Monthly Archives: May 2014

Cloud Multi-Factor Authentication on the Rise as Organizations Embrace BYOD

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is now used by the majority of employees at 37 percent of organizations, and that number will reach 56 percent by 2016, according to SafeNet’s 2014 Global Annual Authentication Survey released this week. Thirty-percent of organizations used multi-factor authentication in 2013. Continue reading

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Proposed Cambodian Cybercrime Law Challenges Free Speech Online

A Cambodian cybercrime law drafted by legislators in 2012 threatens to curb free speech and stifle dissent in the country, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) says. The secret draft law was leaked by London-based human rights organization ARTICLE 19 in April. Continue reading

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iomart Posts Strong Profits Amid Increasing SMB Cloud Demand

UK cloud provider iomart made an adjusted pre-tax profit of £14.6 million (roughly $24.45m USD) for the year ending March 31, 2014, up 37 percent from the previous year. Continue reading

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Microsoft Acquires Mobile Push Analytics Startup Capptain

Microsoft announced on Wednesday that it has acquired mobile push analytics provider Capptain, bringing real-time user and push analytics to Microsoft Azure. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Continue reading

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Admin Error Brings Down Joyent’s Ashburn Data Center

Joyent, a San Francisco-based provider of high-performance cloud infrastructure services, saw one of its data centers go down Tuesday as a result of an error made by an administrator. Continue reading

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