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Accenture: Seek Business Value in Digital Transformation
Charles Babcock, Editor at Large, Cloud
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Mike Sutcliff says Accenture Digital helps companies transition from legacy to digital operations to resist disruption, find new customers.
By Charles Babcock Editor at Large, Cloud, 7/25/2017
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Voter Registration Data from 9 States Available for Sale on Dark Web
Jai Vijayan, Freelance writer
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Nearly 10 million voter records sold for just $4 over last few days, according to LookingGlass Cyber Solutions.
By Jai Vijayan Freelance writer, 7/24/2017
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It Is Time for Enterprise CIOs to Create a New Breed of Innovation
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There still are big opportunities for innovation in the enterprise, particularly when achieving efficiency is the goal.
By Neil Kinson, Chief of Staff, Redwood Software , 7/24/2017
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The Rise and Fall of Ruby on Rails
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Once the rising star of web development, Ruby on Rails has fallen into a secondary role in the corporate world.
By Kristoffer Frisch-Ekenes, Bootcamp Leader at Coding Dojo , 7/24/2017
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Majority of Security Pros Let Productivity Trump Security
Dawn Kawamoto, Associate Editor, Dark Reading
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A survey found that 64% of IT security professionals will tweak security to give workers more flexibility to be productive when asked to make that move by top executives.
By Dawn Kawamoto Associate Editor, Dark Reading, 7/24/2017
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Old Database Problems In a New Guise: As a Service
Charles Babcock, Editor at Large, Cloud
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ScaleArc: If cloud services are the "white knight" sent to solve IT problems, then database as a service is going to fall short.
By Charles Babcock Editor at Large, Cloud, 7/24/2017
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The Unstoppable Progression of Object Storage
Uday Boppana, Principal Product Manager at Red Hat
New developments in gateways, plugins, and more, offer far more value to users of object storage than ever before.
By Uday Boppana Principal Product Manager at Red Hat , 7/24/2017
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Setting the Table for DevOps Team Structure
Andi Mann, Chief Technology Advocate at Splunk
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Building a DevOps team is about people, organization, even tables, chairs and office space.
By Andi Mann Chief Technology Advocate at Splunk, 7/21/2017
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HR Use of Social Media Grows, But Is the Data Reliable?
Lisa Morgan, Freelance Writer
Commentary
More hiring managers and HR pros are using social media to make decisions about candidates, but how wise is it? Could the use of social media for hiring be dangerous in its own way?
By Lisa Morgan Freelance Writer, 7/21/2017
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Russian National Receives 5 Years In Jail For Role In 'Citadel' Attacks
Jai Vijayan, Freelance writer
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Mark Vartanyan is the second individual to be sent to prison in connection with Citadel.
By Jai Vijayan Freelance writer, 7/20/2017
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Major Online Criminal Marketplaces AlphaBay and Hansa Shut Down
Dawn Kawamoto, Associate Editor, Dark Reading
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International law enforcement operations result in AlphaBay, the largest online marketplace for selling illegal goods from malware to herion, and Hansa, going dark.
By Dawn Kawamoto Associate Editor, Dark Reading, 7/20/2017
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BEC Attacks Far More Lucrative than Ransomware over Past 3 Years
Dawn Kawamoto, Associate Editor, Dark Reading
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BEC fraud netted cyberthieves five times more profit than ransomware over a three-year period, according to Cisco's midyear report released today.
By Dawn Kawamoto Associate Editor, Dark Reading, 7/20/2017
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DevOps & Security: Butting Heads for Years but Integration is Happening
Zeus Kerravala, Founder and Principal Analyst, ZK Research
Commentary
A combination of culture change, automation, tools and processes can bring security into the modern world where it can be as agile as other parts of IT.
By Zeus Kerravala Founder and Principal Analyst, ZK Research, 7/20/2017
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Amazon Positioned to Use Data to Dominate Where It Wishes
Charles Babcock, Editor at Large, Cloud
News
If Amazon expands into food delivery, it will obtain a treasure of consumer information that it can use for its next expansion.
By Charles Babcock Editor at Large, Cloud, 7/20/2017
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Unity Rules As OCI Launches 1.0 Container Spec
Charles Babcock, Editor at Large, Cloud
News
After a two-year effort, the Open Container Initiative has its image specification and runtime spec ready for vendors and container users.
By Charles Babcock Editor at Large, Cloud, 7/19/2017
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Data Drift Happens: 7 Pesky Problems with People Data
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Commentary
Making sense of data associated with customers, citizens and other individuals may seem simple, but it’s possible that the records don’t tell the real story.
By Matthew Magne, SAS , 7/19/2017
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Dark Reading INsecurity Conference Registration Now Open
Tim Wilson, Editor in Chief, Dark Reading,
Commentary
November event will focus on attendee interaction, "blue team" best practices.
By Tim Wilson, Editor in Chief, Dark Reading , 7/19/2017
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Consumers Welcome AI, Despite Lingering Privacy Concerns
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Commentary
Potential societal benefits of artificial intelligence outweigh concerns, although people want some transparency.
By Jocelyn Aqua, Privacy and Cybersecurity Principal, PwC , 7/19/2017
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Cloud Outages: Who’s at Fault?
Andrew Froehlich, President & Lead Network Architect, West Gate Networks
Commentary
Cloud outages do happen. So, how can you and your IT group minimize the impact on the company?
By Andrew Froehlich President & Lead Network Architect, West Gate Networks, 7/19/2017
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Containerization Gains Traction; We’re All Better for it
Guest Commentary, Guest Commentary
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Cloud-based application development has taken big strides, and it's delivering benefits for enterprises such as federal agencies.
By Charles Fullwood, Force 3 , 7/18/2017
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