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| 2017 Smashed World's Records for Most Data Breaches, Exposed Information | | Dark Reading | It was a record-breaking year for the numbers of publicly reported data breaches and exposed records in 2017 worldwide: a total of 5,207 breaches and 7.89 billion information records compromised. While hacking remained the No. 1 method used in data breaches last year (55.8%), for the first time it wasn't the top cause of exposed data records: 68.7% of exposed records came at the hands of unintentional Web-borne exposure due to accidental leaking online and misconfigured services and portals. | | SOM vs. CASB vs. IDaaS: The Unique Value of BetterCloud Demonstrated in 10 GIFs | | BetterCloud Monitor | "What is BetterCloud? Is BetterCloud a CASB? Or an IDaaS?" People ask us these questions all the time. But BetterCloud is solving a set of challenges that no other vendor addresses. We’re not a CASB or an IDaaS (in fact, many of our customers use us alongside those solutions). Instead, we’re pioneering a new IT market: SaaS Operations Management, or SOM. Here are 10 GIFs that illustrate the unique value of BetterCloud. | | Microsoft Offers Box, Dropbox, and Google Cloud Customers Free OneDrive for Business Until Their Contracts Expire | | VentureBeat | What do you do if you want more people to use your service when there are many other competing services out there already? Offer it to them for free, of course. And that is exactly what Microsoft is doing to encourage signups for its OneDrive for Business cloud storage service. Microsoft announced that companies already signed up to Box, Dropbox, or Google’s cloud storage services can make the switch to OneDrive and not pay a penny for the duration of their existing contract. | | | | | | How to Book Your Hotel Rooms and Flights Right from Google Search | | Engadget | Google Flights is already a great place to search when you're headed out on vacation or business trips. Now some new updates will help you find and book hotels and flights right in a Google search. | | 10 Simple Design Rules to Make Word Documents Look Professional and Beautiful | | MakeUseOf | This article isn’t about how to use Microsoft Word’s various features. It's specifically looking at the design aspect of business reports and academic papers, meaning the whats and the whys that dictate a document that’s pleasing to the eye and easy to read. | | | | | | An Invitation You’ll Want to Accept: Updates to G Suite Meeting Room Hardware | | G Suite Updates | Google announced updates to make their meeting solutions even better for enterprises, including: Expanding Jamboard and Hangouts Meet hardware to new countries, adding AI-powered autodraw to improve your jams, and offering more Hangouts Meet hardware options for larger rooms. | | Make the Switch to OneDrive for Improved Productivity and Cost Savings | | Office Blog | Microsoft is making it easier for new customers to switch to OneDrive by offering free OneDrive for Business for the remaining term of their existing contract with Box, Dropbox, or Google. This offer is valid starting February 6, 2018 through June 30, 2018 for organizations that are not currently OneDrive for Business or Office 365 customers and who make a minimum 500 user commitment. | | A New Look and Time-Saving Features with Confluence 6.7 | | Atlassian Blog | To kick off the new year, Atlassian announced the release of Confluence Server 6.7. Read on to learn more about their new look, improvements to @mentions and email notifications, and a Team Calendars update. | | | Falcon Heavy Now Officially the Most Powerful Rocket in the World
SpaceX made history by launching its first Falcon Heavy—and Elon Musk’s personal Tesla Roadster—into space, ushering in a new era for the aerospace company. |
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