Some of the current events I’ve been following include the following stories:

• HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE
  • Sometime in 2017, Microsoft will bring MS SQL to Linux – via @Wired
  • KPMG Recruits IBM Watson for Cognitive Tech Audits, Insights  via @ATechCom
  • There is a ‘game changer’ technology on Wall Street – Blockchain – and people keep confusing it with bitcoin
  • Microsoft’s Project Rigel Brings Surface Hub Capabilities To New Devices
  • Seagate’s blistering new 10GBps NVMe drive is the world’s fastest-ever SSD=> Interesting claim for fastest SSD, but we don’t see the stat you should be looking at when you expand your storage – IOPS, or I/O operations per second.
• SECURITY
  • We’re fighting an invisible war — in cyberspace http://cnet.co/1VYAbvJ via @CNET
  • Apple’s Operating System Targeted by Ransomware for First Time http://on.wsj.com/1U7GnT4 via @WSJ => Just because you have a Mac doesn’t mean you get a pass on malware.
• GOVERNMENT AND PRIVACY
  • How State Revenuers Are Going After E-Commerce (Wall Street Journal) => Great reason to learn more about @Avalara, which can handle this crazy compliance challenge.
  • The DOJ threatens to seize Apple’s source code and electronic signature #policestate via @FortuneMagazine
  • Surprise! US Govt has authorized NSA #surveillance data for domestic policing that has NOTHING to do w terrorism http://wpo.st/wyuK1
  • More airports calling out TSA for long lines http://usat.ly/1p8l0Fv via @usatoday  Agree that @AskTSA lines have been worse in 2016.  Evidently, I’m not the only one to see this trend.