| John P. Mello Jr. Oct 7, 2015 5:00 AM PT | |
 | Systems designed to protect networks against DDoS attacks can themselves be problematic. "There are tactics where traffic can get so bad that it will be 'black holed.' That's like throwing the baby out with the bath water," said NeuStar's Joe Loveless. "You're losing good traffic as well as the bad. With a good scrubbing service, you can maintain the good traffic while eliminating the bad." [More...] |
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 | Canonical Plays With Internet of Toys Idea Canonical last week announced plans to launch the Internet of Toys, an open source initiative calling on toy makers, hackers, Internet of Things fans and innovators to build the next generation of Web-accessing toys. Participants will build the next generation of toys around open source tools such as Cylon JS, Gobot, Snappy Ubuntu Core, Snapcraft, ROS and Erle-Spider. [More...] |
 | Leveraging Moments of Truth eGain is touting a report from Forrester Consulting and my friend Ian Jacobs purporting to show that omnichannel customer service is stagnant or worse when it comes to delivering service that customers need and want. Ian does good work and I am in agreement with him on this, but I have trouble with some conclusions, specifically the implication that the problem can be solved with more software. [More...] |
 | Many Product Searchers Skip Google, Go Directly to Amazon Amazon has become the first stop for nearly half of online shoppers researching potential purchases, according to a report BloomReach released Tuesday. Nearly half -- 44 percent -- of some 2,000 survey participants said they go directly to Amazon to search for products. That's a substantial increase from a similar survey Forrester Research conducted in 2012. [More...] |
 | EU Data Transfer Ruling Leaves Tech Companies in Quandary Europe's highest court has ruled that a 15-year-old agreement regulating electronic data transfers with the U.S. was invalid, potentially striking a blow to thousands of U.S. technology companies that rely on a uniform legal standard do business overseas. The European Court of Justice ruled that the U.S. Safe Harbor agreement was inadequate to protect the privacy rights of ordinary citizens. [More...] |
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