Micro Focus extends Cobol to Java and the cloud
Micro Focus on Thursday announced it is extending its Cobol platform to Java and the Microsoft Windows Azure cloud platform, with the launch of Micro Focus Visual Cobol R3.
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Microsoft's Attack Surface Analyzer sheds light on software vulnerabilities
While nobody would claim that Microsoft's just-released Attack Surface Analyzer can make your systems secure, it does prov
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HP orders probe into Hurd's departure
Hewlett-Packard plans to commission an external probe into the resignation of former CEO Mark Hurd, including his controversial multi-million dollar severance package.
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New super-tough glass strengthens smartphone, tablet screens
One of Japan's largest glass manufacturers debuted on Thursday a new glass designed for smartphones and tablet PCs that is considerably tougher than conventional glass. Asahi Glass said its Dragontrail glass is about six times as tough as typical chemically-treated soda lime glass and should be better suited to the rough-and-tumble life to which portable gadgets are subjected.
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Why some companies are ditching spreadsheets for SaaS offerings
Until a few years ago, Thule Group's North American division would have been considered a "classic spreadsheet-driven" company, according to Vice President of Finance Mark Cohen. "We had one person in accounting who kept all the data as up to date as possible, including departmental expenses that outlined the costs of running the factory. However, it wasn't unusual for it to take a week to consolidate cross-company information, and it wasn't unusual to discover that what managers were looking at wasn't the final spreadsheet," Cohen says.
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Cause of Windows Phone 7 data spikes found
Microsoft has reportedly traced the cause of random, high spikes in data usage by some Windows Phone 7 handsets to a widely accessed "third-party solution." Microsoft is working with that so-far unidentified vendor, according to SeattlePI.com.
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Nokia to cancel X7 smartphone launch with AT&T
Nokia has cancelled the launch of a touchscreen phone that it planned to introduce exclusively with AT&T at the Mobile World Congress Show, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The cancellation would be one more missed opportunity by Nokia in an unsuccessful, multiyear quest to gain a stronger foothold in the U.S.
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GoGrid offers hosted private cloud
GoGrid has rolled out a hosted private cloud offering, designed to offer customers the benefits of the public cloud on dedicated hardware. The company joins other vendors, including Unisys, in offering hosted private clouds, a relatively new label that some observers are skeptical of.
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Cisco insists it has a cloud strategy
There's a telling moment near the beginning of a video interview with Lew Tucker, Cisco CTO of cloud computing.
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Apache upgrades installable Internet apps platform
The Apache Software Foundation announced on Wednesday version 2.0 of the open source Apache Pivot platform for building IIAs (installable Internet applications), which are client-side applications that leverage the Internet but do not require a browser.
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Does HP's deal with Microsoft signal the death of Neoview?
Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft's unveiling Wednesday of a series of data warehousing appliances has some observers sounding the death knell for HP's Neoview platform. Neoview was launched several years ago under the tenure of former HP CEO Mark Hurd, but has failed to gain perceptible traction in the market. [ Discover the key technologies to speed archival storage and get quick data recovery in InfoWorld's Archiving Deep Dive PDF special report. ]
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