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Approaches for Discovering Security Vulnerabilities in Software Applications

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:58:58 +0000

Hello, this is Denis Pilipchuk again. Hearing about a critical security issue in a product is one of the most feared situations for a product manager. Vulnerabilities, in addition to compromising the security postures of customers using the affected products... [Source: Oracle Blogs / 03-10]

E-Business Suite Cloning Basics & AMP

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:58:45 +0000

Upcoming Webcast Title: E-Business Suite Cloning Basics & AMP Date: March 17, 2010 Times: Two different sessions are being offered: 11:00 am MDT/13:00 EDT/05:00 Australia Click here to register for this session 09:00 GMT/10:00 CET/11:00 Romania/13:30 Indi... [Source: Oracle Blogs / 03-10]

Motorola and Five Leading Emergency Communications Equipment Manufacturers Demonstrate Project 25 ISSI Interoperability

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:57:52 +0000

The Enterprise Mobility Solutions business of Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced the successful completion of Project 25 (P25) interoperability testing using Project 25 Inter-RF Subsystem Interface (P25 ISSI) gateways to communicate betwee [Source: PRNewswire - Technology / 03-10]

Motorola Announces Industry Leading Capabilities for MOTOTRBO(TM) Professional Digital Two-way Radio System

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:57:42 +0000

The Enterprise Mobility Solutions business of Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced industry-first enhancements for its innovative [Source: PRNewswire - Technology / 03-10]

Citrix: MKM Partners Ups Rating To Neutral From Sell

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:49:13 +0000

MKM Partners analyst Kevin Shea this morning upped his rating on Citrix Systems (CTXS) to Neutral from Sell, while lifting his price target to $47, from $34. The stock closed yesterday at $45.98. In a research note, Shea writes that the current quarter is trac... [Source: BARRONS.com: Tech Trader Daily / 03-10]

GE Capital Launches Finance Program for McAfee Value Added Resellers

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:46:49 +0000

[Source: GE / 03-10]

AvnetTechGames: Registration for the #ATG2010 VMware Virtualization Challenge has been extended to Mar. 19. Sign up today

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:45:02 +0000

DistributionTweets - Avnet Tech Games [Source: DistributionTweets.com / 03-10]

Kanguru Solutions' Remotely Manageable, Hardware Encrypted USB Flash Drive with Anti-virus Achieves FIPS 140-2 Certification

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:43:33 +0000

Kanguru Solutions today announced its latest product to receive Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS 140-2) Certification, the Kanguru Defender Elite; the world's most manageable, secure flash drive. FIPS 140-2, a rigorous federal security accreditat... [Source: Defense-Dispatch.com / 03-10]

Gartner Shows Technology Providers How to Write a Winning Sales Proposal

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:41:26 +0000

TechNewsSource - Gartner - Writing a sales proposal represents an important investment made more stressful by pressures and expectations to win, so Gartner, Inc. recommends that marketing leaders at business-to-business (B2B) technology and service providers f... [Source: TechNewsSource.com / 03-10]

Virtual Senior Center Enhances Lives of Homebound Seniors

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:41:14 +0000

TechNewsSource - Microsoft - Top Stories - Microsoft, the City of New York, and Selfhelp Community Services use technology to create an interactive experience between homebound seniors and local senior centers. [Source: TechNewsSource.com / 03-10]

Finalists Selected to Compete in Second Annual International Case Competition on the Strategic Value of IT Management at CA World 2010

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:41:06 +0000

TechNewsSource - CA - CA, Inc. (NASDAQ:CA), the School of Business Administration at Oakland University, Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona, and Kelley School of Business at Indiana University today announ... [Source: TechNewsSource.com / 03-10]

Some More Progress in Building Security In

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:40:13 +0000

TechNewsSource - Gartner Blog Network - There are a number of life sayings that are generally good advice, such as Don't defecate where you eat or Don't fornicate where you work. Basically, creating zones with‚ separation‚ between fundamentally different activ... [Source: TechNewsSource.com / 03-10]

