Gartner reports overall global PC shipments dropped 8.3 percent for the fifth consecutive quarter. Dell, HP and Lenovo each saw an overall decline in shipments for Q4 2015. On the other hand, Apple saw growth of nearly 3 percent. The overall PC market ended 2015 with less than 300 million shipments for the first time …
The new Samsung Galaxy S7 lineup is rumored to be released all at once. A leaked image from GSMarena indicates the Samsung Galaxy S7, S7 edge and S7 edge+ are going to be released at the same time, instead of a stacked release. Notably, the S7+ (XL model) is missing from the image, but there …
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Arxan, an app security company, reports 90 percent of the most popular mobile healthcare and financial management apps are lacking common security measures. These figures come from Arxan’s annual State of Application Security Report. This report analyzed 126 popular mobile financial and health applications. These apps lack basic security measures, with 98 percent lacking binary …
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Research and Markets reports the global mega data center market will reach or surpass $14 billion by 2019. This major growth in business can be attributed to the growing popularity of colocation and cloud computing for major enterprises. A mega data center is any data center that occupies more than 200,000 sq. ft, so this …
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Cloud computing is one of the most popular data management techniques resources adopted last year. While full cloud utilization is on the rise, unprepared cloud management can create data vulnerabilities. With that being said, here are three important notes about cloud security: Outside hackers are not the main problem While it’s commonly assumed outside hackers …
Time Warner Cable reported what may be the first major data breach of 2016 yesterday. TWC issued a statement warning customers that as many as 320,000 records may have been compromised in a data breach. Time Warner officials indicated that usernames, passwords, emails and email account passwords were compromised by malware. The FBI notified the …
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Ponemon Institute released the findings of its annual study regarding data breaches and their consequences last Thursday. Unsurprisingly, United States enterprises suffered the most financial loss through data breaches, with the average per capita cost of a data breach averaging $217. Along with the average cost per country, this study shows that the number of …
Samsung’s newest smartphones, the upcoming Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge will both utilize a microSD slot and be fully waterproof, according to this report. The devices will be water resistant at depths up to one meter, and support SD cards up to 200 GB. The Galaxy S7 will support the same screen dimensions as the …
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With the new year beginning, CIOs everywhere are evaluating current operations, and looking for room for improvement. Whether it’s taking the plunge and committing to a cloud-computing centric data center, or just overall consolidation, data center transitions are a necessary part of a successful data management scheme. A transition can be overwhelming without the right …
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