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Arm targets digital natives with online training platform

Arm launches online learning platform aimed at digital transformation of education Advances in technology are opening up new modes of learning that extend beyond the classroom. In an effort to help train digital natives entering the workforce, Arm recently launched a new online training platform...

Semiconductor industry stuck in tech limbo, says Arm fellow

Arm fellow speaks about the limits the semiconductor industry is facing Santa Clara, Cali. – Advances in silicon processing technologies has brought the semiconductor industry into a transitional, intermediate state of limbo. That is at least the view of Arm Fellow Greg Yeric who gave a...

Hackers manipulating employees with social engineering, warns cybersecurity consultant

Hackers increasingly using phishing emails to trick employees, cautions cybersecurity expert It’s no secret cyber attacks are on the rise, but not all cyber attacks are created equal. Many cyber attacks are specifically targeted at employees who have access to sensitive company data, resources or...

Tech experts weigh in on lack of cybersecurity progress

Cyber Psychologist and Arm CEO probe cybersecurity challenges and opportunities Santa Clara, Calif. – Cyber Psychologist Mary Aiken alongside Arm CEO Simon Segars participated in a Q&A with New York Times Contributor Don Clark at Arm TechCon, discussing why more progress with cybersecurity hasn’t been made,...

SoftBank adopts DevOps methods with Red Hat technologies

SoftBank transitions to DevOps work environment with Red Hat methodologies SoftBank Corp., a Japanese multinational telecommunications and internet company, announced it is embracing a DevOps culture by adopting a slew of Red Hat open source technologies and services, including Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform and...

Sluggish Apple iPhone 8 sales will pick up on iPhone X launch

A few weeks ago, with the launch of the first of two Apple iPhones, the question was, which would be the big seller this year, iPhone 8 or iPhone X? The answer is becoming clearer. Sales of iPhone 8 are sluggish, so it looks...

KMS Technology survey explores DevOps adoption advantages and hurdles

DevOps adoption continues to pick up steam, KMS survey finds DevOps, the integration of IT staff and software developers, continues to acquire momentum as organizations seek to deliver quicker time-to-market applications with lower costs and better quality. That is the conclusion of a recent survey...

Security vulnerabilities move Cisco, McAfee to quicken threat detection

Cisco and McAfee announce partnership focused on shared threat intelligence The need for robust online security continues to grow as hackers contrive new and creative ways to circumnavigate existing countermeasures and disrupt networks. In an effort to shield companies from these threats, Security firm McAfee...

Customer demand compels Docker to embrace Kubernetes

Docker ends two year Kubernetes rivalry by integrating container orchestration platform Following a two year rivalry in the container orchestration market, Docker announced Tuesday at its EU conference it is expanding its platform to incorporate Kubernetes. The company said the Kubernetes integration is in beta...

Simplifying Kubernetes container runtime drives Red Hat CRI-O release

Red Hat CRI-O focuses on making container runtime easier Red Hat announced it has deployed its Container Runtime Interface 1.0 (CRI-O), which allows users to run containers directly from Kubernetes without making changes to code or tooling. While the first version of CRI-O v1.0 is...

Kagan: Will Google HTC win in wireless this time around?

Google wants to be a leader in wireless, however they are struggling in two of three categories. While Google Android is a success, their handset business with Pixel and their service business called Project Fi, have not been hitting the ball out of the...

Global containers-as-a-service market expected to swell

A recent report published by marketsandmarkets accounted for a $789.1 million in value in 2016 for the Container-as-a-Service (CaaS) market and is expected to reach $4,080.4 million by 2022 with a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 34.4% during the forecast period. According to...

Kagan: Getting sick and tired of OS updates and changes

I have to get something off my chest. While I love what today's smartphones like Apple iPhone, Google Android and Samsung Galaxy do for us, I absolutely hate the hell they put us through with the annual updates to the operating systems (OS). Updates...

Organizations neglect cloud security vulnerabilities: RedLock report

Cloud security vulnerabilities highlighted in “Cloud Security Trends” report RedLock published its annual “Cloud Security Trends” report revealing that despite the uptick in data breaches, enterprises are still neglecting vulnerabilities in public clouds. More than half of the organizations surveyed leveraging industry storage services continue...

Container security enhanced with Kubernetes 1.8

Kubernetes 1.8 focuses on boosting existing features Version 1.8 of the open source Kubernetes container orchestration and management platform was recently released with an emphasis on updating existing features. Marking the third update this year, the new platform takes aim at enhancing security, workload support...

Kagan: What slow iPhone 8 sales mean for Apple

Typically, the next iPhone flies off the shelves with long lines around the corner. Not this year. Apple has taken a new marketing approach this year that is creating lots of confusion. Investors and customers simply don’t know what to expect. Reports say this...

Kagan: Which is the best wireless service and handset?

Which wireless carrier and which handset is best? It’s your turn to weigh in. Which service has the best, most reliable quality and speed. Which has the lowest price? Which factors are most important to your selection, price, network speed, reach, quality and reliability?...

Container interest high but adoption low: Cloud Foundry

Cloud Foundry survey finds container adoption more challenging than expected Containers are the rage these days, but the adoption rate of the technology among enterprise companies is slow. That is the conclusion of a new Cloud Foundry survey, which found no dramatic increase in the...

Fog applications get boost from ETSI and OpenFog partnership

ETSI and OpenFog Consortium work together to bring mobile applications to the network edge European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) and the OpenFog Consortium announced they are working together to develop fog-enabled mobile edge applications. The companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to pave a...

Company cybersecurity investments underscored in Trend Micro report

New Trend Micro report highlights common tactics used by cyber criminals this year Trend Micro, a cybersecurity solutions company, released its “2017 Midyear Security Roundup: The Cost of Compromise” report, highlighting security threats for the first half of 2017. The company claims to have detected...

Container security gets boost as Aqua raises $25 million

Aqua holds fundraiser to address one of the biggest hurdles facing containers: security Aqua Security, a provider of container security solutions, recently raised $25 million in a Series B funding, making it “the largest fundraising round to date in the container space,” according to the...

New report highlights edge computing market growth and challenges

Mass adoption of IoT applications and smart devices fueling expansion of edge computing market The edge computing market continues to grow, according to a recent global industry trend analysis by Persistence Market Research. The report says the uptick in the market is largely due to...

Red Hat chief technologist talks containers, culture and community

Chris Wright, vice president and chief technologist at Red Hat, delivered a keynote presentation titled “Container, Culture and Community” at this year’s Linux Foundation Open Source Summit North America. Wright began noting what originally got him into open source. “I don’t know if I was...

Apple intros $1K iPhone X, cellular Apple Watch

Apple touts iPhone 8, iPhone X and a cellular Apple Watch Apple continues to cater to the high-end smartphone customer, introducing its iPhone X (pronounced "ten") yesterday with a price tag of a whopping $1,000 and going full Dick Tracy by enabling cellular connectivity on...