by Joseph Forbes | Mar 19, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, MONEY, TECHNOLOGY
It’s one of the fundamental questions of cloud computing: Is it less expensive to run workloads in a public cloud than in an on-premises IT environment? The answer, says Charlie Burns, a researcher at boutique advisory firm Saugatuck Technology, is “a...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 18, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, INTERNET, LAW, NERD NEWS, PIRACY, POLITICAL, PRIVACY, SECURITY, TECHNOLOGY
Could impact how information is shared and what powers government has in collecting your digital files Last year after an outpouring of opposition, Internet advocates logged a victory when they defeated the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Now there are...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 10, 2013 | SECURITY
Microsoft’s SharePoint, drawing application Visio get patched Internet Explorer vulnerabilities warrant notice in this month’s set of Microsoft Patch Tuesday bulletins and need to be fixed quickly even though the sheer number of patches may seem daunting....
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 7, 2013 | LAW, NERD NEWS, PRIVACY, TECHNOLOGY
Federal Trade Commission says illegal texters blasted 180 million illegal messages in past year The Federal Trade Commission today said it has filed eight court cases to stop companies who have sent over 180 million illegal or deceptive text messages to all manner of...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 5, 2013 | NERD NEWS, SECURITY, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
San Francisco — Despite the best efforts of cloud service providers and industry groups like the Cloud Security Alliance, cloud security remains a troublesome issue for IT execs. At an RSA session devoted to cloud security, IT security pros complained about the...
