Wednesday, February 17, 2010

IT News HeadLines (TechWeb) 18/02/2010



Options IT Expands its Options PIPE Platform to Interxion's London Collocation Financial Hub
Agreement extends Options IT's high-performance technology infrastructure, managed hosting, market data and connectivity services to Interxion's collocation facility.
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CastleOak Securities Flips Switch on Fidessa Trading Platform
Boutique investment bank upgrades its trading technology with Fidessa hosted trading platform.
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Full Nelson: Mobile World War Breaks Out In Barcelona
Mobile World Congress has generated far too many new platforms for corporate IT organizations to consider.
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Donofrio to Lead BofA's Global Corporate Banking Business
Cathy Bessant recently appointed Global Technology and Operations Executive.
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Goldman Sachs, Mizuho, Rosenblatt and UBS Integrate with UNX
This provides both buy- and sell-side clients with easy access to their choice of destinations through a single portal, UNX said in a release.
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Toshiba Intros Mobile HDD For Enterprise
The hard disk drive self-encrypts data, easing the path to compliance with regulatory mandates, the company says.
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Citizens South Appoints Icenhour Chief Risk Officer
Twenty-eight-year banking veteran hired from SunTrust in Nashville.
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FCC Chairman Sharpens Broadband Focus
Julius Genachowski hailed Google's plans to create an experimental 1Gbit-per-second broadband initiative.
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Adobe Announces AIR For Mobile Devices
AIR enables Flash and Web apps to take advantage of features within a device's operating system.
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TradingScreen Connects to Societe Generale For FX Trading
According to the agreement, Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking will offer the TradingScreen Buy Side client base a full foreign exchange execution suite covering Spot, Forward and Swap deal types supported through RFQs and RFSs.
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Dell Offers Microsoft Integration Suite
Open Manage contains tools to integrate Dell hardware with Microsoft System Center.
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Astronauts Open Windows On The World
Endeavour crew takes the wraps off new space station module that offers panoramic views of the Earth and other celestial bodies.
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Global CIO: Hewlett-Packard's Megadeal With Shell Raises Strategic Profile
Column about Hewlett-Packard winning a big deal with Royal Dutch Shell to provide a wireless-sensing system to help Shell collect and distribute high-resolution seismic images to identify likely reservoirs of oil and gas.
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Global CIO Quick Take: Dell CIO On App Consolidation
Dell CIO's app consolidation strategy is to keep cutting until the 'screaming's unbearable'
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Global CIO: Hewlett-Packard's Megadeal With Shell Raises Strategic Profile
Column about Hewlett-Packard winning a big deal with Royal Dutch Shell to provide a wireless-sensing system to help Shell collect and distribute high-resolution seismic images to identify likely reservoirs of oil and gas.
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Q&A: GSA's CIO Coleman Talks IT Modernization
The CIO of the U.S. General Services Administration discusses cloud computing, plans for funding innovation with a flat IT budget, and the potential for equipping federal employees with new consumer technologies.
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Telecom Companies Plan Unified Mobile Platform
The Wholesale Applications Community aims to provide a write-once, run-anywhere platform for mobile developers.
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Lightspeed and Recognia Launch Intraday Trade Setup Notification Tool
Tool alerts traders of all skill levels to 'trade setups' throughout the day.
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Feds Award Virginia $24M For Health IT
The funding will help the state coordinate health IT initiatives and assist physicians in setting up electronic health records.
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Google Sorry About Buzz Privacy
But the company's apology isn't enough for the Electronic Privacy Information Center, which has just filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission.
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IBM Acquires Intelliden
Big Blue will integrate network software and service provider into its Tivoli line.
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RIM Intros BlackBerry Server Express
The free software allows small and medium-sized businesses to securely synch employees' personal BlackBerrys with Microsoft Exchange or Windows Small Business Server.
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Verizon Adds Skype To Smartphones
The partnership will enable Verizon Wireless customers to make inexpensive global calls over Skype's VoIP network.
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WSFS Bank Names New CTO
Former CIO of T. Rowe Price, James Mazarakis, to lead technology projects.
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