If you were starting to think that all the talk about cyber security has been a bit overblown, think again. In the Internet of Things — where everything has network connectivity — anything can be hacked that does not have proper security in place. Even a baby monitor, evidently. This doesn’t mean that we’ll never be secure; it just means …
Blocking Outbound Spam: Your Options
Just say no to spam. Here’s how. By Avi Turiel in The Whir. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ———- The Options for Blocking Outbound Spam: The Status Quo In a previous post the author discussed some of the problems that outbound spam causes for service providers, such as blacklisting and the related efforts to unblock …
Audacity of DDoS Attacks Up, Up, Up
DDoS bad. Protection Good. Article by Chris Burt in The WHIR. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ———— DDoS Attacks Increase 20 Percent in Q2 DDoS attacks rose by 20 percent last quarter, and have risen across the board in size, strength, and duration, according to the latest report from DDoS mitigation provider Prolexic. The Q2 2013 report identified …
Cybercrime = Job Loss
Just say no. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ———— New Report Links Cybercrime to Loss of Half a Million US Jobs Per Year Cybercrime is responsible for the loss of more than half a million US jobs per year, a joint report sponsored by McAfee and the Center for Strategic and International Studies finds. Released on Tuesday, “Estimating the …
Uncle Sam Says Yes to the Cloud
“Up and to the right” is the direction of cloud spending — even for the government, which is typically a laggard when it comes to implementation of technology solutions. Article by Nicole Henderson in The Whir. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ———— US Government IaaS Spending to Reach $5.4 Billion by 2017: IDC Report Though …
August 2013 Newsletter — Updated Compliance
Ahhh, summer: longer days, meals from the grill, family vacations…. Enjoy! Updated Compliance Audits and Certifications AIS recently completed its second round of SSAE 16 SOC Type 2 audits — this time spanning an entire year of Security and Availability validation from May 1, 2012 through April 30, 2013. AIS is the ONLY Southwestern service provider with SSAE 16 SOC …
Don’t Fear the Reaper — or AWS, Either
Some people prefer to buy whatever is cheap and easy and ubiquitous — Starbucks, Subway, AWS — but other prefer a bit more variety, customization, and service — Peets, Jersey Mike’s, and AIS. That’s OK; vive la différence — and besides, there’s plenty of cloud business to go around as described in the article below by Phillip Koblence in The …
Energy Rate Increases Point Up (and to the Cloud)
As if businesses needed another reason for migrating to the cloud, here it is: energy savings. Timely, too, because our friends at San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) are about to unleash double-digit percentage increases on our energy costs. Ouch ouch ouch. Article by Nicole Henderson in The Whir. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ——– …
Shift Your Risk — In the Cloud
This is an interesting article by 451 Research analyst Own Rogers that takes a look at public cloud computing from a risk perspective. Since many CIOs and CFOs are risk-averse, it will resonate. Dedicated resources are only cheaper on a per-unit basis if utilization is high — and the risk of the forecast being wrong is non-trivial. Emphasis in red …
Flash Storage Explained
All hat and no cattle? All flash and no pan? All disk and no flash? Read this article by 451 Research analysts Rhonda Ascierto and Tim Stammers to get the low-down on the hottest new storage technology. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ———– Flash storage: The ‘Scarlet Speedster’ of disruptive datacenter technology Flash memory, the …
