Friday, September 23, 2011

IT News Head Lines (InfoWorld) 23/09/2011





OpenStack gets a new GUI
The developers behind OpenStack have updated their open source cloud software package with a new graphical user interface and a unified authentication management system, the project's organizers announced Thursday.

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WSJ: Apotheker ouster from HP CEO job imminent
Hewlett-Packard CEO Leo Apotheker will likely be removed from his position on Thursday and replaced by HP director and former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

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iPad's dominance in tablets to continue for years, Gartner says
Apple created the modern tablet market, and its iPad has become the undisputed king of tablet computers. The iPad promises to hold that dominance for years to come, research firm Gartner said Thursday.

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Oracle scoops up GoAhead Software
Oracle is buying GoAhead Software, which makes products designed to help network equipment providers improve service delivery. Terms of the deal, which is expected to be completed before year's end, were not disclosed.

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Oracle, Google fail to reach settlement in Android case
Two days of face-to-face mediation talks between Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and Google CEO Larry Page over the companies' Android mobile OS lawsuit have yet to result in a settlement, but the door is open for negotiations to continue, according to a document filed late Wednesday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

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Teradata's Aster analytic database gets appliance treatment
Teradata is adding an appliance option for its Aster analytic database, giving it another potential weapon against rivals such as Oracle's Exadata, EMC's Greenplum, and SAP's HANA.

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Windows XP to Windows 8: Don't go there
A majority of enterprises have migrated to Windows 7 or are planning to do so. But for Windows XP holdouts ready to side-step Windows 7 for the upcoming Windows 8 OS, you are risking a gap in support, stresses research firm Gartner in a new "first take" analysis of Windows 8 migration in the enterprise.

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Judge sets trial date for AT&T merger case
A U.S. district court judge has scheduled a trial to begin on Feb. 13 in the U.S. Department of Justice's lawsuit opposing AT&T's proposed acquisition of rival mobile carrier T-Mobile USA.

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Strangeloop enables faster downloads for smartphones
Strangeloop is coming out with a website optimizer that speeds up page builds on mobile devices based on Apple, Android, and Microsoft operating systems.

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Adobe patches Flash bug hackers are already exploiting
Adobe on Wednesday patched six vulnerabilities in Flash Player, including one it admitted is already being exploited by attackers. That vulnerability, identified as CVE-2011-2444, shares some traits with an earlier Flash flaw that was used to target Gmail accounts in June.

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Dear Microsoft: When your cloud goes down, keep users informed
Microsoft still doesn't get it.

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Twitter buys social analytics firm Julpan
Twitter has acquired Julpan, a startup founded last year that analyzes the way people share information on the social web with the goal of delivering fresh and relevant content to users. The acquisition was announced by Julpan founder and CEO Ori Allon announced on the company website.

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Imation buys IronKey's hardware assets
Storage device manufacturer Imation Corp. has reached a deal to buy the hardware business of privately-held IronKey, best known for its highly secure USB flash drives. Imation will take over the development and sales of IronKey's portable storage devices.

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