Monthly Archives: September 2014

Google Releases Transparency Report, Calls on Government to Pass USA Freedom Act

A Google transparency report shows that demands for user information under US criminal investigations increased by 19 percent in the first half of 2014 to 31,698. Released on Monday, the report also indicates a more general trend of increasing requests, and calls on the US government to reform electronic surveillance by passing the USA Freedom Act. Continue reading

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Help Wanted: Australian IT Market Seeks Qualified Professionals for Cloud and Ecommerce

Australian chief information officers expect to see improvement in the IT employment market, this according to the Michael Page Technology 2014/15 CIO Viewpoint report. Continue reading

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Gartner: 75 Percent of Mobile Security Breaches through 2017 Result of App Misconfigurations

More than 75 percent of mobile applications will fail basic security tests through 2015, according to a new report by Gartner released on Sunday. Continue reading

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IBM Mandates Some Employees Retrain to Update Cloud Skills while Taking Pay Cut

IBM seems to be alienating some employees with a mandatory retraining program for some of its Global Technology Services (GTS) staff, according to a corporate memo leaked to GigaOm. The employees will receive training to update their skills over a five and a half month period, during which their pay will be reduced by 10 percent. Continue reading

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OpenStack Event Opens at Crucial Time for Open-Source Cloud Options

From its beginning in 2010 as a joint project from NASA and Rackspace, OpenStack has grown to have a global community of nearly 20,000 people worldwide working to create a massively scalable cloud operating system. Continue reading

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