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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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Seeing a "404 Error" or The Twitter "Fail Whale" Can Really Kill a Good Online Buzz
May 28, 2013Seeing a “404 error” or the Twitter “Fail Whale” can really kill a good online buzz. Those kinds of service outages, though, occur on the Internet on a daily basis, as the latest numbers from Outage Analyzer ...
Tags: 404 error, ad, akamai, Amazon Web Services, analytics, apps, Ben Grubin
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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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Software,Livestream Unveils Its Full Suite of Live Production Switchers
Mar 29, 2013Following the success of the ultra portable Livestream Studio HD500 and Livestream Studio? Software, Livestream (livestream.com) today unveils its full suite of live production switchers: Livestream Studio? HD50, HD900 and HD1700, ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics, computer
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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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A New Report Shows The Number of Cyber Attacks Growing Dramatically From China
Jan 29, 2013As the Senate prepares to take another stab at passing a comprehensive cyber security bill, a new report shows the number of cyber attacks growing dramatically from China. China has accounted for the largest percentage of attacks since ...
Tags: Senate, cyber security bill, cyber attacks
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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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Traditional News Companies and Other Websites Are Preparing for a Flood of Web Traffic
Jan 4, 2013Network World-Traditional news companies and other websites covering this year's presidential election are preparing for a flood of Web traffic over the coming months,and not just from political junkies.Politically motivated hactivist ...
Tags: media sites, hactivist attacks
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A Danish Graduate Student Was Searching for Research Material on an IEEE FTP Server
Jan 4, 2013Computerworld - A Danish graduate student said he was searching for research material on an IEEE FTP server last week when he stumbled upon the usernames and passwords of about 100,000 members of the professional association. In a blog ...
Tags: IEEE FTP server, web server, IEEE Site, User IDs
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Groups of Companies in The Same Industry Could Work Together on Security Issues
Jan 4, 2013Groups of companies in the same industry could pool infrastructure resources to help each other mitigate the effects of cyberattacks and work together on security issues, a senior official in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security ...
Tags: DHS, cyberattack, security, cybersecurity
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Rackspace Was One of The First Players in The Cloud Arena
Dec 31, 2012Rackspace was one of the first players in the cloud arena. The company recognized early that enterprises wanted faster, simpler ways to spin up and spin down servers. If the bosses are going to be fickle and impulsive, there will always be ...
Tags: Rackspace, cloud arena, IT, IaaS
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Internet Access in Syria Has Been Shut off Nationwide
Dec 26, 2012Internet access in Syria has been shut off nationwide, and network watchers Akamai and Renesys have issued charts illustrating the dramatic traffic collapse. RELATED: Anatomy of an Internet blackout Syria has experienced partial ...
Tags: Internet access, Syria, network, Akamai, Renesys