SSDs operate the fastest when inside a computer. Micron’s new SolidScale storage system uproots SSDs from servers and pushes them into discrete boxes while reducing latency. SolidScale is a top-of-the-rack storage system that will house many SSDs. It will connect to servers, memory, and other computing resources in a data center via gigabit ethernet, and…
NuTonomy, a developer of software for self-driving cars, has teamed with Groupe PSA to integrate its software, along with sensors and computing platforms, into fully autonomous Peugeot 3008 sport utility vehicles that have been customized by the French car maker for the purpose. The startup, which is conducting public trials of a self-driving car service…
Developers have a new tool to help mobile apps understand text, thanks to a Facebook open source project update on Tuesday. The social networking company’s AI research group released a new version of FastText, a programming library that’s designed to make it easier for developers to deploy text-focused machine learning systems. Using a technique the…
There’s now a new tool that could allow companies to quickly block communications between malware programs and their frequently changing command-and-control servers. Threat intelligence company Recorded Future has partnered with Shodan, a search engine for internet-connected devices and services, to create a new online crawler called Malware Hunter. The new service continuously scans the internet…
BOSTON – Not every bank has the money or the staff to do everything on the “best practices” lists of multiple regulatory agencies. As one member of the audience at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston’s 2017 Cybersecurity Conference this week noted, it is much more difficult for the “minnows” to comply with all the…
Microsoft for years has been trying to tackle the growing threat of Google’s Chrome OS, which is siphoning PC market share away from Windows. The company’s new Windows 10 S operating system, announced on Tuesday, will be Microsoft’s latest attempt to tackle Google’s surging Chrome OS. The OS is targeted at the education market, which…
IT offshore outsourcing giant Infosys — a firm in the Trump administration’s H-1B reform bullseye — said Tuesday it plans to hire 10,000 “American workers” over the next two years. The India-based Infosys will hire those employees in four separate locations in the U.S., first in Indiana, which offered the company more than $30 million…
April may not have been the busiest month for security breaches, but what it lacks in volume it made up for in variety. The month began loudly when a hacker set off all of Dallas’s 156 emergency tornado alarms for 90 minutes in the wee hours of the morning on the seventh. Then on April…
Emphasizing enterprise devops, Atlassian is focusing on automation enhancements this week to its code management and continuous integration platforms. The 5.0 versions of Bitbucket Server and Data Center, Atlassian’s Git code management tool, focus on compliance requirements with a committer verification capability. Only the author of a commit can push changes back to the central…
In the current climate of major data breaches amidst an ever-shifting cyber threat landscape, the people in charge of vast volumes of valuable financial data are under increasing pressure to keep customer data safe from hackers and fraudsters. Speaking at the SWIFT Business Forum in London last week, a range of senior security professionals at…