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The Evolution Of Cybersecurity And Data Storage (infographic) – Digital Information World
In the 1900s computer punch cards could store only 80 bits of data, most cellphones today store the equivalent of 400 million cards or more. From hard drives to networks, and data encryption to cloud data, the advancement of memory storage and security has been vast in the last 70 years. We are now living in a digital age, but how did we get here? 1950The first hard drives were developed in the 50s making storage of information easier. In 1956 IBM unveiled the RAMAC 305, a magnetic disk drive that could store 3.75 MB of data. It was the first storage device allowing random data access, eliminating the wait time of drums or tape to get to a data point.1960A little over 10 years later the floppy disk was invented, again by IBM. Floppies allowed people to buy, load, and share data, which sparked a new aftermarket software industry. The 8-inch disks could hold 80 KB of data and were first sold in 1971.
Also within that timespan, Semiconductor Random Access Memory (RAM) was developed. Over the next five years RAM storage capacity grew 32 times its size, going from 8 bits to 256 bits per chip. Semiconductors allowed memory devices to shrink in size and operate at higher speeds, paving the way for personal computers.
Viruses became more prevalent and in 1988 the Morris Worm infected 1 in 10 computers connected to the internet within 24 hours. This followed by Dr. Popp, the first known ransomware in 1989. Dr. Popp was spread through floppy disks and after lying dormant for 90 power cycles, the malware locked the infected computer and demanded payment to release it.
Soon after, in 1998, IBM and CISCO developed Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (ISCSI). ISCSI allowed access to stored data over an internet connection, making block storage cheaper and easier than SAN could.
In 2017 Generative Adversarial Networks (GAN), were used to superimpose celebrities faces in adult films. A few months later with the help of GAN, a video was forged of President Donald Trump speaking about climate change in Belgium. These fake videos were convincing enough to raise serious concerns over how to determine datas authenticity. Over half of companies have said they plan to continue increasing security
By 2025 175 Zettabytes of data will be stored worldwide, mostly through cloud-based data centers. As AI and machine learning increase the value of big data, so do the opportunities for data breaches. So now that were here in the digital age of data storage, consider protecting what was brought to you by annals of time.
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A silver lining in the cloud for AI startups – Livemint
Whether it is working from home or streaming videos from Netflix, these services are underpinned by software and hardware on the cloud. Although there may be a reduction of cloud usage as airlines and others see business dwindle, the dominant theme in these times is digitalization.
The best-known cloud infrastructure providers are Amazon, Google and Microsoft. But there are several others catering to specialized needs. California-headquartered Fortune 500 company NetApp, for example, provides cloud services for storage and management of enterprise data. It has been in the thick of coping with a surge in demand. Our leadership team is monitoring the situation daily to mitigate impact on services," says Ravi Chhabria, MD of NetApp India.
Tech innovations play a key role in cloud-based services ranging from telehealth to ordering groceries. For example, AI can help ensure the supply of food to billions of people on lockdown around the globe," says Chhabria.
TAPPING INNOVATIONS
NetApp has been running a startup accelerator programme in Bengaluru since 2017 to tap innovations. These could enhance NetApps core technology. But the broader idea is to also take these innovations to NetApps customers.
Our programme offers to help B2B tech product startups tap into the NetApp customer base globally, because were also a B2B (business-to-business) company," says Madhurima Agarwal, who leads the NetApp Excellerator in Bengaluru.
This is more significant in the current environment where travelling to meet prospective clients or vendors is not possible. The presence of facilitators like the NetApp accelerator can help overcome trust barriers and make connections between startups and enterprises.
The programme has evolved from its first cohort in 2017, even as the deep tech startup ecosystem in Bengaluru has matured. So all startups in the fifth cohort that graduated this year did a paid proof of concept (PoC) for NetApp, unlike the first batch which had very early stage startups. Legal hassles and paperwork are taken care of at the PoC stage when startups are on-boarded as vendors. So the roadblocks from PoC to actual commercial engagement will be minimized," says Agarwal.
Bengaluru-based Lightwing, for example, automates the optimization of cloud services for enterprises, helping them cut cloud bills, which has become more vital in an economic slowdown. Lightwings PoC was to help business teams in NetApp optimize their cloud usage and measure savings.
Then it becomes a matter of our sales teams going to our customers with Lightwing and saying, This is how weve used it in NetApp. Were validating the product, and lending credibility and going to market," says Agarwal.
Eight startups from previous cohorts are in strategic alliances" with NetApp for a go-to-market programme. Bengaluru-based Zscore, which uses AI to sort the wheat from the chaff in data, has engaged with NetApp clients in Australia. AI-powered cybersecurity startup Anlyz, which graduated in 2018, tested its product in NetApp last year before deploying it with a security service provider.
Corporate accelerator programmes have been a mixed bag in Bengaluru. Microsofts accelerator programme, for instance, has morphed time and again as concepts that sounded good on paper couldnt be put into practice. Sales teams often have different agendas from those running accelerator programmes in large organizations.Its not easy," she admits. Sometimes its NetApp clients that move things along. A client comes and says, I saw this startup in your accelerator programme. What do you think of them? That motivates the sales team to come and talk to us," says Agarwal.
