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Tech giants launch ACE to standardize mobile security in the enterprise
A group of top enterprise vendors has launched a new industry initiative at the Mobile World Congress this morning with the goal of establishing a common standard for how workers access company data from their smartphones and tablets. The effort aims to remove the trade-offs currently involved in the process. Organizations today have two main ...
VMware targets telcos with vCloud For NFV
VMware Inc. is pushing into the telecommunications sector with a new version of its management stack that has been adapted for the needs of large network operators. The repackaged suite includes specialized capabilities to support mobile traffic. That kind of functionality has until not long ago only been available in dedicated appliances that tied the ...
IBM’s national security lead on the value of knowing your attackers | #IBMInterconnect
The recent wave of high-profile breaches has brought new urgency to improving how data is stored and protected in the enterprise. But the renewed discussion over modernizing traditional security models overlooks one of the biggest emerging priorities for the transition. Tracing malicious activity back to its origins is becoming an essential part of combating the ...
Go big or go home: IBM pledges another $4 billion toward strategic growth
IBM raised eyebrows at its annual investor meeting with the announcement of plans to spend $4 billion on expanding high-priority business lines this year. The investment comes after eleven consecutive quarters of revenue declines. IBM ended 2014 about six percent below where it stood 12 months earlier with total sales of $92.8 billion, partially as a ...
What you missed in Big Data: Variety or redundancy?
The analytics ecosystem got bigger last week with the addition of yet more options for processing the new kinds of unstructured data flowing into the enterprise. Hewlett-Packard Co. made the loudest splash after launching a cloud-base platform designed to ingest transmissions from emerging categories of connected devices. The service promises to tame the vast amounts ...
Google open sources homegrown HTTP/2 framework to speed up the Web
Google has released the source code for a communications framework that implements HTTP/2 to handle the flow of data among servers and applications. The launch comes as an official endorsement of the standard from the world’s most influential Web company amid a fierce debate over its merits. The specification is a spiritual successor to the Hypertext Transfer Protocol ...
What you missed in Cloud: Boxes and containers
The past week saw the biggest names in the cloud return to the headlines with a series of landmark developments extending the reach of the on-demand model to new frontiers. Box Inc. led the charge with the release of a major upgrade to its platform that brings the focus to the financial services sector. The ...
Does the world need another IoT data platform? HP thinks so
Hewlett-Packard Co. has become the latest technology giant to stake a claim on the connected universe with the introduction of a cloud-based service for capturing data from emerging categories of networked devices. The launch represents the newest of its increasingly bold efforts to offset declining growth across traditional business lines. Revenues dropped nearly five percent ...
Box debuts new features and integrations for the financial services sector
Box Inc. is moving another notch down its checklist for industry-specific functionality with the introduction of new capabilities aimed at addressing the strict data management requirements of financial institutions. The launch marks the latest milestone in a long-running push toward vertical integration. The corporate file-sharing juggernaut’s journey to become more than just another horizontal storage ...
How PEFCU wards off hackers and hurricanes with EMC | #CubeConversations
Every organization faces challenges in protecting its data, but typically not as many as the Publix Employees Federal Credit Union (PEFCU) does. In addition to the usual worries about hackers and meeting the financial services industry’s strict regulations, the Lakeland, FL-based credit union also has to contend with Florida’s often-punishing hurricane season, which nearly destroyed ...
