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Amazon Auctions Cloud Computation

Thomas Claburn — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:54:00 EST

Businesses can now bid for computing capacity during times of low demand to save money.

Strong Authentication Not Strong Enough

Thomas Claburn — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:05:00 EST

Cyber thieves are defeating two-factor authentication systems. Gartner recommends defense-in-depth.

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Los Angeles Goes Google

Thomas Claburn — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:26:00 EST

As of Monday, city employees will be able to start using Google Apps for daily computing tasks.

Global CIO: The CIO's Christmas

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:06:00 EST

A holiday poem, with apologies to Dr. Seuss

Getting Started With Full Disk Encryption

Serdar Yegulalp — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:00:00 EST

Today, full-system encryption in software is feasible and practical. Here's how to get up and running using solutions from PGP, McAfee, Sophos, and open-source options TrueCrypt and DiskCryptor.

Google Douses Privacy Fire

Thomas Claburn — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:01:00 EST

CEO Eric Schmidt's remarks are being taken out of context, the company says.

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Microsoft Acquires Data Center Automation Firm

Charles Babcock — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:56:00 EST

The purchase of Opalis will allow Microsoft to bring automated data center best practices to expand System Center's capabilities.

Dell Expands Data Center Offerings

Antone Gonsalves — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:01:00 EST

The company introduced infrastructure management software and 10-Gigabit Ethernet to its storage and networking switch lines.

Americans Consume 34 GB Of Data Daily

Antone Gonsalves — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:37:00 EST

Video games accounted for most of the bandwidth, but watching TV consumed most of the time.

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Global CIO: Riverbed Sees Cloud Computing Boom In 2010

Bob Evans — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:24:00 EST

Column about how Riverbed is becoming the company that enables and accelerates cloud computing for enterprises and governments.

Software AG Launches Mainframe Application Monitoring

Charles Babcock — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:32:00 EST

The browser-based monitoring tool looks into the operating health of multiple mainframe applications.

Chinese Trade Policy Discriminatory, Groups Claim

Thomas Claburn — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:51:00 EST

A new Chinese government procurement policy gives preference to products based on Chinese-owned intellectual property.

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Microsoft To Acquire Healthcare Specialist

Paul McDougall — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:40:00 EST

Sentillion buy gives software maker a range of identity and access management tools for hospital IT systems.

Google Search Appliance Now Finds Tweets

Thomas Claburn — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:58:00 EST

Social media is infiltrating the business world, like it or not.

Chopra, Kundra Urge Efficiency Role For Government IT

J. Nicholas Hoover — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:25:00 EST

The Federal CIO and CTO tell Congress that transparency, efficiency efforts are beginning to pay dividends, but federal IT still needs to be more involved in business decisions.

WiGig Completes Wireless Specification

W. David Gardner — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:27:00 EST

The 60-GHz technology will support transmission rates up to 7 Gbps in home and small office networks.

Facebook Christmas Worm Spreads Holiday Infection

Thomas Claburn — Wed, 9 Dec 2009 18:39:00 EST

Koobface, the worm that has plagued Facebook, Twitter and other social sites, is back.

AT&T To Curb Smartphone Data Use

W. David Gardner — Wed, 9 Dec 2009 17:10:00 EST

The company said 3% of its smartphone users are consuming 40% of its data traffic and compromising its networks.

Video Driving Cisco Growth

W. David Gardner — Wed, 9 Dec 2009 14:59:00 EST

Cisco will accellerate its move into video while also branching aggressively into collaboration and virtualization, said CEO John Chambers.

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Google Web Toolkit 2.0 Adds Performance Tools

Thomas Claburn — Wed, 9 Dec 2009 14:53:00 EST

Developers who share Google's obsession with speed have new options to make Web apps faster.

Google Groups Joins Apps Suite

Thomas Claburn — Wed, 9 Dec 2009 13:11:00 EST

Users gain more flexible communication and collaboration options, while IT administrators gain more control over information management.

Network Planners Need Next-Gen Approach

W. David Gardner — Wed, 9 Dec 2009 10:42:00 EST

Telecoms need to synch their network planning with marketing data for successful rollouts of next-gen services, says a survey.

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Google Fights 'Google Money' Fraud Scheme

Thomas Claburn — Tue, 8 Dec 2009 19:09:00 EST

In an effort to protect its brand, Google is suing a company offering kits that purport to reveal how to earn money from home using Google.

Microsoft Patches Zero-Day Internet Explorer Hole

Thomas Claburn — Tue, 8 Dec 2009 17:45:00 EST

The company issued 74 Security Bulletins in 2009, compared to 78 in 2008 and 69 in 2007, excluding out-of-band updates.

Google Releases Chrome For Mac, Linux

Thomas Claburn — Tue, 8 Dec 2009 16:20:00 EST

Over a year after the release of Google Chrome for Windows, Mac and Linux beta versions have arrived.

Cisco Security Report Sees Social Media Risk

Thomas Claburn — Tue, 8 Dec 2009 15:53:00 EST

Bad passwords, inconsistent patching, excessive information sharing, and outdated AV software are key ingredients in what Cisco calls a security "nightmare formula."

