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Today, Google and Vizio announced that Vizio’s SmartCast P-Series displays and Vizio soundbars and speakers will ship with Google cast built in.

Apple now claims two "ultimate" Windows PC replacements, iPad Pro tablets and MacBooks, but the company should look to bridge the gap between those two hardware lines, some analysts say.

Domo – the Utah-based company that has raised more than a half-billion dollars since being founded six years ago – this week is unveiling broad new capabilities for its business analytics cloud computing platform.

The FBI today added two members of a Syrian hacker group to its Cyber Most Wanted list offering a reward of up to $100,000 each for information that leads to their arrest.

A few years ago, Lenovo toppled rivals HP and Dell to become the world's top PC maker. It now wants to do the same in servers.

Apple yesterday updated OS X El Capitan, patching a slew of security vulnerabilities, fixing other non-security bugs, and adding capabilities to some first-party apps.

Facebook activated its Safety Check service Tuesday for users living near Brussels after a series of terrorist attacks killed at least 34 people and wounded 200.

One of the things that has always been a bottleneck in electronics has been getting the data in and out of the chip. The silicon semiconductor, within itself, communicates faster than it does with the surrounding system.

In previous articles I discussed how SD-WAN is an attractive step forward from simple IPsec VPNs as well as multi-vendor, multi-technology hybrid WANs, driving new functionality and quality levels into these networks. One important question is how next-generation WANs are managed – and by whom.

Don't expect the U.S. government to back off its push for technology vendors to build encryption workarounds into their products, even though the FBI acknowledged it may have a way to crack into an iPhone used in the San Bernardino, California, mass shooting case.

It’s good if the FBI has found a way to crack into the iPhone used by the San Bernardino terrorist for two reasons.

On the eve of its major user conference this week, Google announced ambitious plans to expand the geographic scope of its cloud platform around the globe today.

Oh the Paris terrorists must have used encryption to evade detection we’ve heard again and again since the attacks; come to find out, the attackers resorted to using burner phones.

Way back at the beginning of February, I wrote a blog titled, The Endpoint Security Continuum.  In this blog I described how enterprise organizations were now deploying next-generation endpoint security solutions along a continuum flanked by two poles:  Advanced prevention at one end and advanced detection and response at the other.  I actually presented some research describing next-generation endpoint security a few weeks ago at this year’s RSA Security Conference (note: Send me an email if you want a copy of my slides). Читать дальше...

The IRS faces an uphill battle in fighting identity theft, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t trying. In fiscal year 2015, the IRS said it started 776 identity theft related investigations, which resulted in 774 sentencings through its Criminal Investigation enforcement efforts. The courts continue to impose significant jail time with the average penalty in 2015 at 38 months in jail— the longest sentencing being over 27 years.

This week GoDaddy, the domain registrar, announced a new public cloud computing service that offers virtual servers to developers that can be spun up within minutes and scaled up and down as needed.

Threat Horizon report

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The information security threat landscape is constantly evolving. To help you navigate the terrain, each year the Information Security Forum (ISF) — a nonprofit association that researches and analyzes security and risk management issues on behalf of its members — puts out its Threat Horizon report to provide members with a forward-looking view of the biggest security threats over a two-year period. What follows are the nine biggest threats on the... Читать дальше...

One of the biggest challenges IT leaders face in a multi-vendor outsourcing environment is getting all the suppliers to speak the same language. Service providers today will typically follow Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) guidelines around basic IT activities such as incident and change management—and most customers require that their vendors do so — every party has its own interpretations of those guidelines.

When Chuck Robbins took over the CEO position at Cisco from the popular and iconic John Chambers there was a tremendous amount of speculation as to whether Robbins would just continue the path that Chambers was going or would he run Cisco his way. After less than a year, Robbins is coming out of Chambers shadow much the same way Steve Young did when he took over the QB position in the post Joe Montana era.

If you have even a passing interest in security vulnerabilities, there’s no chance that you missed the news about the DROWN vulnerability. It’s one of the biggest vulnerabilities to hit since Heartbleed, potentially impacting a third of all HTTPS websites. By exploiting the obsolete SSLv2 protocol, this flaw makes it possible for an attacker to eavesdrop on a TLS session.

An application that allows users to gain full control -- root access -- over their Android devices is taking advantage of a security flaw in the Linux kernel that has remained unpatched in Android since its discovery two years ago.

Google has set a deal to bring Wi-Fi and broadband connectivity to Cuba, but some are already wondering how much information and access will freely flow to the Cuban people.

Apple thinks PC users are ready to make the jump to the iPad Pro. Not to the original 13-inch iPad Pro, which everyone can agree is just too damned large and pricey. But to the newly announced 9.7-inch iPad Pro, which the company expects Windows PC users will adopt in droves. Obviously, a claim like that can’t go unchallenged. To see how the new iPad Pro really stacks up, I put it against its two natural Windows-based competitors: Microsoft’s Surface Pro 4 and Samsung’s Galaxy ProTab S. Read on... Читать дальше...

Now that Apple has announced the smaller 4-in. iPhone SE starting at $399 (16GB), smartphone competitors like Samsung are sure to sit up and take notice.

By itself, the title of project manager can be a bit misleading in terms of the responsibilities and level of accountability involved. Make no mistake about it, though, a PM is a leadership role, and as such project managers should think and act as leaders, always factoring in high level business goals and objectives. With this in mind, be prepared to answer a few broad, complex questions around business strategy, objectives and leadership.