Sourcefire Executives Named Channel Chief and Security Superstar by CRN Magazine

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:39:56 +0000

TechNewsSource - Sourcefire - Sourcefire Dubs 2010 The Year of the Channel with Greater Emphasis on Partner Relationship Building [Source: TechNewsSource.com / 03-10]

Blue Coat Maintains Lead in WAN Optimization Market

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:39:39 +0000

TechNewsSource - Blue Coat [Source: TechNewsSource.com / 03-10]

Blue Coat Opens New WebPulse Cloud Defense Data Center in Australia

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:39:31 +0000

TechNewsSource - Blue Coat [Source: TechNewsSource.com / 03-10]

Cisco Introduces IP-Based Dispatch and Brings Mobile Video to First Responders

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:39:21 +0000

TechNewsSource - Cisco - Further extending its Connected Physical Security portfolio, Cisco today announced the Cisco(R) IP Interoperability Collaboration System (IPICS) 4.0 to provide those on the front lines of safety and ... [Source: TechNewsSource.com / 03-10]

10.03.2010 - Theobroma Systems and Arrow announce EPC-compatible i.MX51 board

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:38:58 +0000

DistributionDaily.net - Arrow Central Europe - Theobroma Systems and Arrow Electronics announce an EPC-compatible processor board that features the Freescale i.MX51 applications processor. The Embedded Platform Concept (EPC) ... [Source: DistributionDaily.net / 03-10]

Guide to Microsoft Police Forensic Services

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:00:12 +0000

The Microsoft Online Services Global Criminal Compliance Handbook (U.S. Domestic Version) (also can be found here, here, and here) outlines exactly what Microsoft will do upon police request. Here's a good summary of what's in it: The Global Criminal Complianc... [Source: Schneier on Security / 03-10]

Reactions to Cisco's CRS-3 Router From Around the Web

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:56:32 +0000

The internet changing news from Cisco ( CSCO ) the tech world has been anxiously awaiting was unveiled today. Cisco's CRS-3 router has been heralded by CEO John Chambers as a system that can download the Library of Congress in a second,... [Source: Seeking Alpha / 03-10]

Patching the Security Update Process

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:54:57 +0000

Security firm aims to make installing updates as painless and invisible as possible. Recent research shows that the typical PC user needs to install a security update roughly every five days in order to safely use Microsoft Windows and all of the third-party ... [Source: MIT Technology Review / 03-10]

ADF Insider -SOA and ADF Integration

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:54:35 +0000

Oracle JDeveloper - Recorded technical seminar [Source: DevelopmentScoop / 03-10]

SGI(R) Altix(R) ICE Sets New World Record in Performance and Scalability

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:52:21 +0000

SGI (NASDAQ:SGI), a global leader in HPC and data center solutions, today announced that the SGI Altix ICE integrated blade cluster is the leading performer in Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation's (SPEC) MPI2007 benchmark tests for high performance te... [Source: Business Wire / 03-10]

Digiplug is Building a Digital Supply Chain Infrastructure Thanks To Brocade NetIron MLX and FastIron SuperX

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:52:08 +0000

Brocade(R) (NASDAQ:BRCD) today announced that Digiplug, a leading provider of end-to-end digital distribution solutions for Rights Holders and Digital Content Retailers worldwide, has completed a project to digitize customer assets and build a new high perform... [Source: Business Wire / 03-10]

AMD Foundation to Sponsor Video Game Design Category for The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:51:56 +0000

AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the AMD Foundation, in support of AMD Changing the Game, has awarded a grant to the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers. The $65,000 grant will be used to help fund the Alliance's new video game design category for the 2010 and... [Source: Business Wire / 03-10]

McAfee, Inc. Unveils New Consumer Threat Alert Program: A Warning for Consumers about the Most Dangerous Online Threats

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:50:54 +0000

McAfee, Inc. (NYSE:MFE) today warned consumers that scareware, or fake antivirus software, may be the most costly online scam in 2010, causing significant monetary loss and damage to users' computers. Scareware is the first scam outlined in McAfee's new Consum... [Source: Business Wire / 03-10]

Wind River Extends Reliable Carrier-Grade Linux to Growing Telecom Server Segment

