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‘Deadpool’ Technology Lands in Patent Fight (NY Times)

The patent wars have come to the cinemaplex. If you marveled at the facial animations of the current hit movie “Deadpool” or last year’s “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” you pr... More

Cybersecurity: Boards Still Happy to Pass the Buck to the IT Department (ZDNet)

Cyber criminal threats are massively rising but businesses aren't adequately prepared for -- or in some cases even understanding -- the risks they face, a new report by PwC has war... More

Vantage Power Takes Cloud on the Road with Infor (HITS)

Infor, a leading provider of beautiful business applications specialized by industry and built for the cloud, today announced that disruptive leader in retrofit hybrid engines Vant... More

CenturyLink Launches FedRAMP-Compliant Government Cloud (Data Center Knowledge)

Hosting provider CenturyLink has added a new Infrastructure-as-a-Service offering aimed at federal government agencies, providing a way for government agencies to migrate and exten... More

Megaport Partners with Akamai (ARN)

Akamai will connect its Intelligent Platform to the Megaport elastic fabric in all of Megaport’s global markets to distribute content delivery network (CDN) services to Megaport ... More

How 20th Century Fox Makes Movie Magic in the Cloud (HPE Matter)

Despite the spectacular, futuristic worlds in many Hollywood films today, the global film and television distribution process was, until a few years ago, heavily reliant on costly ... More

Symantec, HCL Deepen Partnership to Address Cloud Holes (CMS Wire)

The goal is to provide a cyber-resilient service that protects enterprises from targeted attacks and persistent threats in the cloud. The announcement comes amid recent reports tha... More

Box Makes It Easier for Businesses to Control Encryption of Cloud Data (InfoWorld)

The company announced a new service called Box KeySafe, which allows companies to control the keys used to encrypt data stored in Box. It comes in two flavors: a KeySafe with AWS K... More

It’s Official: Tech Spending Is Slowing Down in 2016 (Recode)

After several years of consistent growth, the world’s information technology industry is on track to experience the biggest slowdown in spending by individuals companies and gove... More

Amazon Buys NICE for 3D Desktop Virtualization (ITProPortal)

AWS has bought the Italian software and service company NICE for an undisclosed sum. AWS is after NICE’s 2D and 3D desktop cloud virtualisation software that allows 3D developers... More

IBM Tweaks Partner Program for the Cognitive Era (eWeek)

The redesigned IBM PartnerWorld program aims to provide business partners with a roadmap for driving mutual business growth in the cognitive area with education tailored toward cog... More

Mindtree Signs Service Integration Capabilities Agreement with Sandvik (HITS)

Mindtree will design, setup and manage a geography hub, that will serve to consolidate and streamline Sandvik’s global operations, providing flexibility and agility to their IT l... More

How High Will IT Salaries Climb? (CIO)

Average technology salaries in the U.S. saw the biggest year-over-year leap ever, jumping 7.7 percent to $96,370 annually, according to the annual 2015-2016 salary survey by career... More

Value and Benefit of Transitioning to All-IP Distribution (Evolution Digital Blog)

For cable operators, transitioning to an all-IP distribution can feel like a daunting challenge, especially considering the other headwinds that they now face from subscriber attri... More

Qumulo to Provide Data-Aware Scale-Out NAS for MelroseTEC (HITS)

Qumulo, the leader in data-aware scale-out NAS, has announced that MelroseTEC has chosen Qumulo for its revolutionary data-aware scale-out NAS capabilities, making it the go-to sol... More

How to Prepare IT Workers for the Impact of Automation (CIO)

Seven out of 10 corporate executives say they are making significantly more investments in artificial intelligence (AI) than just two years ago, according to Accenture’s recent T... More

EMC and VMware Introduce VCE VxRail (ARNnet)

The jointly engineered hyper-converged infrastructure appliance, designed for VMware environments, binds EMC data services and systems management capabilities with VMware’s hyper... More

The Five Key Technology Trends Businesses Must Embrace to Stay Ahead (Information Age)

Technology continues to evolve rapidly, so much so it’s impossible to know for certain where the world will be in five years’ time. For example, at the turn of the millennium, ... More

Netflix Finishes its Massive Migration to the Amazon Cloud (Ars Technica)

Netflix has been moving huge portions of its streaming operation to Amazon Web Services (AWS) for years now, and it says it has finally completed its giant shift to the cloud. “W... More

IBM Partners with Bell to Secure Connections to its Cloud (CDN)

There are more clouds gathering in Canada, and they are not harbingers of economic woes, but of IBM partnering with Bell to provide business customers across Canada with access to ... More

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