{"id":16221,"date":"2015-07-27T12:32:47","date_gmt":"2015-07-27T12:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.greenpages.com\/?p=5359"},"modified":"2015-07-27T12:32:47","modified_gmt":"2015-07-27T12:32:47","slug":"tech-news-recap-for-the-week-of-7202015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/tech-news-recap-for-the-week-of-7202015\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech News Recap for the Week of 7\/20\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Were you busy last week? Here\u2019s a quick tech news recap of articles you may have missed from the week of 7\/20\/2015. <span id=\"more-5359\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.greenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/LinkedIn_CMaaS-WP6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-5020\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.greenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/LinkedIn_CMaaS-WP6.jpg\" alt=\"Tech News Recap\" width=\"115\" height=\"92\" \/><\/a>Another big week of news on the security front.\u00a0 We could see a spike in divorces after the Ashley Madison hack, and it also came to light that hundreds of thousands of vehicles are vulnerable and at risk of being hacked. In other news, Microsoft buys the cloud security firm, Adallom, and Google buys UI design firm Pixate.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Tech News Recap<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csoonline.com\/article\/2949902\/vulnerabilities\/ashley-madison-hack-exposes-it-details-and-customer-records.html\" >Ashley Madison hack<\/a> exposes IT details and customer records<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20150721005355\/en\/Public-Cloud-Spending-Reach-70-Billion-Worldwide#.VbYeiU3bJD9\" >Public Cloud Spending<\/a> to Reach Nearly $70 Billion Worldwide in 2015, According to IDC<\/li>\n<li>VMware Earnings Preview: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/greatspeculations\/2015\/07\/20\/vmware-earnings-preview-hybrid-cloud-sdn-end-user-computing-to-boost-services-revenues\/\" >Hybrid Cloud<\/a>, SDN, End-User Computing To Boost Services Revenues<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft Reportedly Buys <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cio-today.com\/article\/index.php?story_id=110001TO4340\" >Israeli Cloud Security Firm<\/a> for $320M<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/article\/2951489\/telematics\/hacker-hundreds-of-thousands-of-vehicles-are-at-risk-of-attack.html\" >Hacker<\/a>: &#8216;Hundreds of thousands&#8217; of vehicles are at risk of attack<\/li>\n<li>Google buys mobile UI design firm <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/google-buys-mobile-ui-design-firm-pixate-makes-its-software-free\/\" >Pixate<\/a>, makes its software free<\/li>\n<li>4 Ways SMBs Can Take Advantage of the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.greenpages.com\/featured\/4-ways-smbs-can-take-advantage-of-the-cloud\/\" >Cloud<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sony Jumps into <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cio-today.com\/article\/index.php?story_id=112001UV3LF4\" >Drone Business<\/a> for Enerprise<\/li>\n<li>How <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cio.com\/article\/2949353\/payment-processing\/how-big-banks-use-tech-to-attract-savvy-consumers.html?utm_content=buffer21dad&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\" >big banks use tech<\/a> to attract savvy consumers<\/li>\n<li>Google: Software Updates Are The &#8216;Seatbelts Of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/rexsantus\/2015\/07\/23\/google-research-security-practices\/\" >Online Security&#8217; <\/a>And any Don&#8217;t Buckle Up<\/li>\n<li>How to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itproportal.com\/2015\/07\/21\/how-to-spot-a-hacker-and-prevent-employees-turning-rogue\/\" >spot a hacker<\/a>, and prevent employees turning rogue<\/li>\n<li>The Complexity Challenge Drives <a href=\"https:\/\/recode.net\/2015\/07\/22\/the-complexity-challenge-drives-shadow-it\/?utm_content=buffer8b86c&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\" >Shadow IT<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/i-cio.com\/management\/best-practice\/item\/biometrics-moves-into-the-mainstream\" >Biometrics<\/a> moves into the mainstream<\/li>\n<li>Ensuring <a href=\"http:\/\/www.networkcomputing.com\/data-centers\/ensuring-it-project-success-\/a\/d-id\/1321269\" >IT Project<\/a> Success<\/li>\n<li>Why Business Leaders are Clueless about <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.starcio.com\/2015\/07\/business-leaders-clueless-about-data-integration.html?utm_content=buffer3253e&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\" >Data Integration<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Amazon posts a $92M profit as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/article\/2951780\/it-industry\/amazon-posts-a-92m-profit-as-aws-sales-nearly-double.html\" >AWS sales<\/a> nearly double<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Container management tools are a hot topic. Here are <a href=\"http:\/\/response.greenpages.com\/WhitePaperDocker2015-Blog\" >10 things you need to know about Docker<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenStephenson1\" >Ben Stephenson<\/a>, Emerging Media Specialist<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?a=0GBnB2NmQq8:Y9PxGuFrI7E:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?a=0GBnB2NmQq8:Y9PxGuFrI7E:-BTjWOF_DHI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?i=0GBnB2NmQq8:Y9PxGuFrI7E:-BTjWOF_DHI\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?a=0GBnB2NmQq8:Y9PxGuFrI7E:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?i=0GBnB2NmQq8:Y9PxGuFrI7E:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?a=0GBnB2NmQq8:Y9PxGuFrI7E:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/JourneyToTheCloud\/~4\/0GBnB2NmQq8\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Were you busy last week? Here&rsquo;s a quick tech news recap of articles you may have missed from the week of 7\/20\/2015. Another big week of news on the security front.&nbsp; We could see a spike in divorces after the Ashley Madison hack, and it also came to light that hundreds of thousands of vehicles&hellip;<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.greenpages.com\/miscellaneous-it\/tech-news-recap-for-the-week-of-7202015\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,181,1930],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured","category-miscellaneous-it","category-tech-news-recap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16221"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16222,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16221\/revisions\/16222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}