Day: August 26, 2020

Bacteria could survive a journey between the Earth and Mars, ISS study shows – CNET

Three years in space wasn’t enough to kill a hardy radiation-resistant bacterium. But could bacteria actually make it to Mars? …read more Source:: CNet


Still time to attend The Next Database Platform 2020 online for free: Sign up and dive into the next era of info storage

A virtual conference brought to you by our friends at The Next Platform Event The IT world would have been a far simpler and easier place if the relational databases commercialized in the 1980s and expanded in the 1990s and 2000s had absorbed new data types quickly and efficiently while at the same time scaling…


Higher Education CISOs Share COVID-19 Response Stories

Security leaders from Stanford, Ohio State, and the University of Chicago share challenges and response tactics from the COVID-19 pandemic. …read more Source:: DarkReading


Most of Scottish Wikipedia Written By American in Mangled English

For over six years, one Wikipedia user — AmaryllisGardener — has written well over 23,000 articles on the Scots Wikipedia and done well over 200,000 edits. The only problem is that AmaryllisGardener isn’t Scottish, they don’t speak Scots, and none of their articles are written in Scots. From a report: Since 2013, this user —…


US Warns of Ongoing BeagleBoyz Bank-Theft Operations

The North Korean operatives have attempted to steal more than $2 billion since 2015 in a series of ongoing campaigns. …read more Source:: DarkReading


Forget your space-age IT security systems. It might just take a $1m bribe and a willing employee to be pwned

Russian charged with trying to bung staffer cash to infect own bosses’ network during DDoS distraction A Russian citizen is accused of flying to America to bribe a Nevada company employee to infect their bosses’ IT network with malware.… …read more Source:: Register


The End of the Oil Age Is Upon Us

A new report suggests that over the next 30 years, at least 80% of the oil industry will be wiped out. From a news report: The oil industry is on the cusp of a process of almost total decimation that will begin over the next 30 years, and continue through to the next century. That’s…


Splunk’s Q2 and Q3 outlook disappoint

The company cited momentum in its pivot to the cloud, but results fell short of analysts’ expectations. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Box posts solid Q2 results with focus on existing customers

The cloud content management company beat top and bottom-line expectations with a heightened focus on expanding and renewing business with its customer base. …read more Source:: ZDNet


NetApp handily tops first quarter expectations, stock climbs after hours

NetApp said that its all flash array business had an annualized net revenue run rate of $2.3 billion. …read more Source:: ZDNet