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Global CIO: Oracle CEO Larry Ellison On The Future Of IT
Ellison speaks out on Oracle's new Sun-enabled strategy and how that points to where the entire IT industry is headed.
FCC Preparing Broadband Plan
A tight supply of broadband spectrum and the use of set-top boxes for Internet connections are just two of the matters the commission is working to address.
BBN Lands $81 Million Army Contract
The lab will carry out pure research in networking, and will be responsible for transitioning new technologies to the Department of Defense.
Global CIO: Oracle-Sun A Bad Deal? Only A Fool Would Say That
Oracle buying Sun is bad business, says Motley Fool, but that analysis is simply, well, foolish. Here's why.
Congress Goes Wireless
The House of Representatives is preparing to roll out its wireless network, though the timeline for completion is unclear.
EMC Speeds Up Storage Connectivity
The Symmetrix V-Max storage array gets 8Gb-per-second connectivity for mainframe and open systems environments.
FTC Sues Intel For Monopoly Tactics
Competition watchdog says chipmaker illegally bullied PC makers into using its chips.
Global CIO: The World's Largest Private Cloud: Who's Number One?
Its 13 petabytes include archived data from the world's top banks and pharma companies, and it's growing rapidly. The owner's name starts with A -- but it's not Amazon.
EMC Adds VMware Support To Retrospect
Retrospect 7.7 for Windows features integration with VMware Consolidated Backup, energy conservation, and a 64-bit engine.
Amazon Auctions Cloud Computation
Businesses can now bid for computing capacity during times of low demand to save money.
First Commercial LTE Network Goes Live
TeliaSonera launched its 4G wireless network Monday in Sweden and Norway.
Strong Authentication Not Strong Enough
Cyber thieves are defeating two-factor authentication systems. Gartner recommends defense-in-depth.
Los Angeles Goes Google
As of Monday, city employees will be able to start using Google Apps for daily computing tasks.
Global CIO: The CIO's Christmas
A holiday poem, with apologies to Dr. Seuss
IBM Offers Tivoli Service To SMBs
Tivoli Live Monitoring can monitor virtual machines running under VMware ESX Server, Microsoft's Hyper-V, and Citrix Systems XenServer.
Getting Started With Full Disk Encryption
Today, full-system encryption in software is feasible and practical. Here's how to get up and running using solutions from PGP, McAfee, Sophos, and open-source options TrueCrypt and DiskCryptor.
Google Douses Privacy Fire
CEO Eric Schmidt's remarks are being taken out of context, the company says.
Microsoft Acquires Data Center Automation Firm
The purchase of Opalis will allow Microsoft to bring automated data center best practices to expand System Center's capabilities.
Dell Expands Data Center Offerings
The company introduced infrastructure management software and 10-Gigabit Ethernet to its storage and networking switch lines.
Americans Consume 34 GB Of Data Daily
Video games accounted for most of the bandwidth, but watching TV consumed most of the time.
Global CIO: Riverbed Sees Cloud Computing Boom In 2010
With CIOs looking to the cloud to help rekindle growth and CEOs dazzled by the economic promise, Riverbed is very bullish on cloud computing.
Software AG Launches Mainframe Application Monitoring
The browser-based monitoring tool looks into the operating health of multiple mainframe applications.
Chinese Trade Policy Discriminatory, Groups Claim
A new Chinese government procurement policy gives preference to products based on Chinese-owned intellectual property.
Microsoft To Acquire Healthcare Specialist
Sentillion buy gives software maker a range of identity and access management tools for hospital IT systems.
Google Search Appliance Now Finds Tweets
Social media is infiltrating the business world, like it or not.
Chopra, Kundra Urge Efficiency Role For Government IT
The Federal CIO and CTO tell Congress that transparency, efficiency efforts are beginning to pay dividends, but federal IT still needs to be more involved in business decisions.
WiGig Completes Wireless Specification
The 60-GHz technology will support transmission rates up to 7 Gbps in home and small office networks.
Amazon EC2 Cloud Data Center Loses Power
Operations in Amazon's Northern Virginia cloud computing data center were disrupted during a five-hour period Wednesday.
Facebook Christmas Worm Spreads Holiday Infection
Koobface, the worm that has plagued Facebook, Twitter and other social sites, is back.
AT&T To Curb Smartphone Data Use
The company said 3% of its smartphone users are consuming 40% of its data traffic and compromising its networks.
Video Driving Cisco Growth
Cisco will accellerate its move into video while also branching aggressively into collaboration and virtualization, said CEO John Chambers.
Google Web Toolkit 2.0 Adds Performance Tools
Developers who share Google's obsession with speed have new options to make Web apps faster.
Google Groups Joins Apps Suite
Users gain more flexible communication and collaboration options, while IT administrators gain more control over information management.
