Is the mega scale of the cloud a good thing?
It's almost exactly a year ago that Rajen Sheth, senior product manager for Google Apps, touted the superiority of Google's spanking new disaster recovery infrastructure and the advantages its economies of scale would bring. Sheth boasted in the
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Update: Teradata buys Aster Data to boost 'Big Data' wares
Teradata said Thursday it plans to buy data warehousing startup Aster Data Systems, continuing a run of consolidation in the market for technology that can process ever-growing amounts of "Big Data." The deal is expected to close in the second quarter. Teradata, which had already acquired an 11 percent stake in Aster Data last year, will pay another $263 million for the remainder, according to a statement.
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Microsoft resumes Windows Phone update after problems
Microsoft is again updating Samsung's Windows Phone 7-based smartphones, after technical problems forced a halt to the program, it said in a blog post on Wednesday.
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Salesforce.com deepens ties with Facebook
Salesforce.com is deepening the integration between its CRM (customer relationship management) and customer service software with the explosively popular social-networking site Facebook, Salesforce.com will announce on Thursday at an event in New York.
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5 tips for keeping malware off your Android smartphone
The number of free Android apps that may be infected with malware this week has increased to more than 50. While some of these apps would look suspicious, others named things like "Quick Notes" or "Chess" seem innocent enough and you might not think twice about downloading them.
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Apple's iOS 4.3 to debut March 11
Apple gave iOS users a glimpse at what to expect from its forthcoming iOS 4.3 update on Wednesday, when it previewed the mobile operating system at its iPad 2 launch event. iOS 4.3 promises improved Safari performance, wireless media streaming in the form of iTunes Home Sharing, AirPlay improvements, a Personal Hotspot option for the iPhone 4, and a preference setting for the iPad's side switch.
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Mainframe sales push IBM past HP as top server vendor
In an age of seemingly disposable servers, there are still organizations out ready and willing to plunk down hundreds of thousands of dollars for good ol' big iron -- enough so over the past year to make IBM the leader of the server market based on rev
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Oracle upgrades GlassFish Java app server
Oracle is announcing on Wednesday an upgrade to the commercial version of the GlassFish Java application server, which is gaining more enterprise capabilities. Available now, Oracle GlassFish Server 3.1 is based on its open source counterpart, the GlassFish Server Open Source Edition. Version 3.1 focuses on high-availability features such as load balancing, failover, state management and centralized administration.
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Internet Explorer fends off Firefox, only to face new foe
Microsoft's Internet Explorer posted its first market share gain in six months, according to the latest data from NetMarketShare, halting a st
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Companies scramble to tame the wild endpoint
A failure to gather adequate information on endpoint devices is the top security concern for a third of firms, according to a survey of IT managers and chief security officers.
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Security: Never mind the products, educate the users
If they could change one thing to improve IT security, the assembled experts on a panel at Cebit would better educate their users. "Education is important: We're all too naïve," said Eddy Willems, global security officer for G Data Software, speaking in a panel session on security during the Cebit Global Conference, part of the Cebit trade show in Hanover, Germany, on Wednesday.
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Google vs. Microsoft: Lessons on handling a cloud #fail
This week's Gmail outage reminded us all that the cloud ain't perfect. But you may draw some inspiration from a look at how Google reacted.
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Update: Android Market spiked with malware-laced apps
More than 50 applications containing malware have been discovered in Google's application market for its Android mobile OS, a sign that hackers are hard at work trying to compromise mobile devices.
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