Miscellaneous Tech News
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Microsoft Suggests Disabling Old Protocols with Exchange Server 2019
The Exchange team, in a Friday announcement, explained how Exchange Server 2019 with Cumulative Update 2 (CU2)
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Azure Backup for SQL Server 2008 Available at Preview Stage
Microsoft added the option of using the Azure Backup service to provide recovery support for SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2
The Azure Backup support for those versions of SQL Server is currently available at the preview stage, according to a Thursday Microsoft announcement. -
The Raspberry Pi 4 brings faster CPU, up to 4GB of RAM
More CPU power, more RAM, and more... displays?
Today, Raspberry Pi is introducing a new version of its popular line of single-board computer. The Raspberry Pi 4 Model B is the fastest Raspberry Pi ever, with the company promising "desktop performance comparable to entry-level x86 PC systems." -
@mlnews Beat me to it. Supposed to be a much improved CPU and 4GB of RAM? Yes please, I'll have that.
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Cloud Services Starting To Overtake On-Prem Database Management Systems
Database management system (DBMS) growth is happening more on the cloud services side than on the traditional "on-premises" side, according to a report published this month by Gartner Inc.
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Extreme Networks to buy up smaller Milpitas rival Aerohive for $272M
https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2019/06/26/extreme-networks-aerohive-acquisition-extr-hive.html -
Cloud Services Use on the Rise But Security Concerns Remain
A recently published industry report suggested that use of public cloud services by organizations may nearly double in the next two years.
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WireGuard on Windows early preview
WireGuard for Windows is still in pre-alpha, but it's looking very good.
WireGuard is a new peer-to-peer VPN technology that has the potential for greater speed, smaller attack surface, and easier configuration than commonly used and better-established VPN platforms such as OpenVPN and IPSec -
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Microsoft Isn't Patching Excel Dynamic Data Exchange Attack Vulnerability
The Microsoft Excel spreadsheet program, in combination with its Power Query data-fetching component, can be leveraged in so-called "Dynamic Data Exchange" (DDE) types of attacks, according to a report published on Thursday by Mimecast Threat Center researchers.
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https://m.phys.org/news/2019-06-eu-okays-ibm-bn-buyout.html
Comment from Osiris1
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Microsoft Turning On Teams for Office 365 Business, ProPlus Subscribers as Early as July
Microsoft plans to activate its Teams collaboration app for organizations with existing Office 365 Business or Office 365 ProPlus subscriptions starting as early as July 9, according to a Friday announcement.
Unless IT pros take advance action to block the arrival of Teams, the application will get turned on automatically by Microsoft with the arrival of next Office update.
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Microsoft Bringing Kaizala Pro Capabilities to Microsoft Teams
Microsoft plans to add Kaizala Pro capabilities into Microsoft Teams over the next 12 to 18 months, according to a Thursday announcement.
Kaizala is a Microsoft mobile chat application for Android and iOS devices that has "enterprise-grade security" and uses a simple phone number user identity verification scheme. -
Cpanel Price increases are leaving webhosting companies waving pitch forks. It is a complete different pricing model, a completely greedy pricing model.
check out the this thread: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1770316