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EMC Launches Storage Automation

W. David Gardner — Tue, 8 Dec 2009 14:45:00 EST

The company says its fully automated storage tiering technology will cut storage acquisition costs by 20% and trim storage operation expenses by 40%.

Savvis, Cisco Boost Enterprise Cloud Offerings

W. David Gardner — Tue, 8 Dec 2009 12:13:00 EST

The firms will team to offer enterprise-class virtual private data center and multi-tiered security and quality-of-service capabilities.

Google Reinvents Search For Mobile Era

Thomas Claburn — Tue, 8 Dec 2009 06:05:00 EST

Search is moving beyond keywords and desktop interaction into the wider world.

Google Search Goes Real Time

Thomas Claburn — Mon, 7 Dec 2009 15:08:00 EST

Search is changing at Google, with new real-time, voice-driven translation, and image recognition capabilities.

Ruckus Installs 802.11n Video On Demand

W. David Gardner — Mon, 7 Dec 2009 10:30:00 EST

The Wi-Fi network converts multicast IP traffic to unicast, allowing simultaneous distribution of IP-based high-definition video.

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The Point-Of-Sale Problem

Greg Shipley — Sat, 5 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST

Retailers must take sensible steps to protect POS systems or face the consequences.

Google Buys AppJet To Power Wave

Thomas Claburn — Fri, 4 Dec 2009 16:35:00 EST

The start-up's collaborative technology will be adapted to improve the way Google Wave handles group editing.

Bing Back After Outage

Thomas Claburn — Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:01:00 EST

Microsoft is investigating what happened in an effort to prevent future downtime.

Cisco Snags Shares To Acquire Tandberg

W. David Gardner — Fri, 4 Dec 2009 11:59:00 EST

Now the U.S. Justice Department will step up its review of Cisco's pending acquisition of the Norwegian videoconferencing firm.

Microsoft Warns Piracy Surge Brings Malware

Thomas Claburn — Thu, 3 Dec 2009 18:10:00 EST

Amid rising complaints about infected counterfeit software, Microsoft is redoubling its anti-piracy work.

Google Accelerates Internet With Public DNS Service

Thomas Claburn — Thu, 3 Dec 2009 16:20:00 EST

By taking on Internet traffic direction, Google aims to make the Internet more responsive while also deepening its access to valuable traffic data.

Ciena Beats Nokia To Acquire Nortel Unit

W. David Gardner — Thu, 3 Dec 2009 12:12:00 EST

Nokia Siemens Networks made an unsuccessful last-ditch effort to wrest Metro Ethernet Networks from Ciena with a higher bid.

Sprint Denies 'Massive Disclosure' Of Sensitive Information

Thomas Claburn — Wed, 2 Dec 2009 19:37:00 EST

A privacy expert's claims vastly overstate the case, the company says.

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Government Surveillance Of Social Networks Challenged

Thomas Claburn — Wed, 2 Dec 2009 18:23:00 EST

Policies governing the usage of social network data remain unclear at many government agencies.

Google Helps Publishers Erect Pay Walls

Thomas Claburn — Wed, 2 Dec 2009 15:30:00 EST

Continuing its stormy courtship of online news publishers, Google is offering news sites more control over how their content can be accessed.

Cisco Launches FlipShare TV

Antone Gonsalves — Wed, 2 Dec 2009 15:05:00 EST

The wireless device streams high-definition video from a PC or Mac to a TV.

AT&T Ends Verizon Ad Lawsuit

Marin Perez — Wed, 2 Dec 2009 13:49:00 EST

Verizon will continue to show its "There's A Map For That" ads to capitalize on perceived weaknesses of AT&T's 3G network.

Microsoft Says Patch Isn't Cause Of Black Screen

Thomas Claburn — Tue, 1 Dec 2009 17:59:00 EST

Black screen issues are not widespread and may be caused by malware, Microsoft insists.

Ansca Mobile Releases Corona For iPhone Development

Thomas Claburn — Tue, 1 Dec 2009 16:26:00 EST

Flash designers and other developers now have a new bridge to world of mobile apps.

IT Hiring To Increase Next Quarter

W. David Gardner — Tue, 1 Dec 2009 14:03:00 EST

A 3% increase in IT staffing is forecast for early 2010, with traditional jobs in networking, security, and application development most in demand.

FCC To Catalog White Space Spectrum

Marin Perez — Tue, 1 Dec 2009 13:42:00 EST

The federal agency is requiring white-space devices to be able to check an online database that identifies which spectrum is available in a given market.

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Broadcom To Acquire Dune For $178 Million

W. David Gardner — Tue, 1 Dec 2009 13:32:00 EST

The deal will boost Broadcom's data center and cloud computing portfolio.

IBM Buys Database Security Company

Thomas Claburn — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:16:00 EST

By purchasing Guardium, IBM is strengthening its ability to sell to healthcare and financial companies.

Large Hadron Collider Breaks Energy Record

Thomas Claburn — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:07:00 EST

The physics community is excited to see CERN's particle accelerator up and running again.