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Is Antivirus Software Dead?
Always-on Internet connectivity is keeping malware concerns alive and well. We examine whether antivirus software is up to the task, or whether it's a security solution of the past.
IBM Opens Business Analytics Center
Bangalore facility will employ experts skilled in applying database and statistical tools to customers' information challenges.
Microsoft Plans Fixes For 15 Security Flaws
November's patch day is about half the size of October's massive fix.
Windows 7 Sales Trounce Vista
Microsoft's new OS is significantly outpacing its predecessor in terms of post-launch market impact.
Global CIO: Oracle Trapped By EU Politics, Says New York Times
As thousands of Sun employees face layoffs, the EU ninnies focus on conjuring up an outcome that will make them seem less pathetic than they truly are.
Supply Chain Vendors JDA, i2 To Merge
The $396 million merger would heat up competition against Oracle and SAP.
Microsoft Expresses Cloud Privacy Commitment, Concerns
In a policy paper, Microsoft affirms its support for privacy in the cloud and calls for regulatory clarity.
Enterprise 2.0: Google Wave, A Solution Seeking A Problem?
The difficulty people have understanding Google Wave reflects broader uncertainty about the value of Enterprise 2.0 in the workplace.
IBM Launches Healthcare Research Center
Dallas facility will focus on how field data from hospitals and clinics can be mined to produce better patient outcomes.
IBM Unveils Cloud Computing Software Tools
Rational Software Delivery Services offers software development and testing tools for public and private cloud computing environments.
Google Releases Internal JavaScript Tools
Developers can now optimize their JavaScript code with tools used by Google's engineers.
Serious SSL Vulnerability Found
A vulnerability in the most common data security protocol on the Internet could allow secure Web sessions to be hijacked.
Microsoft-Yahoo Deal Could Go Global
Microsoft chief says companies could roll out search alliance internationally once approvals are in place.
Wolfe's Den: HP Revs Data Center Strategy, Stabbing At Cisco
Hewlett-Packard has fired back at Cisco in the increasingly contentious race to field an overarching data-center strategy, which will enable enterprises to rein in the complexity of sprawling networks and rampant virtualization.
Red Hat Offers Virtualization Management
The Linux vendor announces Enterprise Virtualization Manager for Servers, or a centralized management system for KVM virtual machines.
IBM CEO Sam Palmisano Talks With Global CIO
In a rare and exclusive interview, the man who transformed IBM speaks out on business analytics, cloud computing, and the emerging Smarter Planet.
Enterprise 2.0: The Emperor's New Clothes?
Skepticism about the utility and value of Enterprise 2.0 were addressed at a conference panel session.
Parallels Upgrades Mac Virtualization Software
Version 5 of Parallels Desktop is 300% faster, improves graphic performance, and adds 70 features.
VoiceCon 2009: Siemens Brings Twitter To OpenScape
The social network support can analyze tweets to automatically set up conference calls, as well as adjust a user's presence, status, and device availability.
Enterprise 2.0: Novell, SAP, ThoughtWorks Ride Google Wave
Business software vendors have begun building on the Wave platform as Google promises a Wave App Store.
Second Life Steps Into The Enterprise
Companies can now run their own, private version of the virtual world in their data centers, for added security and control.
Hybrid Clouds Floating To Enterprise Forefront
At the Cloud Computing Conference and Expo, speakers raise the prospect of private clouds working with public clouds.
Global CIO: IBM's New CIO Sheds Light On Priorities And Plans
After two months as IBM's first company-wide CIO, Pat Toole talks about battling 80/20, a massive data-center consolidation, cloud initiatives, and cutting 11,500 apps.
PayPal Unveils Plans To Open Payment Service
The PayPal X service is designed to make it easier for developers to integrate PayPal into third-party applications.
Microsoft To Preview SQL Server 2008 R2
IT professionals will be able to download community technology preview version starting this month.
