Partner content Public clouds join telcos to enable 5G at the edge 1st September 2021 With 5G infrastructure rollouts making gradual but steady progress, the stage is set for public clouds to increase value for enterprise users. This cloud-telco complementary relationship will flourish mainly through partnerships which overlay cloud services and core software stacks directly on the telco’s 5G network. Edge clouds that deliver faster network speed and programmable virtualization […]
Partner content How to ensure interoperability in public safety 1st September 2021 Interoperability—the capacity of distinct and unique systems to communicate with one another effectively—has always been a challenge in public safety. Fire, police, 911, EMS, schools and private organizations often face challenges to share data and communicate effectively across organizational boundaries. In many cases, important information fails to reach all stakeholders involved in emergency response, increasing […]
Partner content Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB incident underscores the need to closely watch cloud data 1st September 2021 Companies whose data had been accessed by researchers in the process of discovering a significant vulnerability in Microsoft’s Azure Cosmos DB service should rotate their keys immediately, and all users of the database service should institute role-based access controls. That’s among the recommendations Microsoft included in a blog post published last week after being notified by cloud security […]
News Kymeta, Comtech announce partnership to enhance satellite offerings 31st August 2021 Kymeta and Comtech Telecommunications recently announced a technology and business-development partnership that will result with Comtech’s UHP-200 satellite router being embedded into Kymeta’s u8 flat-panel satellite terminal, according to a Kymeta official. Bill Marks, Kymeta’s executive vice president and chief development officer, said the Comtech partnership will provide future u8-terminal customers will a new embedded-technology […]
Partner content Where CISA’s ransomware tool falls short and what to do about it 31st August 2021 US technology is under attack. Nearly every category of cybersecurity has been breached in every corner of our economy and way of life, and according to a survey by Sophos, the average cost to mitigate an attack in 2020 was $1.85 million. Increasing numbers of cybersecurity professionals believe the federal government and local law enforcement have […]
Partner content T-Mobile’s CEO offers mea culpa 31st August 2021 T-Mobile’s CEO, Mike Sievert, penned an apology to customers over the operator’s recent hack. “Attacks like this are on the rise and bad actors work day-in and day-out to find new avenues to attack our systems and exploit them,” Sievert wrote on the company’s website. “We spend lots of time and effort to try to stay a […]
Partner content Columbus completes Smart City Challenge, looks to the future as collaborative innovation lab 31st August 2021 Building on the recent successful conclusion of the Smart City Challenge (SCC), the City of Columbus has announced it is looking forward and Smart Columbus will become a collaborative innovation lab as it continues the development of new innovations to benefit its residents. The SCC was created by the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) to evaluate a […]
News Newscan: 911 calls after Ida went unanswered due to ‘antiquated’ technology 31st August 2021 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations 911 calls after Hurricane Ida went unanswered due to ‘antiquated’ technology Axon acquires My90 to connect cops with community feedback Startup reveals autonomous drones for first responders T-Mobile hacker who stole data on 50 million customers: ‘Their security is awful’ Indiana corrections uses software to reduce prison assaults […]
Partner content Microsoft Azure cloud vulnerability exposed thousands of databases 29th August 2021 Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform exposed the database keys of 3,300 customers, including Fortune 500 enterprises, that had used a data-science feature available on the platform since 2019, cloud security firm Wiz said this week. The company discovered a privilege-escalation vulnerability in Microsoft’s implementation of Jupyter Notebooks, a popular interactive Web application for data science. This […]
Partner content Blockchain primed for AI data sharing in predictive maintenance 27th August 2021 Predictive maintenance customers of industrial equipment producer Robert Bosch will soon be able to leverage blockchain to exchange data with peers without triggering privacy controls. Blockchain relies on decentralized nodes to scatter blocks of decrypted information across multiple computers on a network, which together form a single authentic record that can’t be altered. The latest […]
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