Mark Albertson
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Application programming interfaces, or APIs, are great for introducing services to new customers, making it easier to publish content fast and sharing information cross-platform. However, APIs aren’t so great for security. Consumer-focused companies that have learned this lesson in recent weeks include …
Orca finds cloud security gaps in the deepest waters
Whether IT runs on-premises or in the cloud, there are always gaps in security. The key is to find them before the hackers do. Orca Security Ltd. has seized an opportunity to capitalize on a security-challenged IT environment by developing what it …
Sonrai monitors cloud workloads using graphs and a rights-based approach
Compute functions have rights. That’s good when it comes to running a business operation, but it can be bad for security if those rights aren’t handled correctly. For Sonrai Security Inc. that means a process of reinvention, an opportunity to create new …
Watch live: Cookie Conundrum event sheds new light on key changes for global browser market
When a company that controls two-thirds of a market announces it will stop using a certain technology, it’s news. Thus, when Google LLC, which presently owns 67% of the global browser market, declared early last year plans to cease the use of …
Customer adoption of MySQL could lead to ideal forecast for Oracle HeatWave
Imagine for a moment there is a car on the market built with all of the desired features, faster than anything else on four wheels, and less expensive than other makes and models. It sounds too good to be true, but that …
Future of advertising on open internet central topic for ‘The Cookie Conundrum’ event on May 19
The third-party cookie is crumbling, and it’s not clear what will replace the web browsing technology. The third-party cookie, user information saved on a web browser when visiting a website, is undergoing a significant transformation. Escalating privacy concerns and a major change …
Amid the NFT craze, a builders’ culture emerges on the blockchain
When a single work of digital art, which will never hang on a physical wall, sells for $69 million at a Christie’s auction in March, or a picture of a routine column from a tech writer for the New York Times, which …
Watch live: AIOps, containers provide backdrop for Apps ON Cloud Summit, May 11-13
IBM’s recent acquisition of Turbonomic Inc. was testimony that today’s multicloud and hybrid IT environments demand AI-driven application management tools to manage these increasingly complex infrastructures. But there is another dimension to this story: IBM is moving boldly into the container-native storage …
TelcoDR takes over prime space at MWC Barcelona, partners with theCUBE to deliver virtual experience
When the Swedish telecom giant Ericsson AB announced in March that it was withdrawing from Mobile World Congress Barcelona, the news was swiftly followed by similar decisions from Nokia Corp., Sony Corp. and Oracle Corp. It appeared that MWC, the first major …
Cybercriminals turn to help desk support as FortiGuard Labs charts steep rise in ransomware
The onslaught of ransomware attacks has continued unabated, with a sevenfold increase in ransomware activity in the second half of 2020 over the first half of the year, according to the latest report from FortiGuard Labs. Perhaps even more troubling is that …