Microsoft Offers Free SaaS To Salesforce, Oracle Customers
The offer for six free months of Dynamics CRM Online came a day after Microsoft dropped prices for cloud versions of Exchange and SharePoint.
Enterprise 2.0: Is Enterprise Software Failing?
Software providers must look beyond lists of features and address business needs. And they must deliver on the promise of the next-generation customer experience.
Enterprise 2.0: Corporations Start Collaborating
Keynoter Tammy Erickson of nGenera warns that as organizations get more social, they'll face structural challenges.
XP To Windows 7: Workaround Fixes Install Failure
Windows XP users attempting upgrades to Microsoft's new OS are getting hit with an error message—here's the fix.
Cisco, EMC Expand Cloud, Data Center Offerings
EMC's VMware is central to the partners' Virtual Computing Environment.
Microsoft Drops Prices Of Cloud Apps
Exchange Online's monthly price drops from $10 to $5, and storage increases to 25 Gbytes, matching Google Gmail.
Global CIO: Capgemini Takes On The Plague Of Bad Requirements
It's embracing visualization from iRise as part of a move to get requirements right early
Windows 7 Market Share On The Rise
New OS is building sales momentum as PC users upgrade from Vista.
Worms Invade Corporate Computers, Microsoft Finds
In its latest Security Intelligence Report, Microsoft documents the doubling of worms in enterprises during the first half of 2009.
Smartphones Getting Less Expensive
Within 5 years, 45% of smartphones will hit the market for less than $200 with a new contract, according to data from ABI Research.
Firefox, Chrome, Safari Erode Internet Explorer Usage
As Microsoft waits for Windows 7 sales to hasten the transition to Internet Explorer 8, the company's overall browser share continues to decline.
Divitas Offers Handset-Agnostic Collaboration
The company is bringing enterprise unified communications features like instant messaging, presence, and office-line calling to Android, iPhone, and BlackBerry smartphones.
CA Upgrades System Management Products
CA upgrades four system management products, giving each greater authority over the virtual domain as well as physical assets.
Wolfe's Den Podcast: Windows 7 Virtually Speaking
Our columnist ponders the demise of virtual private networks (VPNs), examines virtual hard disks (VHDs), and chats with Gavriella Schuster, Microsoft's Windows client general manager, and Ward Ralston, Windows Server product manager.
Is The Desktop PC Doomed?
The rise of Web-based apps, virtualization, and a crop of powerful mobile devices have the traditional PC desktop on the run.
Google Maps Adds More Real Estate Data
Users of Google's search engine can now find out more detailed information about real estate.
IBM Targets Smart Cities, Government Services
A new government framework is aimed at tax and revenue management, safety, social services, transportation, and urban infrastructures.
Windows 7 First 'Self-Healing' OS
Microsoft baked a number of support technologies directly into its new operating system so it can self-diagnose and repair problems.
MicroStrategy BI License Revenues Up 39%
The business intelligence application vendor's performance is in striking contrast to the broader software industry.
Catbird Monitoring VMs In Amazon EC2
A version of Catbird's vSecurity Cloud Edition is available as an app in Amazon's EC2-approved catalog of application services.
Global CIO: SAP Eliminates All-Up-Front Payment Requirement
In a striking move, SAP is extending to 580 very large customers a plan allowing them to spread payment across multiple years instead of making one big capital-expense payment up front.
Enterprise 2.0: Challenging Economy Pushes Businesses Toward Better Tools
TechWeb's Enterprise 2.0 Conference, Nov. 2 through 5 in San Francisco, aims to connect companies with better business technology.
Amazon Introduces PayPhrase Payment Shortcut
Online merchants can use Amazon's passphrase payment scheme to ease the friction of online commerce.
Windows 7 Hardware Discounts Offered
PC users can now get bargains on Microsoft mice, keyboards, Webcams, and other peripherals—even if they didn't host a launch party.
