Thursday, April 21, 2011

IT News Head Lines (InformationWeek) 21/04/2011





35 percent of spam in APJ originated in India, reveals Symantec report
The report highlights dramatic increases in both the frequency and sophistication of targeted attacks on enterprises and the continued growth of social networking sites as an attack distribution platform

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Mahindra Satyam joins GENIVI Alliance
To leverage the open source platform which in turn will reduce development cost and shorten the time-to-market

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Public beta of Microsoft Office 365 released
Microsoft announced the public Beta of Microsoft Office 365, the company's next generation cloud productivity service for businesses of all sizes in India

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PLM streamlines production process for Globus
Prior to the implementation, merchandisers spent 30 percent of their time generating reports. Today, these reports are available at the click of a button

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Janalakshmi scales up business with Salesforce
Implementation of the cloud-based CRM system has enabled Janalakshmi to quickly scale up and open up new branches

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'We have removed the principal barriers for adopting SaaS'
A known name in the world of content caching, Akamai Technologies is quickly transitioning itself to play a vital role in the emerging cloud era. Akamai is benefiting from the huge interest in cloud computing, as software is remotely accessed over the Internet. In an exclusive interview David Kenny, President, Akamai Technologies, tells Srikanth RP, why the performance of the network is key for realizing the full potential of the cloud

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'Adopt the cloud in an organizationally driven way'
If you’re wondering why organizations are hesitant to adopt
the cloud, or about the mistakes to avoid when transitioning to
the cloud, or what Cloud 3.0 and Web 3.0 are about, then you’ve got to meet cloud computing guru, Peter Coffee, Head of Platform Research,Salesforce.com and former Technology Editor, eWeek.

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'Severe' DNS vulnerability leaves systems open to attack
Security experts urge organizations running vulnerable versions of BIND to upgrade immediately to avoid a potential denial of service strike

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New stealth rootkit steals Windows 7, Server 2008 user privileges 'on the fly'
Researcher plans to hand off code to antivirus vendors, and then to EC-Council for ethical hacking training

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Why don't firewalls work?
Even the best firewalls might fail an audit -- or get hacked -- if your enterprise doesn't follow proper change and configuration management practices. Here's a look at some of the common pitfalls that trip up firewall administrators

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Facebook's new automated photo tagging feature raises privacy concerns
Sophos says that users should have the ability to opt-in to automatic photo tagging rather than opt-out

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WikiLeaks – how to prevent the 'inside job'
Existing systems are built to fight past wars, not the war that has now begun – defending digital data from an internal threat

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HP advances 'Converged Infrastructure' strategy in India
With a list of 15 client wins in India, HP is finding acceptance for its ‘Converged Infrastructure’

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Get to know what your peers are reading thro' LinkedIn Today
LinkedIn Today allows members to consume the top trending news relevant to a particular industry and by what is being shared the most frequently by those industry’s professionals

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'Organizations cannot run their IT infrastructure the same way for the next five years’
Steve Leonard, President, EMC Asia Pacific and Japan, shares his perspective on how organizations are
making their journey to the cloud

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Yesterday's tech strategies are woefully inadequate for today's global economy - NetApp CEO, Tom Georgens
NetApp CEO shares his views on some of the challenges his CIO customers are facing

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'The next 10 years will be about data availability and management'
Oussama El-Hilali, VP of Engineering, NetBackup, Symantec Information Management Group points out a significant trend on the backup and recovery scenario—transformation from data protection to information management

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Google's got your backup
Among other reasons to consider Google Apps: automatic backups for disaster recovery

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'Converged infrastructure is a natural progression towards cloud computing'
Jim Wagstaff, VP & GM, StorageWorks Division, Enterprise Storage, Servers and Networking, HP Enterprise Business, shares his perspective on why unified architecture is the need of the hour

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HP advances 'Converged Infrastructure' strategy in India
With a list of 15 client wins in India, HP is finding acceptance for its ‘Converged Infrastructure’

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CES 2011: Android-based car stereo receives Internet services, iPod's music
It's time to put the smart phone back in the car. Sort of. Parrot's media console, running Android, offers a slightly different take on auto-tech.

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Laptop heat may cause 'Toasted Skin Syndrome'
A review of recent cases concludes with a call for heat shielding and warning labels for laptop computers

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Mobicule's mobile solution transforms Usha International's sales force
Post deployment of the mobile-based solution, Usha International has improved its sales productivity

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Collaboration possibilities for organizations are 'infinite'
Right tools and right approach enhance the communication paradigm for employees

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CES 2011: Android-based car stereo receives Internet services, iPod's music
It's time to put the smart phone back in the car. Sort of. Parrot's media console, running Android, offers a slightly different take on auto-tech.

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HTML 5's privacy problem
Are concerns about perceived security and privacy problems in HTML 5 valid?

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Twitter touts redesign's advantages for marketers
COO Dick Costolo tells ExactTarget's integrative marketing product users that enhancements to the microblogging site will improve their ability to engage with consumers

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HTML5 isn't ready for primetime, says YouTube
Flash offers video streaming capabilities that HTML5 just can't match yet

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'We have removed the principal barriers for adopting SaaS'
A known name in the world of content caching, Akamai Technologies is quickly transitioning itself to play a vital role in the emerging cloud era. Akamai is benefiting from the huge interest in cloud computing, as software is remotely accessed over the Internet. In an exclusive interview David Kenny, President, Akamai Technologies, tells Srikanth RP, why the performance of the network is key for realizing the full potential of the cloud

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World's largest chapter of Cloud Security Alliance launched in Mumbai
Cloud adoption in India is picking up but the key concern is security

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'Organizations cannot run their IT infrastructure the same way for the next five years’
Steve Leonard, President, EMC Asia Pacific and Japan, shares his perspective on how organizations are
making their journey to the cloud

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New open source OS will feature 'disposable' virtual machines
Invisible Things Lab building secure OS that better locks down the VM environment

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'In the past, IT infrastructure has been built like roads'
A traditional leader in virtualization, VMware is aggressively pushing this technology as the fundamental tool for building a cloud. In an exclusive interview with Harshal Kallyanpur, Andrew M Dutton, VP & GM, APAC, VMware, says virtualization will ultimately reduce hardware requirements

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Hardware Vendors Pledge Support for VMware's DPM Solution
Called Distributed Power Management (DPM), the solution is designed to lower power consumption in the datacenter by aggregating unused capacity and powering off unused servers without disrupting service levels

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'Organizations cannot run their IT infrastructure the same way for the next five years’
Steve Leonard, President, EMC Asia Pacific and Japan, shares his perspective on how organizations are
making their journey to the cloud

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Dell's Data Center Unit Racking Up Cloud Sales
Dell has quietly engineered 30-40 cloud server designs for major Internet companies, and those designs will eventually affect the enterprise market

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Oracle releases 'Unbreakable' Linux kernel
Competition with Red Hat heats up with a modified Linux that Oracle says is best for running its software on its hardware

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Microsoft goes 'open' with Windows Azure
The company has announced the availability of a new set of developer tools and SDKs for open source developers to build applications for Windows Azure

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New open source OS will feature 'disposable' virtual machines
Invisible Things Lab building secure OS that better locks down the VM environment

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