Microsoft offers multifactor authentication to Office 365 users

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	Microsoft offers multifactor authentication to Office 365 users Microsoft is offering multifactor authentication free as an option to all users of its Office 365 suite, a hosted set of Microsoft Office tools and applications. 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Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Software Unchain Your Network with Application Intelligence & Control This paper discusses the new risks of Web-based applications, and offers best practices for gaining control of applications, data and bandwidth. Read now! McAfee plans enterprise security package for fast threat detection and response McAfee says it's developing a product it calls "Threat Intelligence Exchange," which it expects to introduce by mid-year as a core means to garner information about cyber-attacks and response for the enterprise. Read More Pixeom, a cloud of your own How about another take on providing cloud storage for consumers? How about crowdfunding it? How about it having not just secure expandable storage but also supporting file sharing, collaboration, versioning, document synchronization, and discussion boards? And how about adding support for interactive storefronts with built-in payment processing, inventory management, and CRM? This is the ambitious goal of a Kickstarter project called Pixeom. Read More Philips' intelligent supermarket lighting can help you find your groceries Philips is piloting an intelligent supermarket lighting system that can help shoppers find their groceries based on their location in the store, the company says. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Hybrid Cloud Computing This white paper explores the vision and the reality of cloud computing, and assesses the requirements for effectively managing today's hybrid cloud environments. View Now Oracle software on Microsoft Azure gets a general availability date Oracle's database, WebLogic application server and Java programming language will soon be generally available on Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud service, marking a major milestone in the high-profile partnership the vendors announced in June 2013. Read More IBM: Prototype device supports 400 Gb/s data transfer speeds IBM researchers say they have developed a prototype analog-to-digital converter (ADC) that will quadruple the transfer speeds -- 200 - 400 Gigabits per second (Gb/s) -- of huge data dumps between clouds or data centers. IBM says the ADC could download 160 Gigabytes, the equivalent of a two-hour, 4K ultra-high definition movie or 40,000 songs, in only a few seconds. Read More Attackers use NTP reflection in huge DDoS attack Attackers abused insecure Network Time Protocol servers to launch what appears to be one of the largest DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks ever, this time against the infrastructure of CloudFlare, a company that operates a global content delivery network. Read More Ericsson and Kodiak launch hosted push-to-talk platform in Europe European operators that want to offer their enterprise customers PTT (push-to-talk) services can turn to Ericsson and Kodiak Networks, which have launched a hosted platform they can use. Read More
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