Monthly Archives: March 2015

Cisco, HP Make Up 27 Percent of Global Cloud Infrastructure Equipment Market: Report

The total worldwide cloud infrastructure equipment market grew by 9 percent in Q4 2014 to reach $13 billion, led by Cisco and HP. Data released by Synergy Research Group on Thursday shows that Cisco and HP lead in public and private cloud infrastructure, respectively, and combined for 27 percent of the overall market. Continue reading

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Cloud Application and Services Security Provider Elastica Closes $30M in Series B Funding

Cloud application security provider Elastica announced on Wednesday that it has closed a $30 million Series B funding round. The funding round was led by Third Point Ventures, with participation from Mayfield Fund and Pelion Venture Partners. Continue reading

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Millions of WordPress Installations at Risk of Blind SQL Injection Through Popular SEO Plugin Yoast

All versions of the popular WordPress SEO plugin Yoast prior to 1.7.3.3 are vulnerable to a blind SQL injection attack. In an advisory published Wednesday, Ryan Dewhurst, developer of the WordPress vulnerability scanner WPScan announced the flaw which he first noticed on Tuesday. This type of attack can lead to… Continue reading

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Enterprises Have Trust Issues with Encryption Keys, SSL Certificates: Study

The rapid growth in proliferation of keys and certificates has resulted in a confusing mess that has broken down professionals’ trust in public key encryption. That is the chilling finding of the “2015 Cost of Failed Trust Report,” conducted by Ponemon and released this week. Continue reading

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Google Says Cold Storage Doesn’t Have to Be Cold All the Time

Google has introduced a low-cost cold storage service called Cloud Storage Nearline. This type of cloud storage is meant for less-frequently accessed data, and Google’s service costs about a penny per gigabyte of data at rest. Continue reading

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