One expert discusses the ways that edge computing can also lead to smart cities and smart grids. More about Innovation TechRepublic’s Karen Roby spoke with Michael Doyle of Capgemini about intelligence solutions to the vulnerability of the power grid. The following is an edited transcript of their conversation. Karen Roby: Talk a little bit about […]
Archives for April 2021
How cloud monitoring dashboards improve security operations
Security teams need a complete picture of the cloud services in use in their organization. This view should consolidate visibility across service providers, offer easy and seamless integration and comparison, and include granular measurements down to the smallest workload. Achieving this perfect level of cloud visibility, however, is not always easy or even possible in […]
Show Must Go On: Predicting the 2021 Oscar Winners with Machine Learning
The 93rd Academy Awards ceremony is taking place this weekend against the background of the ongoing global pandemic, which has caused the event to be postponed for several months. For the most part, movie and festival-goers around the world had to stay put in their homes and rely on streaming services for their viewing this […]
New Chrome OS update makes it easier to check for hardware faults
Google has released a diagnostic app for Chrome OS that lets users initiate a scan for hardware faults within a Chromebook. The app is part of a recent update to Chrome OS that also aims to reduce the number of tabs you open by giving the launcher more instant capabilities. The diagnostic app will be accessible from […]
Microsoft to help Met Office build world’s most advanced climate forecasting supercomputer
The UK’s Meteorological Office has signed a multimillion-pound agreement with Microsoft for the provision of a new supercomputing capability designed to protect the public and infrastructure from the effects of severe weather brought on by climate change. Part of a £1.2 billion investment fund announced last year, the new supercomputer will be built using HPE’s […]
Building Confidence with Data Resilience
As enterprises grow more complex, the need to protect them intensifies. Have the confidence to understand potential weaknesses in your infrastructure and take a data-centric approach to resiliency. Ken Mattingly knows about resilience. Fifty-one years ago, this month, the young astronaut was cut from making a trip to the moon just days before lift-off. Not […]
Researchers shed more light on APT29 activity during SolarWinds attack
Threat researchers at RiskIQ’s Atlas intelligence unit have gleaned potentially important new insight into the infrastructure and tactics used in the SolarWinds cyber espionage campaign from the firm’s network telemetry. The researchers combined the firm’s Internet Intelligence Graph with patterns derived from indicators of compromise (IoCs) that had already been reported to surface 56% more […]
Azure Trivia is back and it’s bigger, better, and faster than ever
OK, all you #AzureTrivia fans! This year, we’re ramping up the fun and the challenge of everyone’s favorite cloud services game, so get ready to get your trivia on—this is going to be the best year yet. It’s bigger. Every week, ten lucky winners will be chosen at random. That means 40 people at the […]
ToxicEye malware exploits Telegram messaging service
The operators of a remote access trojan (RAT) dubbed ToxicEye are managing their cyber crime campaign by exploiting features of the secure Telegram instant messaging service, cyber researchers at Check Point Research have discovered. Check Point says it has now tracked more than 130 attacks involving the ToxicEye RAT in the past three months, and […]
Elastic vs. AWS highlights open source monetization dilemma
The cloud has upended assumptions in almost every industry and profession, and the commercial open source market is no exception. The efficiency, flexibility and usability of cloud services has collided with the established order in the development and commercialization of open source software. The latest example is the long-simmering feud between AWS and Elastic, which […]