Frank Abagnale, the inspiration behind the hit movie, Catch Me If You Can, talks with TechRepublic’s Karen Roby about the dangers of social media posts.
Struggling to move workloads to the cloud? VMware’s new tech may be the perfect on-ramp
VMware’s new Project Pacific is a big step forward for VMware’s Kubernetes offerings, but it’s more important for what it does for CIOs.
More than half of login attempts on social media accounts are fraudulent
More than three-quarters of social media attacks were executed by automated bots, and login attacks were twice as more likely to be attacked than account registrations, according to an Arkose Labs report.
Government website UX lags behind public sector, surprising nobody
People are increasingly using other methods to communicate with the feds, as the use of government websites decrease.
Last week in media: additional details on Disney+ and Apple TV+
(Telecompaper) The media sector was all about streaming video, last week. Walt Disney made new announcements about its upcoming SVOD service Disney+, closely followed by reports on Apple’s TV+ service. The TPSI Global Media index however lost 1.8 percent, against a loss of 1.4 percent for the S&P 500. The best performers included Australia’s Nine Entertainment (+13%) and troubled comScore (+12%). At the other extreme we find Spotify (-6.6%), Salem Media (-6.5%) and Lions Gate (-6.2%).
Amazon Prime Video reaches distribution deal with Altice in France and other countries
(Telecompaper) Amazon has signed a distribution agreement with Altice in a deal that will make Amazon Prime Video content available directly via the set-top boxes of SFR in France. Altice’s subsidiaries in Portugal, Israel and the Dominican Republic will also introduce the service in the near future.
Baidu surpasses Google in global smart speaker market in Q2
(Telecompaper) Chinese internet giant Baidu replaced Google as the world’s second biggest smart speaker vendor in the second quarter of 2019, according to the latest report from Canalys. Baidu shipped a total of 4.5 million units in the April to June period, just ahead of Google’s 4.3 million and behind the 6.6 million Echo speakers shipped by market leader Amazon. China’s Alibaba and Xiaomi rounded out the top 5 with shipments of 4.1 million and 2.8 million respectively.
Apstra Delivers Advanced Interoperability with VMware NSX
Enabling Unified Software-First Automation and Policy Across Any Vendor, Any Workload, and Any CloudVMworld USA – SAN FRANCISCO – August 26, 2019 – Apstra® Inc. today introduced significant advancements to the Apstra Operating System (AOS®) including tighter design, build, and operational interoperability between the underlying physical network and software-defined overlay networks with a solution that liberates customers from being locked into any specific network hardware vendor.Enterprises are embracing business and digital transformation to improve customer…
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Mellanox Introduces Revolutionary ConnectX-6 Dx and BlueField-2 Secure Cloud SmartNICs and I/O Processing Unit Solutions
ConnectX-6 Dx and BlueField-2 Provide 200 Gb/s Ethernet and InfiniBand Connectivity, Enabling Next Generation of Clouds, Secure Datacenters and Storage PlatformsSAN FRANCISCO, CA – VMworld 2019 – August 26, 2019 – Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. (NASDAQ: MLNX), a leading supplier of high-performance, end-to-end smart interconnect solutions for data center servers and storage systems, today introduced ConnectX-6 Dx and BlueField-2 – next-generation cloud SmartNICs and I/O Processing Unit (IPU) solutions, delivering unprecedented data center security, performance and…
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InfiNet Wireless to showcase highest spectral efficiency solutions for Latin American operators at ANDICOM
Cartagena, Colombia – 26 August 2019 – InfiNet Wireless, the global leader in fixed broadband wireless connectivity, will showcase its latest high spectral efficiency solutions and highlight their significant benefits to service providers of all types at ANDICOM.At a time of exceptional demand within the industry for better, more reliable and higher throughput wireless infrastructures, ANDICOM sets the scene for InfiNet Wireless to share more details about its latest solutions aimed at serving the growing…
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