Kevin McLaughlin

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Kevin joined The Information in 2016 after 11 years covering enterprise technology and cloud computing at CRN, a technology trade industry publication. Previously, he was a technical writer for France Telecom’s R&D division and a reporter at Business 2.0, a magazine that covered the rise (and fall) of the first dot-com era. He started his career at The Bangkok Post, a Thailand-based English language daily newspaper serving Southeast Asia. Kevin attended Colgate University and lives with his wife and two young children in Berkeley, Calif. You can reach him at [email protected].

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Cloud Data Backup Firm Datto Taken Private in $6.2 Billion Deal

Datto, which had struggled since its October 2020 IPO, is best known as the provider that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton used to back up her emails.

The Tech Tussle Over Gartner’s ‘Magic Quadrant’

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HP Inc. Targets Remote Work in $1.7 Billion Poly Acquisition

HP Inc. fought off a lengthy takeover bid from Xerox two years ago, and now it is trying to buy headset maker Poly in what would be its largest-ever acquisition.

Okta Now Says Hackers May Have Viewed Customers’ Data

After seeming to downplay the impact of a January security breach yesterday, Okta is now admitting that up to 2.5% of its customers may have been affected.

Okta Denies That Hacking Group Breached its Systems As Microsoft Confirms Limited Breach

Identity management and authentication software provider Okta is downplaying a hacking group's claims that it breached its systems in January. Microsoft said the group had gained limited access to its system.

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Is Microsoft getting a pass for Azure outages and security response?

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As we reported in early July, Microsoft's Azure cloud has a global shortage of computing capacity due to high demand for cloud services and the global chip shortage. Microsoft Azure has other problems too. There have been a number of service outages in recent years, including one last night Pacific time that took down Teams and other services for users around the worl...

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