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Archives for 2018
Symantec offers security protection for Office 365 and Azure
News 9 Feb, 2018 Clare Hopping The security layer has been designed to enhance security and user experience, across Azure cloud environments
Researchers find malware samples that exploit Meltdown and Spectre
It was inevitable. Once Google published its findings for the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities in CPUs, the bad guys used that as a roadmap to create their malware. And so far, researchers have found more than 130 malware samples designed to exploit Spectre and Meltdown. If there is any good news, it’s that the majority […]
Google could be set to enter the video game business
News 8 Feb, 2018 Rabbil Sikdar Plans have been in the works for around two years – report
Workday creates startup fund for enterprise AI
News 8 Feb, 2018 Clare Hopping Businesses will share $250 million funding and get support from Workday execs and engineers
Midcounties Co-operative moves all its data into Six Degrees cloud
News 8 Feb, 2018 Clare Hopping The managed cloud platform offers security for highly regulated industries
Microsoft offers to buy out your Box, Dropbox or Google Drive business contract
News 7 Feb, 2018 Dale Walker Redmond offers free OneDrive for Business subscriptions to cover remainder of rival contracts
Google Cloud upgrades Hangouts Meet hardware
News 7 Feb, 2018 Clare Hopping A new camera means up to 20 participants cans be seen in a large meeting room
Spectre and Meltdown | Salted Hash Ep 17
What is it about the Spectre and Meltdown attacks that scared everyone so much? Host Steve Ragan and J.M. Porup talk through the impact of these hardware flaws.
Cisco: 95% of data centre traffic will come from cloud by 2021
News 6 Feb, 2018 Clare Hopping Volume of data will lead to more hyperscale cloud facilities, report predicts