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Mozilla mulls early cutoff for SHA-1 digital certificates

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Amazon’s case for running containers in its cloud

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A 2-Part Guide to Content Management Systems

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Mozilla mulls early cutoff for SHA-1 digital certificates

In light of recent advances in attacks against the SHA-1 cryptographic function, Mozilla is considering banning digital certificates signed with the algorithm sooner than expected.The CA/Browser Forum, a group of certificate authorities and browser makers that sets guidelines for the issuance and use of digital certificates, had previously decided that new SHA-1-signed certificates should not be issued after Jan. 1,... READ MORE

Dell and Microsoft announce 'Azure in a box' for $9,000 a month at Dell World

Dell and Microsoft have teamed up to sell a converged system that combines servers, storage and software in an integrated box which they say can connect easily to Microsoft's Azure cloud services.Called the Cloud Platform System Standard, it's aimed at customers building out a hybrid cloud environment, one in which on-premises equipment is linked to the public cloud for services... READ MORE

Stop CISA now!

Many of the world’s top tech companies want to put a stop to the fundamentally flawed Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) bill which is on the Senate floor.Put another way on “Decide the future of the Internet,” the corporate scorecard lists companies against CISA as “Team Internet,” while “Team NSA” is “collaborating with the government to control the Internet.” Decide... READ MORE
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Simple Security Is Better Security

Most vendors seem to assume that SMBs (or SMEs) have the expertise and full-time staff of a large enterprise to manage IT security. But this one-size-fits-all approach may result in higher costs, lower productivity and more risk for SMBs. Learn More

Michael Dell buying a house in Boston, thankfully

Dell CEO and Chairman Michael Dell is a few pen strokes away from buying a house in the city of Boston, Fortune reports, which may help assuage concerns here in Massachusetts that his company’s recent $67 billion purchase of EMC will result in the storage powerhouse and its some 9,500 local employees moving to Texas.Dell from the moment the deal... READ MORE

Oracle slams door on Russian cyberspies who hacked Nato PCs through Java

Oracle has fixed a vulnerability in Java that a Russian cyberespionage group used to launch stealthy attacks earlier this year.At the same time, Oracle fixed 153 other security flaws in Java and a wide range of its other products, it said Tuesday.The Java vulnerability can be used to bypass the user confirmation requirement before a Web-based Java application is executed... READ MORE

Microsoft Surface Book Review: It really is this good

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When I reviewed the Amazon Mobile SDK and competing products from Microsoft and Google in March, I said, “While the AWS Mobile SDK does what it sets out to do, developing with it is not for novices, JavaScript programmers, or the faint of heart.” I went on to conclude, “The AWS Mobile SDK might be a good choice for native... READ MORE

9 tools to help you manage your servers

Be realistic about DevOps and automationContainers, orchestration, automation, full remote management, cloud-style distributed app development, continuous developer-continuous deployment and devops are the wave of future IT, and what sophisticated IT departments should be aiming for in the future. But there’s almost certainly at least one server your business relies on that is a unique and special snowflake -- a pet... READ MORE
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6 traits of up-and-coming IT stars (with video)

All ambitious IT professionals know they need impeccable technical skills, a strong work ethic and a gift for fostering collaboration in order to rise through the ranks. But beyond that, what X factor sets future leaders apart from their colleagues — and what habits can you adopt to put yourself on a similar path?To read this article in full or... READ MORE

Boards are getting more involved in cybersecurity, but is it enough?

Despite operating in a state of hyper vigilance regarding cybersecurity threats, board participation in such planning is at only 45 percent, according to 10,000 executives surveyed by PwC. READ MORE

Docker’s acquisition aims to improve application container management

Docker containers have spread like wildfire across the technology industry, and now one of the biggest companies behind the movement has taken a big step toward making it easier to manage application containers across various infrastructure environments.+MORE AT NETWORK WORLD: Amazon’s case for running containers in its cloud | 12 Hot application container startup companies to watch +To read this article... READ MORE
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ReachLocal Keeps its Focus on the Client Experience

ReachLocal set out to help local businesses in the United States to acquire,maintain, and retain customers via the Internet. Today, the company enables its more than 21,000 clients around the world overcome increasingly complex marketing challenges by delivering state of-the-art solutions. Learn More
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