Microsoft might stop updating Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) antivirus software on systems running Windows XP after next April’s support cut-off, the company has suggested.
Employees easily tricked on social media prime phishing attacks
Spear phishing is one of the most effective ways to break into a corporate network – and recent studies show that employees can be easily tricked on social media to provide the information needed to launch attacks.
Apple opens the books on government data demands, claims privacy is paramount
Apple have revealed the amount of user information that governments have requested from the California giant, as it sought to set itself apart from Silicon Valley competitors whose businesses are built on amassing personal data.
Big Data: big threat?
“Collecting more and more unstructured data will open up another whole degree of attractiveness and may well lead to attackers seeing value in a form not previously recognised by the organisation that owns the data.”
Google Apps, once a leader, faces growing cloud app rivals
When Google Apps arrived in 2006, it stood on the cutting edge of Web-hosted email and collaboration suites for businesses, a bold pioneer clearing a path in the new, wild frontier of enterprise cloud computing.
SNIA Chairman highlights cloud security vigilance
Storage association SNIA have used the tenth anniversary of Frankfurt trade show Powering The Cloud to voice concerns cloud computing uptake.
Big data filtering key for Dell
Dell has used Powering The Cloud’s 10th anniversary trade show in Frankfurt to emphasise the importance of efficiently managing big data.
HP’s department merger aims to ‘revolutionise’ storage industry
HP’s policy of ‘Converged Infrastructure’ aims to combine the departments of servers, storage and networking into one arm of the business.
Interview: Avaya CEO Kevin Kennedy on riding the wave of innovation
CNME goes one-on-one with the CEO to see how he found meeting some of Avaya’s biggest regional customers.
Spectra Logic unveils ‘industry-leading’ tape storage solution
Storage vendor Spectra Logic has unveiled its new BlackPearl deep storage appliance.
NSA spied on 35 world leaders according to leaked document
The US monitored the phone conversations of 35 world leaders, according to a National Security Agency document provided by its former contractor, Edward Snowden, according to The Guardian newspaper.
Protesters call for an end to NSA mass surveillance
A crowd of about 5,000 people marched through Washington DC Saturday to protest the US National Security Agency’s mass surveillance programmes unveiled in press reports this year.
Cryptolocker: how to avoid the toxic ransomware and what to do if you get infected
There’s a big threat wiling around on the Internet right now: a particularly nasty piece of ransomware called Cryptolocker.
Alcatel-Lucent takes BYOD by the horns
Alcatel-Lucent this week took BYOD by the horns with the launch of its Unified Access approach to wired and wireless networks.
HP launches two-in-one detachable PC
Third in the detachable PC portfolio, HP Split x2 is meant to offer mobility and optimise productivity
Microsoft to showcase latest products at GITEX 2013
Microsoft Gulf has announced plans for GITEX 2013 to provide visitors with access to its latest technologies in-line with the …
Report: NSA has little success cracking Tor
The US National Security Agency has repeatedly tried to compromise Tor, the government-funded online anonymity tool, but has had little success, according to a new report in the UK’s Guardian.
StorIT sponsors EMC Forum 2013
EMC Forum 2013 is a one-day complimentary conference meant for IT professionals
Bluetooth Smart going into wireless device chargers
Mobile devices will be able to talk to wireless charging platforms through a partnership between the Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP) and the backers of Bluetooth.
Apple may be forced to drop Lightning connector for MicroUSB
Apple may be forced to drop the Lightning connector for charging the iPad and iPhone in Europe.