AWS hosts more malware hosting sites than any other ISP or web hosting provider. In fact, Amazon’s “market share” of malware sites rose from 16% to 41% in just six months — extremely “impressive” growth when it comes to supporting the seedier side of online life. It’s a dirty job but someone’s got to do it. Thanks, AWS. Article by Nicole Henderson …
Microsoft Azure Cloud Services Down (again)
It pays to know the people behind — and keeping tabs on — your cloud service. Dozens, hundreds, thousands, possibly millions of Azure customers and end-users have been affected by their recent rash of issues. As the article below states, “The problems are very bad news for Microsoft.” Very bad news indeed. Article by Juan Carlos Perez of IDG News Service in PCWorld. …
IT Salary Survey Yields Beguiling Results
Growth is flat. IT staff churn is up. Life is good in healthcare IT and in the services industry. It’s less good elsewhere. Summary article by David Weldon in FierceCIO. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ——- IT compensation flat-lining, says new salary survey IT compensation will, for the most part, remain flat for the next …
SaaS Adoption: from 13% to 74% in 3 Years
While a bit breathless in its presentation of results from their fourth annual cloud survey, the results are relevant and useful if not especially newsworthy. Posted on the North Bridge Venture Partners website. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing —— Industry’s Largest Cloud Computing Survey Reveals 5X SaaS Adoption First “Cloud Front” Is Strategic But Transitional; Cloud …
American Household Internet Service: 21 Mbps on Average
This post is a little further afield than my typical subject matter but I think it is of interest to our readership. Ultimately end-user online consumption habits (and capabilities) are fundamental to nearly everything that takes place within a data center or a cloud. Posted by Jeff John Roberts on the Gigaom website. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian …
CIO Job Satisfaction Survey Results
This little tidbit was the most shocking one that I gleaned from the summary: “One-third of CIOs said they expect to change jobs within the next year, and two-thirds say within two years.” Wow. That is A LOT of turnover for such an important role in the C-suite. Post by David Weldon in FierceCIO. Emphasis in red added by me. …
Unequal Female Pay Is Never OK
Equal opportunity is a fundamental tenet of the United States of America. Equal pay for equal work and equal performance. Any questions? Didn’t think so — so let’s get on with it, please. Summary post by David Weldon in FierceCIO, original by Scott Fulton, III in Network Computing. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing —– Pay …
AITP August Social, Aug 19 in San Diego
August 19, 2014 | Green Acre Campus Pointe 10300 Campus Point Dr San Diego, CA 92121 5:30 to 8:30 PM Take a little time away from the office and join us at Brian Malarkey’s Green Acre in the Campus Pointe complex. It is a beautiful indoor and outdoor eatery for food, fun and networking.There is even a view of Sorrento …
Cloud Security Train Wreck: Code Spaces
Like Dexter with a scalpel, the cyber thug behind the security incident below made quick work of destroying a company in just 12 hours. Gone. Poof. No more shadow. There are many lessons to be learned, most of which are not specific to cloud security (but rather IT security in general). Article by Steve Ragan in CSO; original company message …
Infographic: DDoS Recaptures that Feeling
Bigger. Longer. More frequent. Sound like fun? Uh, maybe, but not when we’re talking about DDoS attacks. Summary post by Fred Donovan in FierceITSecurity. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing —— Infographic: DDoS attack numbers, intensity reach record levels The number and intensity of distributed denial of service attacks reached record levels in the first half …
