Oracle buys LogFire to boost supply chain management tools
In order to boost the features of its supply chain management cloud offering, Oracle will be acquiring the Atlanta-based LogFire that provides cloud-based warehouse management applications.
Oracle believes that LogFire's applications will really help complement the logistics functionality of its own Oracle Supply Chain Management (SCM), through the addition of the ability to manage warehouses. The financial terms of the company's proposed acquisition have yet to be disclosed, but both LogFire's employees and management will be joining the Oracle SCM Cloud Team.
Amazon announces Fire HD 8 with quad-core processor and 12-hour battery life
Today, Amazon reveals details of the latest addition to its Fire range of tablets, the Fire HD 8. As the name would suggest, this is an 8-inch tablet and the key selling point is the fact that it is absolutely dirt cheap.
Of course, this is not its only selling point: there's also 12 hours of battery life -- something which is important for an entertainment-focused device. Much of the hardware has been upgraded from previous models, but it is by no means a powerhouse.
Chrome to warn users of insecure HTTP sites that transmit passwords or credit card info
With Chrome, Google is on a mission. A mission to make the internet a safer place. Its ultimate goal is to display a warning that HTTP sites (rather than HTTPS) are insecure, but this is a long-term plan and there are many stages to go.
Starting at the beginning of next year in Chrome 56, the plan moves to its next stage. As of January 2017, any HTTP sites that transmit passwords or credit card details will be flagged up as being insecure.
NirSoft releases FullEventLogView, EventLogChannelsView
Freeware supremo NirSoft has released two new tools, FullEventLogView and EventLogChannelsView. FullEventLogView lists all events from your local event logs, the events of a remote system or the contents of a .evtx file.
The program makes it simple to sort the events by time order, group them by type (information, warning, error) and more.
New cloud suite aims to eliminate passwords
Passwords are old technology and were never really designed to protect public access to sensitive information like bank and healthcare details. Yet despite the introduction of new technologies like two-factor authentication, biometric recognition and others, the password continues to cling on.
Identity and authentication platform Trusona wants to hasten the death of the password with the introduction of its Cloud Identity Suite, offering three tiers of identity-proofing and authentication, and making the basic level available for free.
More than half of malware infected files in cloud apps are shared with others
The latest report on enterprise cloud usage and trends from cloud security specialist Netskope reveals that 55.9 percent of malware-infected files found in cloud apps are shared publicly.
It also finds that ransomware is now one of the most common threats, with 43.7 percent of malware infections found in enterprise cloud apps having delivered ransomware. These include Javascript exploits and droppers, Microsoft Office macros and PDF exploits.
GoDaddy acquires ManageWP for its WordPress management tool
Internet domain registrar, and web hosting company GoDaddy, has announced that it has acquired ManageWP. ManageWP is a WordPress dashboard, allowing webmasters to manage multiple WordPress sites from a single dashboard.
"GoDaddy is serious about investing in WordPress and ManageWP is by far the leading tool for managing WordPress sites", says Jeff King, SVP of Hosting at GoDaddy. "Together, we’ll bring ManageWP to the scale of GoDaddy, helping web designers and developers save thousands of work hours and touch millions of websites globally, no matter where they are hosted".
How much will the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus cost in Europe?
The new iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus will be hugely expensive in Europe when they go on sale later this month. Apple has decided to increase the prices of its new flagships compared to the previous generation, with the bump likely triggered by the US dollar's gains against the Euro and British Pound.
To put things into perspective, it is interesting that the iPhone 7 Plus will also see a $20 price increase over the iPhone 6s Plus in the US, while the iPhone 7 will continue to be sold at the same price as its predecessor. The bigger device now starts at $769, as opposed to $749 for the iPhone 6s Plus, while the iPhone 7 kicks off at $649.
New solution helps identify security blind spots
One of the biggest problems companies have in keeping their system secure is a lack of integration and coordination between security and operations. This can lead to security blind spots and processes that are isolated from protection solutions.
IT solutions provider BMC is announcing extensions to its BladeLogic Threat Director product that allow for the rapid identification of unsecured assets, and provide visibility into application dependencies. This means operations teams will be better able to anticipate the impact of actions on end users.
Vivaldi introduces scheduled themes and individually sized Web panels
Vivaldi Technologies has unveiled Vivaldi 1.4 FINAL and Vivaldi 1.4 FINAL 64-bit, a major update to its web browser aimed at those wanting maximum control over their browser’s look and functionality. Vivaldi is developed by a team led by Opera co-founder Jon S von Tetzchner, and runs on Windows, Mac and Linux.
Version 1.4’s headline new feature is support for scheduled themes, which builds on the recent introduction of customizable themes. Other notable changes include greater flexibility over Web panels, and a single-click option for reversing an accidentally closed tab.
Apple bumps up the iPad's storage, drops Pro prices
Apple yesterday unveiled new iPhones and the Apple Watch Series 2, but did not announce any changes related to the iPad line. Some folks expected it to unveil new models, but the company had other things in mind for its popular tablets.
One of the main changes that Apple introduced with the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus is the bump in base storage to 32GB, up from the 16GB that previous models shipped with at the entry level. That is a change that Apple has quietly applied to the iPad line too, along with a drop in price for the Pro models.
Pilot-as-a-Service platform connects enterprises to software vendors
While companies are often keen to have their own custom built applications, the process of coming up with a proof of concept and selecting a developer can be complex and time consuming.
Israel-based prooV wants to make the process easier with the world's first Pilot-as-a-Service platform that seamlessly connects enterprises to independent software vendors.
Few business leaders understand their digital strategy
Despite the pressure modern organizations face to embrace new technologies and adopt digital processes, only four percent of business leaders completely understand their company's digital business strategy.
That's one of the main findings from a new Forrester report looking at "business and technology leadership in a post-digital era", commissioned by Huawei and launched last week at Huawei Connect 2016 in Shanghai.
Dropbox and BitTitan team up to ease cloud migration
Migrating to the cloud can be a complex and time consuming process. In order to help things go more smoothly, services automation provider BitTitan has formed an alliance with Dropbox to simplify and accelerate the process of data migration into Dropbox Business.
The link up provides BitTitan partners to create new services revenue around another leading cloud product. In turn, Dropbox resellers have free access to all of the tools and resources in BitTitan MSPComplete, a comprehensive cloud services enabling platform, including its sales automation capabilities.
Reshade Image Enlarger: a smarter way to resize images?
Resizing digital images is easy, but take the upscaling too far and quality begins to suffer with blurring, jagged edges and more.
Reshade Image Enlarger claims to help by using "state of the art… enlargement algorithms to produce crisp-clear resizes" without the "usual blur, jagged edges, loss of sharpness or detail".
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