IT News Week 3 of Apr 2015

For week 2 of Apr 2015, the most interesting news was the announcement of IBM Global Entrepreneur Program for Cloud Startups for Malaysia.

For this week / last week, here are / were the biggest news.
  • PR - Apr 15 - 2015 - Sentrix's CloudDMZ protects against DDOS and other web attacks
  • PR - Apr 14, 2015 - Malaysian Biotechnology Corporation Reaps Benefits From Windows Server 2012 R2 Migration
  • PR - Apr 14, 2015 - RS Components recognised with ‘Best Cooperation Award’ in Southeast Asia by Phoenix Contact
  • PR - Apr 13, 2015 - Microsoft: Pre-order Surface 3 now
  • PR - Apr 13, 2015 - Symantec Expands Incident Response Services Globally
  • PR - Apr 10, 2015 - Bluecoat: Email Attacks Account for 80% of Malware in Cyber-Espionage
  • PR - Apr 9, 2015 - Brocade Expands The Effortless Network Strategy With New Campus LAN Innovations
  • PR - Apr 9, 2015 - Core Technology for WhiteSpace Alliance Wi-FAR™ Specification Approved to Become ISO Standard
  • PR - Apr 9, 2015 - P1: Youth Culture and Urbanization Drives Unlimited Internet Plan
  • Alerts - Apr 8, 2015 - Embarcadero Announces RAD Studio XE8!

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PR - Apr 15 - 2015 - Sentrix's CloudDMZ protects against DDOS and other web attacks

Sentrix's CloudDMZ V3.0 is now available. It protects websites and web applications against DDOS attacks and other web threats using the cloud and context analysis, freeing companies from web application firewall technologies.

Unlike Web Application Firewalls, Sentrix Cloud-DMZ does not inspect all incoming traffic; instead, it continuously analyzes the protected web properties’ functionality and virtualizes the customer website’s user interface within a cloud-based grid, which automatically eliminates more than 99% of the website’s attack surface and locks out attackers

PR - Apr 14, 2015 - RS Components recognised with ‘Best Cooperation Award’ in Southeast Asia by Phoenix Contact

RS Components today announced the receipt of the ‘Best Cooperation Award’ by Phoenix Contact – a leading manufacturer of industrial automation technology – for the flawless implementation of Phoenix Contact’s ‘Global Call Out Campaign’ to promote the Push-In Technology series in Southeast Asia.

The objective of the campaign was to create product awareness and increase sales of the Push-in Technology products and Phoenix Contact to key customers. Personal sales calls to customers were central to the success of this campaign for RS. During the campaign period, RS’ sales teams underwent extensive product training and dedicated time to raise product awareness amongst customers.

PR - Apr 14, 2015 - Malaysian Biotechnology Corporation Reaps Benefits of Recent Migration

The Malaysian Biotechnology Corporation (“BiotechCorp”), an agency under the purview of Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), recently revealed that the company has improved operation efficiency by reducing its power consumption by 50% since migrating from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2012 R2. Overall the company experienced improved efficiency on hardware resources and operations, freeing up valuable resources for other business applications with high availability and replication. Windows Server 2012 R2 also enabled BiotechCorp to utilize Microsoft’s hybrid cloud solution, which improved agility for on-demand infrastructure expansion while being cost effective.

To mitigate the process, BiotechCorp collaborated with PeeringOne, a Microsoft Cloud OS Network partner and a leading provider of Cloud and Datacenter Services, making the migration from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2012 R2 a seamless and hassle-free procedure.

BiotechCorp’s move to the latest version of Windows Server has been timely: Microsoft’s end of support (EOS) for Windows Server 2003 mark is now approaching the 90-day mark, with end of support happening on 15 July 2015. Organizations still running on Windows Server 2003 are advised to migrate their servers in order to avoid security, compliance, additional costs and compatibility risks. To better understand BiotechCorp’s migration process, implications on operating post-support software and why migration to the latest technology is imperative, we invite you to further read the attached press release.

PR - Apr 13, 2015 - Microsoft: Pre-order Surface 3 now

Following the announcement of Microsoft’s newest addition to the Surface family, Surface 3, at the end of March, Malaysians can now pre-order the thinnest and lightest Surface yet, starting from a recommended retail price (“RRP”) of RM1,989 for its 64GB, 2GB RAM version, and RM2,389 for its 128GB, 4GB RAM version. Like Surface Pro 3, it’s a tablet that can replace your laptop but is thinner, lighter and even more affordable. Powerful and efficient, Surface 3 is optimized to run full Windows and Office and features long battery life. Surface 3 is planned to be available in Malaysian retail outlets on 5 May, 2015.
A tablet when you want it, a laptop when you need it

Surface 3 combines performance and value into an elegant, lightweight design, and is an ideal choice for students, schools and anyone who needs a beautifully designed, sturdy device built for productivity in a more affordable package. The thinnest and lightest Surface yet, Surface 3 can easily transition from a tablet to a laptop, making this a versatile device at the right price also for mobile professionals and as line of business devices in healthcare, travel, retail, manufacturing scenarios.

