RightScale aims to simplify cloud management
Whilst moving systems to the cloud can deliver savings in costs and efficiency, it presents new challenges in terms of managing systems and data.
With the launch of its Universal Cloud Appliance, California-based RightScale is aiming to deliver the self-service access that cloud users demand and give IT teams visibility and control over any cloud, any virtual machine, or any server through a single pane of glass.
Zoomdata unifies analytics for cloud and on-premise data
Businesses are increasingly dealing with a mix of data, both real time and historical, and stored locally and in the cloud. This can mean that they end up having to use a mix of analytic tools.
Visual analytics specialist Zoomdata is announcing its AnyCloud initiative, which enables enterprises to visually interact with all data in the enterprise, whether on-premise or in the cloud.
Consumers want ISPs to offer simpler online protection
As the digital world expands with more and more connected 'things' from computers, tablets and smartphones to gaming systems, thermostats, cameras and smart TVs, many people feel less secure.
As a result consumers are looking for uncomplicated security solutions from their Internet Service Provider (ISP).
DDoS attacks target online gambling sites
The online gambling industry is big business, estimated to be worth over $40 billion this year. But its success makes it a target for extortion and for DDoS attacks.
DDoS can prove particularly harmful for this type of site as around 60 percent of transactions are carried out in real time and are therefore sensitive to latency.
New archiving solution helps businesses stay compliant
Companies are increasingly required to retain, quickly search and produce, as well as supervise electronic communications to meet regulatory compliance and e-discovery obligations.
To help businesses deliver on these requirements, hosted archiving specialist Smarsh -- not a villainous organization from a Bond film, honest -- is launching an enhanced version of its cloud-based Web Archiving solution.
BlueData simplifies big data infrastructure deployments
The complexity of the systems needed to handle it is often a major barrier to companies setting up big data projects.
A new release from big data platform BlueData aims to simplify things by offering a turnkey, purpose-built big data infrastructure solution for enterprises to accelerate their deployment times.
UK businesses warned of growing cyber risk
We reported back in July on the UK government's plans to help small businesses boost their cyber security. Today enterprises across the country are being urged to protect themselves by taking up the government's Cyber Essentials scheme.
Whilst £1 in every £5 earned by UK businesses now comes from the Internet, cyber attacks are considered a serious threat. The latest figures reveal that 74 percent of small businesses and 90 percent of major businesses have had a cyber breach of some sort in the last year.
Gamers lack confidence in developers' security safeguards
Despite the number of high-profile data breaches over the last year, many businesses and consumers are still not taking appropriate measures to ensure proper security online. The games industry is no exception, with several major game companies having been hit by significant breaches.
A survey by gaming industry backend service PlayFab of more than 500 users who play video games for more than four hours per week, reveals that 83 percent of respondents believe game developers should be responsible for securing players' personal data. However fewer than 40 percent say they feel confident in current safeguards.
Simplifying analytics with a building block approach
Data is the lifeblood of business, but getting the answers to key questions from it can be time consuming and costly as it needs specialist tools and expert analysis.
Analytics specialist Looker is trying to simplify the process of gaining insights from data with the release of a new product called Looker Blocks.
Surveying the survey makers -- Capterra reveals the top 20 packages
Many companies rely on the use of survey software to stay in touch with and get feedback from their customers.
But there are lots of options available for conducting surveys, so which are the most popular? Software finding service Capterra has produced an infographic revealing the top 20 survey tools.
Your mother should know (how you use your computer at college)
A new report by internet security specialist Webroot on the eve of National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) asked over 500 mothers with kids leaving for college this year about the security of their offspring's computers.
Among the findings are that a worrying 24.45 percent of moms report that their child does not have a security solution installed on their laptop or computer. The reasons for this are interesting, with 37.4 percent not having thought about it, 34.15 percent because they said the machine came with security already, and 17.07 percent who don't believe security is necessary.
BYOD adoption slowed by policy issues
Most employees are interested in participating in BYOD, but many are put off by their employer's device and application management policies which are seen as too restrictive or invasive to privacy.
This is among the findings of a survey by data protection specialist Bitglass which also reveals that 67 percent of employees would participate in BYOD programs if their employers had the ability to protect corporate data but couldn’t view, alter or delete their personal information and applications.
Systems security in energy and utilities companies gives cause for concern
Security ratings specialist BitSight Technologies has released a new report highlighting the differences in security performance across industries from August 2014 to August 2015.
Having analyzed security ratings of nearly 10,000 organizations across six sectors -- finance, federal government, retail, energy and utilities, healthcare and education. It reveals worrying performance trends in the critical energy and utilities sector, however, the federal government (despite recent headlines) is revealed as high performing and second only to finance.
Prelert improves insight into problems and threats
Finding anomalies in data sets is an effective way of identifying performance issues or indicators of compromise before they impact a business.
Being able to link those anomalies together by identifying common traits among them would be even more effective and that's what a new Anomaly Detective tool from behavioral analytics specialist Prelert does.
Who you gonna call? Ghost Push Android virus infects 600,000 people a day
If you frequent Android forums you'll probably have seen references to 'Monkey Test' and 'Time Service' as users report that it's hard to get rid of these apps.
Researchers at Cheetah Mobile's CM Security Research Lab have discovered that the source of these apps is a virus called 'Ghost Push'. This installs unwanted and annoying apps on the device and can't be removed easily even by doing a factory reset or using normal antivirus software.
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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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