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FCC Moves to Protect Consumers with New Privacy Rules for ISPs
Thursday, October 27, 2016
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved new broadband consumer privacy rules over objections from the telecommunication industry in a 3-2 vote on Thursday. Read More...
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CenturyLink Said to Be in Advanced Talks to Acquire Level 3
Thursday, October 27, 2016
CenturyLink Inc. is in talks to acquire Level 3 Communications Inc., according to people familiar with the matter, a deal that would create a more formidable competitor in the market for business telecommunications services....
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SMBs Look to Security-as-a-Service, Not Staff, To Prevent Future Threats: Kaspersky
Thursday, October 27, 2016
Over half of small and medium-sized businesses believe that their IT security will be compromised, yet only 10 percent plan to significantly increase their budget for IT staff, according to new research from Kaspersky Lab....
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Report: Disconnect Between IT Execs and their Staff Puts SaaS Security at Risk
Thursday, October 27, 2016
There's a strong disconnect between IT executives and administrators on the visibility and control their organizations have when it comes to SaaS applications. Read More...
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Report: Mirai Botnet DDoSed 17 Dyn Data Centers Globally
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
All but three data centers where DNS provider Dyn hosts its global infrastructure came under attack in last week's massive DDoS strike that disrupted some of the internet's most popular destinations...
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Are Your Private Messages Safe Online? It Depends, Amnesty International Says
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Amnesty International has singled out Snapchat and Skype among other companies for failing to adopt basic privacy protection in its Message Privacy Ranking, released this week. ...
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Google's Alphabet Experiment Misses Goal: Keeping Executives
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
On Tuesday, Craig Barratt, chief executive officer of Alphabet's Access unit, which runs Google Fiber, announced his departure along with a wave of staff cuts and significant retrenchment of the broadband service's strategy. ...
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These Data Center Providers Use Most Renewable Energy
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Digital Realty Trust uses more renewable energy than any other data center provider, followed by Equinix, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency....
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Report: OpenStack Deployments Move Beyond Test and Dev
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
OpenStack deployments are getting bigger and are being used for all kinds of enterprise workloads, a new study by 451 Research says. Read More...
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Report: Cloud Environments Bring New Challenges for Vulnerability Detection
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Many enterprises are finding it difficult to collect necessary security data related to cloud computing, according to a study released Monday by Skybox Security....