Extreme Networks bolsters ‘customer intimacy’ to spur growth

Ed Meyercord just wrapped up his first year as the top executive of Extreme Networks, a company that helped launch the gigabit Ethernet market 20 years ago. In this installment of the IDG CEO Interview Series, Meyercord spoke with Chief Content Officer John Gallant about how Extreme is capitalizing on its acquisition of Enterasys Networks and the company’s tighter focus on the mid-tier of the network market. He outlined how Extreme’s hands-on customer service is spurring growth and how having a wired-wireless-software ‘solution’ set is opening up new opportunities among Cisco and HP customers. Ed Meyercord, CEO, Extreme NetworksTo read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Extreme Networks bolsters ‘customer intimacy’ to spur growth

Ed Meyercord just wrapped up his first year as the top executive of Extreme Networks, a company that helped launch the gigabit Ethernet market 20 years ago. In this installment of the IDG CEO Interview Series, Meyercord spoke with Chief Content Officer John Gallant about how Extreme is capitalizing on its acquisition of Enterasys Networks and the company’s tighter focus on the mid-tier of the network market. He outlined how Extreme’s hands-on customer service is spurring growth and how having a wired-wireless-software ‘solution’ set is opening up new opportunities among Cisco and HP customers. Ed Meyercord, CEO, Extreme NetworksTo read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

5 things Apple’s Tim Cook needs to do on his trip to India

Apple CEO Tim Cook is on his first visit to India, a market where the company's revenue has grown but whose market share is still small because of price-sensitive consumers. The trip is important as Apple looks for markets where it can  expand. In April, the company reported its first quarterly revenue decline in 13 years as iPhone sales dropped year over year. Meanwhile, India is the world's third-biggest smartphone market, after China and the U.S. Here are five things Cook will be aiming for in India. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Quip is taking another swing at Excel with better spreadsheet features

Quip, a Silicon Valley startup that's taking on the giants of the productivity software market, announced a major update to its spreadsheet capabilities Wednesday that's aimed at bringing its service more in line with Microsoft Excel. The service's spreadsheets now include features like the ability to merge cells, validate data and filter information in a sheet. With this update, users can also insert spreadsheets into documents so data and commentary can reside in the same place. It's all tied together with Quip's signature chat feature, which lets users discuss what's going on inside a spreadsheet while they're working on it together. These updates are key to helping Quip compete with its biggest rivals in the cloud productivity suite space: Microsoft's Office 365 and Google Apps for Work. Those two services have their own spreadsheet applications, and this update makes Quip's upstart offering more appealing to people who have richer spreadsheet needs. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

33% off Mophie Juice Pack Protective Charging Case for iPhone 6/6s – Deal Alert

Just attach this case to your iPhone 6 or 6s, and the next time you catch yourself low on juice, don't panic -- just push a button and the built-in rechargeable 1,840mAh lithium-ion polymer battery gets you an additional 22 hours of talk time, 16 hours of internet use, and 17 hours of video playback. Plus, it provides level 2 high impact protection while also being compact, adding only .3 inches to your phone's thickness and less than 3 oz. It currently averages 4 out of 5 stars on Amazon (read reviews). With a regular list price of $60, this 33% off deal saves you $20. See Mophie's discounted Juice Pack now on Amazon.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

33% off Mophie Juice Pack Protective Charging Case for iPhone 6/6s

Just attach this case to your iPhone 6 or 6s, and the next time you catch yourself low on juice, don't panic -- just push a button and the built-in rechargeable 1,840mAh lithium-ion polymer battery gets you an additional 22 hours of talk time, 16 hours of internet use, and 17 hours of video playback. Plus, it provides level 2 high impact protection while also being compact, adding only .3 inches to your phone's thickness and less than 3 oz. It currently averages 4 out of 5 stars on Amazon (read reviews). With a regular list price of $60, this 33% off deal saves you $20. See Mophie's discounted Juice Pack now on Amazon.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Ransomware-like tech support scam locks screen, labels Windows product key as invalid

Tech support scammers have been inspired by ransomware authors and have come up with lock screen claiming a user’s Windows license has expired. A tech support number is provided, and a fake Microsoft technician is happy to help so long as the victim pays to have their computer unlocked.After installing whatever rogue program has been tainted with the screen locker, Malwarebytes reported that users will see what “truly resembles a genuine Microsoft program.” It installs and waits for the victim to restart their computer. Upon restart, “the program activates to take over the desktop and display what looks like Windows updates.”To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Ransomware-like tech support scam locks screen, labels Windows product key as invalid

