Saturday, June 6, 2009

IT News HeadLines (TechWeb) 06/06/2009



Application Development That Delivers
Software development isn't what it used to be. We take a look at organizations -- including UPS and Nikon -- that are shaking up the process.
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Tech Road Map: Keep An Eye On Virtual I/O
New offerings and approaches feed multicore servers the virtual bandwidth they need.
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Virtualization Success Is In The Cards
PCI-SIG standards help VMs learn to share.
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Rolling Review: Sychron OnDemand Desktop
OnDemand Desktop provisions and deploys VMs fast, but has a few quirks, too.
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Down To Business: This 'Gateway Recession' Must Transform IT
Today's economic environment calls for a much deeper and more disruptive self-evaluation than business technology leaders are used to.
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CIO Profiles: Randy Gross, CIO Of The Computing Technology Association Of America
CompTIA's tech leader quit his first job after college because he found the work violated his personal ethics.
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Practical Analysis: It's Not Disruptive If It's Not Cheaper
One limiting factor for the widespread adoption of data center automation is the price of the technology. But that's beginning to change.
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Coke's RFID-Based Dispensers Redefine Business Intelligence
The Freestyle drink dispensers will give consumers more than 100 beverage choices -- and provide the beverage maker with valuable consumption data.
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Startup City: Eucalyptus Systems Readies Enterprise Add-Ons
With a handful of customers, the private cloud startup is ramping up its services and software capabilities.
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IBM Introduces Rational Insight, Project Management
The dashboard is intended to allow business managers pull key data on software development and modifications into progress charts.
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Snow Leopard In Focus At Apple WWDC
While Mac OS X is evolving slightly, if Windows 7 gets as warm a reception among consumers as it's getting among reviewers, Apple will likely have to shift marketing strategies, industry analysts suggest.
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Venture Capitalists See Their Industry Shrinking
There will be fewer Venture capital firms -- the engines that transform Silicon Valley ideas into profitable companies -- over the next two years, as investment dries up and returns crumble, industry leaders say.
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Internet Companies Look To Sell Startups
Venture capitalists, who invest in startups and recover their money by taking them public or selling them, say the dealmaking has already begun.
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Cisco Adds Rack-Mount Servers To Unified Computing Family
Improvements over the B-Series blades include a low-latency, lossless 10 Gbps Ethernet foundation that enables a wire-once deployment model.
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BenQ To Make Android Phones, Netbooks
Google's Linux-based operating system is rapidly picking up steam from a growing number of companies that will use it for mobile computing devices.
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Adobe Continues Working To Make Flash Mobile
The company is steadily moving along with its goal to bring Flash 10 to multiple smartphones, but this won't include the BlackBerry or the iPhone.
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Prepare Now For Economic Recovery: Gartner
Since no one knows when business growth will actually resume, Gartner is advising organizations to file away completed return-to-business plans by July.
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FCC Pressed On Improving Broadband Access
The Telecommunications Industry Association and other groups are asking for the government to act fast and rule fairly in extending faster Internet service.
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Convergys Launches Loan Modification Solutions
Provides Mortgage Lenders With New Capabilities to Improve Customer Experience
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Qwest Unit Silent Auction Apparently Attracting Low Bids
The initial price tag bandied about was between $2 billion and $3 billion, but reports suggest the bids for its long-distance business never reached $1 billion.
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Google Chrome For Mac: First Look
The prerelease version of the popular browser is fast and lightweight, but it's missing features necessary for real-world browsing.
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Guardian Launches New Interactive Estate Planning Tool
Guardian Life Insurance Company of America has unveiled the Living Balance Sheet (LBS), an estate planning tool.
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Pharos Releases Geo-Centric Smartphone
The GPS-centric handset is powered by Windows Mobile, can use T-Mobile's 3G, and can provide turn-by-turn directions without a data connection.
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Air Force Names Cyberwarfare Commander
The 24th Air Force, which will likely be based at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, will focus exclusively on cyberwarfare as part of the larger Air Force Space Command.
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Tech Firms See 18% Drop In Storage Revenues
The drop follows an even more severe 24% first-quarter decrease in sales of servers, the computers which control networks, reported by IDC last month.
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