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F5 has shared their first annual State of Application Security report. Conducted in partnership with the Ponemon Institute, Application Security in the Changing Risk Landscape surveyed over 600 IT and IT security professionals about protecting applications critical to running their business. One of the key takeaways is that lack of visibility into the application layer is the...

Enterprise Storage and Data Management Leader Accelerates Flash Adoption With the Industry’s Broadest All-Flash Portfolio NetApp has announced that it has been named a Leader in the 2016 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Solid-State Arrays, based on its ability to execute and its completeness of vision. According to Gartner, Leaders execute well against their current vision...

Ransomware and morphed forms of embedded malware are creating havoc for IT security organizations. Weaponized invoices, resumes and other malicious documents are distributed through compelling social engineering campaigns to evade existing email security gateways and sandbox analysis. Organizations are scrambling to find an immediate solution and have turned to Clearswift (see article Clearswift sees 70% growth...

The Microsoft data centres in the UK South and UK West are open for Azure and Office 365 business: With the availability of Microsoft new U.K. regions, Azure now offers customers 28 regions — available today — with six more coming soon for a total of 34, more than any other major cloud provider. In...

Veritas Technologies, the leader in information management, today announced its vision for a sweeping range of new solutions for cloud data management  designed to help organizations as they transform to digital businesses. The new solutions will address the three foundational pillars for comprehensive enterprise data management: data protection, data availability and data insight. With its new...

Veritas, the leader in information management, and Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced a collaboration aimed at supporting business critical enterprise applications on OpenStack. Building on their long history of technology collaboration focused on business continuity, storage management and data protection solutions for Red Hat Enterprise...

UK tech firm Micro Focus has announced plans to plan to buy HPE’s non-core software business in a deal worth £6.6bn. This is the latest in a recent spate of acquisitions which have seen Micro Focus’ value skyrocket to over £5bn, with revenue doubling in 2015. Kevin Loosemore, Micro Focus executive chairman, said: “Today’s announcement...

Gartner has identified the top 10 smartphones and capabilities that it believes will matter over the next two years in what it says is an increasingly complex and maturing but commoditised and dynamic market. The key technologies include fast and wireless charging, augmented and virtual reality, multiple-lens cameras, biometrics, virtual personal assistants, flexible or curved...

If you could amplify the power of your brain, would you? How many people would turn down the ability to read a book in a few minutes and be able to comprehend, retain, and recall the information in an instant? What if you could compile all of the information in your brain and turn all...

HP has been highlighting the very real dangers of organisations being left vulnerable to printer security breaches or hacks through connected printers – and it seems that educational institutions are especially open to potential exploitation. The company has highlighted one recent report in The Washington Times (see https://www.antisemitismwatch.com/tag/the-washington-times/), where a security breach occurred through printers...

Microsoft’s $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn – the largest in its history has sparked off a wave of speculation about the software giant’s intentions.  While Microsoft has stressed that LinkedIn will retain its ‘distinct brand, culture and independence’, observers have said that the move could see Outlook, Office 365 and Exchange integrated with LinkedIn’s and...

Worldwide 3D printer sales are set to reach $17.8 billion over the next five years, according to latest figures from market research firm, Context. The figures include printers, materials and services. Hardware sales alone are projected to grow from $1.8 billion in 2016 to $6.4 billion in 2020 representing a 38% compound annual growth rate (CAGR)....