Microsoft announced, last week, plans to lay off as many as 1,850 staff members in an effort to “streamline” business. This will result in a $950 million charge, including $200 million in severance payments. This news follows the announcement that the tech giant is selling its feature phone business for $350 million. Both of these …
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Here is a recap of the HOBI blog for the week of May 23-27, 2016. Google plans to eliminate passwords by the end of the year A new project sponsored by Google plans to eliminate passwords, and begin credential verification by sensors. Three checkpoints for enterprises choosing an IT asset manager When choosing an IT …
Google will begin planning the inaugural version of Project Abacus, a movement to get rid of all passwords, next month. Developers will test the new tools on banking apps, and plan to have the new developments available to all Android developers by the end of 2016. Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) division began Abacus …
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Pairing with an IT asset management provider cuts down on the stress of data security, data management, device repairs and end-of-life services. While these are all important functions of a successful enterprise-ITAM provider partnership, the most imperative function of IT asset management may be looked over: compliance. Pairing with a non-compliant service provider can result …
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Enterprise data centers process and store massive amounts of critical information. Data center technology is rapidly advancing, but there still remains room for error, and room for outages. Even a short outage can result in the loss of thousands of dollars and compromise hundreds of files. How do enterprises avoid costly outages? The problem The …
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Google announced during a keynote speech at their I/O conference the newest of their Android operating system version, temporarily named N, will be released this summer. The new operating system will be most likely be named after a dessert beginning with the letter N. Here are three features users can anticipate from the new operating …
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Here is a recap of the HOBI blog for the week of May 16-20, 2016. LinkedIn breach compromised 117 million accounts A data breach at LinkedIn in 2012 compromised up to 117 million user account credentials. North American educational technology market anticipating substantial growth Market Research reports the North American educational technology market is anticipated …
LinkedIn issued a blog post today reporting that a data breach from 2012 compromised as many as 117 million users’ account credentials. The amount of compromised passwords was originally estimated to be close to 6.5 million. It was initially thought only passwords were compromised during the 2012 breach, but now it’s shown that email addresses …
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Market Research reports the North American educational technology market is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of more than 9 percent within the next five years. School districts and universities around the country are introducing more e-learning tools in classrooms each year. New device introduction also requires corresponding amounts of support and maintenance to ensure …
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A study conducted by Basel Action Network (BAN) earlier this month indicates as much as a third of low-value devices collected for recycling in the U.S. were exported. BAN acquired this data by implanting GPS trackers into 200 CRTs, printers and flat panel displays and tracking their movements. Nearly 75 percent of the tracked devices …
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