Nerds everywhere (myself included) can finally rejoice. Our fearless leader Elon Musk — whose “Nerd Hall of Fame” resume includes founding PayPal, SpaceX, and my personal favorite, Tesla Motors — has...
5 Top Targets for Today’s Hackers
Black Hat USA bills itself as “the show that sets the benchmark for all other security conferences.” While most conferences tend to over-promote themselves, given the...
Spate of shocking cyber attacks on universities jolt academia
It is hauntingly clear – cyber criminals have set their eyes firmly on universities, research institutions, and centers of higher learning in the United States...
Where the cloud touches down: Simplifying DCIM
In most data centers, DCIM rests on shaky ground: manual record keeping and scattered documentation. Data center managers maintain–and wade through–wikis, spreadsheets, text files, and...
Your Net Worth Is Online – And Less Safe Than Ever
The Black Hat USA 2013 conference, which kicks off tomorrow in Las Vegas, brings together the brightest minds in IT security each year — those who are...
This Week’s Five: Managed Service Providers – Reality Check!
This Week’s Five is a weekly column of five interesting reads from all over the web, with a different topic each week. This week, we’ll try to...
This Week’s Five: SysAdmins are not humans, seriously!
Your network is safe, your computer is working, and your printer is running. Why? Because you’ve a great sysadmin who is keeping your business up...