IDG Contributor Network: Sumo Logic and the state of modern applications in AWS
Next week sees tens of thousands of individuals descend upon Las Vegas for Amazon Web Service (AWS) reInvent conference, an…
Apple says Wi-Fi isn’t interesting anymore
If you’ve been waiting for a replacement 802.11ac AirPort Express or hoped for some improvements in Time Machine, then stop…
Oracle to buy cloud infrastructure provider Dyn
Oracle plans to acquire internet performance and DNS provider Dyn in an effort to pump up its cloud-based offerings and…
6 ex-CIOs reveal lessons learned, biggest regrets
Regrets? These former CIOs have a few. In exit interviews, six ex-CIOs say they wish they’d spent more time engaged…
Ultimate guide to setting up a small business Wi-Fi network
A peek inside a typical small business today will likely reveal lots of wireless devices, with little, if any, wired…
Half of surveyed US businesses admitted to suffering a ransomware attack
Expect to hear more, not less, about ransomware next year. A recent survey of 500 businesses revealed that nearly half…
Symantec will acquire identity protection firm LifeLock in $2.3B deal
Aiming to boost its consumer security business, Symantec is acquiring LifeLock, a vendor of identity protection services, for US$2.3 billion…
The IRS wants to ID every U.S. Coinbase user from 2013 to 2015
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service has asked a court in California to order Coinbase, a Bitcoin exchange, to hand over…
Facebook working with fact-checkers to weed out fake news
Returning to the controversy over fake news on the social networking site, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said over the weekend…
Apple will replace the battery of your iPhone 6s that keeps shutting down
First Samsung, now Apple. Battery problems in smartphones are all the rage these days. Of course, Apple’s battery problems are…