Monthly Archives: September 2006
The Perplexing Popcorn Payment Problem
David King, CIO of the $2.7 billion Regal Entertainment Group with theaters in 40 states, faces a challenge that is a combination of arithmetic...
BladeLogic Syncs Data Center Policies
BladeLogic is taking a more holistic view of the data center.
With the launch of BladeLogic Release 7 automation suite, the Lexington, Mass., company is...
Virtual Iron, PlateSpin Team on Virtualization
Virtual Iron and PlateSpin are joining forces to help end users not only assess the best opportunities for virtualization in their data centers, but...
Zero-Day IE Attacks Spotted in Wild
Security researchers at Sunbelt Software have discovered an active malware attack against fully patched versions of Microsofts Internet Explorer browser.The exploit has been seeded...
Google Goes to Washington, Forms Google PAC
Another Google pack, but this one involves fewer downloads than suit coats. Apparently they don't trust Sergey in D.C.anymore.Google has formed a political action...
EMC Unveils Its First Intelligent File Management Suite
After two years of planning/development and the importation of intellectual property from three of its recent acquisitions, storage giant EMC on Sept. 18 introduced...
DHS Names Cyber-Security Chief
The Department of Homeland Security has picked a new cyber-security czar.
After a yearlong search, the federal government named former ITAA (Information Technology Association of...
Hurd Breezes Past Controversy in Keynote
HOUSTON—It was all business for Mark Hurd on Sept. 18.In his keynote address here at the HP Technology Forum, Hurd, Hewlett-Packards president and CEO,...
What, Belgium’s Still Around? Press Sue Google for Linking to Them on Web.
I had all but forgotten Belgium existed until this morning, when I read that a press organization in ye olde cockpit of Europe had...
Eclipse Dominates Grassroots IDE Survey, Sets Tone for Open-Source Java
The Eclipse platform dominated a straw poll on integrated development environments, more than doubling the ranking of the next closest IDE in the survey,...