Saturday, May 28, 2011

IT News Head Lines (TechWeb) 28/05/2011





Windows 8 Tablets Not Doomed To Fail
Analysts say Microsoft may still hold edge in the enterprise market due to lower integration costs.

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Certeon Touts WAN Optimization For Cloud Computing
The company's aCelera Cloud aims to boost performance and reduce bandwidth needs for cloud apps, and supports cloud platforms such as VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix Xen, Linux KVM, and Amazon EC2.

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35 Million Google Profiles Captured In Database
A security researcher was able to collect information from Google Profiles and save millions of files in a SQL database in about a month.

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Android App Market Stats Reveal Few Downloads
Apple's iPhone App store generates many more downloads compared to Google's store, as the bulk of paid applications go almost completely ignored by the Android masses, says a Distimo study.

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Oracle Dives Into Retail Analytic Apps
The company's Retail Merchandising Analytics combines a prebuilt data model for building a data warehouse with predefined dashboards, metrics, and reports on various aspects of retail performance.

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Cray's XK6 Supercomputer Promises 50-Petaflop Performance
AMD 16-core, Opteron processors, Nvidia Tesla graphics processors, and a Linux-based operating system are the foundation of Cray's fastest machine.

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Nokia Plans For Frequent Windows Phone Releases
With Symbian put out to pasture, the Finnish phone maker plans to launch new phones for Microsoft's mobile platform every two to three months.

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IT As A Service Is The Future
Software execs say software as a service has more domains to conquer, will gradually take over more of the IT infrastructure.

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How To Develop Technical Leaders
Few technicians have the expertise and personal influence to be considered a candidate, and those who do must master these four competencies.

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Schwartz On Security: Should Businesses Track Employee Smartphones?
It may be one way to protect business secrets, but many aspects of smartphone security remain out of the hands of IT administrators or security-conscious users.

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Kingmax Claims First 64-GB MicroSD Card
The Taiwan semiconductor company hasn't said when the chip will ship or how much it will cost.

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Advanced Health IT Needed For ACO Initiatives
Data analytics tools, clinical applications, and other technologies technologies can help accountable care organizations deliver on the promise of curbing costs and improving care.

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Apple, Google Asked To Require Privacy Policies
Developers of iOS and Android apps may soon have to provide information about how they use location data.

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Government CIOs Doubt Cloud Savings
More than 45% of U.S. government IT officials don't think cloud computing will save their agencies enough money to make it worthwhile, an Ovum report finds.

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Wyse, Kaviza Offer VDI At $99 Per Seat
The virtual desktop infrastructure offering enables small and midsize businesses to repurpose existing PCs or upgrade to thin clients at higher price points.

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Windows 8 Tablet To Debut Next Week?
Microsoft set to unveil its answer to Apple's iOS and Google's Android, according to a published report.

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Using The Cloud To Manage The Cloud
Managing cloud-based VMs isn't easy. Tools from IaaS vendors are rudimentary and proprietary, while integration with enterprise management consoles is complex. SaaS management software is closing the gap with new services able to manage systems in multiple clouds alongside internal VMs.

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NewsGator Adds Video To SharePoint Social Sites
Microsoft SharePoint-based social software gets video sharing, plus enhanced news feeds and brainstorming.

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DHS Advances Einstein Cybersecurity Deployment
The Department of Homeland Security plans to hire IT experts who can support Einstein and other security technologies.

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Google Wallet Enables Mobile Payments
Citi, MasterCard, First Data, and Sprint are working with Google to launch a mobile commerce platform.

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Sony Xperia Play Teardown
UBM TechInsights looks inside the Android-based Xperia Play from Sony Ericsson, the first "PlayStation Certified" smartphone.

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Clinical e-Research Group Seeks Funding For IT Initiatives
PACeR, a group of medical research centers, drug companies, and health IT organizations, is hoping to advance evidence-based medicine with a variety of high-tech tools.

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KLAS Finds Partial IT Outsourcing On The Rise
With a majority of healthcare groups using such services, the key to success is knowing what services to send out and what to keep in-house.

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LinkedIn Opens API For Company, Job Listings
Websites and enterprise apps will be able to freely access LinkedIn company profiles and present that data within their own user interface.

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iOS 4 Hardware Encryption Cracked By Forensics Firm
The iPhone 4 is at risk, but the forensics tool will only be sold to law enforcement, intelligence agencies, and forensics investigators.

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