DRAWING ON CONNECTIONS
Were not humongous like an IBM or Microsoft, and were not small. Were at that sweet spot where we still have a lot of interpersonal connects, and cross-functional teams can bank on one another," says Agarwal.
The idea behind the programme was to collaborate with some of the best minds outside NetApp that were working on cutting-edge technologies in adjacent areas of NetApps data business. We look at them as partners and together we can create strong offerings for customers."
Bengaluru-based Curl Analytics, for example, is a global alliance partner" for NetApp. It has a suite of enterprise software products: Sara is for intelligent data extraction from documents, Yati is a decisioning system, and Paras is an automated machine learning engine.
Curl Analytics deployed Paras in the AI CoE (centre of excellence) in NetApps Bengaluru campus. The CoE is equipped with Nvidias DGX box which has petaflop-level speed and scale for complex AI challenges. NetApps Ontap software is installed in it as an operating system. Curl Analytics solution demonstrates what can be done with mammoth datasets in such an environment. That makes it a win-win-win where all three companies showcase their strengths to enterprises, which see a live demo and visualize their own use case.
For the PoC in the accelerator programme, Curl Analytics deployed Paras on the Nvidia DGX and NetApp Ontap. The use case was to analyze millions of medical slides to figure out which ones had pathogens. We showed how significantly the DGX machine, which is Nvidias supercomputer kind of thing for deep learning, can reduce time for training the AI engine," says Shivaram K R, co-founder and CEO of Curl Analytics. We showed how this can be transferred seamlessly to cloud with NetApps Ontap and our Paras, so that doctors can draw inferences."
The next steps were to work out a go-to-market strategy where NetApp and Curl Analytics sell their products together because thats when use cases become powerful, says Shivaram. We are one of NetApps AI partners," says Shivaram. For it to bear fruit takes time."
When the pandemic broke out, Curl Analytics and NetApp paused to take stock. The accelerator programme is slated to continue in virtual mode with everything from selection to mentoring and sales talks happening on video conferences.
We changed our business model and increased our services-play to get cash flows," says Shivaram. We asked large companies using our products if they want us to do services and theyre happy to offload their work. Normally we were downplaying our services, but now we are pushing it so that we have sustainable revenues. I believe we will come out strong once the dust settles down."
Malavika Velayanikal is a Consulting Editor with Mint. She tweets @vmalu
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8×8 Raises the Bar with New Secure Video Meeting Solution; Oracle Cloud to Power 8×8 Video Meetings and Jitsi Services – Business Wire
CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--8x8, Inc. (NYSE: EGHT), a leading integrated cloud communications platform, today announced the launch of 8x8 Video MeetingsPro. The solution is powered by Jitsi, an open source community for secure video meetings technology sponsored by 8x8. The company also announced that Jitsi.org and 8x8 video meetings solutions will run on the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, which offers optimized cloud security and performance, perfect for workloads like video meetings. In a separate event, the Jitsi community published a specification for true end-to-end encrypted WebRTC-based video meetings that is now open for public comment. Visit Jitsi.org for more information.
Secure video meetings are a critical part of the day-to-day work of everyone around the world, stated Vik Verma, CEO of 8x8, Inc. Our Video Meetings, powered by Jitsi open-source technology, are designed from the ground up with security and privacy in mind to give peace of mind so public and private organizations of every size can confidently use them to conduct confidential business meetings. This is true for all of our video meeting products, both paid and free. We collaborated with Oracle to further enhance our strong product and technology platform with Oracle Clouds top-tier security, performance and affordability. We are looking forward to further scaling our global reach with the Oracle go-to-market team.
8x8, a member of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), also announced today that its 8x8 video meetings solutions, Powered by Oracle Cloud, will be available in the Oracle Cloud Marketplace. The Oracle Cloud Marketplace offers an intuitive user interface to browse and search for available applications and services, as well as user ratings and reviews to help customers determine the best business solutions for their organization.
Oracle Cloud delivers tremendous price-performance for resource-intensive applications like video meetings. As the world redefines working from home, video meetings are one of our fastest-growing workloads, and we are excited to have 8x8 and the Jitsi open-source community on our cloud infrastructure platform, said Vinay Kumar, Vice President, Product Management, Oracle.
New Product Fueling New Secure Video Meeting Experiences
Priced at $9.99 per user per month after a 30-day free trial, 8x8 Video MeetingsPro includes password-protected and randomly named meetings, real-time closed-captioning with post-call transcription, 60 days of cloud storage for meetings recordings, and the ability to easily secure authorized attendees through dial out features. More capabilities will be added, and 8x8 Video MeetingsPro is available today at 8x8.com via self-serve e-commerce.
The new solution is in addition to the currently available 8x8 Video MeetingsFree, which is at https://8x8.vc, and includes unlimited usage and international dial-in numbers in more than 55 countries.
Nearly 12 Million Video Meetings Monthly Active Users Worldwide1
8x8 is the main contributor to the Jitsi.org open-source solution, and the standalone and integrated versions of 8x8 Video Meetings are powered by Jitsi. The Jitsi.org code has been hardened with over a million downloads and is embedded in applications like banking video conferencing, education as a service platforms, and home security applications globally. 8x8 Video Meetings utilizes the WebRTC standard which enables attendees to instantly join meetings without any downloads or plugins.