Network Planners Need Next-Gen Approach
Telecoms need to synch their network planning with marketing data for successful rollouts of next-gen services, says a survey.
Google Fights 'Google Money' Fraud Scheme
In an effort to protect its brand, Google is suing a company offering kits that purport to reveal how to earn money from home using Google.
Microsoft Patches Zero-Day Internet Explorer Hole
The company issued 74 Security Bulletins in 2009, compared to 78 in 2008 and 69 in 2007, excluding out-of-band updates.
Google Releases Chrome For Mac, Linux
Over a year after the release of Google Chrome for Windows, Mac and Linux beta versions have arrived.
Cisco Security Report Sees Social Media Risk
Bad passwords, inconsistent patching, excessive information sharing, and outdated AV software are key ingredients in what Cisco calls a security "nightmare formula."
EMC Launches Storage Automation
The company says its fully automated storage tiering technology will cut storage acquisition costs by 20% and trim storage operation expenses by 40%.
Savvis, Cisco Boost Enterprise Cloud Offerings
The firms will team to offer enterprise-class virtual private data center and multi-tiered security and quality-of-service capabilities.
Google Reinvents Search For Mobile Era
Search is moving beyond keywords and desktop interaction into the wider world.
Google Search Goes Real Time
Search is changing at Google, with new real-time, voice-driven translation, and image recognition capabilities.
Ruckus Installs 802.11n Video On Demand
The Wi-Fi network converts multicast IP traffic to unicast, allowing simultaneous distribution of IP-based high-definition video.
Google Buys AppJet To Power Wave
The start-up's collaborative technology will be adapted to improve the way Google Wave handles group editing.
Bing Back After Outage
Microsoft is investigating what happened in an effort to prevent future downtime.
Cisco Snags Shares To Acquire Tandberg
Now the U.S. Justice Department will step up its review of Cisco's pending acquisition of the Norwegian videoconferencing firm.
Microsoft Warns Piracy Surge Brings Malware
Amid rising complaints about infected counterfeit software, Microsoft is redoubling its anti-piracy work.
Google Accelerates Internet With Public DNS Service
By taking on Internet traffic direction, Google aims to make the Internet more responsive while also deepening its access to valuable traffic data.
Ciena Beats Nokia To Acquire Nortel Unit
Nokia Siemens Networks made an unsuccessful last-ditch effort to wrest Metro Ethernet Networks from Ciena with a higher bid.
Sprint Denies 'Massive Disclosure' Of Sensitive Information
A privacy expert's claims vastly overstate the case, the company says.
Government Surveillance Of Social Networks Challenged
Policies governing the usage of social network data remain unclear at many government agencies.
Google Helps Publishers Erect Pay Walls
Continuing its stormy courtship of online news publishers, Google is offering news sites more control over how their content can be accessed.
Cisco Launches FlipShare TV
The wireless device streams high-definition video from a PC or Mac to a TV.
AT&T Ends Verizon Ad Lawsuit
Verizon will continue to show its "There's A Map For That" ads to capitalize on perceived weaknesses of AT&T's 3G network.
Microsoft Says Patch Isn't Cause Of Black Screen
Black screen issues are not widespread and may be caused by malware, Microsoft insists.
Ansca Mobile Releases Corona For iPhone Development
Flash designers and other developers now have a new bridge to world of mobile apps.
IT Hiring To Increase Next Quarter
A 3% increase in IT staffing is forecast for early 2010, with traditional jobs in networking, security, and application development most in demand.
FCC To Catalog White Space Spectrum
The federal agency is requiring white-space devices to be able to check an online database that identifies which spectrum is available in a given market.
Broadcom To Acquire Dune For $178 Million
The deal will boost Broadcom's data center and cloud computing portfolio.
IBM Buys Database Security Company
By purchasing Guardium, IBM is strengthening its ability to sell to healthcare and financial companies.
Large Hadron Collider Breaks Energy Record
The physics community is excited to see CERN's particle accelerator up and running again.
Dell Dabbles With Chrome OS
Owners of Dell Mini 10v netbooks can now try a version of Google's Chrome OS for themselves.
'Black Screen of Death' Linked To Microsoft Patch
A recent Microsoft security fix has been fingered as one of several possible causes of black screen Windows crashes.
Ericsson To Buy Nortel GSM Unit For $70 Million
Nortel's European and Taiwanese GSM and GSM-R operations will go to Kapsch CarrierCom.
Government CIOs Must Focus On Results, Not Data Centers
Data center proliferation entails unacceptable cost and risk, says the former CIO of the U.S. Postal Service. With cloud computing as an option, it's time to pursue a more sustainable strategy.
Apple Accepts PhoneGap For iPhone Development
Cross-platform mobile development is getting easier, thanks to frameworks that leverage Web technology.
