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Cisco Launches Containerized, Modular Data Center
Cisco Systems is targeting public and private sector organizations with its new transportable data center unit – a containerized and modular data center system that will feature 44RU of mountable rack space. The modular data center container system is built in the United States as a weatherized outdoor container, but it can also be installed…
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Cloud Computing Era Could Mean MSP Extinction
“Managed Service Providers will be obsolete in the next five to ten years.” Those blunt words come from Saeer Butts, a senior software architect at one of those MSPs, Zaphyr Technologies, in Parsippany, N.J. The cloud will put MSPs out of business, Butts said. As customers move more of their infrastructure to hosted environments, monitoring…
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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…
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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…
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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…