Nov, 2016 : Amazon Unveils New High Tech Cloud Services

📅 Nov 30, 2016 - NSA and FBI Believe They Will Gain More Surveillance Power Under Trump - Expanded surveillance power will likely be given to the FBI, NSA and CIA under President-elect Donald Trump. The Republican-controlled Congress will help this happen and privacy advocates have already started creating an opposition.

Both Senator Jeff Sessions and Republican Representative Mike Pompeo are advocates for government spying and these are the two choices Trump has offered to head law enforcement and intelligence agencies. Some believe the United States may see worse government spying than what was seen after September 11, 2001.

Trump asked for a boycott of Apple Inc. because the company didn't help the FBI hack into iPhones of terrorists. Some even believe the changes made ...

📅 Nov 30, 2016 - New Cyber Attack Targets Deutsche Telekom Routers - Another victim to a hacking attack was discovered recently in Deutsche Telekom AG. They were a victim of a global malware attack targeting household devices. Thousands of customers experienced issues with TV, internet and phone service due to the attack.

It was reported that about 900,000 Deutsche Telekom customers had issues with their routers and more than 20 million phone subscribers lost service on Sunday. The carrier wasn't affected directly, but many customers ...

📅 Nov 29, 2016 - Slow Growth In Hardware Spending Expected - According to research by IDC released Monday, software will become the largest category of IT spending by 2020, surpassing both hardware and services spending. As more businesses continue adopting cloud computing, hardware is seeing less spent.

Chris Chute, the vice president of Consumer Insights and Analysis said in a statement, “The Third Platform has disrupted traditional IT markets and how large organizations deliver IT services. For SMBs, the result has been largely positive: a stronger ability to compete with larger firms, more easily enter new markets, more quickly develop new products, and drive higher levels of employee productivity. Over the next three years, we expect IT ...

📅 Nov 30, 2016 - Massive UK Surveillance Law Goes into Effect - On Tuesday, the Investigatory Powers Act became law after receiving royal assent in the United Kingdom. The new law replaces the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act of 2014, and has been referred to as the Snoopers Charter by many critics.

Home Secretary Amber Rudd said of the law, “The government is clear that, at a time of heightened security threat, it is essential our law enforcement and security and intelligence services have the power they need to keep people safe. The internet presents new opportunities for terrorists and we must ensure we have the capabilities to confront this challenge. But it is also right that these powers are subject to strict safeguards and rigorous ...

📅 Dec 1, 2016 - Capital One Has Chosen AWS for Cloud Infrastructure - Recently, Capital One announced they will be using Amazon Web Services as their main cloud provider. Capital One is a large financial holdings company based out of McLean, Virginia. They are a Fortune 500 company with many financial products and services for consumers and businesses.

The agreement to use AWS as their main cloud provider is a five-year agreement. The bulk of the business from Capital One will be migrated to AWS, along with customer ...

📅 Dec 1, 2016 - SUSE Ends Up with OpenStack from HPE - HPE made a commitment to maintain the presence of OpenStack last July, but may not be holding true to this commitment anymore. The SUSE division of Micro Focus recently announced an agreement for HPE to give them OpenStack as a part of an agreed upon deal.

SUSE described this as a unilateral deal and HPE also is going to name SUSE as the preferred open source partner for OpenStack, Linux and Cloud Foundry. ...