Wednesday, December 7, 2011

IT News Head Lines (TechWeb) 07/12/2011





IT Infrastructure At The North Pole Revealed
CDW takes a look at IT at the North Pole.

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AT&T, Accenture Service Stores Medical Images In Cloud
Joint venture will help providers manage larger image files and assist smaller hospitals that don't have a radiologist on staff.

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InterContinental Hotels Explores Enterprise Social Software
Hotel chain explores broader ambitions for enterprise social software, starting with a focus on recruiting and training.

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SharePoint Users Get New Social Option
Blue Rooster is the latest Microsoft partner to put a social face on SharePoint.

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Health IT Chiefs: Our Next IT Rock Stars?
Chief medical information officers and chief nursing officers gain importance as hospitals integrate medical devices into the IT system.

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Obama Fortifies Efforts To Protect Critical Infrastructure
President asks administration to beef up efforts to work with private sector to keep power grid, Internet and other foundational U.S. networks safe.

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Must-Have Features In Your Next Storage System
Storage managers should prioritize capabilities like thin provisioning, snapshots, replication, and cloning--along with price.

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Android Bloatware's Dark Side Emerges
Some Android phones are more vulnerable to attacks than others, due to pre-installed add-on tools and skins, security researchers say.

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Google Chrome Overtakes Firefox
Microsoft's Internet Explorer still has largest share of market, but Google's browser shows strong growth.

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NASA Reviews 300 Space Innovation Ideas From SMBs
Space agency looks at proposals ranging from low-cost remote sensing to hardening electronics for deep space as possible investment candidates.

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Carrier IQ Vs. Wiretap Laws
Network diagnostic software maker Carrier IQ feels the heat after a researcher's video demonstrates how software captured his every keystroke. But is that illegal?

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Biggest Digital Transformation Hurdle: People, Not Tech
Old habits, weak skills make integration of social, mobile, and other disruptive technologies a continuing challenge. Here's some advice to ensure progress.

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Kindle Fire Draws Privacy Slam From Congressman
Massachusetts Rep. Ed Markey says Amazon needs to come clean about what it’s doing with user data generated by the hot-selling tablet.

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Sprint Beefs Up Network For iPhone
Carrier takes action to remedy users' reports of subpar smartphone speeds.

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10 Social Networking Tips For CIOs
Adding a robust enterprise social network to your priority agenda is a must. Here's how to get going.

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RSA Exploit Victims Likely Used Windows XP
Windows' Data Execution Prevention on Windows 7 would have stopped the SecureID breach, reports Qualys researcher.

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Collaboration Simulations: Think Big
Stop messing around with "the pains of collaborating on a meeting agenda" and other trivial stuff. Take a lesson from those planning for mining disasters.

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Carrier IQ: Mobile App Crap Must Stop
The Carrier IQ situation is an insane breach of trust for enterprises. And unless phone makers copy the Apple model, where carriers can't pre-install app crap, it will happen again.

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Oracle Leaves Databases Vulnerable, Say Researchers
As SQL injection attacks and other advanced threats gain traction, researchers complain that Oracle's other application efforts distract it from shoring up database security.

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How Netflix, Zynga Beat Amazon Cloud Failure
When Amazon Web Services crashed in April, Netflix and Zynga kept operating because they designed their systems to accommodate that possibility.

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Major Email Providers Set Phish Trap
Agari's Email Trust Fabric finds fans at AOL, Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo. The goal: Stop spoofing of legitimate email domains.

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App Allows Radiology Diagnosis Via Tablet, Smartphone
FDA clearance of GE Centricity mobile app lets radiologists use smartphones and tablets to make diagnoses from remote locations or in the field.

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Google Indoor Maps: 6 Uses, Good To Ugly
Google Maps Floor Plans of malls, airports, and the like are mostly about increasing ad revenue. Consider the use cases, from good to perhaps ugly.

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Security Tips Cyber Monday Madness Teaches Us
You're not as locked down as you think. It's utterly impossible to secure an organization without having the buy-in of the employees.

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House Approves Faster Green Cards For Foreign IT Workers
Senate also expected to approve bill that eliminates per-country visa caps and institutes a first come, first served system.

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