Candidates often say what they think will sell. In 2021 then president Trump said that bitcoin ‘just seems like a scam‘: “Bitcoin, it just seems like a scam. I was surprised — you know, with us, it was at 6,000 and, much lower. I don’t like it because it’s another currency competing against the dollar, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Sungard Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection – Again Sungard, the king of disaster recovery and business continuity needs to figure out a new business. They previously filed for Chapter 11 in 2019 and shed $800 million in debt, but they have a fundamental problem. As businesses move from private data centers to the cloud […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]China’s policymaking body, the Central Comprehensively Deepening Reforms Commission (I did not make up this name) approved a plan yesterday for developing home grown science and technology with an eye toward self-sufficiency. According to a press release by the state run news agency, Xi said that while China has made substantial progress in trying to […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I often say that the US Internet access ranks right up there with many third world countries. Now I have the data to prove it. Ookla, the company that makes and runs the SPEEDTEST software, reports every month on Internet speed around the world. This year, in the wired category (the kind you likely have […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Electronic Warfare Associates (EWA), a well known defense contractor in DC, was hit by a ransomware attack. The tagline on the homepage of their website says that they are enabling a more secure future. A Google search last week for the company brought up these results: The researcher who discovered the problem said it seems […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Well maybe not concerned enough to change their practices, but concerned. When asked if their data is more secure, less secure or about the same as compared to five years ago, 70 percent said their data was less secure. 6 percent said it was more secure. On the side of “gee, you mean I have […]
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