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ITworld Today Jun 21, 2017 Uber CEO resigns, leaving company in search of a new strategy Uber is now a driverless vehicle, after CEO Travis Kalanick stepped down Tuesday. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • Two years after the OPM data breach: What government agencies must do now • 23% off Panasonic ErgoFit In-Ear Comfort Fit Earbuds - Deal Alert • 5 things you need to know about Stack Clash to secure your shared Linux environment • Lenovo's ThinkSystem product barrage targets data centers • AMD launches its Epyc server chip to take on Intel in the data center • Video storage leads to hyperconvergence for law enforcement agency • Mid-range models ring the changes in Top500 supercomputer ranking • Your secure developer workstation solution is here, finally! • What it takes to be a security incident responder • EU wants to ease commercial drone use with future flight rules • With new dynamic capabilities, will whitelisting finally catch on? • Did you know? 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Read More ▶ 5 things you need to know about Stack Clash to secure your shared Linux environment Qualys shows that attackers can locally exploit the privilege escalation vulnerability to gain root access over Linux, Solaris and BSD machines. This is bad news for Unix-based servers, and even more so for multi-tenant environments. Read More ▶ Lenovo's ThinkSystem product barrage targets data centers Lenovo is taking on Dell EMC and HPE with its biggest portfolio refresh since it acquired IBM's x86 server business three years ago, offering a lineup of servers, switches, SAN arrays and converged systems intended to show that it's a serious contender in the data center and software-defined infrastructure market. Read More ▶ AMD launches its Epyc server chip to take on Intel in the data center It's not just the folks at AMD who hope that that the company's Epyc server processor, officially launched Tuesday, will break Intel's stranglehold on the data-center chip market. Read More ▶ Video storage leads to hyperconvergence for law enforcement agency The Bergen County Sheriff's Office first chose Pivot3's converged server and SAN solutions to handle video workloads. Today, Pivot3's HCI appliance clusters allow BCSO to combine VDI, long-term storage, and video storage arrays within a single hyperconverged platform. Read More ▶ Mid-range models ring the changes in Top500 supercomputer ranking With no change at the top of the latest Top500.org supercomputer list, you need to look further down the rankings to see the real story. Read More ▶ Your secure developer workstation solution is here, finally! Developer workstations are high-value targets for hackers and often vulnerable. Now you can protect them using concepts borrowed from securing system admin workstations. Read More ▶ What it takes to be a security incident responder A wide range of technical skills and curiosity about the mechanics and goals of an attack are key for effective incidence response. Read More ▶ EU wants to ease commercial drone use with future flight rules An automated, low-altitude air traffic control system for drones is just one of the suggestions to come out of a European Commission-sponsored paper on re-regulating drone use. Read More ▶ With new dynamic capabilities, will whitelisting finally catch on? In this age of destructive and fast-spreading malware, companies are giving whitelisting a second look -- and with cloud-based, peer-to-peer whitelists and reputation scoring, the technology now has a chance to be widely adopted. Read More ▶ Did you know? Mac Office 2011 support conks out on Oct. 10 Companies with employees running Office for Mac 2011 have until Oct. 10 to replace the suite's applications with those from Office for Mac 2016. Read More ▶ The 5 surprising things to know about smart glasses As you hear about augmented reality over the next few years, understand where it's going: straight into smart glasses to power enterprise applications. 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