MUST READ Framehawk Says BYOD Is Not Rocket Science By Patrick Houston Startup Framehawk, which counts a former NASA physicist as a co-founder, uses desktop virtualization and its own communications protocol to safely extend corporate apps and data to tablets and smartphones.
HP Adds OpenFlow Support Throughout Networking Line At Interop 2012, HP shows OpenFlow-enabled networking platforms, teams with F5 Networks to automate virtualization of networks and application deployment.
Apple Fixes Serious iOS Security Bugs Apple iOS version 5.1.1 patches three big iPhone and iPad vulnerabilities. But OS X Lion update results in FileVault passwords being stored in plaintext.
HBase: Hadoop's Next Big Data Chapter HBase still has a few 'rough edges,' but that hasn't kept this NoSQL database from becoming one of the hottest pockets within the white-hot Hadoop market.
Men Are From Mars, Women Love Smartphones Who's still using 'dumb' phones? White males buy smartphones in lower percentages than women and minorities, according to the latest data from Nielsen.
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10 Massive Security Breaches They make the news on a regular basis: incidents in which a company or government agency's security is breached, leading to a loss of information, personal records, or other data. There are many ways to measure the size or cost of a security breach. Some result in the loss of millions of data records, some affect millions of people, and some wind up costing the affected businesses a lot of money. Not to mention, the questions of you calculate the value of personal medical information vs. credit card numbers. Here are ten security breaches of epic scale, plus one "bonus" incident that ranks among the boneheaded moves of all time.
Interop 2012 Preview: 12 Cool Products Cloud computing, big data, and mobile lead the big themes at the Interop 2012 enterprise IT event. Get a sneak peek at some of the innovative products we expect to see. View Now
Does America's Next "Road to Prosperity" lie in Rural Sourcing? The global economy has driven business out of America with small towns greatly impacted. At the same time, companies are finding that the quality of outsourcing their IT and development to other countries is lacking. A solution has emerged that solves both issues: rural sourcing. We discuss this trend and its benefits. It happens Tuesday, May 22, 2012. More Information & Registration
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