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Making 'The Year of the Retail Breach' a Thing of the Past


From Target and Neiman Marcus to Michaels, Chick-fil-A and Home Depot, fraudsters are leaving no stone unturned, and the millions of customers unlucky enough to use infected point of sale (POS) machines at these retailers now need to worry about whether their sensitive information has fallen into the wrong hands.

Why You Need to Know: The situation may sound dire, but there are approaches that retail IT teams can take to protect both its own and customers' sensitive data assets.


 

Content Translation in the Mobile Era: 3 Lessons to Learn the Easy Way

If you only speak English and Skype a Spanish speaker Microsoft will now translate your conversation in real-time. Google Translate will soon recognize popular languages and text you an instant translation.

Why You Need to Know: The new real-time translation paradigm delivers on one of the early promises of the computer age—complete automation.
 
 

Birch Communications Looking for a Few Good Channel Partners at ITEXPO

Networking is about to be a point driven home thanks to Birch Communications, who's heading to ITEXPO 2015 with its eye open for new channel partners.

Why You Need to Know: When it comes to ITEXPO —set to run January 27 – 29 at the Miami Beach Convention Center—there are a variety of reasons that immediately leap to mind as to why it's a good idea to attend.
 
 

Stealth Mode: Lying in Wait inside the White House's Network

Recent data breaches involved an unclassified computer network used by President Obama's senior staff, prompting countermeasures by the administration resulting in temporary system outages.

Why You Need to Know: Officials said the attack did not appear to be aimed at destruction of either data or hardware, or assuming control of other systems at the White House, which poses the question – what were the hackers looking for?
 
 

VoIP Pioneers Set to Present at ITEXPO in Miami

A panel of distinguished leaders and visionaries are scheduled to be part of a "20 Years of VoIP" panel which will explore the innovation VoIP has spawned.

Why You Need to Know: Running Tuesday through Friday, ITEXPO is the leading business technology event that brings together IT professionals and experts to explore the latest technology and trends in VoIP, M2M, SDN, cloud, WebRTC, unified communications and much more.
 
 

 
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