The UK’s Meteorological Office has signed a multimillion-pound agreement with Microsoft for the provision of a new supercomputing capability designed to protect the public and infrastructure from the effects of severe weather brought on by climate change. Part of a £1.2 billion investment fund announced last year, the new supercomputer will be built using HPE’s […]
Archives for April 2021
Building Confidence with Data Resilience
Ken Mattingly knows about resilience. Fifty-one years ago, this month, the young astronaut was cut from making a trip to the moon just days before lift-off. Not unlike the way in which COVID-19 has cancelled events and sidelined individuals, Mattingly, who was to be the Command Module Pilot on Apollo 13, had been exposed to […]
Researchers shed more light on APT29 activity during SolarWinds attack
Threat researchers at RiskIQ’s Atlas intelligence unit have gleaned potentially important new insight into the infrastructure and tactics used in the SolarWinds cyber espionage campaign from the firm’s network telemetry. The researchers combined the firm’s Internet Intelligence Graph with patterns derived from indicators of compromise (IoCs) that had already been reported to surface 56% more […]
Quectel announces Marelli collaboration and deals to supply European automotive OEMs
Quectel Wireless Solutions, the leading global supplier of IoT and automotive communication modules, has announced it has been collaborating with Marelli, one of the world’s leading global independent suppliers to the automotive sector, on a broad range of projects over the last five years. During this fruitful co-operation, Quectel has supported Marelli’s migration from its […]
Azure Trivia is back and it’s bigger, better, and faster than ever
OK, all you #AzureTrivia fans! This year, we’re ramping up the fun and the challenge of everyone’s favorite cloud services game, so get ready to get your trivia on—this is going to be the best year yet. It’s bigger. Every week, ten lucky winners will be chosen at random. That means 40 people at the […]
ToxicEye malware exploits Telegram messaging service
The operators of a remote access trojan (RAT) dubbed ToxicEye are managing their cyber crime campaign by exploiting features of the secure Telegram instant messaging service, cyber researchers at Check Point Research have discovered. Check Point says it has now tracked more than 130 attacks involving the ToxicEye RAT in the past three months, and […]
Microsoft brings Azure supercomputing to UK Met Office
This post was co-authored by Gayle Sheppard, Corporate Vice President, Global Expansion and Transformation. The UK Meteorological Office (Met Office) is working with Microsoft to deliver advanced supercomputing capabilities for weather and climate research, ensuring the continuation of the Met Office’s international leadership in this area. Supercomputing is fundamental to the Met Office’s weather and […]
Elastic vs. AWS highlights open source monetization dilemma
The cloud has upended assumptions in almost every industry and profession, and the commercial open source market is no exception. The efficiency, flexibility and usability of cloud services has collided with the established order in the development and commercialization of open source software. The latest example is the long-simmering feud between AWS and Elastic, which […]
FIDO Alliance Creates New Onboarding Standard To Secure Internet of Things (IoT)
Secure ‘Plug-and-Play’ Functionality Unlocks Potential of IoT for Industrial Use. The FIDO Alliance today announced the launch of the FIDO Device Onboard (FDO) protocol, a new, open IoT standard that enables devices to simply and securely onboard to cloud and on-premise management platforms. Through this standard, the FIDO Alliance addresses challenges of security, cost and […]
Google Meet updates aim to combat meeting fatigue
Google has unveiled a host of new functions for the web version of its video conferencing platform Google Meet. The updates mainly focus on hosts with new options that aim to make presentations more engaging, but there are also AI-based video quality enhancements that aim to make participants feeds clearer. These updates are a refresh for both the service […]