10 tips for mastering Microsoft cloud SLAs

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	10 tips for mastering Microsoft cloud SLAs On Nov. 19, 2014 the IT department of a Texas contracting company started getting reports that the Microsoft Office 365 cloud-based email system was unavailable to its employees. After the outage IT leaders huddled and filed a claim with Microsoft for a breach of the company's service-level agreement (SLA). But the response they got from Microsoft surprised them: Web access was still available so the service was not technically unavailable and therefore it was not a breach of the SLA. Read More   : MoreDirect eGuide: IT in Finance In this eGuide, Computerworld, CIO, and IDG News Service examine recent attacks and highlight vulnerabilities that many financial services firms experience, as well as some approaches to better protecting financial data. Read on to learn how your organization can better protect itself from threats. Learn More In this Issue Apple, Linux, not Windows, most vulnerable operating systems in 2014; IE wins worst app Antivirus software is falling behind the bad guys How machine learning ate Microsoft Superfish security flaw also exists in other apps, non-Lenovo systems 10 Reasons why the Raspberry Pi 2 Model B is a killer product Hadoop's big step toward interoperability Microsoft helps Lenovo, deletes Superfish 'crapware' and rogue cert Startup makes LibreOffice, OpenOffice available for Firefox smartphones Many attackers lurk undetected for months, then pounce, study finds WHITE PAPER: IBM Data Warehouse Modernization: The Queryable Data Store Read the paper to understand how data can be stored and optimized with Hadoop, to assess whether or not you need a queryable data store, and to find out how you can try IBM InfoSphere BigInsights software's key enterprise features for free. Read More Apple, Linux, not Windows, most vulnerable operating systems in 2014; IE wins worst app The top spot for vulnerabilities in operating systems no longer goes to Microsoft Windows; in fact Windows isn't even listed in the top three, according to analysis by GFI Software. Instead, the most vulnerable OS was Apple Mac OS X, followed by Apple iOS and then Linux kernel. Read More   Antivirus software is falling behind the bad guys Antivirus software likes to make a point of popping up a small window in the system tray to show you when they have updated their detection definitions. So your software is up to date and ready to catch all the latest malware, right? Read More   How machine learning ate Microsoft At the Strata big data conference, Microsoft let the world know its Azure Machine Learning offering was generally available to developers. Read More   WHITE PAPER: IBM Which SQL Engine Leads the Herd? In a comparison of three leading SQL-on-Hadoop implementations, IBM Big SQL was found to be more compatible, faster and more scalable than competing SQL-on-Hadoop offerings. Download this short paper for an overview of the independent benchmark, the result and the importance of deploying Hadoop into your data warehouse environment. Learn More Superfish security flaw also exists in other apps, non-Lenovo systems On Thursday security researchers warned that an adware program called Superfish, which was preloaded on some Lenovo consumer laptops, opened computers to attack. However, it seems that the same poorly designed and flawed traffic interception mechanism used by Superfish is also used in other software programs. Read More   10 Reasons why the Raspberry Pi 2 Model B is a killer product The Raspberry Pi 2 Model B was recently released and it's quite a step up from its predecessors. Read More   Hadoop's big step toward interoperability In news that flew somewhat under the radar, a new consortium of tech companies – including Pivotal, Verizon, IBM and others – banded together this week to form the Open Data Platform (ODP), which could go a long way in making big data projects more palatable to everyday users. Read More   WHITE PAPER: IBM Delivering Trusted Information for the Modern Data Warehouse An agile warehouse environment helps organizations capitalize on analytics, optimize performance and uncover new insights. Learn about the capabilities and technologies required to provide trusted information for a next-generation data warehouse. Learn More Microsoft helps Lenovo, deletes Superfish 'crapware' and rogue cert Microsoft updated its free Windows Defender and Security Essentials antivirus programs with a signature that sniffs out and deletes the rogue certificate linked to Superfish Visual Discovery, the 'crapware' that blew up in Lenovo's face. Read More   Startup makes LibreOffice, OpenOffice available for Firefox smartphones A startup that uses the cloud to bring desktop applications to mobile devices has expanded its offerings for Mozilla's Firefox OS. Read More   Many attackers lurk undetected for months, then pounce, study finds Attackers who penetrate company networks often pose as legitimate users for long periods of time, causing lengthy delays before victims figure out they've been hacked. Read More
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