Tech support scammers have been inspired by ransomware authors and have come up with lock screen claiming a user’s Windows license has expired. A tech support number is provided and a fake Microsoft technician is happy to help, so long as the victim pays to have their computer unlocked.After installing whatever rogue program has been tainted with the screen locker, Malwarebytes reported that users will see what “truly resembles a genuine Microsoft program.” It installs and waits for the victim to restart their computer. Upon restart, “the program activates to take over the desktop and display what looks like Windows updates.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

A hacker is selling 167 million LinkedIn user records

A hacker is trying to sell a database dump containing account records for 167 million LinkedIn users.The announcement was posted on a dark market website called TheRealDeal by a user who wants 5 bitcoins, or around $2,200, for the data set that supposedly contains user IDs, email addresses and SHA1 password hashes for 167,370,940 users.According to the sale ad, the dump does not cover LinkedIn's complete database. Indeed, LinkedIn claims on its website to have over 433 million registered members.Troy Hunt, the creator of Have I been pwned?, a website that lets users check if they were affected by known data breaches, thinks that it's highly likely for the leak to be legitimate. He had access to around 1 million records from the data set.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

A hacker is selling 167 million LinkedIn user records

A hacker is trying to sell a database dump containing account records for 167 million LinkedIn users.The announcement was posted on a dark market website called TheRealDeal by a user who wants 5 bitcoins, or around $2,200, for the data set that supposedly contains user IDs, email addresses and SHA1 password hashes for 167,370,940 users.According to the sale ad, the dump does not cover LinkedIn's complete database. Indeed, LinkedIn claims on its website to have over 433 million registered members.Troy Hunt, the creator of Have I been pwned?, a website that lets users check if they were affected by known data breaches, thinks that it's highly likely for the leak to be legitimate. He had access to around 1 million records from the data set.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

10 hopeful startups strut their stuff at TechCrunch Disrupt

New businesses try for successImage by Barbara KrasnoffTechCrunch Disrupt is a city-by-city gathering of technology startups looking for seed money, partnerships and/or media attention; investors looking for possible investments; techies looking for jobs; and tech fans looking for the Next Big Thing.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Google to shutter SSLv3, RC4 from SMTP servers, Gmail

Mark your calendars: Google will disable support for the RC4 stream cipher and the SSLv3 protocol on its SMTP servers and Gmail servers on June 16.After the deadline, Google's SMTP servers will no longer exchange mail with servers sending messages via SSLv3 and RC4. Users still using older and insecure mail clients won't be able to send mail using Google's SMTP servers after that date.[ Safeguard your data! The tools you need to encrypt your communications and Web data. • The tools you need to encrypt your communications and Web data. • InfoWorld's encryption Deep Dive how-to report. | Discover how to secure your systems with InfoWorld's Security newsletter. ] Most Google Apps organizations have already stopped using RC4 or SSLv3, but those on older systems have a month to update to modern Transport Layer Security configurations. However, there are plenty of systems still using SSLv3, including inbound/outbound gateways, third-party emailers, and systems using SMTP relay. Administrators should consider fully transitioning to newer standards as soon as possible.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Still Using Perimeter Defenses To Protect Your Data Center? Stop, Drop, and Defend—With Micro-Segmentation

There are a lot of reasons that IT organizations are virtualizing their networks more and more—and chief among them is micro-segmentation.

Micro-segmentation, which comes hand-in-hand with network virtualization, divides the data center into distinct segments. Each segment can be secured separately. When security controls and network services are separately defined and communications is isolated, an attacker’s movements are restricted even if a breach in your data center perimeter occurs.

Micro-segmentation doesn’t just improve on traditional perimeter defenses. It is a whole new way of securing the data center.

Sign up to get our FREE “Micro-segmentation for Dummies” eBook, and check out our infographic below to find out more about how it works.

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Microsoft leaves feature-phone business as Nokia moves back in, sort of

Nokia is back in the mobile phone business, after a fashion.It has granted HMD Global an exclusive, 10-year license to the famous brand, allowing the Finnish startup to sell Nokia mobile phones and tablets.Meanwhile Microsoft, which bought Nokia's mobile phone activities in 2013, is finally getting out of the feature-phone business, selling its remaining interests in the Nokia brand and its Vietnamese phone factory to HMD and to FIH, a subsidiary of contract manufacturing giant Foxconn, for around US$350 million.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Verizon, unions agree to involve federal mediator in contact talks

After meeting with U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez yesterday, Verizon and union leaders representing some 40,000 striking workers agreed to continue stalled contract negotiations with the assistance of a federal mediator who has on her resume decades of experience as general counsel for a major union.  From a U.S. Department of Labor press release:“The parties involved in the Verizon labor dispute, including the senior leadership of the unions and the company and their bargaining teams, met today in Washington with Labor Secretary Tom Perez and Allison Beck, an experienced federal mediator who the parties agreed today would assist in the ongoing contract negotiations. Discussions will continue in Washington this week under the auspices of the Department of Labor.”To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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