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Verizon Has Signed an Agreement to Acquire EdgeCast Networks
Dec 11, 2013Verizon has signed an agreement to acquire EdgeCast Networks, in an effort to enhance its video delivery and Web services capabilities. The growth of online video, both in fixed and mobile networks has made content delivery networks such ...
Tags: Verizon, EdgeCast, network, mobile networks, Web service, online video
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China Plans to Bring Gigabit Internet Speeds to Its Major Cities by 2020
Aug 21, 2013China plans to bring gigabit Internet speeds to its major cities by 2020, part of its effort to expand broadband among households in the nation.? The Chinese government set out the target in its new broadband strategy announced on ...
Tags: Internet Speeds, Computer Products
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Wall Street Played Its Own Version of War Games on Thursday
Jul 23, 2013Wall Street played its own version of war games on Thursday, testing its defences against simulated cyber-attacks bent on taking down US stock exchanges. A total of 500 people took part in the exercise, called Quantum Dawn 2, in offices ...
Tags: Wall Street, Computer Products
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Wall Street Plans to Hold a Simulated Cyber-Attack Against Equity Markets This Month
Jun 19, 2013Wall Street plans to hold a simulated cyber-attack against equity markets this month that experts hope will set an example of how industries should test their defences against assailants. Called Quantum Dawn 2, the drill will involve big ...
Tags: Wall Street, Security Defences
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DDoS Attack of Unprecedented Scale Targeted an International Spam-Fighting Organization
Apr 1, 2013A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack of unprecedented scale that targeted an international spam-fighting organization last week ended up causing problems for Internet users around the world, experts say. The DDoS attack started ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Symantec Began Offering Multi-Algorithm SSL Certificates for Web Servers
Feb 16, 2013Symantec on Wednesday began offering multi-algorithm SSL certificates for Web servers that go beyond traditional crypto to include what’s known as the Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA). The firm ...
Tags: Symantec, SSL certificates, Web servers
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Global Internet Connection Speeds Around The World Slowed in Late 2012
Jan 24, 2013Global internet connection speeds around the world slowed in late 2012, according to a survey that suggested a temporary stall in broadband gains. Akamai Technologies' third quarter "State of the Internet" report also found Brazil and ...
Tags: Internet, connection speeds, 2012
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Akamai Technologies Will Announce a New Service for Improving Website Performance
Dec 19, 2012Akamai Technologies will announce on Tuesday a new service for improving website performance that determines the type of device and network a user has -- and whether the device has an IPv4 or IPv6 address -- and then improves the delivery ...
Tags: Akamai Technologies, website performance, device, network
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China and The U.S. Were The Two Largest Sources of Internet-Attack Traffic
Dec 19, 2012China and the U.S. were the two largest sources of Internet-attack traffic in the first quarter of 2012, increasing to account for 16% and 11% respectively, according to Akamai Technologies. Attack traffic from China increased three ...
Tags: China, U.S., internet attacks, the first quarter of 2012
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Big Data and Intelligence-Driven Security Are to Be The Focus of The RSA Conference Europe
Sep 12, 2012Big data and intelligence-driven security are to be the focus of the RSA Conference Europe 2012 in London next month. Three of the keynote sessions are related to these topics and they are represented in just about every time slot of the ...
Tags: Big data and intelligence-driven security, RSA Conference Europe 2012