8x8 Video Meetings is also packaged with 8x8 X Series meeting the needs of businesses with a mobile and remote workforce by providing a highly reliable and resilient solution across desktop and mobile devices for voice, video conferencing, chat, contact center, APIs and advanced analytics built on an open cloud technology platform. This allows companies to rapidly unify a distributed workforce and enable flexible workstyles. It is also offered with 8x8 Express, which is for small organizations and teams that require a complete, preconfigured business phone system with a dedicated business number, video meetings and messaging in a single desktop and mobile application.
8x8 Webcast
8x8 will host a webcast on Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at 10 am PT / 1 pm ET with Ray Wang, Principal Analyst, Founder and Chairman of Constellation Research, and Emil Ivov, Ph.D., Founder of the Jitsi.org open-source project and the head of 8x8 Video Collaboration, to discuss 8x8 video meetings solutions, the importance of open-source video security for all, and why todays encryption and upcoming advanced capabilities are critical for highly-sensitive information and meetings. Register for the webcast at Secure Video Meetings for All.
About Jitsi.org
Today the Jitsi.org open-source community, which is widely respected for its commitment to security, also announced a path to take things even further in the very near future. The Jitsi open-source technology, based on WebRTC standards, will soon be providing end-to-end encrypted meetings. The initiative and the first building blocks are now published in more detail at Jitsi.org, and open for comment by the open-source developer community. 8x8 announced its commitment to productize the technology in its video meetings solutions once available.
About 8x8, Inc.
8x8, Inc. (NYSE: EGHT) is transforming the future of business communications as a leading Software-as-a-Service provider of voice, video, chat, contact center, and enterprise-class API solutions powered by one global cloud communications platform. 8x8 empowers workforces worldwide to connect individuals and teams so they can collaborate faster and work smarter. Real-time business analytics and intelligence provide businesses unique insights across all interactions and channels so they can delight end-customers and accelerate their business. For additional information, visit http://www.8x8.com, or follow 8x8 on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
1 Includes 8x8 Video Meetings and Jitsi Meet usage. A Monthly Active User is defined as a unique user who attended at least one meeting, with at least one other attendee, in the last 30 days.
8x8 and 8x8 X Series are trademarks of 8x8, Inc.
Video Meeting Apps/ Software to Run Home-Office Effectivel… – United News of Bangladesh
In the wake of the lockdown conditions imposed in a number of countries in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, the movements of common people have been restricted within the four-walls of their homes. However, work must go on whether offline or online. Many people are working from home during this quarantine period. Even if the members of an office/business organization cannot join a meeting physically, the authorities can arrange online video conferences to connect people residing in any corner of the planet (with an internet connection).
Read this article to learn about some of the best video meeting apps/software to run home-office successfully during the lockdown period.
Are you looking for a free software/app to arrange video conferences with multiple participants? If yes, check out the Zoom Meetings. The Basic plan allows you to host a video meeting with 100 participants at maximum. A Participant member is an invitee in your scheduled meeting. The participants can join a Zoom meeting (via mobile phone, tablet, or desktop) for free of cost. An invited participant can join a Zoom meeting without having a Zoom account. Each video meeting can continue up to a 40-minute duration.
What is more? Zoom allows one-to-one video meetings without any time constraints. Free users are permitted to share screens with other participants and record the video meeting locally. The popularity of Zoom is skyrocketing in the play store chart its amazing features.
However, if you want no time restriction during a video conference, dive into Zooms Pro plan charging about $14.99 or 1273.33 TK ($1 = Tk 85 approx.) per month per host. A Host can schedule, start and control the settings in a Zoom video meeting. Under this plan, a video meeting with 100 participants can extend as long as 24 hours. Moreover, this plan offers 1GB cloud storage to record and broadcast the meetings.
To facilitate the small and medium-sized business organizations, Zoom offers a Business plan which costs about $19.99 or 1678 TK ($1 = Tk 85 approx.) per month for one host. Under this plan, you can host a zoom meeting with up to 300 participants at a time. In addition to these, choosing Enterprise or Enterprise Plus plan, you can arrange large scale video meetings with 500 or 1000 participants respectively paying $19.99 per month for one host.
Google never stops surprising us with innovative services. You will find the Google Hangouts feature under Googles cloud-based office/business productivity service Google G Suite bundle. The Google Hangouts supports video chat and video calls for an unlimited duration with 10 participants at maximum. With a free Gmail account, you can access the Google G Suite Hangouts.
Recently Google G Suite has been included with the Google Hangouts Meet feature which is a modified version of the former Google Hangouts facility. This cloud-based collaboration and communication tool can facilitate you arranging video conferences with secured data transmission and high-quality video footage. Google Hangouts Meet can be accessed through apps (for iPhone/Android) and any standard web browser (for laptop/desktop).
- G Suite Basic plan costs $6 or 510 TK ($1 = Tk 85 approx.) a month per user. It allows video conferences with 25 people maximum in a session.
-G Suite Business plan costs $12 or 1020 TK ($1 = Tk 85 approx.) a month per user. Under this plan, you can arrange a video meeting up to 50 participants at a time.
-G Suite Enterprise plan costs $25 or 2124 TK ($1 = Tk 85 approx.) a month per user. This elite plan accommodates a video conference of up to 100 participants at once.
