We’re excited to share the release of Microsoft Azure Blockchain Workbench 1.7.0, which along with our new Azure Blockchain Service, can further enhance your blockchain development and projects. You can deploy a new instance of Blockchain Workbench through the Azure portal or upgrade your existing deployments to 1.7.0 using the upgrade script. This update includes […]
Archives for June 2019
CIO View: The Business Wins that Make a Big Difference.
Three leading CIOs share how data and analytics are making a difference in their organizations.
New PCI DSS Azure Blueprint makes compliance simpler
I’m excited to announce our second Azure Blueprint for an important compliance standard with the release of the PCI-DSS v3.2.1 blueprint. The new blueprint maps a core set of policies for Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards (DSS) compliance to any Azure deployed architecture, allowing businesses such as retailers to quickly create new environments […]
Solving the problem of duplicate records in healthcare
As the U.S. healthcare system continues to transition away from paper to more a digitized ecosystem, the ability to link all of an individual’s medical data together correctly becomes increasingly challenging. Patients move, marry, divorce, change names and visit multiple providers throughout their lifetime, with each visit creating new records, and the potential for inconsistent […]
Microsoft warns of remote execution exploit in Excel
News 27 Jun, 2019 Connor Jones Hackers can leverage a Dynamic Data Exchange protocol used across the entire Microsoft Office Suite
Mass Deployments of IoT Solutions Transforming China, Says GSMA
Chinese Mobile Operators Leading Global Roll-out of Mobile IoT Based Solutions Using Mobile Networks; China is the World’s Largest IoT Market With Nearly 1 Billion Connections. Chinese mobile operators are leading the world in the deployment of transformative Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, the GSMA announced today. By connecting the estimated 960 million1 devices via […]
How updates to MongoDB work to prevent data breaches | TECH(talk)
CSO senior writer Lucian Constantin and Computerworld Executive Editor Ken Mingis talk database security and how MongoDB’s new field-level encryption takes security to the next level.
Getting Machine Learning into Production: MLOps
Machine learning upstart DataRobot, which pioneered the AutoML category, acquired ParallelM to help organizations move their models into production.
Oracle does-in Dyn, resets DNS services to cloud
Some may call it a normal, even boring course of vendor business operations but others find it a pain the rump or worse. That about sums up the reaction to news this week that Oracle will end its Dyn Domain Name System enterprise services by 2020 and try to get customers to move to DNS […]
Tracking down library injections on Linux
While not nearly commonly seen on Linux systems, library (shared object files on Linux) injections are still a serious threat. On interviewing Jaime Blasco from AT&T’s Alien Labs, I’ve become more aware of how easily some of these attacks are conducted. In this post, I’ll cover one method of attack and some ways that it […]