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:49:42 +0000

Wind River today announced it has integrated support for HP BladeSystem carrier-grade and enterprise server blades into its industry-leading Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) operating system, tools and build system. Wind River Linux is the first registered CGL 4.0 so... [Source: Business Wire / 03-10]

Software AG and Logica Create Opportunity in New Global Gas Market for one of the World's Largest Utilities

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:49:33 +0000

Software AG and its partner Logica, a leading IT and business services company, today announced successful deployment of webMethods Business Process Management Suite (BPMS) for global energy provider GDF SUEZ. Using webMethods, Logica created a composite appli... [Source: Business Wire / 03-10]

Ciena Prices $375 Million in Convertible Senior Notes Due 2015

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:49:16 +0000

Ciena(R) Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN) today announced that it has priced an offering of $375 million aggregate principal amount of its Convertible Senior Notes due 2015 (the Notes), in a private offering to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on an exempt... [Source: Business Wire / 03-10]

Cablevision Elevates Lisa Rosenblum to Executive Vice President, Government and Public Affairs

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:49:10 +0000

Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE: CVC) today announced that Lisa Rosenblum has been named executive vice president, government and public affairs. In this new position, Ms. Rosenblum will continue to serve as Cablevision's chief government affairs executi... [Source: Business Wire / 03-10]

Bottomline Launches New Tools for Legal Spend Management Reporting and Analysis

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:48:29 +0000

Bottomline Technologies (NASDAQ: EPAY), a leading provider of collaborative payment, invoice and document automation solutions, today announced the availability of powerful new reporting tools: Analyzer and SmartReports. These integrated solutions allow Legal ... [Source: Business Wire / 03-10]

Symantec Corporation (SYMC) Chief Information Security Officer to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:44:45 +0000

[Source: Globe NewsWire / 03-10]

Bell Microproducts and Its Employees Donate Over $114,000 to Haiti Relief Efforts

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:44:14 +0000

Bell Microproducts Inc. (Nasdaq:BELM), one of the world's largest value-added distributors of storage and computing technology, today announced that employees of the company have donated over $57,000 to assist the Haitian humanitarian relief efforts. The compa... [Source: Globe NewsWire / 03-10]

QLogic's Scott Genereux Recognized as 2010 Channel Chief by Everything Channel's CRN

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:43:09 +0000

QLogic Corp. (Nasdaq:QLGC) today announced that Scott Genereux, senior vice president of worldwide sales and marketing for QLogic, has been named a 2010 Channel Chief by Everything Channel's CRN. Channel Chiefs are leaders in creating effective channel program... [Source: Globe NewsWire / 03-10]

TechNet Calls on Congress to Approve the R&D Credit

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:41:17 +0000

TechNet, the bipartisan policy and political network of CEOs that promotes the growth of the innovation economy, today called on the U.S. Senate to quickly approve the research and development tax credit which exp... [Source: PRNewswire - Technology / 03-10]

Graybar Reports 2009 Results

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:41:01 +0000

Graybar, a leading distributor of electrical and communications products and provider of related supply chain management and logistics services, announced today that 2009 was another profitable year and that the company finished the year in strong financial co... [Source: PRNewswire - Technology / 03-10]

NETGEAR to Participate in Credit Suisse 2010 Communication Equipment & Networking Conference

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:39:17 +0000

NETGEAR, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTGR), a worldwide provider of technologically advanced, branded networking products, is scheduled to participate at the Credit Suisse Communications and Networking Conference in Boston. Patrick Lo, Chief Executive Officer, a [Source: PRNewswire - Technology / 03-10]

IBM Achieves Highest Growth Among Top Three Storage Vendors

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:38:02 +0000

IBM (NYSE: IBM) outdistanced storage vendors EMC and HP in revenue growth in the fourth quarter of 2009, according to new external disk storage systems market share data released by IDC. [Source: PRNewswire - Technology / 03-10]