Utilizing the Google Drive cloud storage platform, you can record and save the meetings. Google Drive provides 30 GB of storage per user under the G Suite Basic plan. However, subscribers under G Suite Business and G Suite Enterprise accounts can enjoy unlimited storage facilities. Furthermore, subscribing to the G Suite Enterprise plan, you can broadcast/ live-stream your video meeting to up to 100,000 viewers through sharing links.
Choose Skype, when you are looking for free software to arrange video-meeting for an unlimited duration. This software is a windfall for running home-office meetings for a small team. Using Skype, you can arrange a video meeting for a team of 50 participants (including host) or less. To avail upgraded features you can subscribe to the Skype for Business service.
With an active Wi-Fi connection, you can arrange a video conference via Skype (5.0 or upgraded version). To avail of the video conference calling feature, you need to include a group video-calling subscription while registering your Skype account. Each participant requires to sign up and download Skype apps/software in respective mobile/desktop, which can cost some time and storage space. After installing Skype app/software, you can host a video meeting.
So far we have highlighted apps/software for video meetings. To host an audio conference with your teammates, you can visit the FreeConference.com website. It can be a great communication tool for arranging free online meetings during the quarantine. The service of FreeConference.com can also be accessible through mobile apps for iPhone and Android.
- The free plan allows up to 100 call participants via telephone. This tier allows only 5 web participants for video meetings at free of cost. Moreover, you can share screens with participants and use an online whiteboard.
-Paying $9.99 or 849 TK ($1 = Tk 85 approx.) per month, you can register the Starter plan to increase the number of video conferencing participants up to 15. In addition to availing the free plan features, you can save the audio recording of the meeting.
-To host a video meeting with up to 50 participants you can subscribe to the Plus plan which will cost $24.99 or 2123 TK ($1 = Tk 85 approx.) per month. This plan allows you to save both the audio and video recording of the meetings.
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iPhone 11 vs. iPhone XR specs: Which iPhone is the better buy? – CNET
With Apple's announcement of the iPhone SE 2020, the company is hoping to court more cost-conscious peoplewith a $399 budget iPhone. But for those who are in the market for an iPhone and have more to spare, Apple also has theiPhone 11, which startsat $699(729, AU$1,199). In addition, the company is offering 2018's iPhone XRfor $599 (629, AU$1,049). With these prices in mind, we compare the iPhone 11 with the iPhone XR to see which phone is the better buy today.
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With dual rear cameras, Night Mode shooting and a 12-megapixel front-facing shooter, the iPhone 11 does have more tricks up its sleeves for photos and videos. But compared to the iPhone XR, which already takes fantastic pictures and video, the advantages are slight for the extra $100 you'll pay. In addition, the iPhone 11 has a new U1 chip and Wi-Fi 6 and Gigabit LTE capabilities. You will see these next-gen features in future iPhones and Android devices, so if you want to have a modern phone for the next few years, the iPhone 11 is the best bet. But because Wi-Fi 6 and Gigabit LTE are not fully built-out networks yet, you won't see any immediate advantages -- another reason why we still prefer the iPhone XR. Read our Apple iPhone 11 review.
It might have an older processor and specs, but for the $100 you'll be saving with the iPhone XR, we think it's worth it. It runs iOS 13 just as smoothly as the iPhone 11 on its A12 chipset, and though it doesn't have an ultrawide camera and the updated camera tech, the iPhone XR works just fine for posting photos on Instagram and social media, too. In general, if you're on a tight budget, the iPhone XR is still a great value. We'd suggest either pocketing that $100 for something else or using it to upgrade to the 128GB model and still have $50 left over. Read our Apple iPhone XR review.
The iPhone 11 and XR look nearly identical -- the quickest way to identify them is by the iPhone 11's extra camera and square bump. But besides that and the different color choices (the iPhone 11 comes in lavender, mint green and a pastel yellow, while the Phone XR comes in a canary yellow, coral and blue), there are no obvious differences. They are the same size and weigh the same, and the phones have the same 6.1-inch LCD display with the same resolution and pixel density.
Besides the number of rear cameras they have, the iPhone 11 and XR look similar.
We performed a series of drop tests on the iPhone 11 and XR, and both phones are quite sturdy. We dropped the iPhone 11 on its front and back on smooth concrete from 3 feet, 6 feet and 8 feet, 7 inches. On all drops, the phone's back glass and screen didn't crack. There was a small, cosmetic scratch above the camera lens from 8 feet, but the camera lens was completely fine.
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When we dropped the iPhone XRback in 2018, we dropped it on a concrete sidewalk. At waist height (about 3 feet), the phone's camera glass cracked, but the back glass survived. The screen also was unscathed. At eye-level (or around 5 feet), the iPhone XR survived a fall on its back with no new damage, but when we dropped it on its screen, the display ultimately cracked. Though that was unfortunate, the fact that the iPhone XR survived waist-high drops was still good.
