VMware unleashes virtual desktops for Apple iPad
Virtual desktops on the iPad are yesterday's news -- in fact, they're last year's news, having been available from several virtualization companies since 2010.
Read More ...
Anti-virus tests find security programs fooled by attack vector
A new round of anti-virus testing has found some products fail to detect malware that tries to infect a computer via a different attack vector, such as through a local network fileshare or a USB drive. The tests, conducted by NSS Labs, sought to find out how effective security products are at detecting malware from various attack vectors. Malware can be delivered to a computer via rigged websites, email attachments, and USB flash drives, among other ways.
Read More ...
Apple releases Java updates for Leopard, Snow Leopard
Apple rolled out new software updates Tuesday, though probably not the one some users were looking for. Instead of the iOS 4.3 update that some corners of the Internet insisted was in the works for Tuesday, the company released Java updates for Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6. According to Apple's release notes, the Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 4 brings improved compatibility, security, and reliability by updating Java SE 6 to 1.6.0_24. The update requires Mac OS X 10.6.4 or later.
Read More ...
Google Chrome 10 focuses on speed and security
In keeping with its promise to update the Chrome browser every six weeks, Google rolled out Chrome 10 today.
Read More ...
Motorola: Why Android fragmentation is good
Motorola Mobility, which has made the Google Android platform the centerpiece of its mobile technology strategy, has heard developer and customer concerns about Android fragmentation and systems not all behaving the same. But the company sees variation as beneficial rather than a hindrance, a Motorola Mobility official said on Tuesday.
Read More ...
VMware buys Java app dev toolmaker WaveMaker
VMware said on Tuesday it had acquired WaveMaker, the creator of open source software that lets non-developers build Java Web applications. WaveMaker is built on the Spring programming model created by SpringSource, which VMware acquired a year-and-a-half ago. "WaveMaker takes the Spring programming model and everything underneath it and abstracts it into a tool, so you don't have to know what's going on behind it," said Mark Brewer, vice president of operations for VMware's Spring business unit.
Read More ...
Study: 70 percent of iPhone and Android open source apps violate licenses
Open source advocates have vilified
Read More ...
HP unifies software support services
Hewlett-Packard has launched a new set of services that combine software support and professional services into a single unified offering. "This is a new service offering that [will] provide customers with the ability to have support for their entire solution rather than just the HP products the customer might purchase," said Aileen Allkins, a vice president of global support delivery of HP's software division, during a webcast Tuesday announcing the new offering.
Read More ...
Rackspace, Dell push OpenStack cloud OS
Rackspace will help enterprises build private clouds using the OpenStack cloud operating system, the company announced Tuesday. Meanwhile, Dell is seeking enterprises and service providers for proof-of-concept OpenStack trials with its Dell PowerEdge C family of servers.
Read More ...
French government says hack compromised 150 PCs
The French National IT Systems Security Agency has released further details of the recent attack on French government computers, saying they were targeted by cyberspies. Around 150 IT staff spent the weekend on a massive clean-up operation to undo the effects of the attack on computers at the French Ministry of Economy, Finances, and Industry, the security agency's director-general said Monday night.
Read More ...
SAS pushes BI to iPads and iPhones
SAS Institute is teaming up with mobile BI (business intelligence) vendor Mellmo to bring analytics applications to Apple's iPhone and iPad, the companies announced Tuesday. The move further cements Apple's devices as must-hit targets for enterprise software vendors, especially for BI. It also follows deals Mellmo has struck with IBM, SAP, Salesforce.com, Microsoft, and Oracle. The SAS integration, which also requires SAS Enterprise BI Server, is set to be released early next month.
Read More ...
OpenText acquires mobile development vendor WeComm
Content management software provider OpenText has acquired London-based mobile application development tool vendor WeComm, the companies announced Tuesday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. OpenText plans to redeploy WeComm's technology to offer its customers a way to develop device-independent mobile applications, for either internal or public-facing services. WeComm's software will augment OpenText Everywhere, OpenText's mobile extension for its flagship OpenText ECM (enterprise content management) Suite.
Read More ...
No comments:
Post a Comment