2014 marks the 10th anniversary of Cabir, the world’s first mobile phone malware. To mark this occasion, Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs is taking a stroll down memory lane to examine the evolution and significance of mobile threats during the last 10 years.
Obama selects cryptologist to head US NSA
U.S. President Barack Obama has nominated an expert cryptologist to head the National Security Agency at a time when the agency is under pressure to reform its surveillance.
Sacked CTO John Linwood takes legal action against the BBC over failed DMI
Sacked CTO John Linwood is taking legal action against the BBC over his involvement in the broadcaster’s failed £100 million Digital Media Initiative (DMI).
Dell lets managers go 'off road' with self-serve analytics
Once upon a time within Dell, managers who needed a business analysis report had to put in an IT request, a drawn out process that drove business units to set up their own shadow IT systems to run these numbers instead.
New CIOs need at least two years to take charge, research finds
Some CIOs are not given enough time to fully take control of their role when they start a new job, research has found.
IBM to consolidate communication and collaboration wares into Connections suite
IBM will house its email, communication and collaboration products in its Connections suite, whose scope until now has been limited to enterprise social networking software.
Symantec Q3 decline shows firm battling changing security market
With Gartner predicting the rise of sales of security software, one of the top security software houses, Symantec, appears to be struggling in the market it should be dominating.
EMC updates SRM suite
Storage giant EMC has released a new version of its Storage Resource management Suite as well as improvements to it software-defined-storage platform.
Bloomberg: Satya Nadella to be named Microsoft CEO; Gates out, too
Microsoft’s cloud chief, Satya Nadella, will lead the company as its next chief executive officer, according to a report from Bloomberg.
iPhones change the business landscape
It is difficult to remember the revolution the iPhone caused, says Anthony Perridge, EMEA Channel Director, Sourcefire
Inside the minds of CIOs and CMOs
Tired of waiting for lengthy approval processes, CMOs have been doing end-runs around the IT department for years. In turn, scorned CIOs would rip out the marketing department’s rogue tech.
Accenture: Large firms enjoy 'digital power shift' from start-ups
The days of technology-focused start-ups being the only market disrupters and growing faster than their larger more established competitors, may be coming to an end, according to consulting firm Accenture.
African mobile operators struggle with network quality
Africa’s mobile operators are contending with capital and operational demands, pressure from shareholders for higher returns and a lack of sufficient spectrum to address the needs of evolving technology, all of which is creating conflict with regulators over the quality of service.
German government faces legal action over NSA spying
The German government and the German Federal Intelligence Service are facing legal action because they allegedly aided the U.S. NSA data collection program.