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Internet Service Providers in China Forced to Monitor Parody Accounts
Thursday, February 5, 2015
As of Mar. 1, 2015, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) will require Internet providers to monitor services for users registering for service under a fake name. The ban will include accounts that impersonate foreign leaders and government...
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rankingCoach Sells Marketing Services Company Fairrank to Focus on SaaS Growth
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
German SaaS company rankingCoach announced this week that it has sold its marketing services agency Fairrank to publishing house Müller Medien in order to focus on its growing its SaaS business through web hosting partnerships. The terms of the deal...
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New gTLD Awareness Remains Low Despite Growing Interest in New Domain Extensions
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Internet users around the world are just as comfortable with new domain name extensions as they are with the traditional .com and country-code extensions, even though only 25 percent said they are aware of new gTLDs, the Domain Name Association (DNA)...
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Looking for a Cloud Computing Job? Here are the Best Companies and CEOs to Work for in the Industry
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
The most desirable places to work in cloud computing are Google , Parallels, Virtustream, HubSpot, AppDirect, Mirantis, MuleSoft, Zenoss, and OpenDNS, according to data gleaned from Glassdoor.com on whether employees would recommend their company to...
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Researchers Redesign SSL Warnings in Chrome to Improve Adherence Rates
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Google improved adherence rates for SSL warnings by 30 percent with redesigned warnings in Chrome 37. Users heeded only 37 percent of SSL warnings in the last month of Chrome 36, and have persistently low comprehension of SSL, according to research...
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Public Cloud Provider Peak Rebrands as Faction
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Enterprise-class IaaS provider Peak has rebranded to become Faction, with a new cloud service portfolio, the company announced Tuesday. Read More...
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VMware Announces Hybrid Cloud-Focused vSphere 6, VMware-Integrated OpenStack
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Hailed by VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger as "biggest ever release of [its] flagship product," the new VMware vSphere 6 includes more than 650 new features designed to support of new hybrid cloud configurations and new software-defined data centers....
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Increased Mobile Data Traffic Offers Ecommerce Opportunities in Emerging Markets
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Mobile Internet use is growing at a huge rate with mobile devices overtaking the number of people on earth. According to a Cisco study released Tuesday, mobile data traffic grew by 69 percent in 2014. This trend will continue over the next several...
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Sydney Web Host Crucial Acquires Hosting Company AVS Networks
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Sydney web hosting company Crucial has acquired local hosting and domain registration firm AVS Networks on Tuesday. The terms of the acquisition have not been disclosed....
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Internap Brings OpenStack Public Cloud Offering to New Jersey
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Internap's OpenStack public cloud offering AgileCLOUD is now available from the New York metro area, the company announced Tuesday, just three months after AgileCLOUD's last expansion. ...