Both phones are water-resistant, but the iPhone 11 has a higher IP rating of IP68 and can survive underwater at 2 meters (about 6.5 feet) for 30 minutes. The iPhone XR, meanwhile, is rated IP67 and can survive underwater to a depth of 1 meter for 30 minutes on paper. When we took it out on dives, however, the iPhone XR kept on ticking even after 19 minutes underwater at a depth of 5 meters.In our water tests, we were unable to drown the iPhone 11 or iPhone 11 Pro, both phones surviving 30 minutes at a whopping 12 meters underwater. When it comes to water resistance, the iPhone 11 far exceeds both its own promises and the iPhone XR's hardiness.
Both phones have a 12-megapixel camera, but the iPhone 11 has a second, 12-megapixel ultrawide camera and a new Night Mode for low-light photography. All in all, outdoor and well-lit photos on both devices look similarly vibrant, with consistent and bright coloring on both cameras.
However, the iPhone 11 did take notably sharper photos with finer details, especially when pictures were viewed at full resolution. It also did a better job brightening up night time and dim photos with its new mode. The second ultrawide camera is useful when you want to fit more content into each frame or you want to capture more expansive scenes too. Its flash is a tad brighter as well, though we rarely use the feature. Lastly, we like that we can now take portrait photos of pets on the iPhone 11 (the iPhone XR does not recognize nonhuman faces for portraits, which is a drag). The iPhone 11 also makes use of a feature called Deep Fusion, which further improves detail and reduces image noise in photos.
As for video, footage on the Phone 11 has a tad better dynamic range, so lighting and exposure looks more even and natural. Video stabilization is a bit steadier as well on the standard 12-megapixel camera. But the wide-angle camera does not have optical image stabilization, and during 4K video recording you can only switch between cameras when you're filming in 30fps (though both cameras can record 60fps).
On the front, the iPhone 11 has a 12-megapixel camera while the iPhone XR has a 7-megapixel camera. While we do welcome the extra resolution of the iPhone 11, we never really had many gripes with the iPhone XR's front-facing camera, and if you're a casual selfie-taker, the iPhone XR is definitely satisfactory. The iPhone 11's front camera can also pull out for a wider point of view, record 4K video at 60fps and take slow-mo videos. But since we mostly use the front-facing camera for selfies, we didn't really find ourselves using those last two features often.
In this photo you can see the iPhone 11 captured more details in the lines and tubes of the installation.
With the iPhone 11's new Night Mode, the camera is able to handle low light scenes a lot better.
The iPhone 11 brightened up this picture and has better dynamic range.
The iPhone 11 features Apple's newest A13 Bionic processor, while the iPhone XR has 2018's A12 chipset. For the most part, the iPhone 11 and XR both run iOS 13 as smooth and fast as the other. When it comes to day-to-day tasks like browsing the web, firing up the camera or opening apps, we couldn't discern any speed differences. But on paper, the iPhone 11 is unquestionably the faster phone. As you can see by the benchmark results below, the newer iPhone far surpassed the iPhone XR and scored much higher on all the tests we ran.
While we're currently in the middle of changing our battery test methodology for phones, we did test both the iPhone 11 and the iPhone XR with a new streaming video test. Here's what we wrote in our iPhone 11 review: After conducting our formal battery tests and living with the iPhone 11 for over a month, we found the battery life is about the same as the iPhone XR. In our streaming video tests, the iPhone 11 lasted 13 hours and 52 minutes compared with the iPhone XR's time of 12 hours and 7 minutes in the same test. In daily use, the iPhone 11 has been lasting about a day and a half.
The iPhone 11 has a U1 chip for "spatial awareness," according to Apple, and it helps iPhones find other iPhones more precisely when they're in close proximity. The chip also lets you "point your iPhone toward someone else's, and AirDrop will prioritize that device so you can share files faster." Many believe that the U1 chip is actually laying the groundwork for a long-rumored Apple tile tracker.
The iPhone 11.
The iPhone 11 has Wi-Fi 6, which is the next generation of wireless networking. AsCNET Senior Editor Ry Crist puts it, "Wi-Fi 6 supports faster top transfer speeds; lets devices send more information with each individual transmission; lets routers and other access points service more devices at once; helps sensors and other wireless gadgets conserve battery power by scheduling transmissions; and facilitates better, faster performance in dense, crowded environments like airports and stadiums." But you likely won't see any perks in your iPhone 11 now. Wi-Fi 6 was only recently certified in September, and Wi-Fi 6 routers are expensive.
The iPhone 11 has Gigabit LTE, an advanced version of 4G LTE. Gigabit LTE is really fast and can reach peak speeds of 1 gigabit per second, which is about the same speed as a landline internet connection. Apple introduced Gigabit LTE to its iPhone XS and XS Max in 2017, but the iPhone XR was oddly left out of the update. But the iPhone 11 has it, and while you likely won't reach those speeds all the time, your overall speed is going to be faster than an older phone, and you have a lot more clearance when it comes to potential speed.
The iPhone 11 comes in a 256GB model. At $849 (879, AU$1,449) it's more expensive, but if you take a lot of photos and shoot a lot of videos, the extra onboard storage will come in handy -- especially if you don't really use cloud storage. Currently, Apple only sells 64GB and 128GB models of the iPhone XR.
Originally published Oct 10, 2019.
