In a bid to improve data security, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched AWS CloudHSM, which uses a separate appliance to protect cryptographic keys used for encryption. There are already a variety of alternatives for protecting ...
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Google Drive, the cloud storage and applications suite used by millions at home and at work, has suffered three service interruptions this week, making it impossible at times for affected users to access their files and applications. As ...
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Apple is the leading consumer cloud storage provider, beating out Dropbox, Amazon and Google according to a new survey. The survey of 2,300 consumers who regularly use the Internet was conducted in October by research firm Strategy ...
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Microsoft today said it restored full service to Hotmail and Outlook.com around 6 a.m. PT, about 15 hours after the online mail sites went partially dark. The problems, which surfaced Tuesday afternoon, affected not only Hotmail and ...
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Microsoft experienced disruptions for several hours to its online suite of mail, calendar and storage services, leaving many users unable to access their accounts. The problems occurred Tuesday evening in the U.S. Microsoft posted a ...
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Microsoft's Azure cloud platform faced a worldwide outage in its storage services from Friday afternoon because of an expired SSL (secure sockets layer) certificate. The company also reported problems with its Xbox Music and Video Store ...
The administrators of a popular iOS developer Web forum called iPhoneDevSDK confirmed Wednesday that it had been compromised by hackers who used it to launch attacks against its users. Security experts believe the site served as a gateway ...
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Yammer plans to roll out an integration with the SkyDrive Pro cloud storage product and the Office Web Apps Web-hosted productivity application suite this summer. The initiative is part of Yammer's push to deepen and extend the ...
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Amazon Web Services has introduced OpsWorks, a cloud-based platform powered by the Chef framework, which will give enterprises more integrated tools for managing the complete application life cycle. Enterprises have started asking for ...
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Amazon Web Services has made available to all users its cloud-based data warehouse Redshift, which it pitches as a lower-cost alternative to on-premise deployments. Amazon Redshift was first announced as a limited preview at the AWS ...
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Microsoft's SkyDrive cloud storage service now has one billion Office documents stored in it, the company announced today. While a billion may seem like a lot, the most popular consumer cloud storage service, Dropbox, has more than ...
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Microsoft announced on Friday that its SkyDrive cloud storage service now plays host to one billion Office documents. While a billion may seem like a lot, the most popular consumer cloud storage service, Dropbox, has more than 100,000,000 ...
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Microsoft's new pay-as-you-go Office 365 subscription plans differ from traditional buy-once software in one important aspect: When customers stop paying, the applications stop working. Although that makes sense -- Office isn't freeware ...
Nikon Image Space, which goes live January 28, is a new cloud-storage service that allows photographers to store or share images or video using one of two types of free accounts. The basic account, available to anyone regardless of the type ...
At the recent Consumer Electronics Show, companies unveiled cameras with built-in Wi-Fi, as well as a variety of apps and accessories, to help connect your camera wirelessly—much the way smart phones work. Panasonic has now included ...