Amazon WorkMail now supports interoperability with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 and 2013. Interoperability allows you to minimize disruption to your users as you migrate mailboxes to Amazon WorkMail, or use Amazon WorkMail for a subset of your corporate mailboxes. With interoperability, you can set up rich co-existence between Amazon WorkMail and Microsoft Exchange Server, which allows you to use the same corporate domain for mailboxes across both environments, and allows your users to seamlessly schedule meetings with bi-directional sharing of calendar free-busy information.
ARM TechCon: mbed platform speeds IoT node design
ARM TechCon which takes place in California this week (26-27 October) will major on design platforms for IoT networks and gateways. Key to this is the ARM open environment called mbed OS 5 which incorporates a real-time operating system (RTOS) in the core of the operating system. For example, IoT gateways modules from u-blox now make …
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Dyn cyber-attack came from incurable IoT devices
Last weeks huge internet attack on internet firm Dyn, said to have affected Twitter, Spotify and PayPal amongst other big names, was at least in part launched from IoT security cameras that continue to be a threat, according to security specialist Brian Krebs. The attack was ‘distributed denial of service’ (DDoS), where many – thousands or …
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IT spend to top $3.5trn
Driven by growth in software and IT services revenues, worldwide IT spending is forecast to reach $3.5 trillion in 2017, up 2.9% from 2016’s $3.4 trillion, says Gartner. Software spending is projected to grow 6% in 2016, and another 7.2% in 2017 to total $357 billion. IT services spending is expected to grow 3.9% in …
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GloFo jv China fab deal on hold
GloFo’s plan to get control of a cut-price fab in China has run into trouble, reports Digitimes. GloFo had an agreement with the regional government of Chongqing province to equip an old fab with 40nm 12-inch equipment whereupon it would obtain 51% of the jv with the Chongqing government owning the fab. According to Digitimes’ …
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ARM TechCon: FPGA module has 16Gbit/s I/O
Prototype design can now take advantage of Xilinx Virtex UltraScale technology with the latest FPGA modules from Pro Design. The proFPGA product series, which will be demonstrated at ARM TechCon in California this week (26-27 October), are intended to be used for ASIC and IP prototyping, real time system integration and pre-silicon software development. The five new …
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IoT malware problem needs “good common sense”
It has now been suggested that almost half a million IoT devices have been infected by Mirai IoT malware. This follows news earlier this month that the source code for the IoT botnet had been released. Perhaps inevitably this was seen as an opportunity by criminals to create their own versions of the malware which is now infecting new …
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RIP IoT?
Have some people been misleading consumers? We have seen unparalleled hype for the IoT class of products without much apparent official recognition that they may cause harm to the Internet’s operation. Everyone in the industry knows there is no such thing as total security on the Internet but it would seem that many have wilfully …
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EBV creates new products business
EBV Electronic has combined its own branded semiconductor business with its main distribution and support activities in a new business unit called Product Innovations. The distributor said that it is combining sales and support activities, but the established brand names of EBVchips and EBVsolutions will remain unchanged. The German distributor set up the EBVchips business to develop and sell …
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Tesla believes full self-drive creates “safer vehicles”
Tesla says it is aiming to give all its electric vehicles the hardware needed for “full self-driving capability at a safety level substantially greater than that of a human driver”. The Californian company claims that full autonomy can be “safer than a human driver”. So what’s needed in terms of sensors and electronics to provide …
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