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IT Pros Fear Encryption Backdoors (IW)
Amid federal and state bills written to weaken computer security by mandating backdoors that bypass encryption, IT pros are alarmed at the prospect of security made insecure, accor... More
Akamai Partners with Wounded Warrior Project to Improve Web Security (HITS)
To continue to evolve its networking solutions and improve its network security infrastructure for the ever-changing marketplace, Wounded Warrior Project® announced its recent col... More
Cognizant, Kony Partner for Enterprise App Development (Mobile Marketing)
Cloud-based enterprise mobility solutions company Kony has joined forces with Cognizant, which provides IT, consulting, and business process services, to jointly develop and delive... More
Microsoft Launches Azure Container Service (Data Center Knowledge)
Microsoft announced general availability of its Azure Container Service on Tuesday to help organizations deploy and operate containerized application workloads. According to a blog... More
AWS Device Farm Now Lets You Get Remote Access to Phones and Tablets (VB)
Cloud infrastructure provider Amazon Web Services (AWS) today announced an interesting update to its Device Farm service, which allows users to test their applications on real mobi... More
Data Center Spending Among Bright Spots In IT Budget Forecasts (Information Management)
Worldwide IT spending is expected to total $3.49 trillion in 2016, a decline of 0.5% compared with 2015 spending of $3.5 trillion, according to Gartner Inc. But spending on IT serv... More
IT Scalability on Demand: Pay-per-use Arrives in the Data Center (DataCenterNews)
The past few years have seen many dramatic changes in the way we utilise IT. Mobile devices and the cloud have altered both how we interact with enterprise IT systems and how we ut... More
After a Year on the Market, Qumulo Counts 50+ Customers, 40 Petabytes (Xconomy)
In the year since it began selling its enterprise data storage software, Seattle-based Qumulo has amassed more than 50 customers storing upwards of 40 petabytes of data in aggregat... More
Microsoft Offers First Major Endorsement of New EU-U.S. Data Pact (VentureBeat)
Microsoft became on Monday the first major U.S. tech company to say it would transfer users’ information to the United States using a new transatlantic commercial data pact and w... More
NAB 2016: Signiant SaaS Platform Makes Advances (SVG)
At NAB 2016 Signiant (booth SL6605) will demonstrate a broad array of product enhancements that support the top priorities of customers. The company will showcase the continuing ev... More
Box Partners with AWS, IBM to Comply with Local Cloud Storage Laws (Data Center Knowledge)
Box is getting more enterprise-friendly with the launch of Box Zones. According to an announcement at Box World Tour Europe on Tuesday, Box Zones give enterprises the choice to sto... More
Aspera’s Michelle Munson Sets The Pace On Tech’s FASP Track (TVNewsCheck)
A keen intellect, relentless drive and passion for technology have propelled Michelle Munson from the Kansas heartland to the fast lane of Silicon Valley as co-founder and CEO of A... More
CenturyLink Expands its Cloud Platform to Australia (HITS)
CenturyLink has announced the availability of CenturyLink Cloud in Australia. The CenturyLink Cloud platform delivers enterprise-class control, agility, scalability and security ba... More
Capgemini Accelerates Global Blockchain Practice (Blockchain News)
Capgemini, one of the world’s foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing, has accelerated its specialized Blockchain practice within its financial services busi... More
Obama Names Cyber Experts To New Anti-Hacking Panel (Fortune)
The chief executive of MasterCard, the former head of the National Security Agency and officials from Microsoft and Uber will join a commission to strengthen U.S. cyber defenses, t... More
6 Highest-paying Executive Jobs in Tech (CIO)
Technology workers are a hot commodity and that demand is reflected in the salary for these six high-level executive technology jobs, according to data collected by Mondo. Every ye... More
OpenText Tackles Digital Transformation, Extends EIM Platform To Cloud (IW)
Digital transformation is a top priority for enterprise organizations today as customers demand instant service, business users want instant insights, and executives look for techn... More
Billing by Millionths of Pennies, Cloud Computing’s Giants Take In Billions (NYT)
Imagine building an enormous beach resort, maybe the best in the world. Instead of renting the rooms, you charge guests based on the grains of sand they touch. You charge very litt... More
Under Armour Partners with HPE for Tech Support (Baltimore Sun)
Under Armour says it is restructuring its technology support system under a new partnership with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). Under the move, HPE will provide “24/7, multi-l... More
OpenText Upgrades Its Suites, Mobile Capabilities in Release 16 (CMSWire)
OpenText is big on change: It's been talking a lot about transformation as a business, and it’s been talking about digital transformation as a strategy. This morning the conversa... More