Новости за 08.03.2016

With the unexpected success of 802.11ac Wave 1 and 802.11ax on the horizon, it seems that the value proposition of 802.11ac Wave 2 is lost before it has arrived. And, perhaps rightfully so. One should wait.

Robert Hannigan head of Britain’s NSA equivalent agency the GCHQ, finally stopped asking for a backdoor to encrypted devices. Instead he called for an end to what he called the “abuse of encryption” by ISIS and other terrorists and criminals at the MIT Internet Policy Research Initiative, according to a report by the MIT Technology Review.

Cisco has aggressively bought up security vendors and worked on integrating their software protections into existing Cisco gear, making for a simpler, more secure and flexible network, says Cisco’s security chief.

Startup ZeroStack is releasing the general availability of its hybrid cloud platform this week that combines an on-premises converged infrastructure stack that is managed by ZeroStack via a remote software platform.

When we talk about cloud computing, two companies immediately jump to mind: Salesforce.com and Amazon. Each represents a very different model of cloud, and each is equally valued by enterprises. Whereas Salesforce.com provides an ecosystem of out-of-the-box applications, Amazon provides the building blocks enabling companies to migrate existing applications to, or build new ones on, a cloud foundation. 

Food poisoning can strike anywhere hygiene standards are lax, but researchers have developed a new app that uses machine learning to help minimize the number of people affected.

For March 2016 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released 13 security bulletins and rated five of those as critical.

Think of LeMaker's upcoming Cello development computer as a supercharged version of Raspberry Pi 3.

Legislators in France are trying to make the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation jealous of its French counterparts.

Via Technologies, the third-place x86 chip maker and once a real threat to Intel and AMD in PCs, is still around, making new x86 chips and bringing Windows 10 support to existing processors.

Cisco will soon unveil a container “stack” for developers of cloud applications and services, and expects to have one for enterprises over time as well.

Seagate today announced what it's calling the world's fastest enterprise-class, solid-state drive (SSD), one that can transfer data at rates up to 10 gigabytes per second (GBps), some 6GBps faster than its previously fastest SSD.

MapR Technologies today announced the general availability of the MapR Converged Data Platform, which brings Hadoop together with Spark, Web-scale storage, NoSQL and streaming capabilities in a unified cluster, designed to support customers deploying real-time global data applications.

Developers who want to collaborate more efficiently on coding projects have a new tool to work with, thanks to a partnership between Microsoft and Codenvy.

Microsoft has asked a federal judge permission to serve Comcast with a subpoena to identify alleged software pirates who have activated thousands of copies of Windows 7 and Office 2013 using stolen or abused codes, according to court filings.

From fitness trackers to connected headwear for soldiers on the battlefield, wearable devices stand as one of the fastest-growing segments of the tech industry.

Amazingly enough, in my time here at Network World I managed to avoid attending the RSA Conference – usually it was because I was still recuperating from CES in January, but also because we had other security reporters/editors covering the show.

Some Internet service providers are building powerful tools to track customers, and the U.S. Federal Communications Commission needs to step in, privacy advocates say.

A day after announcing it would be bringing SQL Server to Linux, Microsoft has announced that it is joining the Eclipse Foundation, an open source community for developers launched more than 10 years ago.

What follows are the four candidates in the 2016 US Presidential primaries, who have (at the time of this writing) the largest number of won delegates -- and their viewpoints (with specific, cited quotes) on four issues of particular interest to… for lack of a better word… nerds.

The war to close down security vulnerabilities is never-ending, but the new “DROWN” vulnerability is one of the biggest to rear its ugly head in recent months.

Google has published an interactive questionnaire that companies can use to assess the security practices of their suppliers or to review and improve their own security programs.

Digital transformation has been a hot topic with both IT and business leaders. Organizations of all sizes are trying to harness the potential of shifting to digital business models to lower costs and bring worker productivity to new heights. Unfortunately, the path to digital workspace isn’t an easy one as there are many components that need to be brought together.

This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach.

It's that time again, the monthly stats are out and everyone is trying to make heads or tails of Windows 10's growth trajectory based on some of the popular usage counters.