Health Care and HIPAA-Compliant Data Storage

HIPAA-compliant data storage involves implementing both physical and digital safeguards designed to protect sensitive health information from a growing number of threats. Though global ransomware attacks are on the decline, healthcare organizations co… Continue reading Health Care and HIPAA-Compliant Data Storage

Amazon Smart Glasses, Webkey Social Engineering, Erase Your Old Hard Drives!

In episode 92 of our monthly show Tom and Scott talk about Amazon’s new smart glasses that work with Alexa, what webkey’s are and how they could be used for social engineering, and why you should always erase old hard drives and other data … Continue reading Amazon Smart Glasses, Webkey Social Engineering, Erase Your Old Hard Drives!

Data storage company Cloudian launches a new edge analytics subsidiary called Edgematrix

Cloudian, a company that enables businesses to store and manage massive amounts of data, announced today the launch of Edgematrix, a new unit focused on edge analytics for large data sets. Edgematrix, a majority-owned subsidiary of Cloudian, will first be available in Japan, where both companies are based. It has raised a $9 million Series […] Continue reading Data storage company Cloudian launches a new edge analytics subsidiary called Edgematrix

Not just for Processing: How Kafka Streams as a Distributed Database Boosted our Reliability and Reduced Maintenance

The Apache Kafka Streams library is used by enterprises around the world to perform distributed stream processing on top of Apache Kafka. One aspect of this framework that is less talked about is its ability to store local state, derived from stream pr… Continue reading Not just for Processing: How Kafka Streams as a Distributed Database Boosted our Reliability and Reduced Maintenance

Interstellar 8-Track: The Not-So-Low-Tech Data Recorders of Voyager

On the outside chance that we ever encounter a space probe from an alien civilization, the degree to which the world will change cannot be overestimated. Not only will it prove that we’re not alone, or more likely weren’t, depending on how long said probe has been traveling through space, but we’ll have a bonanza of super-cool new technology to analyze. Just think of the fancy alloys, the advanced biomimetic thingamajigs, the poly-godknowswhat composites. We’ll take a huge leap forward by mimicking the alien technology; the mind boggles.

Sadly, we won’t be returning the favor. If aliens ever snag one …read more

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Common Security Mistakes when Developing Swift Applications – Part I

Overview: Data Storage and Communication Security Swift was first introduced in 2014 at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) as the iOS, macOS, watchOS and tvOS de facto programming language. Designed by Chris Lattner and many othe… Continue reading Common Security Mistakes when Developing Swift Applications – Part I

Google launches ‘Data Transfer Project’ to make it easier to switch services

A lot of new online services are cropping up every day, making our life a lot easier.

But it is always harder for users to switch to another product or service, which they think is better because the process usually involves downloading everything fro… Continue reading Google launches ‘Data Transfer Project’ to make it easier to switch services

Manage Samba File Server Authentication with a Cloud Directory

The IT storage landscape has changed a great deal in the last decade. It used to be that files were stored on-prem in Microsoft® Windows® File Servers for most small to medium sized organizations. Today, that is no longer the case. As a resul… Continue reading Manage Samba File Server Authentication with a Cloud Directory