Motorola Posts 3Q Profit
The handset maker is looking to its Google Android-based smartphones, like the Verizon Droid, to regain market share.
IBM Integrates Dev Tools With Tivoli
The integration of testing and asset management tools enables software developers to more cleanly automate deployment of new apps.
Ubuntu Server 9.1 Adds Cloud APIs
Canonical's Linux operating system includes built-in means of accessing Amazon's EC2 with a compatible set of APIs from the Eucalyptus open source project.
Android 2.0 Revs Enterprise Features
The latest version of Google's mobile operating system makes it easier for users to get corporate e-mail, calendar, and contact information on their handsets.
Global CIO: Hewlett-Packard's Hurd Says Bad IT Means A Bad CEO
Hurd offers a startling observation about how the roots of bad IT almost always reside in the corner office, and he explains how HP attempts to address the needs of both the CEO and the CIO.
Google Launches Music Service
Look out iTunes and Amazon, Google has integrated songs into its search results.
Windows 7 Could Spark Move To 64-Bit
More robust architecture would help business users better cope with information overload.
Google's 'Gov Cloud' Wins $7.2 Million Los Angeles Contract
The City of Los Angeles plans to replace its Novell GroupWise e-mail system with Google Apps, partly using anti-trust settlement money paid by Microsoft.
Google Unveils Free Navigation Service For Android 2.0 Devices
Turn-by-turn directions will soon be available to users of Android 2.0 devices, like Verizon's Droid, courtesy of Google.
CA Offers Integrated Management Console
A single console monitors realtime application performance of both distributed systems and mainframe applications.
EnterpriseDB, Postgres Maker, Raises $19 Million
IBM, Red Hat, and NTT are backing the open source database maker.
VMware Workstation 7 Supports Windows 7
Workstation 7 supports virtual machines and takes advantage of enhanced 3D graphics and other features of Microsoft's latest OS.
Defense CIO Touts Benefits Of Open Source
Deputy CIO David Wennergren points to reliability, security, and lower TCO as among the potential benefits of using open source in the U.S. military.
Smartphone Boom Challenging PC Makers
A shift in mobile computing from laptops to smaller devices is forcing PC makers to adjust, research firm says.
Google CEO Imagines Era Of Mobile Supercomputers
The future, as Eric Schmidt describes it, belongs to smart phones and data centers.
Symbian Kick Starts Developer Program
Developers in the Horizon program will be able to more efficiently distribute applications for Symbian, the most widely used mobile OS.
SAP, Nokia Partner On Mobile Security
With the joint venture's technology, prescription drugs, software, and other goods could be tagged with smart barcodes to protect them from counterfeiting.
Windows 7 Boosts Laptop Battery Life
Collaboration between Intel and Microsoft means at least an extra hour of power, vendors claim.
Cisco To Acquire ScanSafe
The market for tech companies is heating up again, as Cisco strengthens its position in Web and mobile security.
IBM Spins Off PLM Unit To Dassault
$600 million deal sees Big Blue transfer Product Lifecycle Management assets to industry partner.
IBM Intros BI Tools For Unstructured Data
Content Analytics is a set of business intelligence tools designed to analyze e-mail, blogs, reports, and other external data.
Global CIO: Why Are Microsoft, Oracle, And HP Bashing IBM?
Mark Hurd, Larry Ellison, and Steve Ballmer have all recently taken some fairly empty shots at IBM. But if Big Blue is such a loser, why do those three CEOs keep talking about it?
Qualcomm Launches Open Source Center
The company's developers will work with Symbian, Android, and Chrome to optimize open source software with Qualcomm technology.
Windows 7 Draws Praise, Putdowns
Most early adopters appear pleased with Microsoft's new OS, but some are griping about installation bugs.
White House Uses Open Source To Open Government
The Whitehouse.gov site now runs the open source Drupal content management system, which includes social networking tools that can be used for communications and participatory government.