EE Times Group's ESC Silicon Valley 2010 Event Expands

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:37:39 +0000

EE Times Group, a UBM company and the daily source of essential business and technology news, analysis and intelligence for the electronics industry's decision makers, today announced that ESC Silicon Valley 2010, being held at the McEnery Convention Center, S... [Source: PRNewswire - Technology / 03-10]

Sun fended off Apple, Microsoft IP lawsuit threats

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:36:36 +0000

Steve Jobs personally threatened to sue Sun Microsystems, Jonathan Schwartz says. Sun warded off that and a Microsoft threat with its own patent portfolio. [Source: CNET News.com / 03-10]

NetApp Added To William Blair Better Values List

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:31:55 +0000

William Blair analyst Jason Ader has added NetApp (NTAP) to his firm's Better Values List. NetApp is one of an increasingly scarce breed of large-cap technology growth stories and a focused way to play the data center transformation trends, he writes in a rese... [Source: BARRONS.com: Tech Trader Daily / 03-10]

QLogic Up On Takeover Rumors

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:31:49 +0000

QLogic (QLGC) shares are trading higher in heavy trading on revived rumors that the storage hardware company could be a takeover target. Briefing.com writes that there is chatter that the company many have hired advisors following takeover interest. QLGC is up... [Source: BARRONS.com: Tech Trader Daily / 03-10]

Novell: Macquarie Sees Potential Sale To Strategic Acquirer

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:31:42 +0000

Macquarie USA analyst Brad Zelnick late yesterday launched coverage of Novell (NOVL) with an Outperform rating and $7.50 price target. The recommendation follows last week's $5.75-a-share bid for the company by investment firm Elliott Associates. Zelnick's vie... [Source: BARRONS.com: Tech Trader Daily / 03-10]

Cisco Unveils CRS-3 Router; Focused On Video Transmission

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:31:32 +0000

Remember how Cisco Systems (CSCO) was promising to change the Internet forever? The magic today has been unveiled: it's a new router. Cisco this morning announced the CRS-3 carrier routing system, a new router intended to be the foundation of the next-generati... [Source: BARRONS.com: Tech Trader Daily / 03-10]

Avnet signs LSI for Europe

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:20:21 +0000

[Source: evertiq / 03-10]

Elite performance: Next generation SSDs for high-end NB and professional PC users - Final Result

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:19:48 +0000

A total of 40 SSD products were listed in the evaluation, mostly MLC SSDs with capacities of 64GB and 128GB. In the evaluation, we also compared the differences between SLC NAND Flash and MLC SSD, as well as the differences between SSD controllers. [Source: DRAMeXchange / 03-10]

Evaluation of Mach Xtreme MXSSD2MDS 100GB SSD

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:19:24 +0000

Since launching the SSD report series earlier this year, we have been surveying and testing the SSD products on the market from different vendors. YoungTeam Technology is one of the well-recognized vendors in the Flash memory market, whose SUPER SSpeed 64GB an... [Source: DRAMeXchange / 03-10]

High-Precision, Low-Power RTCs from NXP Semiconductors and Arrow Electronics, Get Free Samples

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:17:43 +0000

DistributionTweets - ArrowNAC [Source: DistributionTweets.com / 03-10]

Linux Foundation Opens Linux.com Store, Launches Community Design Contest

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:04:39 +0000

TechNewsSource - Linux Foundation - Linux Foundation Opens Linux.com Store, Launches Community Design Contest New online store features exclusive merchandise that represents unique Linux culture and will include items designed by community [Source: TechNewsSource.com / 03-10]

Citrix XenApp 6 Sets New Standard in On-Demand App Delivery for Physical and Virtual Desktops

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:21 +0000

TechNewsSource - Citrix - New Release Simplifies Management, Enhances Scalability and Expands High-Definition Support for Macs, Smart Phones and Microsoft Platforms [Source: TechNewsSource.com / 03-10]

What is a Business Analyst, by Jan and Derek

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:59:53 +0000

TechNewsSource - Better Projects - Everyone that writes on the role of the business analyst eventually has to cover their take on what the role actually is about. One of the best artiels I read when doing research for my own position was by Jan Kusiak and Dere... [Source: TechNewsSource.com / 03-10]

