Citrix predicts market expansion in desktop as a service

Service providers expect a significant growth in the desktop as a service (DaaS) market, according to the latest research from Citrix. The 2015 Global DaaS Market Survey, which polled more…

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Amazon, Google Boost Cloud Security Efforts

Security is often tapped as a top barrier to cloud adoption in multiple surveys that attempt to assess cloud usage. Cloud giants like Amazon have heard these concerns loud and…

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The white space between hand-crafted and automated approaches to the cloud

The journey to the cloud will be faster for some than others. For startups, the decision is easy, they are “cloud first”. They have low overheads and can test products…

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Codoso Group Hackers Breach Samsung Subsidiary LoopPay

A Chinese hacking team known as the Codoso Group or the Sunshock Group breached the network of Samsung subsidiary LoopPay earlier this year, the New York Times reports. Samsung acquired…

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How performance requirements can prove a stumbling block for cloud transformation

As businesses look to cloud for faster, more flexible growth, they confront significant challenges from a legacy application base that has varying levels of cloud suitability. Some applications have specific…

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45 Percent of IT Personnel Knowingly Circumvent Their Own Security Policies

An Absolute Software survey of 501 U.S. IT managers and decision makers at companies with 50 or more employees has found that fully 45 percent of repsondents admitted knowingly circumventing…

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Devices Running Insecure Software: Study

If security is not applied, it can't work. Which means if a piece of technology gets a security patch and that patch isn't applied, the user is at risk. While…

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The state of the cloud in 2016: DevOps, Docker momentum grows as hybrid hits its stride

Hybrid cloud adoption has grown significantly while DevOps and Docker uptake continues to explode, according to the latest RightScale State of the Cloud research report. The report, which surveyed more…

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How to cross the DevOps chasm in a safe and reliable manner

If you read IT blogs regularly, you would assume DevOps is already the status quo, that everyone has ‘crossed the chasm’, and are practicing continuous delivery on a daily basis.…

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ServIceNow Merges Security with Service Management

Most companies like to think their security operations run like a well-oiled machine. In truth, however, many security teams could use a tune-up. Security teams often store plans that explain…

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