Sunday, January 30, 2011

IT News HeadLines (IT World Canada) 29/01/2011


Host-based firewalling ‘not optimal’: analyst
Although new virtual server security and compliance software by CloudPassage is a good move and “as good as you can do right now,” one analyst cautions that it’s not exactly the optimal approach. What customer Foursquare likes about the technology
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Identity in the cloud
Identity-as-a-service is expected to become more relevant as the popularity of software-as-a-service increases
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FBI issues 40 search warrants for WikiLeaks activists
The warrants are part of a global crackdown on the group that has launched DDoS attacks against WikiLeaks detractors
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Verizon to bid for cloud computing provider Terremark
The U.S. carrier expects to launch a tender offer worth US$1.4 billion that would bolster its cloud services to large businesses
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Avaya reassures Nortel customers at conference
When competitors tried to tempt Nortel users to their platforms, an Avaya official fought back. Read what one telecom manager came away with from the debate
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Simplicity key in telecom projects, panel says
End users discuss the process of re-inventing their telecom infrastructures at Toronto's Know Your Alternatives conference
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Business analysts: CIO sidekicks or successors?
The role of BAs is considered important even if most admit it isn’t properly understood. A new certification may develop more of them. How the relationship with senior technology executives is evolving
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Risk management should get personal: Rogers exec
Speaking at an IT World Canada event aimed at CIOs, the telecom giant’s risk management leader offers up his advice on how to kick start a new IT risk philosophy
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Software testers unhappy with unrealistic deadlines
The new survey finds pressure to meet deadlines, incomplete testing requirements and budgets are the top sources of stress for app testing organizations, as they move towards cloud-based testing
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Oracle to release new finance data warehouse
A new Oracle data warehouse will be marketed to banks and financial institutions that should eliminate many of the routine chores devoted to customizing data warehouses for the financial environment
Read More ...

Host-based firewalling ‘not optimal’: analyst
Although new virtual server security and compliance software by CloudPassage is a good move and “as good as you can do right now,” one analyst cautions that it’s not exactly the optimal approach. What customer Foursquare likes about the technology
Read More ...

Identity in the cloud
Identity-as-a-service is expected to become more relevant as the popularity of software-as-a-service increases
Read More ...

FBI issues 40 search warrants for WikiLeaks activists
The warrants are part of a global crackdown on the group that has launched DDoS attacks against WikiLeaks detractors
Read More ...

Verizon to bid for cloud computing provider Terremark
The U.S. carrier expects to launch a tender offer worth US$1.4 billion that would bolster its cloud services to large businesses
Read More ...

Avaya reassures Nortel customers at conference
When competitors tried to tempt Nortel users to their platforms, an Avaya official fought back. Read what one telecom manager came away with from the debate
Read More ...

Simplicity key in telecom projects, panel says
End users discuss the process of re-inventing their telecom infrastructures at Toronto's Know Your Alternatives conference
Read More ...

Business analysts: CIO sidekicks or successors?
The role of BAs is considered important even if most admit it isn’t properly understood. A new certification may develop more of them. How the relationship with senior technology executives is evolving
Read More ...

Risk management should get personal: Rogers exec
Speaking at an IT World Canada event aimed at CIOs, the telecom giant’s risk management leader offers up his advice on how to kick start a new IT risk philosophy
Read More ...

Software testers unhappy with unrealistic deadlines
The new survey finds pressure to meet deadlines, incomplete testing requirements and budgets are the top sources of stress for app testing organizations, as they move towards cloud-based testing
Read More ...

Oracle to release new finance data warehouse
A new Oracle data warehouse will be marketed to banks and financial institutions that should eliminate many of the routine chores devoted to customizing data warehouses for the financial environment
Read More ...

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