'Godfather Of Spam' Gets Four Years In Prison
Prosecutors hope the prison sentence sends a message to spammers.
Microsoft Issues Internet Explorer Security Advisory
Users of Internet Explorer 6 and 7 may be vulnerable to a malware attack.
Google, TiVo Partner For TV Data
TV advertisers can look forward to a deeper understanding of how TiVo viewers receive their ads.
Microsoft Bing Cashback Not Always A Bargain
Microsoft's search rebate program inflates some prices for online shoppers, claims a competitor.
Google Buys Ad Start-Up Teracent
Teracent's technology will help Google automate display ad design and delivery.
Jailbroken iPhones Vulnerable To 'Duh' Worm
Cybersecurity companies are warning that new malware can turn modified iPhones and iPods into zombies.
Chrome OS: There Will Be Local Storage
Despite what Google says, not all data will be in the cloud.
Motorola Buys RadioFrame's iDEN Business
The acquisition will enhance its push-to-talk technology delivered over an integrated Digital Enhanced Network, Motorola says.
China Cyber Espionage Threatens U.S., Report Says
A Congressional advisory report warns that cyber attacks against defense computers are on the rise.
First LTE Data Call Made On Live Net
Alcatel-Lucent's live call is the latest in a series of Long Term Evolution tests and trials in preparation for the launch of LTE.
IBM Reports Cognitive Computing Advances
At the Supercomputing 09 conference, IBM reported significant progress in large-scale cortical simulation.
Google Chrome OS Depends On Hardware Partners
Despite its focus on the Web -- a platform with proven appeal -- Chrome OS will also need compelling hardware to compete against Apple's anticipated tablet and Windows netbooks.
Google Releases Chrome OS Code
Developers can now participate in the Chrome OS open source project and help Google bring its new operating system to market next year.
FCC Speeds Cell Tower Reviews
The "shot clock" rule will set a limit on how long local governments can review applications for new cellular towers.
Lawmakers Slam Deceptive Web Marketers
Post-transaction marketing abuses bring calls for stronger oversight.
Interop: Net Optics Launches Monitoring Tools
Solutions are designed to boost network performance and security.
Mozilla Releases Firefox 3.6 Beta 3
The third beta version of the next Firefox sports speed and stability improvements.
Google Phone Coming, Report Claims
But for many, a Google phone doesn't make sense.
UPS Gets Energy Efficiency Boost
Uninterruptible power supply systems from APC target energy efficiencies in network closets and server rooms.
Global CIO: Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's Goodbye Letter To European Customers
If Larry Ellison were to bid ciao and adieu to the wonks of the EU, here's what his goodbye letter to Oracle customers might say.
Quest Launches Cloud Services Based On Microsoft Azure
Quest OnDemand will manage IT environments, providing identity management, authentication, and authorization, built on Microsoft's platform for software as a service.
T-Mobile Says Employees Sold Customer Data
A report issued by the U.K. Information Commission's Office calls for action against the unlawful sale of personal data.
Cyber Warfare Warning Sounded
In its annual report on cybercrime, McAfee says that the age of cyber warfare has arrived.
Global CIO: Instead of 'China Out,' 3Com Goes In With HP
3Com tried to take on the world using China as its base. Easier said than done
Glide OS Extends Search
TransMedia's forthcoming revision of its media sharing service will be accessible from any Web site through a browser plug-in.
Texas' Data Center Consolidation Project Under Scrutiny
A commissioned report finds a range of problems with a seven-year, $863 million outsourcing contract with IBM.
Most Security Products Fail Initial Certification Tests
A study based on the testing of thousands of security products over 20 years finds that most require several rounds of testing before achieving certification.
Google Apps Gets LTech Management Tools
The switch to cloud computing doesn't have to mean giving up administrative power.
Ruckus Positions 802.11n As WiMax Rival
The wireless broadband access system can be deployed cheaper and faster than WiMax, Ruckus said.
Microsoft 'Sudo' Patent No Danger To Unix
The recent "Rights elevator" patent granted to Microsoft covers a graphic user interface element.
Ericsson Completes Nortel Acquisition
The $1.3 billion purchase of Nortel's CDMA/LTE unit makes North America the largest region in Ericsson's global reach.
IBM Offers Security Software For Virtualization
The product secures each layer of the infrastructure of a VMware vSphere virtual server.
Web 2.0 Expo: The Power Of Less
The industry's premier event will explore opportunities for innovation in a time of uncertainty, amid the entrepreneurial spirit of New York's Web community.
Global CIO: Cloud Computing's New Name: 500 Reader Suggestions!
The CEOs of HP and IBM say "cloud computing" is a lousy name, so we asked you to come up with a new term--and your 500 responses tell us a lot about ourselves.
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