HP Inkjet Web Press Installation Brings New Era of Publishing Productivity to Courier Corporation

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:59:22 +0000

TechNewsSource - HP - HP today announced that Courier Corporation, North America's third-largest book manufacturer, has installed an HP T300 Color Inkjet Web Press to expand its service offerings to include digital printing. [Source: TechNewsSource.com / 03-10]

SA10-068A: Microsoft Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:59:02 +0000

TechNewsSource - US-CERT Security Alerts - Microsoft Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities [Source: TechNewsSource.com / 03-10]

IBM and Stanford University Unveil Green Chemistry Breakthrough That Could Lead to New Types of Environmentally Sustainable Plastics

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:58:53 +0000

TechNewsSource - IBM - In a paper published in the American Chemical Society journal, Macromolecules, scientists from IBM and Stanford University detail discoveries that could lead to the development of new types of biodegradable, biocompatible plastics. The r... [Source: TechNewsSource.com / 03-10]

MS10-016 - Important: Vulnerability in Windows Movie Maker Could Allow Remote Code Execution (975561)

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:58:39 +0000

TechNewsSource - Microsoft - Security - Bulletin Severity Rating:Important - This security update addresses a privately reported vulnerability in Windows Movie Maker and Microsoft Producer 2003. Windows Live Movie Maker, which is available for Windows Vista an... [Source: TechNewsSource.com / 03-10]

MS10-017 - Important: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (980150)

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:58:29 +0000

TechNewsSource - Microsoft - Security - Bulletin Severity Rating:Important - This security update resolves seven privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially cra... [Source: TechNewsSource.com / 03-10]

MS10-015 is Back and Raises an Interesting Dilemma

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:51:59 +0000

TechNewsSource - Gartner Blog Network - I thought MS10-015 would be interesting . Microsoft had to stop distributing the patch because machines that were infected with a specific rootkit were blue-screening after application of the patch . Microsoft resumed di... [Source: TechNewsSource.com / 03-10]

CA Receives Top Product of the Year and Partner of the Year Honors from Programmer's Paradise

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:50:52 +0000

TechNewsSource - CA - CA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CA) today announced it was named Partner of the Year for the second straight year by leading IT reseller Programmer's Paradise. Also for the second straight year, CA ERwin(R) Modeling Suit... [Source: TechNewsSource.com / 03-10]

Leading in Times of Transition

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:50:35 +0000

TechNewsSource - Gartner Blog Network - We are nearing the end of the first quarter of calendar 2010 and a few things are becoming apparent.‚ 2010 is a year of transition as the global economy begins to recover, strategies turn to a focus on growth and new te... [Source: TechNewsSource.com / 03-10]

Twelve Word Tuesday: Do You Really Know Where All Those VoIP Phones Are?

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:50:05 +0000

TechNewsSource - Gartner Blog Network - Wardialing phone lines to find holes is easy, wardialing VoIP openings harder. [Source: TechNewsSource.com / 03-10]

Aspen Institute Report Cites SAP(R) Community Network as Social Media Forerunner

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:49:50 +0000

TechNewsSource - SAP [Source: TechNewsSource.com / 03-10]

FCI's Web-based Design Tools Simplify Product Selection

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:48:57 +0000

DistributionDaily.net - Arrow Central Europe - FCI, a leading developer of connectors and interconnect systems, has developed a dedicated, micro-site for I/O(Input/Output) connector solutions. [Source: DistributionDaily.net / 03-10]

Spotlight March 8, 2010

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:48:47 +0000

DistributionDaily.net - Arrow ECS IBM Group - Spotlight, March 8, 2010 Power Systems We want to focus on the fact that we had 80 participants in the Febuary 25th call and that if you missed it, please join the March 11th call. March 11, 2010, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm... [Source: DistributionDaily.net / 03-10]

IBM Top Gun Update... Face-to-Face & Virtual Classes - 2Q2010

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:48:34 +0000

DistributionDaily.net - Arrow ECS IBM Group - Sales, Solutions and Competitive Training www.ibm.com/systems/fielded March 8, 2010 This note outlines IBM Top Gun face-to-face and virtual learning sales training classes for the second quarter of 2010.‚ ‚ ‚ IBM... [Source: DistributionDaily.net / 03-10]

Why Dynamic Infrastructure for Midmarket?

