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Ecommerce Software Provider PrestaShop Expands eBay Partnership in Europe
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Open source ecommerce company PrestaShop and eBay have announced an expansion of their partnership to Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Previously the companies have partnered to provide easy integration of PrestShop online stores into the eBay...
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Commerce Everywhere: Growth and Trends at the 2014 ePages Commerce Summit
Thursday, September 4, 2014
On Thursday the ePages Commerce Summit began in Hamburg, Germany. The conference, in its third year, brings together customers and vendors in the ecommerce space to learn more about industry trends and network with existing and potential partners...
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Hackers Use Enterprise Linux Systems in Botnet DDoS Attacks: Prolexic Research
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Akamai and its Prolexic Security Engineering & Research Team (PLXsert) issued a threat advisory Wednesday of a high-risk threat of IptabLes and IptabLex infections on Linux systems. Enterprise Linux systems are being used to launch botnet DDoS...
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Google Enterprise Rebrands as "Google for Work"
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Google has rebranded its Google Enterprise collection of online tools as Google for Work. A decade ago the tech giant began offering business versions of its popular consumer products. It initially launched Gmail and search enterprise offerings and...
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NZ Web Host 24/7 Hosting Continues to Hide as Customers Suffer Outages
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Several customers of 24/7 Hosting, a New Zealand web hosting reseller that has all but severed communication with customers and suppliers, have reported that their websites and email are offline. And as it seems that 24/7 Hosting is no longer in...
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Less Than 1 Percent of Comments to FCC Oppose Net Neutrality
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
On Tuesday, the Sunlight Foundation released the results of its study of over 800,000 online comments made to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding net neutrality....
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Open-Xchange Launches Tool to Encrypt Online Communications
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Open-Xchange has launched an open source encryption tool to provide an extra layer of security on its email and collaboration solutions. OX Guard automatically decrypts messages sent between Open-Xchange users, but allows Open-Xchange users to send...
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Nearly 70 Percent of IT Professionals Experience Phishing Attacks Once a Week: HP Report
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Sixty-nine percent of IT professionals experience a phishing attack once a week or more, according to a recent HP TippingPoint survey. The August State of Network Security survey also showed that of attacks from within the network perimeter, 7 out of...
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By Refusing to Hand Over Customer Emails, Microsoft Could be in Contempt of Court
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Microsoft is at risk of being found in contempt of court by refusing to hand over a customer's emails stored in Ireland. The company had challenged a warrant demanding access to the emails because the data is stored outside of the US, where...
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Acronis Buys BackupAgent, Beefing up its Cloud Backup Offerings for Web Hosts
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Data backup solution provider Acronis has bought cloud backup provider BackupAgent, which will add cloud backup expertise to Acronis as well as hundreds of service provider partners and more than 50,000 end users.