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Don’t buy a hard drive – get 5TB of cloud storage instead – TechRadar
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At $79.99/66.75 (about AU$125) for a lifetime 5TB subscription, Polarbackup is cheaper than buying a hard disk drive of equivalent capacity. Lower capacities are available, but the 5TB version remains the cheapest at less than $16 per TB.
Your data is never deleted (as the subscription never expires), you can back up an unlimited number of external devices - from USB drives to CCTV systems - and Polarbackup even supports file versioning.
Polarbackup supports both Windows and Mac and uses zero knowledge, 256-bit encryption to keep your files safe. The service is also operated by Zoolz (one of the best cloud storage providers on the market) so you can be sure your data is safe and secure in the long term.
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Your Zoom videos could live on in the cloud even after you delete them – CNET
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If you clicked Record to Cloud during a Zoom meeting, you might have assumed Zoom and the cloud storage provider would have password-protected your video by default once it was uploaded. And if you deleted that video from your Zoom account, you might have assumed it was gone for good. But in the latest example of the security and privacy woes that continue to plague Zoom, a security researcher found a vulnerability that turned those assumptions on their heads.
A week ago, Phil Guimond discovered a vulnerability that allowed someone to search for stored Zoom videos using share links that contain part of a URL, such as a company or organization name. The videos could then be downloaded and viewed. Guimond also created a tool, called Zoombo, that exploited a limitation of Zoom's privacy protection, cracking passwords on videos that savvy users had manually protected. He discovered videos that were deleted remained available for several hours before disappearing.
(Disclosure: Guimond is an information security architect for CBS Interactive, of which CNET is a part, within the larger parent company of ViacomCBS.)
"Zoom has not considered security at all when developing their software," Guimond told CNET. "Their offerings have some of the highest amount of low-hanging-fruit vulnerabilities in the industry for a mainstream product."
On Saturday, Zoom rolled out an update after CNET inquired about the vulnerability. The app now adds a Captcha challenge when someone clicks on a share link. The update effectively stopped Zoombo, but left the core vulnerability unfixed. Hackers can still manually follow share links once a Captcha has been defeated. The company rolled out further security updates Tuesday to bolster the privacy of uploaded videos.
"Upon learning of this issue, we took immediate action to prevent brute-force attempts on password-protected recording pages by adding rate limit protections through reCaptcha," a Zoom spokesman told CNET. "To further strengthen security, we have also implemented complex password rules for all future cloud recordings, and the password protection setting is now turned on by default," a Zoom spokesman told CNET.
The new Zoom exploit was discovered as the video conference platform draws attention for security and privacy problems that have been exposed by the rapid growth of its user base. As the coronavirus pandemic forced millions of people to stay home over the past month, Zoom suddenly became the video meeting service of choice. Daily meeting participants on the platform surged from 10 million in December to 200 million in March.
As it grew in popularity, so did the number of people exposed to Zoom's privacy risks, with concerns ranging from built-in attention-tracking features to "Zoombombing," the practice of uninvited attendees breaking into and disrupting meetings with hate-filled or pornographic content. Zoom has also allegedly shared user data with Facebook, prompting at least three lawsuits against the company.
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Share links are just what they sound like: links that users share to invite someone to a Zoom meeting. They're simpler than a video's lengthier permanent URL and usually include part of a company's or organization's name. Some share links can be found through URL-targeted Google searches, and the links' corresponding videos could then be targets for malicious actors to download if users didn't manually password-protect them. Even those that have been protected were previously limited in password length, making them vulnerable to attack.
Guimond, who said he presented his findings to Zoom but didn't get a response, tried password-protecting his own videos because they weren't protected by default. After that, he wrote some code to bombard Zoom with attempts to open the video, a process known as brute force. The passwords could be cracked, he said.
A growing list of government entities domestically and globally have restricted the use of Zoom for state business. In early April, the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs reportedly cautioned staff against the software. Singapore banned teachers from using it to teach remotely.
In the same week, the US Senate reportedly told members to avoid using Zoom for remote work during the coronavirus lockdown.
One of Guimond's core security concerns is that Zoom stores all Record to Cloud videos in a single bucket, the term for an unprotected swath of Amazon cloud storage space. Anyone can access a video if they have the link, a threat similar to one previously reported by The Washington Post, but which poses a more specific threat to corporate accounts.
Once someone obtains a video's permanent link, they can also capture a Zoom meeting ID. That meeting ID could allow them to target a user individually, potentially opening up that user to Zoombombing and other privacy invasions.
To illustrate the potential privacy risk to companies, Guimond said that if someone were able to break into a corporate Slack conversation, a place where Zoom share links are routinely swapped, the hacker would have lots of opportunity to compromise corporate privacy.
"These [share links] don't require authentication by default," Guimond said. "You can even open them in a private window.
While Zoom's Tuesday update changed the software's default upload option to require some form of authentication, links to any videos recorded to the cloud prior to the update could still be vulnerable. In the company's Tuesday blog post, Zoom said "existing shared recordings are not affected" by the updates.
Asked whether Zoom has taken any steps -- or plans to -- to protect the privacy of videos previously recorded to the cloud, the company urged users to take their own precautions.
"While we are not changing settings for existing recordings, if users wish to turn on password protection or restrict access to authenticated users, they can do so at any time and we welcome them to do so," said the Zoom spokesman.