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:48:21 +0000

DistributionDaily.net - Arrow ECS IBM Group - A dynamic infrastructure is designed to help midsize companies reduce costs, better manage risk and improve service in today's highly interconnected and intelligent world. Find out more at the IBM Dynamic Infrastru... [Source: DistributionDaily.net / 03-10]

International Blackberry Outage Goes Into Day 2

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:24:52 +0000

The Blackberry outage that RIM does not want to talk about continues to affect people on both sides of the Atlantic with outages reported in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Some people have been without service for more than 24 hours. [Source: ReadWriteWeb / 03-10]

Cisco in the Core: Preparing for the Next Generation Internet

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:10:43 +0000

Today, Cisco announced the CSR-3 product , a game-changing system to managing the network core. But for CEO John Chambers, the news is about market transition forces and being ready for the next generation of the Internet. [Source: ReadWriteWeb / 03-10]

PC Pioneer Chuck Thacker Wins Turing Award

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:03:47 +0000

NewsBlotter - The Gates Notes - For his lifetime contributions to computer science, the Association for Computing Machinery has honored Chuck Thacker with its prestigious Turing Award. Over four decades, Thacker's work at Xerox PARC and Microsoft have helped p... [Source: NewsBlotter.com / 03-10]

Herding Cool Cats: Lessons from Pop!Tech's Andrew Zolli

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:58:45 +0000

NewsBlotter - Harvard Business Blogs - Sure, it's great to hang out at a hot-ticket business conference such as TED , Pop!Tech , or the annual meetings of The Clinton Global Initiative and the World Economic Forum . But these gatherings are steadily evolving b... [Source: NewsBlotter.com / 03-10]

Google opens Web store for business applications

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:50:34 +0000

Google Inc. will sell the online services of other business software makers in an effort to fill its own product gaps and persuade more companies to rely on applications piped over the Internet. [Source: physorg.com / 03-10]

Hackers target freshly uncovered Internet Explorer hole

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:38:22 +0000

Microsoft on Tuesday warned that hackers are targeting a freshly-uncovered weakness in some earlier versions of its Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser software. [Source: physorg.com / 03-10]

Hackers target freshly uncovered Internet Explorer hole

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:38:16 +0000

Microsoft on Tuesday warned that hackers are targeting a freshly-uncovered weakness in some earlier versions of its Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser software. [Source: physorg.com / 03-10]

'Nobel of computing' goes to early PC designer

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:31:07 +0000

A Microsoft Corp. researcher won the $250,000 Turing Award, one of technology's most coveted prizes, on Tuesday for his work helping design and build what is widely considered the first modern personal computer. [Source: physorg.com / 03-10]

Fiber-wireless (Fi-Wi) to provide ultra-high-speed, short-range communication

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:24:57 +0000

By looking at the latest electronic communication devices that have emerged over the past few years, it's clear that the trend of smaller, portable devices is strong and expected to continue. Yet while all these notebooks, netbooks, and tablet PCs are becoming... [Source: physorg.com / 03-10]

Energizer Duo battery charger hides a Trojan

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:25 +0000

The Energizer Duo USB battery charger has been hiding a backdoor Trojan in its software that affects computers using Windows. According to Symantec the Trojan has probably been there since 10th May 2007. [Source: physorg.com / 03-10]

Fasten Your Time-to-Market - With SPM Modules from Fairchild and EBV

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:15:13 +0000

The video introduces to a whole new range of module solutions for motion control. Fairchild Semiconductor, leading global manufacturer of semiconductor power products, and EBV Elektronik, show how they improve EMI and power density as well as reduce time to ma... [Source: Avnet On Demand / 03-09]

Cyber Attack Defense a New Growth Industry? 5 Stocks to Watch

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:08:10 +0000

Cyber attacks against Google ( GOOG ) have recently been in the news. Yahoo ( YHOO ) and other companies have been attacked, as well. Microsoft ( MSFT ), in turn, has gone to court to attack a network of malicious botnets. With a... [Source: Seeking Alpha / 03-09]