Adobe, Salesforce Put Flash In Cloud
Salesforce.com and Adobe Systems are teaming up to put interactive, rich user interface applications in the cloud ahead of Microsoft's Azure launch.
Teradata Offers Free Software
Free data warehouse software is available for two x86 setting: Amazon EC2 and VMware Player.
Trend Micro Secures Virtual, Cloud Servers
To address unique server security challenges, Trend Micro is connecting its Deep Security software to virtual machines and the cloud.
Google Inks Jaguar Land Rover Apps Deal
The automaker has purchased 15,000 seats for Google Apps, incuding Gmail.
Microsoft's Quarterly Profit Falls 18%
Software maker is hopeful Windows 7's debut will lift sales and income.
Windows 7 Driving Touchscreen Evolution
Acer, Gateway, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, and Sony are scrambling to build PCs that capitalize on the tactile interface.
VMware 3Q Revenues Slow
Overall revenue growth was only 4%, but software maintenance and service revenues were up 33%.
Global CIO: Informatica Joins Ranks Of Elite Enterprise Software Companies
Informatica CEO Sohaib Abbasi says cloud computing presents an enormous opportunity for the data-integration specialist, whose latest financial results topped all analysts' predictions.
Ballmer: Windows 7 Is Simple, Snappy, Secure
Microsoft CEO extols operating system's ease of use as software maker moves beyond Vista.
Web 2.0 Summit: Intel CEO Expects PC Sales Surge
Paul Otellini sees businesses moving to replace their aging hardware and promise in moving to a more distributed approach to healthcare.
Oracle Patches 36 Bugs
Three of the fixes with the highest vulnerability rating are for the core Oracle Database Server itself.
BMC To Acquire Tideway
Systems management supplier BMC Software is buying the data center infrastructure mapping software supplier. Terms were not disclosed.
It's Official: Microsoft Launches Windows 7
New operating system is designed to make PC use faster and more efficient.
RIM Eyes WebKit Browser
The BlackBerry maker is seeking WebKit developers to create a browser on par with iPhone, Android, and webOS handsets.
Health IT Metrics Taking Shape
The U.S. will release a preliminary definition of "meaningful use"-- a key criterion for healthcare IT providers seeking federal stimulus funding -- in December.
Google, Workday Outages Show SaaS Isn't Perfect
Software-as-a-service lets CIOs pay only for what they need, but CIOs need to make sure they get the system performance they've paid for.
Q&A: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer On Sharepoint 2010
The Microsoft CEO lays out the company's Internet-facing strategy for its enterprise collaboration tool, SharePoint 2010.
SpringSource Upgrades Java Framework
Version 3.0 of the automated Java programmer platform and a Developer Edition of Spring tc Server are the latest offerings from Springsource.
Zend, RightScale Put PHP Apps In Cloud
Developers can deploy PHP applications on Amazon's EC2 cloud and monitor them via RightScale's Cloud Management Platform.
Windows 7 Compatible? Microsoft Provides Answers
Redmond is using online tools and Web sites to help consumers ensure computers can run new version of Windows OS.
Global CIO: Can Oracle's Larry Ellison Keep MySQL From EU Whiners?
Want to know the real cost of the drawn-out dithering of the EU and its fawning groupies? Sun has to lay off 3,000 employees because its acquisition by Oracle is still under review.
Gartner Predicts IT Spending Rebound In 2010
But spending won't return to 2008 levels before 2012.
Web 2.0 Summit: Web Squared Emerges
Despite ongoing economic uncertainty, companies still see the Web as the platform of the future.
AT&T Pushes Mobile Enterprise Apps
The wireless carrier is extending its enterprise mobile platforms to the hospitality and consumer goods markets.
Google Search Appliance Gets Smart
Corporate searchers can now look forward to more relevant search results, thanks to improvements in the Google Search Appliance.
Symbian Foundation Loses Key Contributor
Catalyst and futurist David Wood will be leaving as the foundation prepares to release the first version of the open source Symbian.
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