"In general, should hosts choose to share recordings publicly or with authenticated users, or upload their meeting recordings anywhere else, we urge them to use extreme caution and be transparent with meeting participants, giving careful consideration to whether the meeting contains sensitive information and to participants' reasonable expectations," he said.
If you're thinking it may be easier to simply delete those videos, you may need to allot more time. When Guimond looked into the security of permanent links associated with Zoom meetings, he found that deleted Zoom videos were still accessible for a few hours following deletion.
"If you add a password and delete the file, you reduce your risk," he said. "But it may still exist on the [Amazon Web Services storage] bucket," said Guimond.
When CNET inquired about Guimond's discovery, Zoom said it would investigate the matter.
"Based on our current findings, the unique URL to access a recording view page immediately stops working after deletion, so it cannot be accessed," said a Zoom spokesman. "However, if someone has recently watched the recording around the time it is deleted, they can continue to watch for a period of time before the viewing session expires. We continue to investigate the matter."
Asked what users and organizations can do to improve the privacy and security of videos previously uploaded to the cloud, Guimond advised taking another look at the settings.
"I'd recommend you go back and password-protect them with a strong password, and possibly delete them afterwards," he said.
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Pioneer DJ announce rekordbox 6 with cloud storage and sync – DJ Mag
Pioneer DJ has announced a major update to rekordbox. Version 6 adds a feature called Cloud Library Sync, allowing users to upload their collections to a linked Dropbox account, where they can access it across a maximum of four devices. Metadata and analysis information is also stored in the cloud and can be edited and syncd back to the cloud.
Performance Mode the djing aspect of rekordbox is now free for all users, although not all hardware controllers will work in the free version. Pioneer DJ has also introduced new subscription tiers Free, Core and Creative. Core costs 7.99 per month and Creative costs 9.99 per month, both of which are introductory offers running until July when theyll increase to 9.99 and 14.99 a month. Users who subscribe before the end of the introductory offer will continue to pay the lower price indefinitely.
Other new features include an auto-relocate for missing files and a new Light skin mode to help use the software outside. Promo company InFlyte has also been added to rekordbox 6, with the ability to access and download your Promo Locker directly from within the software. Any cue points and loop points will remain from previous collections when you upgrade to version 6.
There's also a new rekordbox iOS app that allows you to make playlists, add cue and loop points, change metadata and more. The app syncs with your Dropbox account and any changes are automatically available on your other devices. Watch our overview video below for more details on rekordbox 6. The new app also lets you DJ from your phone, using the mobile as a portable storage device.
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Working Remote? Migrate To The Cloud! NOW! – hackernoon.com
In recent years, the increase of remote work is one of the leading trends in the last years in the labor-management. But the labor market remained inert for a long time... until COVID-19 burst into our lives. Because of it, during some last months, many companies worldwide were faced with the necessity of moving their staff to remote working.
IT sector did it faster than others because we have a great resource for it. Indeed, most IT companies, both startups and large corporations kinda SAP, EPAM, or Google, use cloud technology and various apps for remote employees and offices managing.
The quickest and most convenient way to transfer all working processes from on-premises to a remote office is to migrate the company's infrastructure, including all applications, systems, and data to the provider's cloud.
Let's briefly recall what a cloud is. Cloud computing is a model of providing users network access to a pool of computing resources through an API or browser, from anywhere and any time. When choosing a cloud for creating a remote office, companies should focus on several parameters that are crucial for ensuring the reliability and usability of the cloud infrastructure.
The budget, of course, also plays a role, but renting a cloud by default has a lot of advantages (including and not limited to infrastructure redundancy and resource scalability) compared to maintaining on-premises servers and local data centers.
Therefore, when choosing a provider to whom you trust your business data, pay attention to the characteristics below. They are not obvious but play a critical role in the quality of IaaS services.
The cloud solutions market is full of offers, although, to tell the truth, noteverything is a cloud called a cloud. Sometimes, under the guise of clouds,small providers offer customers who are not too knowledgeable in technology, ordinary VPS, virtual servers deployed using a hypervisor on a dedicated server. The only similarity between cloud and VPS is virtualization.
The fundamental difference is not even in price (although VPS is one of the cheapest infrastructure solutions). The fact is that the cloud the right cloud! has a complex cluster architecture that ensures redundancy and fault tolerance of the infrastructure solution.
The server and network equipment on which the cloud is built must be Enterprise-class, powerful, designed for continuous operation under high loads. The cloud must have duplicated bandwidth connection to global Tier-1 providers or at least (if the provider is not too large) to at least Tier-2 Internet providers.
Meanwhile, low-cost VPS are deployed on dedicated servers, the technical characteristics of which the user usually does not even know. It provides almost unlimited opportunities for wrongdoing, which is sometimes used by dishonest providers. But that's not the point.
Any VPS uses only that piece of computing resources that are allocated to it by the hypervisor from the resources of physical hardware. What does it mean? Firstly, the VPS resource cannot be scaled it means, if the user needs to increase RAM, he wouldnt be able to do it on VPS. Besides, all VPSs deployed on the same server can "eat" from each other the resources of the physical server in peak loads.
For example, if on one VPS is hosted e-commerce, and it announced a sale, its traffic would increase drastically. It means that the website needs more performance than its virtual server usually uses. Where to get the missing resource?
