As Higher Ed IT adopts new technologies, it’s becoming more and more important to stay current with tech news. New technological advancements are sure to affect your work at an institutional-level. We’re constantly aggregating new and exciting articles from the best sources so that you can stay informed and ahead in the field.
Microsoft’s plan to bridge its infrastructure and platform cloud services is unfolding
Microsoft is bringing more of its Azure PaaS capabilities to its IaaS customers this year. First up: Support for larger VM Scale Sets and Managed Disks.
Mobile data traffic to see five-fold increase in Brazil
Widespread smartphone usage, faster 4G speeds and more connected devices will drive a substantial boost in mobile information traffic until 2021, says research
Video: Secure your clouds across AWS, Azure, and more
At RSA 2017, we spoke with Tom Gillis, CEO of Bracket Computing, about how his product is changing cloud security and bringing big enterprise customers to the cloud.
Microsoft’s Outlook.com Premium email service sheds the ‘preview’ tag
Microsoft has moved its Outlook.com Premium service from public preview to general availability, but so far, for U.S. users only.
T-Mobile tops Q4 earnings targets, hits back at Verizon on unlimited plan
T-Mobile CEO John Legere revealed that the "un-carrier" was improving its T-Mobile One unlimited plan, a day after Verizon said it would offer unlimited data.
Unhackable OS? CertiKOS enables creation of secure system kernels
Computer system security stinks, because our software is buggy and untestable in full. Great for cyber criminals, but not for us. So why doesn't someone build a mathematically verified, secure, concurrent kernel that can run on x86 and ARM? A team at Yale has.
IBM, ServiceNow expand partnership, integrate services
IBM and ServiceNow will focus on automating manual business processes for Global 2000 companies.
A state that pays software devs’ tax bills? Here’s how Latvia is aiming to lure startups
In Baltic terms, Estonia may lead the pecking order in technology, but ambitious new tax initiatives show neighboring Latvia is breathing down its neck.
OLED iPhone 8 may finally have the feature that owners have been craving
Ask iPhone owners for their list of wants from the next iPhone and a bigger battery is always at the top of the list. This wish may finally come true, but at a steep price.
National Cyber Security Centre officially opens as ‘guinea pig’ for piloting UK cyberdefence strategies
GCHQ's new arm will test strategies and schemes for businesses and industry to follow in future.