For more information, http://www.microsoft.com/surface/en-my/business/order-now

PR - Apr 13, 2015 - Symantec Expands Incident Response Services Globally

Symantec Corp. announced today the expansion of Incident Response Services into several new markets, a move that enables organisations to proactively address security needs, enable continual security improvement and overall cyber resiliency. Symantec’s Incident Response Emergency Response Service is now available in North America, the UK and select Asia-Pacific regions.

Given the sophisticated nature of the threat landscape, organizations need to change their security strategy. Symantec has launched two Incident Response Service offerings:
  • Symantec Incident Response - Emergency Response Services – This service helps customers to resolve incidents, return to normal operations and prevent incident recurrence while minimizing operational impact.
  • Symantec Incident Response Retainer Services – This service enables customers to steer away from a high-cost reactive approach toward a more proactive, programmatic one by assessing their current incident response programs, identifying gaps and putting protections in place to better mitigate security incidents. As a result, customers will improve response times, lower response costs, increase overall effectiveness, and support a cycle of continuous security and response improvements.

PR - Apr 10, 2015 - Bluecoat: Email Attacks Account for 80% of Malware in Cyber-Espionage

Blue Coat has announced the addition of Mail Threat Defense to its Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) portfolio of solutions. With this, enterprise users can be both more productive and better protected against email-borne malware as it extracts malicious content without disrupting message flow.

This Mail Threat Defense provides in-depth protection against the top three threat vectors– Web, Email and Network –for comprehensive defense against advanced threats across the enterprise.

Bluecoat Mail Threat Defense

Ivan Wen, country manager of Blue Coat Malaysia says, ““The majority of business communication happens over email. The more messages you receive, the less amount of time you may devote to reading each message thoroughly, and if you’re using a mobile device, the greater risk of being duped.

PR - Apr 9, 2015 - Brocade Expands The Effortless Network Strategy With New Campus LAN Innovations

Brocade, today announced new innovations to its campus Local Area Network (LAN) switch family to help organizations realize the vision of The Effortless Network® and build the foundation for the New IP.

The new Brocade® ICX® 7250 switch delivers the industry's highest 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) port density for any switch in its class to address the onslaught of user video and wireless traffic that is taxing campus networks.

Brocade also unveiled Switch Port Extender, a new HyperEdge® Architecture technology, designed to simplify network deployment and ongoing maintenance. Through added automation, this technology enables shared network services and management between Brocade ICX 7250, 7450, and 7750 switches distributed across the campus.

PR - Apr 9, 2015 - Core Technology for WhiteSpace Alliance Wi-FAR™ Specification Approved to Become ISO Standard

WhiteSpace Alliance (WSA) is excited to announce that that the core technology underlying its Wi-FAR™ specification has been approved to become an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard. The approved standard will be referred to as ISO/IEC/IEEE Std. 8802-22:2015.

The WhiteSpace Alliance promotes development, deployment and use of standards-based products and services that dynamically allocate underutilized spectrum ("whitespace") to provide broadband Internet services. Whitespace solutions are ideal for use in rural and remote areas where wired infrastructure is not practical to deploy.

Wi-FAR is a point-to-multipoint wireless broadband specification. It is the only specification that has seriously addressed the requirements of long distance, non-line of sight transmission for Internet traffic to provide cost-effective backhaul and middle mile solutions. WSA’s standards-based, interoperable specifications enable nations around the world to deliver reliable broadband connectivity to large, currently underserved populations. The Alliance is actively engaged with a range of commercial, academic and government organizations to deploy these spectrum-sharing solutions.

PR - Apr 9, 2015 - P1: Youth Culture and Urbanization Drives Unlimited Internet Plan

Packet One Networks Sdn Bhd (P1) today announced its latest P1 ToGo promotion campaign, offering 1-month free subscription for those who purchase online. This is set to enable the 36% of data hungry youths aged from 20 -34, especially urbanites, to stay connected with ease and worry-free on limited data usage. Recognizing these consumer habits, the P1 ToGo campaign is offering more value to users by giving unlimited data with speed up to 1Mbps at only RM115.53 per month.

Alerts - Apr 8, 2015 - Embarcadero Announces RAD Studio XE8!

RAD Studio XE8 has arrived and there has never been a more complete developer solution for rapidly designing, coding, and extending "connected" apps across Windows, Mac, iOS, Android and Internet of Things (IoT). There are now more vital developer and business features packed into this release than ever before.

Quickly extend your existing VCL based Windows apps to create connected app solutions for Windows, tablet, mobile, IoT gadgets and devices, cloud services and Enterprise database back-ends!

Supports iOS 64 bit Object Pascal and C++ compilers, toolchain and support for iOS Universal Apps

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