IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (InfoWorld) 21/05/2010

Apple's iPad to drive tablet shipments

Apple's iPad will drive the burgeoning tablet computer market and shipments could grow sixfold by 2014, IDC said in research released on Thursday.

IDC projected tablet shipments to reach 7 million this year and topping 46 million in 2014.

Oracle to acquire database security firm Secerno

Oracle will acquire Secerno, which makes firewall products for databases that protect against hackers and data breaches, the companies said Thursday.

The purchase price was not disclosed. The transaction is expected to close at the end of next month, according to Oracle.

'Nothing new' on iPhone tethering plans, AT&T insists

AT&T may finally offer tethering on the iPhone, according to multiple reports about the latest beta of iPhone OS 4, Apple's mobile operating system upgrade.

Google Wave won't be quick hit in the enterprise, analysts say

Google may hope that the widespread release of Google Wave serves as a new entry into the enterprise, but some analysts don't expect that businesses will rush to adopt it.

LTE mobile patent pools taking shape

Three separate companies are steadily recruiting intellectual property holders into patent pools for LTE (Long-Term Evolution) technology, initiatives intended to get more manufacturers building gear for the fast network.

Novell to solicit buyout offers, report says

Novell, which turned down a $2 billion takeover bid in March, plans to start entertaining offers from other suitors this week, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

Standing room only for HTML5

Anyone wondering about the level of interest in the HTML5 specification need only have tried to get into a standing room-only session on the topic at Google's developer conference on Wednesday afternoon.

An estimated 450 to 500 persons were able to get into the session, entitled "Developing With HTML5," at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco. Outside the room, many others were turned away.

Google focuses on Web media at I/O

Google officials proposed on Wednesday a standard video codec for the Web and again focused on the HTML5 specification as an advancement for Web-based media.

The company at its Google I/O conference also announced Google App Engine for Business, for business Web application deployment on the Google App Engine cloud platform. A cloud application portability partnership with VMware was revealed as well.

Update: Symantec to buy VeriSign's authentication business

Symantec will pay $1.28 billion to acquire VeriSign's authentication business.

The two companies confirmed the rumored acquisition Wednesday, saying it would give VeriSign the opportunity to focus on its more-profitable domain name business, while allowing Symantec to broaden its growing portfolio of enterprise security products.

Motorola offers mobile device management

Motorola announced today two managed services to help companies with limited resources keep mobile devices and wireless LANs up and running.

One of the new offerings, the Managed Infrastructure Service, uses Motorola's AirDefense network management software to monitor wireless LANs and troubleshoot them for problems, Motorola said in a statement.

Update: Google's App Engine now in business version

Google will make a strong pitch to enterprise programmers at its I/O developer conference Wednesday with the unveiling of a business version of its App Engine application hosting service and with new cloud portability initiatives in partnership with VMware.

Google makes Wave collaboration tool available

Google will make its Wave collaboration and communication tool available to anyone who wants to try it out on Wednesday at its I/O developer conference.

SAP to build new in-memory database appliances

More details emerged Wednesday about SAP's plans to build new in-memory database appliances for high-speed analytics, which could set the vendor up against platforms like Oracle's Exadata.

Friday, May 21, 2010

IT News HeadLines (InfoWorld) 21/05/2010

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