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  • Amazon Apologizes, Explains Cloud Outage

    A week after Amazon Web Services suffered an outage of its Elastic Compute Cloud aka EC2, Amazon finally came forward with an explanation of what happened, an apology to the many companies that were affected, and information about what Amazon plans to do to prevent such events in the future. The apology and explanation included…

  • New Companies Show Off at Under the Radar Conference

    MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Dealmaker Media’s Under the Radar conference is something akin to a debutantes’ ball. Young and/or startup companies put on their Sunday best, get their goals and priorities well-rehearsed, and compete for a few invitations to be formally introduced to venture-capital society. Then comes the ball itself: the daylong showcase event at…

  • Millions Affected by Health Care Data Breaches Since 2009

    A list of data breaches by the Office for Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reveals that more than 10 million patients have been affected by security lapses in about 260 health care-related incidents reported since 2009. The department began compiling the list on Feb. 22, 2010, when the HITECH…

  • Malware Masquerading as Kaspersky Antivirus Scanner on Mobile Devices

    New fake antivirus scareware pop up with amazing regularity, but some researchers encountered an intriguing variant that indicates scammers may begin targeting mobile platforms. A rogue antivirus masquerading as a Kaspersky Lab antivirus scanner has been spotted on mobile devices, Dinesh Venkatesan, an anti-malware researcher, posted on the CA Security Advisor Research Blog on April…

  • SMB Adoption of Smartphones, Tablets Growing

    A survey of small and midsize businesses found owners are accelerating the shift away from desktops and laptops and moving toward the latest technology and gadgets such as smartphones and tablets. The findings were published by Portfolio.com, a business news site for SMB executives and entrepreneurs. Part of a proprietary study conducted by The Business…

  • Spiceworks Expanding into IT Product Reseller

    Free RMM provider Spiceworks will use $25 million in additional funding to expand its business model to include a sourcing tool for IT products and services. Austin, Tx-based Spiceworks announced the new financing round this week and it includes participation from new investors, Adam Street Partners and Tenaya Capital. "The average business in the Spiceworks…

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