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Nov, 2016 : CEO of Automattic Says Wix is Using Proprietary Code
📅 - CEO Matt Mullenweg has called out Wix in a blog posts put up last week. He is claiming that Wix is using proprietary code from the WordPress mobile app, which is protected under the general public licenses, GPLs.
It's not clear whether Wix has violated any GPL, but the two companies may be testing the limits of GPLs very soon. Mullenweg already stated if Wix doesn't release the app as GPL, he isn't afraid to go to court over it.
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Amazon, IBM, Microsoft and Google are the largest cloud providers in the world with more than half of the worldwide market share and it's growing every day. AWS also has nearly the same amount of Public PaaS as Salesforce, IBM and Microsoft combined. However, IBM is the dominate company in the Managed Private Cloud Sector.
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📅 - CenturyLink Data Center Strategy Remains the Same - After making plans to acquire Level 3 Communications, CenturyLink's CEO made the announcement that it won't change the data center strategy for the company. The company is based out of Monroe, Louisiana and it's one of the largest providers of wireline telephone and internet services for consumers and businesses in the US. CenturyLink also operates a global network of data centers with colocation and managed services for customers.
Level 3 will bring in many data centers from all across the world, which are primarily providing colocation services. However, most are not comparable to the CenturyLink data centers, but the acquisition will nearly double the number of data centers for CenturyLi
📅 - DreamHost and SparkCentral Partner to Create Social Customer Service Channel - Web hosting company DreamHost recently announced their unique partnership with social customer service provider SparkCentral. The partnership will allow DreamHost to help SparkCentral deliver fast, reliable customer service via their social media accounts – something SparkCentral has been doing for years, but without this type of technical support.
The partnership will allow SparkCentral to collect user information privately and securely without forcing their customers to “channel-hop” in an effort to quickly connect with a customer service representative.
Marissa Hanson, Product Marketing Manager of DreamHost released the following statement about the partnership:
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📅 - Stronger IoT Security Called for by Smart Card Alliance due to DDoS Attacks - After the Dyn DDoS Attack, Brian Kres, a security researcher is calling for the industry associations to handle the IoT security issues. This led to a statement from the Smart Card Alliance, which stated that security should be embedded in internet-facing systems and devices, just as it should be in smart cards.
With the estimate of 21 billion devices being connected to the internet by 2020, it's important to secure every device. The Alliance believes some of the reasons for the attacks is the growing number of devices connected to the internet.
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📅 - Alibaba’s Quarterly Growth Exceeds Expectations - Expectations of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. quarterly sales were shattered as the company exceeded earlier projections. The company reported on Wednesday a 55 percent increase in revenue, growing even as the Chinese economy appears to be slowing.
“At this rate, Alibaba's cloud unit could break even as soon as next quarter. The company's ability to make money from advertisers on its core e-commerce platforms has also improved.” reported Li Muzhi, a Hong Kong based analyst at Arete Research Services LLP.
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📅 - Microsoft Claims Russian Hackers Exploiting Windows - Tuesday, Microsoft reported a Russian hacking group had been taking advantage of a newly found Windows security flaw. The group known as Strontium, or more commonly known as “Fancy Bear”, allegedly has close ties to the Russian government and has been involved in previous U.S. political cyber attacks.
Microsoft posted a message on their website advising of a small number of “spear phishing” email attacks, although the company did not name the victims.
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