Computer Safety & News

SQL Server 2017 will offer improved security, performance, and even native  Linux support with this new version which is nearing official release. https://mcpmag.com/articles/2017/07/18/sql-server-2017-release-candidate-1-now-available.aspx https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sql-server/sql-server-2017 Microsoft announced that the first release candidate for SQL Server 2017 is now available to the public.  After multiple preview builds over the last year, this marks the first time that […]

Below are key resources documenting this recent monthly Microsoft Patch Tuesday release https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Microsoft+Patch+Tuesday+August+2017/22694/ http://blog.talosintelligence.com/2017/08/ms-tuesday.html https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance Microsoft has released its monthly set of security advisories for vulnerabilities that have been identified and addressed in various products. This month’s advisory release addresses 48 new vulnerabilities with 25 of them rated critical, 21 rated important, and 2 rated […]

The new Intel 8th generation “Coffee Lake” processors will debut later in month offering 14nm state-of-art miniaturization.  These new CPU chipsets may be up to 30% faster in performance as shared in this informative article by PC Magazine https://www.pcmag.com/news/355489/intels-8th-gen-coffee-lake-chips-arrive-august-21 Intel promised back in February that we’d be getting 8th generation “Coffee Lake” Core processors in the […]