of their own that is! There are many businesses that don't even have an online presence! Why does...
Spreadsheets in Field Service: The Biggest Mistake21 Jul 2016 | 5:00 amHow inappropriate would it be if we were still using the old brick-sized, heavy mobile phones, in this age of the digital revolution, where touchscreens rule? Pretty cringeworthy isn't it? That's probably how more than half, that is about 54% of small field service firms feel about using whiteboards, paper and spreadsheet software for their businesses, in this age where custom field service management solutions are the norm. The reasons for this practice are varied, including cost concerns and even sheer inertia. If you are one of those firms, let me bring to your notice, a simple fact. According to an Aberdeen group study, the "best-in-class" field service technicians average an 89% on their...
Field Service Life Without Mobility: Major Pain Points12 Jul 2016 | 5:35 amWe always talk about how field service companies have now become totally mobile, with top notch field service mobile solutions and devices that support it. And yes, the benefits that have accrued from the so-called phenomenon of "field service mobility", have been massive for most companies. But let's break that down for a bit and see what life would be like, without mobility. There are still a number of companies that haven't adopted mobility. Let's see what challenges they face. So a regular field service organization encompasses three roles majorly – that of the technician, the dispatcher, and the service manager. Automation for all these roles essentially revolves around their responsiveness....
Enabling Better Pet Care Services With a Field Service Solution7 Jul 2016 | 5:48 amHow an American was able to achieve his dream of extending pet care services across the globe. One of life's most enriching and delightful experiences is owning a pet. An animal that you nurture and take care of all its life – it is definitely a never ending source of happiness and love. Pet care is a rapidly growing business, with the U.S of course, leading the sector having the world's highest number of pets. Pet pampering is increasingly becoming the norm, which is something that goes beyond simple taking care, feeding and grooming. People are ready to pay a premium for high-quality pet products and services because pets are considered a part of the family. As part of the pet care industry, there are...