Sure, only having taken away from other tenants there are no other sources. What will happen to other VPS in this case? That's right, due to lack of resources, they will begin to slow down until the complete shutdown.
Therefore, our advice is: when choosing a cloud for your remote office, always be interested in what it consists of, what resource parameters are available, which vendors produced the equipment, whether high availability and redundancy are provided. If the information is not clarified, dont hesitate to ask a potential provider what actually is offered to you is it cloud or VPS. Remember: you need a cloud!
It is an interesting point in terms of equipment reliability, cloud service availability, and data security.
In the datacenter of a professional provider, everything is subject to a single goal, to provide the proper conditions for equipment. The worldwide ANSI/TIA-942 standard classifies data centers into 4 categories (Tier) according to the reliability criterion.
The standard includes a whole range of parameters, including the presence of climate control, fire-prevention systems, access control systems, network connections, architectural standards, etc. Datacenters of Tier-III and higher are considered the most reliable for cloud deployment.
Some providers with advanced expertise in infrastructure solutions can deploy a cloud cluster in several availability zones. According to cloud terminology, availability zones are unique, remote from each other physical infrastructures located in the same region.
Each of the available zones is the single full-fledged datacenter equipped with independent systems and services:
In those turn, the availability zones conjunct to the unified cloud infrastructure as single components, those are connected between logically, and at the same time, isolated from each other by physical structure to eliminate the overusing of the equipment.
What does it mean in a cloud context? It means that the fault tolerance, redundancy, and availability of the cloud cluster across several availability zones are improved in order a magnitude.
You shouldn't think that several availability zones can deliver only heavyweights of the global cloud market kinda AWS or Google. There are many professional infrastructure providers in the world, who offer top-notch infrastructure solutions based on an individual approach. They create custom-tailored solutions to fully satisfy customers' needs and expectations.
The advantages of two availability zones are sufficiently higher reliability and data security of the cloud, and more flexibility in instances creating. E.g., customers will get the opportunity to create redundant and high-available cloud clusters by deploying the one part of instances in the AVZ1 (the first datacenter) and another part in AVZ2 (the second datacenter). This kind of architectural solution can be realized as:
Our second advice is: choose the provider that built its cloud in certified datacenters of Tier-III and higher. It allows you to get a higher information security level. And if there are several availability zones of the cloud, it means you get more top-quality IaaS services that you rent from the cloud provider for your remote working environment arrangement.
First, we mean the storage within the cloud IaaS. It should be safe, scalable, and reliable. Excellent, if cloud storage supports apps and systems with different loading levels.
E.g., in SIM-Cloud, within the Ceph-based software-defined storage with hardware-based encryption for the most data protection, there are two types of storage:
Second, some infrastructure providers offer various types of storage FTP, iSCSI, S3 compatible. The last one is a top-notch cloud service with many benefits, including scalability, instance activation in the cloud dashboard, and without any limitations of the number of uploaded data and their volumes. S3 compatible storage can be used both within cloud IaaS and independently of it.
Our third recommendation is: the right cloud provider can offer you more options to store your data and ensures reliable information security during data transfer and storing. Is it crucial when you work remotely? Definitely, it is!
Is flexibility an important characteristic of the cloud? Sure! Speaking about flexibility, we should find it everywhere in the scalability of cloud resources, in instant activation of services, in pricing, and deferral payments.
When you can reach out to Support of a cloud provider at late-night on Sunday, and your issue is solved quickly and competently, it's about flexibility, too.
If you are a big fan of Dell and would like to get an infrastructure solution (a private cloud) based on Dell hardware it's about the flexibility of a provider.
A free trial period of a pair of weeks to try a cloud is about flexibility.
BTW, additional services within a cloud, so-called XaaS, which you can use or not use, are also about flexibility.
As we pointed above, the right cloud has to be built on a powerful server and network equipment, manufactured by global leading vendors, with at least 2N+1 redundancy on architecture level. CPUs, storage, RAM, communication lines, every smallest detail have to be produced for intensive operation for many years.
It is a cloud axiom. But many providers don't see there an opportunity to build an outstanding and customer-oriented service.
Meanwhile, the more extensive the range of services that a provider can offer, the more satisfied the customers will be. Let us illustrate it with the CPUs example.
Running some business applications and corporate systems (ERP, databases, CRM system, VoIP, so on) need high-performance. Other ones kinda docflow, data archive or a kindergarten website are low-load apps.
Professional cloud providers who systematically analyze the behavior of their customers are continually working on the development of solutions that will best meet the needs of customers.
So, our last recommendation is: when you learn cloud offers for quickly arranging of a remote office, you should learn in details the providers professional background. A customer-experience reflected on customers reviews also can be useful. Ask experts. Pay attention to every point described above, and estimate if the provider complies with them.
Our life never asks us if we are ready to change everything. But sometimes you have to change very quickly.
Striving to keep your business continuity by moving to remote working in the cloud, you need carefully choose the right cloud. The right cloud should:
Taking care of finding a cloud provider for organizing remote work of your business efficiently, you should weigh all pros and contras, and choose the provider that will be your reliable partner for a long time.
We hope our recommendations will help you to make the right choice, and quickly arrange your remote office in the cloud.
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