Der iPhone-Hersteller glaubte offenbar, dass mindestens eine der von der Firma gelieferten Maschinen für ein iCloud-Rechenzentrum eine Sicherheitslücke hatte. Apple baut eigene Infrastrukturen auf und fürchtet kompromittierte Hardware.
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Reuters, BBC, New York Times: Wichtige ausländische Medien sollen vom Bundesnachrichtendienst bespitzelt worden sein. Journalistenvertreter und die Opposition sind empört. (NSA, Datenschutz)
Quelle: Golem
Die überwältigende Mehrheit der Löschersuchen, die Google über ein spezielles "Vertrauensprogramm" im Januar erhielt, war frei erfunden. Rechteinhaber wollen so mögliche Copyright-Verletzungen im Voraus verhindern.
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By Urs Hölzle, Senior Vice President, Google Cloud Infrastructure
I’m excited to announce that Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is the first cloud provider to offer the next generation Intel Xeon processor, codenamed Skylake.
Customers across a range of industries, including healthcare, media and entertainment and financial services ask for the best performance and efficiency for their high-performance compute workloads. With Skylake processors, GCP customers are the first to benefit from the next level of performance.
Skylake includes Intel Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX-512), which make it ideal for scientific modeling, genomic research, 3D rendering, data analytics and engineering simulations. When compared to previous generations, Skylake’s AVX-512 doubles the floating-point performance for the heaviest calculations. In our own internal tests, it improved application performance by up to 30%.
We optimized Skylake for Google Compute Engine’s complete family of VMs — standard, highmem, highcpu and Custom Machine Types to help bring the next generation of high performance compute instances to everyone.
“Google and Intel have had a long standing engineering partnership working on Data Center innovation. We’re happy to see the latest Intel Xeon technology now available on Google Cloud Infrastructure. This technology delivers significant enhancements for compute-intensive workloads, efficiently accelerating data analytics that businesses depend on for operations and growth.” — Diane Bryant, Intel Executive Vice President and GM of the Data Center Group
Skylake processors are available in five GCP regions: Western US, Eastern US, Central US, Western Europe and Eastern Asia Pacific. Sign up here to take advantage of the new Skylake processors.
You can learn more about Skylake for Google Compute Engine and see it in action at Google Cloud NEXT ’17 in San Francisco on March 8-10. Register today!
Quelle: Google Cloud Platform
Wessen Rechner gerade per Ransomware verschlüsselt wurde, der hat Pech gehabt: Bitcoin ist derzeit teuer wie nie. Für ein Bitcoin waren zeitweise mehr als 1.200 US-Dollar fällig. (Bitcoin, Soziales Netz)
Quelle: Golem
Every business operates with the aim to serve its customers as best as possible. Here are just a few examples of how businesses use the cloud to elevate service:
A small retail store uses cloud software to manage its inventory, finances and ordering processes
A large healthcare provider combines private health data with publicly-available scientific studies to provide better patient care
A medium-sized bank leverages automated processes and rules to onboard new customers more quickly
What if all this could be done even better?
Traditional business operations are being transformed by new capabilities that infuse humanlike understanding into the very fabric of business. The retail store and its order process can now leverage cognitive services to convert speech-to-text and perform trade-off analysis. The healthcare provider could analyze images and extract relationships to tailor treatment to its individual patients. The bank can determine sentiment and automate natural language conversations to ensure quick and accurate service.
You can now infuse operational systems with cognitive services to take action at the right time. This level of innovation and efficiency was not previously possible.
Patterns combine cognitive and process transformation
Cognitive business operations, powered by IBM Watson, is the next step. Businesses need to innovate while also maintaining their existing systems. This hybrid model is ideal for process and decision management. Companies can deliver excellent service through efficiency, effectiveness and visibility. What if you added the ability to sense new, unstructured events in real time? What if you could correlate across time, space and individual customer? Your engagement could leap ahead.
Cognitive business operations at Interconnect
Are you and your business ready for systems that augment discover, and learn? Join us at IBM InterConnect 2017. Check out a few highlighted sessions on cognitive business operations:
Session 2867: Patterns to combine cognitive computing and process transformation
Explore cognitive patterns and see real-life demos of Watson Cognitive Business Operations in action. Learn how to create a solution that augments, discovers and learns to improve business outcomes.
Session 4562: Transforming processes with Watson Cognitive Business Operations
Learn how operational systems can now leverage cognitive services to take operations to a new level. Learn how to convert speech-to-text, analyze images, hold conversations, extract relationships, determine sentiment and perform trade-off analysis. See a real-world demo of how IBM Process Transformation and Watson work together to optimize operations.
Session 4570: Using IBM Watson language services to transform business operations
Does your company take timely action in response to customer emails? Correspondence now extends from traditional communication channels into social, mobile, text and chat. Companies must quickly act on a rapidly expanding set of interactions. Learn about cognitive language services that can intelligently interpret customer correspondence and automatically take action.
At InterConnect, see how cognitive visual recognition, natural language services and more are used in a variety of industries and operational systems. Then take the next steps and learn the patterns necessary to combine business operations with cognitive capabilities. All sessions include live demos, so get ready to see cognitive business operations in action. Register today.
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Quelle: Thoughts on Cloud
In der EU formiert sich Widerstand gegen ein europäisches Leistungsschutzrecht. Neben Wissenschaftlern halten auch Abgeordnete die Pläne Günther Oettingers für ungeeignet. (Leistungsschutzrecht, Urheberrecht)
Quelle: Golem
Als "Technik ohne Zukunft" hat die Berliner Datenschutzbeauftragte Maja Smoltczyk den Einsatz von Videokameras mit biometrischer Gesichtserkennung gebrandmarkt. Grundfreiheiten im öffentlichen Raum stünden auf dem Spiel.
Quelle: Heise Tech News
Seit Ende der Neunziger hat der Auslandsgeheimdienst BND Dutzende Journalisten überwacht, berichtet jetzt der Spiegel. Telefon- und Faxnummern aber auch E-Mail-Adressen seien als Suchbegriffe in die Überwachungssysteme eingespeist worden.
Quelle: Heise Tech News
Der Welt steht ein kleines Himmelsspektakel bevor: Eine ringförmige Sonnenfinsternis. Vor Ort werden allerdings nicht viele Menschen in den Genuss kommen. Deswegen soll das Ereignis live und als 360-Grad-Video ins Internet übertragen werden.
Quelle: Heise Tech News
