Friday, April 9, 2010

IT News HeadLines (IT World Canada) 09/04/2010



Worm attack could spread through PDF files
An intrusion prevention systems vendor, NitroSecurity Inc., claims it can add malicious data to legitimate portable document format files to spread malware all over a PC. Find out how to change preferences in Adobe Systems Inc.'s reader software to block this attack
Read More ...

Google Android risks fragmentation amid rapid growth
Rapid growth of the mobile platform can have drawbacks, says a new study from IMS Research. Google should manage potential fragmentation otherwise it could give way to open source alternatives Symbian and LiMo
Read More ...

Oracle chief architect to reveal MySQL roadmap
Edward Screven will deliver a keynote at the O'Reilly MySQL Conference & Expo Tuesday to give users fresh information about Oracle’s roadmap for the open source database
Read More ...

New eHealth Ontario CEO wants to rebuild image
Former Dundee Bank of Canada CEO and long-time consultant Greg Reed officially took over as the new head of eHealth Ontario on Tuesday. Find out how he plans to improve the organization’s public image, his strategies to engage IT partners, and his thoughts on a Chief Medical Officer position
Read More ...

There’s more to cloud economics than you know
Considering cloud computing? There’s more to the value equation than meets the eye. An analyst parses and makes sense of the pieces. Also, will the cloud be as disruptive as PCs were in the early 80s?
Read More ...

In Conversation: Leadership at HP, riskiest cybercities
VIDEO: IT World Canada staff discuss HP Canada's new CEO, Symantec's list of the 50 riskiest Canadian cities for cybercrime, and Phase 2 of Ontario's electronics recycling program
Read More ...

After Google-China fracas, cyberwar threat emerges
Cyberthreats face the U.S., but it's not a war -- yet
Read More ...

IBM’s new data crunchers target Oracle's Exadata
A new suite of integrated systems for large-scale data analysis from IBM is a direct attack on rival Oracle’s Exadata platform
Read More ...

Cloud computing is a risky business: IT managers
A new ISACA survey shows many IT managers remain wary of cloud computing despite all the buzz. How cloud providers can help allay concerns
Read More ...

Security, SaaS and the Cloud is about the contract
Mixing these terms together can be a headache for enterprises. A panel of experts who’ve gone through the ordeal share what they’ve learnt
Read More ...

Salesforce.com’s Chatter partners up
A group of partners has already built integrations with the vendor's enterprise Facebook-like tool. Plus, ChatterExchange, a new site for apps that uses Chatter is open
Read More ...

Worm attack could spread through PDF files
An intrusion prevention systems vendor, NitroSecurity Inc., claims it can add malicious data to legitimate portable document format files to spread malware all over a PC. Find out how to change preferences in Adobe Systems Inc.'s reader software to block this attack
Read More ...

Google Android risks fragmentation amid rapid growth
Rapid growth of the mobile platform can have drawbacks, says a new study from IMS Research. Google should manage potential fragmentation otherwise it could give way to open source alternatives Symbian and LiMo
Read More ...

Oracle chief architect to reveal MySQL roadmap
Edward Screven will deliver a keynote at the O'Reilly MySQL Conference & Expo Tuesday to give users fresh information about Oracle’s roadmap for the open source database
Read More ...

New eHealth Ontario CEO wants to rebuild image
Former Dundee Bank of Canada CEO and long-time consultant Greg Reed officially took over as the new head of eHealth Ontario on Tuesday. Find out how he plans to improve the organization’s public image, his strategies to engage IT partners, and his thoughts on a Chief Medical Officer position
Read More ...

There’s more to cloud economics than you know
Considering cloud computing? There’s more to the value equation than meets the eye. An analyst parses and makes sense of the pieces. Also, will the cloud be as disruptive as PCs were in the early 80s?
Read More ...

In Conversation: Leadership at HP, riskiest cybercities
VIDEO: IT World Canada staff discuss HP Canada's new CEO, Symantec's list of the 50 riskiest Canadian cities for cybercrime, and Phase 2 of Ontario's electronics recycling program
Read More ...

After Google-China fracas, cyberwar threat emerges
Cyberthreats face the U.S., but it's not a war -- yet
Read More ...

IBM’s new data crunchers target Oracle's Exadata
A new suite of integrated systems for large-scale data analysis from IBM is a direct attack on rival Oracle’s Exadata platform
Read More ...

Cloud computing is a risky business: IT managers
A new ISACA survey shows many IT managers remain wary of cloud computing despite all the buzz. How cloud providers can help allay concerns
Read More ...

Security, SaaS and the Cloud is about the contract
Mixing these terms together can be a headache for enterprises. A panel of experts who’ve gone through the ordeal share what they’ve learnt
Read More ...

Salesforce.com’s Chatter partners up
A group of partners has already built integrations with the vendor's enterprise Facebook-like tool. Plus, ChatterExchange, a new site for apps that uses Chatter is open
Read More ...

No comments: