Новости за 22.02.2016

For those waiting for 10G to 20Gbps 5G wireless, possibly due around 2018 on millimeter frequencies, think again, what you’re really going to want is 6G. It’ll be faster.

Parodying Tim Cook’s virally shared quote:

“Our whole role in life is to give you something you didn't know you wanted. And then once you get it, you can't imagine your life without it.”

Samsung mobile chief D.J. Koh launched the Galaxy S7 announcement yesterday at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona saying: “We will never assume we know everything or presume to tell our customers what they should want. I believe we have something better than all knowing.”

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We discussed building malware defenses the last time out, but today we’re going to focus on Critical Security Controls 10, 11, and 12 covering data recovery, secure network configuration, and boundary defense.

Startup Trusona is launching what it claims to be a 100% accurate authentication scheme aimed at corporate executives, premiere banking customers and IT admins who have unfettered authorization to access the most valued corporate assets.

VMware and IBM today announced a broad new partnership that will allow VMware customers to extend their virtualized workloads into IBM’s public SoftLayer cloud.

Here are a couple of news tidbit from Mobile World Congress that caught my eye.

Apple today said that the government should create an expert panel to discuss the implications of the FBI's demand that the company help it access an iPhone used by one of the people accused of killing 14 in California nearly three months ago.

Software companies don’t survive – thrive, in fact – for nearly 40 years without a strong aptitude for change. Kronos launched in the late 1970s with the first microprocessor-based time clock. In the decades since, the Chelmsford, Mass.-based company has become the leader in workforce management applications, navigating a rapidly changing technology landscape and the transition from startup to public company back to a private entity now generating more than a billion dollars in revenue annually.

If you’re buying a high-end virtual reality headset in 2016, you’re probably not too concerned about money.

Samsung had an opportunity to be an innovator by including future-looking technologies in its new Galaxy S7 and and S7 Edge smartphones. But the company played it safe with incremental upgrades like a microSD slot and better camera.

The Open Connectivity Foundation plans to introduce a single open-source code base in place of the alphabet soup of standards for the Internet of Things.

Likely to get lost among the shiny new Android and Windows smartphones and tablets at this week's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona are demonstrations of technology that could bring LTE indoors over the 3.5 GHz wireless spectrum band previously the sole domain of the military and satellite providers.

Those who track the IaaS cloud market closely know that serverless computing platforms have become one of the hottest new technologies. This week, not to be left behind, IBM introduced its contribution to this market.

One of the most fun smartphone accessories to come out of this year's Mobile World Congress expo has to be LG's Rolling Bot. It's a spherical ball that rolls around on command from a smartphone, and includes a camera and laser pointer.

GitHub's popular code-sharing service for developers has long been available in a self-hosted enterprise version, and now it's coming to IBM's Bluemix cloud platform.

The digital-transformation imperative looms large in the business world, but it's not always clear how on-premises software and data fit into the picture.

Once upon a time in Florida, there was Terremark, an IaaS provider heavily invested in both IaaS and VMware infrastructure. It was tooling along, looking good like many platform providers in the embryonic stage of Cloud-on-the-Hoof (CotH).

Just a week to go before the biggest cybersecurity event of the year, the RSA Security Conference in San Francisco.  Building upon industry momentum and the dangerous threat landscape, I expect a record-breaking crowd from the Moscone Center to Union Square.

Carriers' heroic efforts to keep mobile devices well-connected can go to naught once users walk into a hotel or office building, if the signals can't get in. Now someone else can solve that problem, according to Ruckus Wireless.

LG's new G5 smartphone comes with an innovative feature: the ability to plug in and remove hardware modules that add extra functionality to the phone.

Intel sparked a wireless revolution over the last decade with its Centrino processor platform, designed to connect laptops over Wi-Fi, and now believes the 5G mobile standard will fuel the next big change in the way a new generation of devices communicate.

A Chinese iOS application recently found on Apple's official store contained hidden features that allow users to install pirated apps on non-jailbroken devices. Its creators took advantage of a relatively new feature that lets iOS developers obtain free code-signing certificates for limited app deployment and testing.

Panasonic is branching out from its ruggedized computer and tablet roots, announcing a pair of new smartphones on Monday at Mobile World Congress.

HP targeted security-conscious business users and IT with Sunday’s announcement of the Elite x3 smartphone that runs Windows 10 Mobile. It ships this summer.

Four of the top identity management products on the market are Oracle Identity Manager, CA Identity Manager, IBM Tivoli Identity Manager, and SailPoint IdentityIQ, according to online reviews by enterprise users in the IT Central Station community.