FTC, EU Get a Grip on Privacy Security Clan Editor's Blog 11/30/2011 9 comments The FTC and EU together may bring an end to privacy breaches by sites like Facebook.
Mobility: Boon and Bane to Cloud Services Cloud Clan Editor's Blog 11/21/2011 1 comment Sources say cloud-based apps accessible from browser-based mobile devices are open to multiple security threats.
Google Exec Condemns Cellphone Anti-Malware Companies Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World 11/18/2011 11 comments Cellular phones don't need malware protection, and anyone who says they do is probably a charlatan, states Google's open-source manager Chris DiBona.
Cloud Case Study: Multnomah County, Phase I The Big Report 11/15/2011 5 comments Multnomah County embarks on an effort to move its intranet to an open-source platform hosted in the cloud – a bold move for a government agency.
Mobile Security in the Midmarket Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 11/14/2011 8 comments Mobile security in the enterprise may look like a nightmare, but there are solutions too.
Hybrid Hosting Adds to Cloud Options Cloud Clan Editor's Blog 11/7/2011 3 comments A range of cloud providers are coupling virtual server instances with hosted hardware in a twist on Infrastructure-as-a-Service.
Tweeting for the Feds Editor's Blog 11/4/2011 19 comments News that the CIA is tracking Tweets and other social media posts suggests that the so-called social media revolution will be won, not by the dissidents who started it, but by the government.
Shining a Light on the 'Darknet' Jart Armin 11/4/2011 17 comments A recent expose by the hacker group Anonymous brought to light the hidden world of covert Internet activity.
Hackers Target the Banking System Security Clan Editor's Blog 11/2/2011 10 comments The NSA is reported to be involved in helping US financial institutions defend themselves from APTs.
FTC, EU Get a Grip on Privacy Security Clan Editor's Blog 11/30/2011 9 comments The FTC and EU together may bring an end to privacy breaches by sites like Facebook.
Mobility: Boon and Bane to Cloud Services Cloud Clan Editor's Blog 11/21/2011 1 comment Sources say cloud-based apps accessible from browser-based mobile devices are open to multiple security threats.
Google Exec Condemns Cellphone Anti-Malware Companies Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World 11/18/2011 11 comments Cellular phones don't need malware protection, and anyone who says they do is probably a charlatan, states Google's open-source manager Chris DiBona.
Cloud Case Study: Multnomah County, Phase I The Big Report 11/15/2011 5 comments Multnomah County embarks on an effort to move its intranet to an open-source platform hosted in the cloud – a bold move for a government agency.
Mobile Security in the Midmarket Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 11/14/2011 8 comments Mobile security in the enterprise may look like a nightmare, but there are solutions too.
Hybrid Hosting Adds to Cloud Options Cloud Clan Editor's Blog 11/7/2011 3 comments A range of cloud providers are coupling virtual server instances with hosted hardware in a twist on Infrastructure-as-a-Service.
Tweeting for the Feds Editor's Blog 11/4/2011 19 comments News that the CIA is tracking Tweets and other social media posts suggests that the so-called social media revolution will be won, not by the dissidents who started it, but by the government.
Shining a Light on the 'Darknet' Jart Armin 11/4/2011 17 comments A recent expose by the hacker group Anonymous brought to light the hidden world of covert Internet activity.
Hackers Target the Banking System Security Clan Editor's Blog 11/2/2011 10 comments The NSA is reported to be involved in helping US financial institutions defend themselves from APTs.
It was about 10 years ago when a new generation of software-as-a-service (SaaS) alternatives started to gain acceptance and adoption among organizations of all sizes. And it has only been about five years since Amazon Web Services captured the marketplace's attention with Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3, which opened the door to a vast array of infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) offerings. Now, the third piece of the cloud computing puzzle is beginning to win over organizations seeking to build their own apps: platform-as-a-service (PaaS).
Energy consumption is a primary contributor to global warming. At the end of 2012, 40 percent of energy consumption in the US came from commercial and residential buildings.
Civil libertarians are outraged at the revelation the NSA is reportedly spying on more than one-third of Americans -- obtaining phone records from phone companies, in case it might need them for later use. Edward Snowden, the man who leaked details of that program, also revealed a second effort dubbed “Prism,” which represented a more aggressive grab of email and other communications. (See: Prism Exposes Unwritten Privacy Rules.)
In the past few weeks, Evernote, Twitter, and LinkedIn have implemented an optional security feature: two-step verification. It's time -- perhaps even past due -- for enterprises to consider offering this feature as well.
Big-data and analytics tools enable marketers to understand customers as individuals, identifying unmet needs and addressing each customer as a "segment of one," says John Kennedy, VP corporate marketing, IBM.
New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority is conducting a pilot test of digital kiosks to guide subway users to where they want to go more efficiently and at lower cost.
The whole Amazon.reader debate is a double-stupid. It's stupid to think that there's any e-book buyer who doesn't know Amazon's URL, and it was stupider to let ICANN launch the whole free-form TLD initiative to start with.
While NFC's original goal was to enhance mobile commerce applications, it is finding its way into a number of other uses, which is creating both opportunity as well as challenges for IT departments.
Enterprises would like to move to cloud computing but are hesitant because they are concerned about providers’ ability to secure company data. Here are some tips that help to ensure that if breaches occur, the business is not left holding the bag.
Edmunds separates customers into segments based on the info it collects on its site and from partners, and uses that to push out custom content, said Brian Baron, director of business analytics for Edmunds.com, at Predictive Analytics Innovation Summit.
So here we are, the last day of the 2013 US Open Golf Championship at Merion, and Phil Mickelson -- who has been a US Open runner-up five times now but never taken the trophy -- is right up there at the top of the leaderboard.
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