Google Container Engine: Ready to rock 'n' roll

Computerworld Blogs August 27, 2015 Richi Jennings: Google Container Engine: Ready to rock 'n' roll Google Container Engine is out of beta. The search-engine-cum-advertising-broker is also all about that containerization. But is Google's use of open-source projects such as Docker and Kubernetes *entirely* unselfish? READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Darlene Storm: Agora Dark Web market discovers suspicious activity on servers, pauses operations 2. JR Raphael: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the smartphone revolution 3. Ben Kepes: IBM integrates its Blue Box platform across the network 4. Richi Jennings: This Ashley Madison hack story keeps getting worse and worse [u4] 5. Ben Kepes: Intel sells Mashery to Tibco. But what was it doing buying it in the first place? 6. Richi Jennings: FAIL: Samsung Galaxy Note 5 S-Pen -- RTFM, you're inserting it wrong 7. Ben Kepes: Scality picks up cash to software-ize all the storage things 8. Sharky: Why we love last-millennium password policies Webcast: Siemens Integrating the Data Center to Boost Business Agility Business is changing, and data centers must keep pace by achieving new levels of efficiency by combining both IT and facilities management. Learn More Darlene Storm: Agora Dark Web market discovers suspicious activity on servers, pauses operations The Agora Dark Web market cited Tor Hidden Services security vulnerabilities that could allow de-anonymization attacks and temporarily shut down operations after discovering suspicious activity on its servers. READ MORE JR Raphael: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the smartphone revolution You say you want a revolution? The smartphone market as we know is about to be flipped upside down -- and there's no turning back from this kind of change. READ MORE Ben Kepes: IBM integrates its Blue Box platform across the network The ultimate test of an acquisition is when the acquired product is integrated into the products and services of the acquirer. On this occasion, IBM has performed well by this measure (IDG Contributor Network). READ MORE Richi Jennings: This Ashley Madison hack story keeps getting worse and worse [u4] The Ashley Madison hack continues to make headlines. Naturally, that's because the news keeps getting worse. Worse for website owners Avid Media Group. And worse for the REAL victims, more importantly -- the people named in the hacked data dump... READ MORE Webcast: Lockheed Martin Threat Intelligence Platform Market Overview Join guest speaker, Principal Analyst Rick Holland with Forrester and Lockheed Martin's Christina Kawka for a webinar on Wednesday, September 16 at 12 PM ET on the importance of threat intelligence platforms in protecting your organization. Learn More Ben Kepes: Intel sells Mashery to Tibco. But what was it doing buying it in the first place? Technology acquisitions: It's where incredulity meets fat checkbooks (IDG Contributor Network). READ MORE Richi Jennings: FAIL: Samsung Galaxy Note 5 S-Pen -- RTFM, you're inserting it wrong Samsung comes under intense criticism for a Galaxy Note 5 design flaw. If you insert the S-Pen upside-down, it gets stuck. Removing it damages the motherboard -- probably beyond repair... READ MORE Ben Kepes: Scality picks up cash to software-ize all the storage things Software-defined everything is the IT flavor of the day. This is increasingly extending to storage, and Scality's funding round is an indication of that (IDG Contributor Network). READ MORE Sharky: Why we love last-millennium password policies IT pilot fish goes to work at a large retailer's distribution center, where the policy is that passwords must be changed every 90 days -- which turns out to have unexpected consequences. 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