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Tweet Enterprises are deploying best-of-breed infrastructure that spans multiple public and private cloud instances. The role of cloud-management solutions here is huge, but it’s a matter of finding the right platform. Related research and analysis from GigaOM Pro:Subscriber content. Sign up for a free trial. Infrastructure Q1: IaaS Comes Down to Earth; Big Data Takes Flight Cloud computing 2013: how to navigate without a map Infrastructure Q1: Cloud and big…

Tweet Microsoft has announced that Windows Phone 8 has received the FIPS 140-2 security standard, which means devices with the OS will likely be used more by U.S. government agencies. Read more…      Neowin

Tweet Microsoft has released a patch designed to plug a security exploit discovered in current versions Internet Explorer, which has already been used by hackers in a limited number of attacks. Read more…      Neowin

Tweet Microsoft has re-released several security bulletins it launched last week to fix issues that were discovered after they were issued, in a trend that has some security experts concerned. Read more…      Neowin

Tweet The security industry’s collective head is spinning, thanks to the NSA. A week after it emerged that the U.S. intelligence agency has “some capabilities” against basic internet security mechanisms, no one is much the wiser as to what those capabilities are — which means everything is in doubt. There’s even a grain of doubt (just a grain) regarding the core math behind modern cryptography. Experts such as Bruce Schneier…