As the internet and the cloud is leveraged more and more it is no surprise that federal agencies are reporting a dramatic increase in cyber attacks. Here is a an excellent article discussing the issue: https://tiny.cc/ix1ry
Federal Agencies Report Cyber Attacks Increased 650% in Five Years
Why vSphere is the leading virtualization platform
https://virtualizationreview.com/blogs/virtual-insider/2011/10/readers-chime-in-why-vsphere-is-king.aspx?m=2
Internet of things will have 24 billion devices by 2020
This is why there is such a push for IP v6.
Internet may end need for snow days
https://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/320490/
Modified Android system keeps smartphone data from leaving specified physical locations
Interesting technology to improve endpoint security. https://m.gizmag.com/article/20154/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers&utm_campaign=2d424517d9-UA-2235360-4&utm_medium=email
The Fed Plans to Monitor Google, Twitter, Facebook
https://searchenginewatch.com/article/2117187/The-Fed-Plans-to-Monitor-Google-Twitter-Facebook
The usefulness (or not) of cloud office application suite reviews
An interesting commentary about cloud office applications.
Siri and iPhone Security
It is reported that the iPhone’s Siri interface can bypass your phone’s security. There is apparently a fix for this. You can read the article here.
Federal Cloud Security Concerns
An interesting article on federal concerns about migrating their data to the cloud due to cyber attacks: https://tiny.cc/ghnt8
Public cloud security remains an issue
In my 33 years of working with various technologies we go through this phase a lot. We see the promise of a new technology. We see the marketing hype about the technology. We see some very good things about the new technology. Then there are the inevitable growing pains as the new technology matures.