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Report: Next U.S. president will face a ‘major cyber-crisis’ in 2017
Whichever presidential candidate moves into the White House in January can expect to face a “major cyber-crisis” within 100 days as enterprises across the country struggle to “defend against escalating, dynamic security and privacy risk,” warns a new report from Forrester Research Inc. That was one of several cyber-security predictions the research firm has made ...
Microsoft stops selling older Windows versions to computer makers
Microsoft will no longer sell licenses for its Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 operating systems to personal computer manufacturers. Now that this is official, it means it won’t be long until companies like Dell Technologies and Lenovo Group Ltd. stop selling machines that are running the older operating system. It has been known for a ...
Aporeto unveils whitelist security model for application containers
A cloud-native security startup today introduced what it says is a dead simple security model for containers, which allow applications to run on any computer. Aporeto on Tuesday unveiled a new open-source project called Trireme that simplifies application segmentation for distributed apps. The project, which works with containers from Docker Inc. or with the open source Kubernetes ...
Cisco updates its Spark collaboration tools and services
Cisco Systems Inc. Tuesday unveiled a series of new collaboration tools based around its Spark communications platform, aimed at helping customers get better value from the cloud while making the most of their on-premises deployments. The tools are designed to keep Cisco’s base of legacy customers content with their investments. They include the new Spark Depot, which is ...
Forrester: CIOs will put the pedal to the metal in 2017
Chief information officers will move rapidly to embrace emerging technologies as they try to keep up with today’s empowered consumer, Forrester Research Inc. says in its latest report. The report, “2017 CIO Predictions: CIOs Push For Speed Amid Volatility“, reveals that the days of stability and predictability in the business world are long gone, and ...
Google discloses critical vulnerability in Windows 10, angering Microsoft
Google Inc. dropped a bomb on Microsoft Corp. Monday by revealing a vulnerability in its Windows operating system that’s yet to be patched. Google says attackers can exploit the bug to gain administrator-level access using simple malware. In a blog post, Neel Mehta and Billy Leonard of Google’s Threat Analysis Group said they’d taken decision to ...
AI chip startup Graphcore lands $30M in new round
A U.K.-based startup that’s looking to build processors focused on artificial intelligence and machine learning workloads has just emerged from stealth with $30 million in funding. Graphcore, based in Bristol, England, has spent the last two years quietly building a soon to be released “intelligent processing unit.” Revealing its plans on Monday, the company announced the Series A ...
Mozilla’s Firefox browser aims to make a ‘Quantum’ leap forward
The Mozilla Foundation has been constantly evolving its Firefox web browser, most recently adding new context and discovery features, and implementing multi-processing support. Now, the organization is set to make a revolutionary new change with the announcement of Project Quantum, a new web engine for Firefox that’s aimed at delivering a “fast and smooth” experience ...
Tenable Network Security buys FlawCheck to seal up leaky software containers
Cyber-security firm Tenable Network Security Inc. is betting on the rise of containers, which allow applications to run on any computer. But ensuring the security of containers deployed usingDevOps, a method of speeding up deployment of information technologies in companies, has been a particular challenge. That’s why Tenable recently acquired the San Francisco-based startup FlawCheck. Tenable, which is based ...
Oracle says $9.3B bid for NetSuite is its ‘final offer’
Oracle Corp. Chief Executive Mark Hurd has said that the company’s $9.3 billion bid to acquire NetSuite Inc. is its final offer, even as NetSuite investors agitate for more. Hurd told CNBC in an interview that Oracle has set a deadline of this Friday, Nov. 4, for NetSuite shareholders to accept its offer, saying that ...