Monthly Archives: August 2014

New Zealand Police Investigate Money Laundering Case Against Mega Shareholder

One of the largest shareholders of Mega, the cloud storage service founded by Kim Dotcom, is under investigation for his connections to a crime ring. According to a report by TorrentFreak on Monday, New Zealand police have put 18.8 percent of Mega’s shares through William Yan’s companies under restraining order while they investigate the allegations. Continue reading

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Microsoft Plans to Move (Nearly) all its Internal IT to Azure by 2018

Microsoft is planning on migrating all its compatible legacy infrastructure to its own Azure cloud in an effort to reduce operating costs and take advantage of server virtualization efficiencies, but also to prove that its cloud is capable of the company’s own demanding IT needs. Continue reading

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IBM SoftLayer Opening Melbourne, Australia Data Center

IBM is launching a new SoftLayer data center in Melbourne, Australia. The company made a commitment of $1.2 billion to expand its global cloud footprint by 15 data centers. Melbourne will be the sixth data center since it made the commitment. Continue reading

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DDoS Attack Takes PlayStation Network and Sony Entertainment Network Offline

The PlayStation Network and Sony Entertainment Network are now back online after a DDoS attack over the weekend. In contrast to a major breach in 2011, PlayStation reports no evidence of any intrusion to the network and no evidence of any personal user information being compromised. Continue reading

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