Yahoo adds security and workflow management to Hadoop
Yahoo, which has championed the open source Apache Hadoop distributed computing platform, is adding capabilities for Kerberos security and workflow management to the platform.
The company on Tuesday will unveil the open source additions at the Yahoo-sponsored Hadoop Summit 2010 conference in Santa Clara, Calif. and donate them to the Apache Software Foundation.
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Sybase SQL Anywhere 12 key to SAP's mobile plans
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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Misconfigured Cisco wireless 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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Rhomobile smartphone app framework adds iPhone-like mapping
Rhomobile is shipping on Tuesday version 2.0 of its Rhodes framework for developing native smartphone applications, which extends Apple iPhone native mapping capabilities to other devices.
Rhodes 2.0 also offers accommodations for back-end applications via a metadata framework. Rhomobile also is offering free licensing. But a previously planned capability for bidirectional streaming of multimedia content has been delayed until a future release.
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Apache upgrades Tomcat Web server
Apache Tomcat 7.0, the latest version of the popular open source Java Web server, is available Tuesday from the Apache Software Foundation.
The upgrade constitutes the first major release of the project since 2006. To ease Web framework integration, version 7.0 implements the Java Servlet 3.0, JavaServer Pages 2.2 and Expression Language 2.2 specifications.
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HDS service puts storage cloud in your data center
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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Cisco, MobileAccess system boosts in-building cellular signals
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.
The MobileAccess VE system enables users to make voice and data calls from dual-mode smartphones or handsets via Wi-Fi or cellular connections, and it costs about half the price of equipping a building with coaxial or fiber-optic cables, Cisco and MobileAccess officials said.
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Supreme Court's SOX decision may be non-event for IT
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision Monday on the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is unlikely to affect the jobs of IT managers, who have already spent bundles of money on software and staff time to ensure compliance with this 2002 law.
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Pay only for what you use with SoftLayer's cloud service
SoftLayer aims to let customers pay for only what they need with a new infrastructure-as-a-service pricing model it calls Build Your Own Cloud.
Users can choose exactly how much RAM, CPU and storage they want.
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Court patent ruling leaves software patents intact
The U.S. Supreme Court has ducked the question of whether the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) should continue to issue software patents in a ruling Monday striking down a business-method patent.
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Supreme Court strikes down one part of Sarbanes-Oxley
The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down one part of the controversial Sarbanes-Oxley Act, ruling Monday that Congress overstepped its authority when establishing the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), an investigatory panel focused on enforcing the eight-year-old law.
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Is Google prepping a Facebook killer?
Speculation is spreading around the Web that Google is building a site that could be a Facebook-killer.
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Microsoft knocks Google Docs over support
Microsoft took another shot at rival Google today as it touted the support it provides for Office 2010.
In a blog post Monday, Barbara Gordon, who heads Microsoft's customer service and support, argued that her company's offerings beat Google's hands down.
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