Real-world Docker adoption up five fold in the past year
The adoption of containerization platform Docker has been one of the big infrastructure trends in the past year. But while it's much talked about, what effect is it having in the real world?
Infrastructure tracking specialist Datadog has released the results of a survey, based on the real Docker usage of 7,000 companies, revealing a 5x growth in Docker adoption since September 2014.
New analytics platform helps detect internal attacks
Security analysts can struggle to cope with the large volumes of alerts generated by multiple security tools. This can make it hard to distinguish anomalies from genuine malicious actions.
To provide organizations with additional context and more accuracy to detect malicious attacks, even those that originate internally, security analytics specialist Niara is launching a new version of its platform to deliver user and entity behavior analytics (UEBA) on network packet and flow data, in addition to log data.
Code42 releases new endpoint protection platform
Backing up data is increasingly important, not just to guard against system failures but because of the need to retain information for legal purposes, and for migrating information between devices.
Endpoint data protection and security specialist Code42 is launching its fifth generation CrashPlan platform to strengthen its backup and restore capabilities.
New platform simplifies OpenStack cloud networking
OpenStack is a popular open source tool for creating public and private clouds and is used by big companies around the world.
To make running OpenStack systems easier, open source network specialist Akanda is launching a new version of its Astara platform that radically simplifies the complexity and scale of implementations.
Behind the big names, the first hires of major tech companies
We've all heard of Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg, but what about the people they hired in the early days of their fledgling businesses?
You probably don’t know anything about Marc McDonald's role at Microsoft or Shel Kapha's at Amazon, but these were among the first people hired by those companies and had a significant effect on their growth.
How spam and botnets have become big business [Q&A]
Botnets are not a new problem, but they remain a key part of the cyber criminal's armoury. The Messaging, Malware and Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group (M3AAWG), a global industry forum dedicated to promoting best practices in cyber security, has issued its first report looking at the level of botnet infection. Based on information provided by ISPs covering over 43 million subscribers in the US and Europe it concludes that around one percent of consumers are infected by a bot. The good news is that notification rates are high with between 94 and 99.82 percent of those infected being notified of the problem by their ISP.
Even on those numbers botnets are a major problem. We spoke to Ken Simpson CEO of outbound traffic security company MailChannels and co-chair of M3AAWG's Botnet Subcommittee to find out about how botnets and spam have become big business.
TalkTalk breach puts details of four million customers at risk
UK telecoms provider TalkTalk says it's been hit by a "significant and sustained" cyber attack which could have exposed the personal information of its four million customers.
In an official statement the company says that data including names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers and payment details may have been accessed.
UK companies suffer from innovation inertia
If businesses don't keep pace with digital innovation they're likely to lose out on opportunities for long term growth and risk being displaced by more agile competitors or road-blocked by security and compliance barriers.
Yet new research from Hitachi Data Systems suggests that a lack of consensus about where to make intelligent investments is leaving UK organizations in a state of 'innovation inertia' and putting business growth at risk.
Digital services benchmark reveals winner and loser regions in global eCommerce
Digital services provide real-time indicators into buyer behavior and tend to reflect the overall health of global markets. Understanding these patterns gives online services companies the opportunity to redirect efforts to different regions or target their campaigns to where the opportunity is emerging.
Digital commerce solutions company Avangate today released findings from its first Digital Services Benchmark. The new report tracks global consumption of digital services to identify regions with the fastest growth and greatest contraction.
How data is changing your life
Not so long ago collecting data required considerable effort. You had to measure and count things, then turn that raw information into useful data by inputting it into some sort of model. It was time consuming and took time to produce results.
Now there are millions of everyday devices collecting data, and lower storage costs mean that more of it can be retained and used to spot historical trends. This shift in how data is gathered, stored and analyzed is starting to have a significant effect.
Machine learning solution helps to fight fraud
Data is an essential part of combating and preventing fraud, but many organizations lack the data science and engineering teams needed to allow them to exploit the information they have effectively.
Big data company Feedzai is launching its new Data Science Studio software that uses artificially intelligent, machine-based learning to help prevent fraud.
Scholarship scheme aims to attract new female developers
We reported last month that women only make up 10 percent of the IT security workforce and there's similar under representation across the tech sector.
To address this, freelance developer network Toptal is announcing a scholarship scheme to support and empower women aspiring to become professional software engineers.
Baby boomers spend more time online than millennials
It's easy to assume that younger generations who have grown up with the internet spend more time online, but new research suggests that this isn't the case.
The 2015 State of the User Experience report from content delivery specialist Limelight Networks time spent online in the past year has dramatically increased, with 45 percent of respondents spending more than 15 hours a week on their laptop, tablet or phone.
Smart reporting and auditing gives businesses improved visibility and control
Business information comes from a variety of sources and it can be difficult to bring all of the separate streams together to extract meaningful data.
Enterprise file services company Egnyte is launching a new Smart Reporting and Auditing service. This allows organizations to build comprehensive dashboards of system-wide analytics around content (creation, editing, viewing and sharing), users, devices, applications, and more.
CFOs seek the truth through big data
Chief financial officers (CFOs) want their company data to provide accurate insights and actionable business transformation.
This is one of the findings of a new survey by specialists in cloud corporate performance management Adaptive Insights. The global survey of 435 CFOs focuses on data analytics trends, business collaboration strategies, the top financial mistakes most companies make and 2016 plans and predictions.
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Ian spent almost 20 years working with computers before he discovered that writing about them was easier than fixing them. Since then he's written for a number of computer magazines and is a former editor of PC Utilities. Follow him on Mastodon
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