by ray | Feb 7, 2019 | Tech News
“Do I give (kid’s name) something educational, or something fun?” As parents, relatives, and friends of people with children, we face this question every holiday season, birthday, etc. – because no matter the occasion, we’re torn between pleasing the...
by ray | Feb 1, 2019 | Security, Cloud Tools, Tech News
Palo Alto Networks Inc. today announced that it has agreed to buy RedLock Inc., a competitor focused on securing cloud environments, in an all-cash deal worth $173 million. The purchase is the latest in a series of nine-figure acquisitions that the network protection...
by ray | Feb 1, 2019 | Security, Tech News
This morning Bloomberg is reporting a bombshell for hardware security. Companies like Amazon and Apple have found a malicious chip on their server motherboards. These are not counterfeit chips. They are not part of the motherboard design. These were added by the...
by ray | Jan 31, 2019 | Security, Tech News
Homeland Security has said it has “no reason to doubt” statements by Apple, Amazon and Supermicro denying allegations made in a Bloomberg report published earlier this week. It’s the first statement so far from the U.S. government on the...
by ray | Jan 31, 2019 | Security, Tech News
THE SALES INTELLIGENCE firm Apollo sent a notice to its customers last week disclosing a data breach it suffered over the summer. “On discovery, we took immediate steps to remediate our systems and confirmed the issue could not lead to any future...
by ray | Jan 29, 2019 | General News, Tech News
Flexera, an IL-based software asset management (SAM) firm announced that it has acquired RightScale, one of the first multi-cloud management and cost optimization companies. RightScale was founded in 2007 – much before cloud computing became mainstream – to...
