Wednesday, June 30, 2010

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWorld) 30/06/2010



SQL Anywhere 12 key to SAP's plans for Sybase
Sybase announced on Tuesday SQL Anywhere 12, the latest edition of its mobile database and one of the "crown jewels" SAP will acquire with its pending purchase of the company.
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HDS to offer storage cloud that resides in user data centers
Hitachi Data Systems is preparing to offer cloud storage that even cloud-averse enterprises might accept: It resides in the customer's own data center.
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Alcatel-Lucent buys Web mashup API directory
Alcatel-Lucent has acquired ProgrammableWeb, which hosts an on-line directory of over 2,000 open web APIs that developers can use to build 'mashups' of Web services.
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Google sends Froyo, or Android 2.2, to Nexus One users
Nexus One owners have begun to receive version 2.2 of the Android software, code-named Froyo, as an over-the-air update to their phones, Google said in a blog post on Monday.
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Supreme Court's SOX decision may be non-event for IT
Monday's Supreme Court decision on a lawsuit challenging the Sarbanes-Oxley Act financial regulations is unlikely to cause IT managers to change current strategies for complying with the law.
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Google stops redirecting Chinese search traffic to .hk site
Google has stopped automatically redirecting some search traffic from China to its Hong Kong search engine in a bid to placate angry Chinese officials, the company said Tuesday.
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Cisco, MobileAccess offer in-building cellular boost over copper cable
Cisco Systems and MobileAccess today announced a system designed to improve in-building cellular signals that uses copper cable integrated into corporate LANs and works alongside Cisco Wi-Fi networks.
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Micron posts strong Q3, sees some strength in Europe
Micron Technology reported its best net profit in years on Monday as sales of DRAM and NAND flash memory chips soared.
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Cisco access point gear could lead to Wi-Fi breach
Users of a popular Cisco Systems wireless access point may be setting themselves up for trouble if they leave a WPA wireless migration feature enabled, according to researchers at Core Security Technologies.
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State of the CSO 2010: Progress and peril
Security is very old in most respects, yet very young in others. As a corporate discipline, security unfortunately languished for years in the basement.
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