The end of October means it’s time to start carving pumpkins and picking the perfect Halloween costume. This is also a good time to scare yourself silly with horror stories from your data center. The end user’s ghost haunts us all with innocent mishaps this Hallows Eve. From security oversights to trying to troubleshoot […]
Archives for October 2018
Nasdaq and Microsoft join forces to deliver blockchain services
Blockchain and cryptocurrencies have been an attractive proposition for a lot of traditional technology and financial companies recently and everyone is trying to board the bus in the best way they can. Same has been the case with Microsoft and Nasdaq who are coming together to deliver on the blockchain promise. <![CDATA[ ]]> The partnership […]
South Korea is Building its Blockchain Empire in the Silence Created by Bitcoin’s Stability
While the world is seeking answers for Bitcoin’s stability, prices, regulations, and various other topics, South Korea is slowly carrying advancing to be at the numero uno position as far as blockchain and cryptocurrency are concerned. The investments happening in the sector and the number of traditional companies embracing blockchain is rising in South Korea […]
IBM to Acquire Red Hat in $34 Billion Stock Deal
News IBM to Acquire Red Hat in $34 Billion Stock Deal By John K. Waters 10/29/2018 On Sunday IBM Corp. announced its plans to acquire leading enterprise open source software provider Red Hat Inc. IBM and Red Hat said the $34 billion stock deal should be completed in the latter half of 2019, once Red […]
Alibaba opens its blockchain doors to the rest of the world
While Chinese regulators are cramping the cryptocurrency industry in the country, Alibaba has been pretty optimistic about blockchain technology thanks to its visionary leader Jack Ma. Continuing its support to blockchain now Alibaba has opened doors to rest of the world by offering its blockchain as a service (BaaS) product. <![CDATA[ ]]> Welcome Asia, Europe, […]
Lightning Network Payments Soon Coming to Microsoft Excel
Pierre Rochard is working on an Excel plugin in order to make and receive Lightning Network payments with just a few clicks, further exposing Bitcoin, Blockchain, and crypto industry to a vast audience. <![CDATA[ ]]> Receive & make LN payments on Excel with a few clicks Cryptocurrency sphere is constantly evolving. And soon we might […]
SD-WAN Report: It’s All About Security
News SD-WAN Report: It’s All About Security By David Ramel 10/25/2018 Organizations rolling out software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) solutions report increased network security is the main achievement of such deployments, according to survey results just published by Barracuda Networks. Security was front and center throughout the report, titled “The Challenges and Opportunities of SD-WAN” and […]
Cloudy with a Chance of Threats
Securing multiple clouds can be very complex. What’s needed is an integrated approach that is dynamic and flexible, and able to keep pace with cloud workloads and applications as they expand. The agility and benefits of cloud computing are undeniable. Forrester predicts that the total global public cloud market will be $178 billion in 2018, […]
HTC blockchain focused phone is here and you need cryptocurrency to buy it
Finally, HTC’s first blockchain based phone and yes you need cryptocurrencies buy it. According to the recent announcement coming from the company, HTC’s blockchain-based phone Exodus 1 will be available for pre-order at a price of 0.15 bitcoins or 4.78 ether tokens, which translates to about $960, and is expected to be shipped by December. […]
MIT goes all in on AI
Using a $1 billion investment to build a new college for artificial intelligence Oct 23, 2018 Source Awesome, not awesome. #Awesome“A.I. presents the challenge of reckoning with our skewed histories, while working to counterbalance our biases, and genuinely recognizing ourselves in each other. This is an opportunity to expand — rather than further homogenize — what it means to be […]