IBM ties LotusLive into SugarCRM, Ariba database
IBM's LotusLive on-demand collaboration suite is getting a boost via integration with SugarCRM and Ariba's Discovery Service supplier database, the companies announced Thursday. The SugarCRM integration feature, scheduled to be generally available in April, will allow sales people to fire up LotusLive Web conferences from within SugarCRM and share documents, according to a statement.
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Recession hit older tech workers harder, labor data shows
Unemployment rates for older IT workers increased during the recession faster than they did for younger employees, according to new U.S. government labor data obtained by Computerworld. But that's something that Maribeth McIntyre, an IT professional with some 30 years of experience, already suspected.
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Update: Oracle to release finance data warehouse
Oracle is offering a data warehouse tailored for the needs of the financial services industry, the company announced Thursday. Financial services have found the process of setting up generic data warehouses difficult to complete, the company asserts. The new data warehouse package should eliminate a lot of the routine chores devoted to customizing data warehouses for the financial environment, according to Oracle.
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Microsoft loses three more cloud-savvy heavy hitters
Keeping track of the revolving doors to Redmond's executive washrooms is turning into a full-time pursuit.
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Hackers using Telnet to attack corporate servers
A new report from Akamai Technologies shows that hackers appear to be increasingly using the Telnet remote access protocol to attack corporate servers over mobile networks.
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Smart card security no match for hackers
The U.S. government has been stepping up its use of smart cards to help lock down its computer networks, but hackers have found ways around them. Over the past 18 months, security consultancy Mandiant has come across several cases where determined attackers were able to get onto computers or networks that required both smart cards and passwords. In a report set to be released Thursday, Mandiant calls this technique a "smart card proxy."
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Startup's service offers single sign-on for all cloud apps
While using cloud-based applications solves some problems for IT administrators, it also creates new ones, including how to handle user identity management. Startup Okta, led by the former head of Salesforce.com's engineering group, says it has the solution. For six months it has been quietly offering a hosted identity management service for companies to manage their cloud services, and it is now formally launching the company.
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Google previews tablet-optimized Android 3.0
Google Wednesday released a preview of the software development kit for Android 3.0, which has been designed specifically for mobile devices with larger screens, particularly tablets. The Android SDK also will support new administrative policies aimed at managing and securing enterprise tablet deployments, such as encrypted storage and password expiration.
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How RIM could make Android apps run on the PlayBook
Decisions, decisions -- should you plan to buy a BlackBerry PlayBook or one of the new Android-based tablets unveiled at CES?
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Former OpenOffice.org developers offer their first stable OpenOffice competitor
When Oracle purchased Sun Microsystems, it acquired a heaping helping of technologies, among them OpenOffice.org, an open source productivity suite that was positioned as a free alternative to Microsoft Office.
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Motorola Mobility posts strong Q4 but warns about Q1
In its first earnings report since becoming a standalone company, Motorola Mobility said it was profitable in the fourth quarter of 2010 and shipped more than twice as many smartphones during the quarter as it did in all of 2009. However, the company said it expects a net loss of $26 million to $62 million for the current quarter, indicating that competition in the smartphone market continues to be heated.
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Facebook rolls out always-on encryption in wake of CEO's fan page being hacked
Just one day after Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook fan page was hacked, his company has announced a new security measure to make its site safer for him, as well as for
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Microsoft offers developers access to Technical Computing projects
Expanding on its Technical Computing initiative, Microsoft is launching on Wednesday TC Labs, a resource for developers to access early releases of Technical Computing software.
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