CA on the Cloud Hunt Again

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:04:43 +0000

SOA World - CA, the IT management software maker, is becoming an aggressive player in the cloud computing arena. Observers are noting that the company's third cloud-related acquisition, of a firm called 3Tera, which developed cloud computing technology AppLogi... [Source: DevelopmentScoop / 03-09]

IBM ‘Well-Positioned' as Economy Recovers, CEO Palmisano Says

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:04:12 +0000

International Business Machines Corp., the biggest computer-services provider, is well- positioned to grow as the economy recovers, Chief Executive Officer Sam Palmisano said. [Source: Business Week - Technology / 03-09]

SanDisk begins to supply NAND flash wafers, say memory module makers

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:02:47 +0000

Taiwan-based NAND flash device makers including A-Data Technology, Transcend Information and Power Quotient International (PQI), and flash controller supplier Phison Electronics have begun to source NAND flash wafers from SanDisk, according to industry sources... [Source: DigiTimes (FEE) / 03-09]

Rackspace Advances Channel Offering for Cloud Computing Software Applications

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:55:17 +0000

Rackspace Hosting announces that the cloud-based applications division has plans to restructure its reseller program. [Source: Business Wire / 03-09]

ISC2(R) Wins SC Magazine Award for 'Best Professional Certification Program'

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:53:49 +0000

(ISC)2 won award for Best Professional Certification Program at the 13th annual SC Magazine awards last week at RSA 2010. [Source: Business Wire / 03-09]

Westell Technologies Announces Renewal of Credit Facility

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:52:42 +0000

Westell Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: WSTL), a leading provider of broadband products, outside plant telecommunications equipment and conferencing services, today announced that the company has entered into an amendment to its credit facility agreement with the ... [Source: Business Wire / 03-09]

CompTIA Introduces eLearning Courses for Technology Skills

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:52:25 +0000

CompTIA introduces a new series of online learning courses to help high-tech workers meet today's ever expanding and complex job requirements. [Source: Business Wire / 03-09]

Digium(R) Expands North American Distribution Channel for SMB Unified Communications Solutions with Distribution Agreement with SYNNEX Corporation

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:52:04 +0000

Digium(R) Inc., announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with SYNNEX Corporation, a business process services company that services IT resellers. [Source: Business Wire / 03-09]

IEEE 802 Standards Development Committee Celebrates 30 Years of Contribution to Networked Communications

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:40:28 +0000

IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee is celebrating its 30th anniversary as an active standards development organization. [Source: Business Wire / 03-09]

Major Australian University Selects BMC Software to Drive Large-Scale ICT Shared Services Program

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:40:03 +0000

Monash University, Australia's most internationalized university, has selected BMC Software's BSM platform to support a major ICT shared services initiative. [Source: Business Wire / 03-09]

CloudShare Pro Sets Record in Cloud Computing Adoption

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:38:57 +0000

CloudShare today announced that over one thousand sales, IT, training, and other business users have adopted CloudShare Pro, a streamlined version of its cloud-based platform for creating and sharing multiple cloud-based copies of complex IT environments in as... [Source: Market Wire - Computer / 03-09]

VMware Takes Virtualization on the Road With VMware Express -- a Datacenter on Wheels That Brings Desktop Virtualization to Customers and Partners

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:38:01 +0000

VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in virtualization solutions from the desktop through the datacenter and to the cloud, today announced that VMware Express will hit the road this week. VMware Express is a state-of-the-art mobile datacenter, demo lab ... [Source: Market Wire - Computer / 03-09]

Discovery Holdings Increases Business Agility and Operational Excellence With TIBCO Software

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:37:40 +0000

TIBCO Software Inc. (NASDAQ: TIBX) today announced that Discovery Holdings Ltd. -- a leading financial services institution -- has selected TIBCO's messaging, business process management (BPM) and service oriented architecture (SOA) software to improve its com... [Source: Market Wire - Computer / 03-09]

