Vint Cerf worries about a 'digital dark age,' and your data could be at risk

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We will describe the difficulty of managing an increasingly complex environment with limited data and small staffs and offer a methodology to safely and sanely identify achievable cost reductions. Learn More In this Issue Vint Cerf worries about a 'digital dark age,' and your data could be at risk Lenovo building its first prototype ARM server IDG Contributor Network: With version 8, ownCloud becomes a viable Google Drive replacement Megaupload programmer pleads guilty to copyright infringement Panasonic's Toughbook 54 gets lighter, but stays strong Box gets customer-managed key encryption WHITE PAPER: DomainTools Mapping Domain Ownership in Cybersecurity Investigations  As the Internet has matured, the tactics and networks of cybercrime have grown in sophistication. Using DNS Intelligence and Whois data, cybersecurity teams and threat investigators can establish verifiable connections and build a Forensic Domain Map, allowing for proactive measures to be taken. Learn more >> Vint Cerf worries about a 'digital dark age,' and your data could be at risk  Efforts are starting to emerge to combat the 'bit rot' threatening today's digital records. Read More  Lenovo building its first prototype ARM server  There’s a growing interest in developing ARM servers as a power-efficient alternative to systems based on Intel’s processors: Lenovo is the latest hardware vendor to test the concept with a prototype system.Lenovo is building the server together with the U.K.-based Science and Technology Facilities Council. The project aims to see if it’s possible to scale up system performance while keeping power draw in check.Low-power ARM chips are used in most smartphones and tablets, and server makers hope they will bring higher levels of power efficiency to servers as well. Data center servers, especially those supporting cloud services and applications, are handling increasing processing burdens. Companies like Facebook and Google that run huge data centers are interested in ARM servers as a route to lower electricity bills.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More  IDG Contributor Network: With version 8, ownCloud becomes a viable Google Drive replacement  Easier sharing, improved search, and support for third party apps make ownCloud a cloud storage contender. Read More WHITE PAPER: Rackspace Do You Know Who is Running Your Cloud?  Choosing a partner with deep cloud expertise, a track record of leadership, an understanding of your industry, and insight into your business' unique requirements is the clear path for migrating your operations into a scalable, highly available cloud solution. Learn More Megaupload programmer pleads guilty to copyright infringement  A programmer for defunct file storage site Megaupload has pleaded guilty to criminal copyright infringement charges and has been sentenced to a year and a day in U.S. prison.Andrus Nomm, a 36-year-old Estonian man, pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to conspiracy to commit felony copyright infringement. District Judge Liam O’Grady accepted the guilty plea and imposed the sentence.Nomm is the first defendant to face charges in the U.S. in the Department of Justice’s long-running copyright infringement case against Megaupload.The plea is “a significant step forward in the largest criminal copyright case in U.S. history,” Assistant Attorney General Leslie Caldwell said in a statement.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More  Panasonic's Toughbook 54 gets lighter, but stays strong    Panasonic’s Toughbooks are known for their strength and durability, but the company is trying to resolve some of the heft and size issues with its latest model.The Toughbook 54 14-inch laptop is just 1.9 kilograms (4.19 pounds), much lighter than its predecessor, the Toughbook 53, which was over 2.5 kilograms. Panasonic has also doubled memory capacity of the laptop to 16GB, and included a spare bay to improve storage capacity.The Toughbook isn’t going to compete on weight with laptops marketed as being super light, such as Dell’s XPS 13, which weights a bit more than 1 kilogram. But it is much tougher, thanks to a magnesium alloy chassis that can withstand drops of just under 1 meter. The Toughbook 54 has a handle, making it look much like a mini-suitcase.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More  Box gets customer-managed key encryption  Fresh off its initial public offering, cloud file synch share and storage company Box has a new Enterprise Key Management (EKM) offering out this week that analysts say could ease customer concerns with using a cloud-based service.Box’s EKM uses Amazon Web Services’ Hardware Security Module (HSM), a device that sits on customers premises to hold keys to encrypted data. Previously, customers relied on Box to encrypt their data and Box held the keys; now, customers get to hold the keys on their own premises.“Yes this is significant news,” says Adrian Sanabria, a security analyst at 451 Research Group. “I’d say that client-side encryption has been a major obstacle to increased cloud/EFSS (Enterprise File Synch and Share) adoption.”To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
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