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Industry analysts highlight Docker’s superior security credentials
Security considerations are a significant barrier to adoption for just about every new technology that bursts onto the scene, and Docker containers are no exception. However, two organizations are now claiming that security should in fact be a driver of container adoption. Cybersecurity firm NCC Group and technology analyst Gartner Inc. recently published research that ...
Red Hat’s gunning for VMware with virtualization platform update
Open-source Linux vendor Red Hat Inc. has thrown in support for OpenStack Neutron and other new technologies with the latest release of its software virtualization package, in what looks like a bid to steal customers away from VMware Inc.’s more widely-used solution. Targeted at convergence, Red Hat Virtualization 4 is the first version of the ...
Kaspersky launches hardened OS for industrial control systems
Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Labs has finally completed the development of its “unhackable” operating system after four years. Kaspersky first announced it was working on the OS back in 2012, saying it would be built “from the ground up” and designed to protect key information for the world’s most critical industries, such as transportation control ...
Multiple updates led to Google cloud outage
Google has provided an explanation for the two-hour outage affecting its Google Cloud Platform on Aug. 11, saying the error was entirely its own fault. The incident affected Google App Engine’s APIs, which were left “unavailable” for short periods. According to Google, the outage meant that 18 percent of apps hosted in its US-Central region ...
VMware announces new alliances around Liota IoT SDK
Looking to bridge the gap between developers and IT, VMware Inc. has a series of partnerships in an effort to accelerate the deployment of the Internet of Things (IoT) in the enterprise. On Tuesday, VMware said it was working with Bayshore Networks LLC, Dell Inc., Intwine Connect LLC, Deloitte Digital, PTC Inc. and V5 Systems ...
IoT & Big Data accelerate tech M&A deals
The Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data analytics are driving a record number of merger and acquisition (M&A) deals, both for the second quarter of 2016 and the entire year to date, says a new report from Ernst & Young (EY). The second quarter saw 28 deals valued at $1 billion or more, setting ...
NASA wants to sell the International Space Station to a commercial entity
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) wants to sell off, or possibly donate the International Space Station (ISS) to private enterprise in the next few years. The agency is hoping to hand over control of the orbiting laboratory to a commercial entity sometime in the next decade, it said. NASA made the announcement during ...
ARM sets its sights on supercomputers with new chip design
Fresh from having conquered the mobile market, U.K.-based microchip designer ARM Holdings Ltd. is now setting its sights on powering the world’s fastest computers. It’s just unveiled a new chip design for supercomputers, an extremely lucrative market where until now, it’s had zero presence. The new design, which is based on ARM’s mobile chips, has ...
Vendor survey: Cloud shift leads to exponential growth in security risks
Enterprises are leaving themselves more vulnerable to attackers as they shift from on-premises workloads to cloud infrastructure, by increasing their “attackable surface area”, a new vendor survey warned last week. The CloudPassage Inc. study, published on Friday, was based on a poll of IT managers at the recent Black Hat security conference, and found that ...
CNN using drones to gather news footage
The Cable News Network, better known as CNN, has become the first mainstream news broadcaster in the U.S. to adopt aerial drones in order to gather news footage. The broadcaster has a new CNN Aerial Imagery and Reporting (AIR) unit, called CNN AIR, hiring two full-time drone operators to fly its unmanned birds. “For the ...