Informatica to Present at Wedbush Securities Annual Management Access Conference

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:37:09 +0000

Informatica Corporation (Nasdaq:INFA), the world's number one independent leader in data integration software, today announced that Earl Fry, CFO, chief administration officer & EVP, global customer support and Tony Young, senior vice president and CIO, will p... [Source: Globe NewsWire / 03-09]

Informatica Partners Applaud Siperian Acquisition

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:35:46 +0000

Informatica Corporation (Nasdaq:INFA), the world's number one independent provider of enterprise data integration software, today announced significant support among its strategic alliance partners for its recent acquisition of Siperian, a leader in Master Dat... [Source: Globe NewsWire / 03-09]

EnterpriseDB Addresses the Keys to Open Source Database Use in its Complementary Webinars Series

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:33:08 +0000

EnterpriseDB, the enterprise Postgres company, continues its free webinar series with several additional sessions aimed at assisting decision-makers, database managers and administrators with the selection, performance tuning, and security of open source data [Source: PRNewswire - Technology / 03-09]

VPS.NET Celebrates First Anniversary With Significant Growth in Cloud Hosting

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:32:28 +0000

The UK2 Group, www.uk2group.com, a global leader of web hosting solutions today announced that after one year of offering a next generation model of VPS cloud hosting, it has garnered thousands of new deployments and clients and added new technological improve... [Source: PRNewswire - Technology / 03-09]

ClearCube Technology Launches the First PCoIP(R) Zero Client with Integrated Smart Card Reader

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:27:23 +0000

ClearCube Technology, the leader in centralized computing, today announced the launch of the I9424 PCoIP(R) zero client with integrated smart card reader. After experiencing firsthand the rapidly increasing demand from federal customers for a VMware Ready [Source: PRNewswire - Technology / 03-09]

QNAP Expands Business Series with New 4-drive TS-459U-RP and TS-459U-SP Rack Mounted Turbo NAS Servers

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:26:06 +0000

QNAP Systems, Inc., a leading manufacturer of world class NAS servers, NVR Video Surveillance Systems, and Network-based Video Players today expanded their popular Business Series Turbo NAS lineup with two new 1U ra... [Source: PRNewswire - Technology / 03-09]

Fluke Networks Launches OptiView(R) 5.4 With Enhanced Wireless Deployment and Analysis Capabilities

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:25:45 +0000

Fluke Networks today announced the availability of version 5.4 for the OptiView(R) Network Analyzer, further advancing OptiView as the leading analysis solution to speed and simplify network and application troubleshooting across wired and wireless networks [Source: PRNewswire - Technology / 03-09]

CRN Names Ingram Micro's Brian Wiser, Justin Crotty and Kirk Robinson to Prestigious 2010 Channel Chiefs List

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:25:03 +0000

Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM) is pleased to announce three of its North American executives have been named as 2010 CRN Channel Chiefs: Brian Wiser, senior vice president of sales and marketing, Justin Crotty, vice president of services and Kirk Robinson, vi [Source: PRNewswire - Technology / 03-09]

Microsoft Announces Initiative to Help Prepare U.S. Veterans for Jobs

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:24:54 +0000

Building on its Elevate America program to provide technology training to help prepare people for 21st-century jobs, Microsoft Corp. today announced an initiative to bring together a coalition of public, private and nonprofit organizations to give vetera [Source: PRNewswire - Technology / 03-09]

T-Systems and SAP Announce Global Services Partnership

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:23:26 +0000

T-Systems, Deutsche Telekom's corporate customer unit and a leading provider of information and communications technologies (ICT), today announced a global services partnership with SAP AG (NYSE: SAP). The corresponding cont [Source: PRNewswire - Technology / 03-09]

EMC Expands Portfolio of Information Governance Solutions With EMC SourceOne Email Supervisor

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:22:43 +0000

EMC(R) Corporation (NYSE: EMC), the world leader in information infrastructure solutions, today announced EMC SourceOne Email Supervisor which enables customers to cost-effectively monitor inbound and outbound e-mail and instant messages for compli [Source: PRNewswire - Technology / 03-09]