Microsoft details plan to move its workload into Azure cloud

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Microsoft IT, the internal IT department for Microsoft, unveiled a plan to move the business workflow into Azure and on-premises computing. The move is slated to be completed by the end of 2018.  Microsoft’s internal IT department introduced a plan last week on what steps it’s taking to move the business processes into Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing platform. This move, as explained in the posting on the Microsoft TechNet Blogs website, is necessitated by Microsoft closing two data centers over the next 24 months, as well as allowing leases on others to expire.…

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Wireless Broadband vs Fixed Broadband – The Story Continues

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This never-ending story is used by opportunistic telcos and their lobbyists to confuse the issue in order to gain regulatory or political advantage. The debate is now raging again in the USA. In an attempt to talk down their monopolistic position in the market the three telcos — and this time in particular, Comcast — are claiming that real competition does in fact exist in the American broadband market, citing competition from the mobile 4G LTE services as an example. There is certainly no doubt that people have embraced mobile…

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SAP takes steps to simplify pricing and licensing

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It took some time and considerable internal effort, but SAP says it has made good on a pledge to simplify its software pricing and licensing model. SAP customers for years have said the company’s pricing is too complex. In October 2012, then co-CEO Jim Hagemann Snabe told IDG News Service the company had heard customers’ concerns and was working on a fix. Nearly two years later, SAP has made a series of changes to pricing and licensing, with a final phase completed in July, said Joe LaRosa, vice president of global pricing and…

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It’s Time for Open, Shared Home Wi-Fi

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Apple co-founder Steve Jobs loved to walk around his neighborhood in Palo Alto, California. And after his pride and joy, the iPhone, was born, he naturally took it along with him on walks. The first iPhone had a lousy, sluggish, cellular-data network, but it also had a much faster data option: Wi-Fi. It even had a feature (still present, but much less touted) that popped up a list of nearby Wi-Fi networks on the screen, so you could always find one in range. But, he once told me, there was…

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Working with public cloud: How to tackle the challenges

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As the take-up of public cloud services grows, so organisations are figuring out how to fit these services into their existing IT infrastructure and business processes. Despite the many attractions of on-demand utility computing from an external provider, integrating these services can throw up a mess of technical, regulatory, licensing, billing and other complications for firms. Here are some of the approaches that major organisations have taken to managing a mix of in-house and public cloud services. The public cloud: What is it good for? Public cloud is all about…

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4 Tips: Protect Government Data From Mobile Malware

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Mobile malware continues to proliferate, particularly on Android devices. These four steps help counter the threat. It often happens without you knowing. Malware takes over your smartphone or tablet, exploiting vulnerabilities and trolling for information. Perhaps the processing speed on your smartphone slows down. Or a preview of a text message that you didn’t write temporarily pops up on your screen. These and other clues lead you to become suspicious that someone has access to your device and data. Fake ID on Android The recent disclosure of a new Fake ID malware…

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Microsoft must hand over overseas data, US court rules

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Software giant to appeal ruling asking it to hand over data from its Irish datacentre Microsoft has lost another bid to have a US government warrant demanding access to emails stored in its Dublin-based datacentre overturned. The company has been ordered to hand over the emails to law enforcers in the US as part of a criminal investigation, the details of which have not been disclosed at this time. US district judge Loretta Preska has ruled that Microsoft must hand over the data, even though it’s stored in a country…

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Are you under threat from the head of the IoT?

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Mark Samuels ponders what the latest job title du jour means for those currently tasked with their firm’s digital strategy If you think the position of chief digital officer (CDO) is pointless, then another job title has emerged that takes superfluous senior IT roles to a whole new level. All hail the head of the Internet of Things (IoT), a new executive position for the technology industry’s latest trend. The concept of IoT refers to the interconnection of internet-enabled objects and devices – and research suggests the trend is going…

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16.37% of Users Still Run Windows XP, Kaspersky Lab Statistics Say

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More than 16% of all PC users who agreed to provide data to the distributed global Kaspersky Security Network were still working on computers running Windows XP in June 2014. This fact carries potential implications for information security. This number was part of the findings from the “Windows usage and vulnerabilities research” carried out by Kaspersky Lab experts in the summer of 2014. Users whose computers run under a dated operating system or have out-of-date versions of installed software risk coming under attack from malware that exploits vulnerabilities. The study…

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Kaspersky Lab: Keep online accounts safe with secure passwords

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Internet is being used nowadays for a wide range of activities, including online banking, online shopping, online research and also for socialization purposes. In the last few years there’s been a massive growth in the number of social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, etc., where users can share all kinds of personal details as well as music, pictures, and videos. Unfortunately, the more personal details users make available online, the more exposed they are to online identify theft. Identity theft is when a criminal steals confidential personal data that…

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