Monthly Archives: January 2007
How to Spam Google Maps
Upon learning that satellites would be flying overhead to capture images used in Google Maps, a couple living in Sydney, Australia, decided to spam...
Red Hat Signs New Enterprise Client
Red Hat, facing increased competition from the Novell/Microsoft alliance and Oracle, has won a new enterprise customer: Union Bank of California.
Union Bank, which is...
Symantec Buys Asset Management Specialist Altiris
Symantec has added to the slew of technologies it will offer as part of its unified security architecture, announcing a deal on Jan. 29...
Smart Card Alliance Releases Security, Privacy Guidelines
The Smart Card Alliance, which represents a plethora of companies and governmental entities with a vested interest in the successful marriage of RFID and...
Cenzic, Borland Team Up on Secure Application Development
Security solution provider Cenzic has integrated its Hailstorm software into the newly available Borland Gauntlet—a move that seeks to help IT organizations to proactively...
Tech Mergers, Acquisitions Jump 48%, Helped by Private Equity
Technology mergers and acquisitions jumped 48 percent in 2006, helped by high liquidity worldwide and an increase in buyouts outside the United States.
Technology M&A...
Feds Hesitate to Adopt Telework
Just 140,694 federal workers telecommuted in 2005, 7.7 percent of the federal work force and less than one-fifth (19 percent) of those who were...
Big Tech Firms Sales Up 16% in Q4
Most enterprise technology companies had strong growth in the fourth quarter, with IBM and Microsoft benefiting from strong sales of software, and EMC and...
Mimosa Ships First E-Mail Archiving Software for Handhelds
Data management software maker Mimosa Systems said Jan. 29 that it has expanded platform coverage for its browser-based NearPoint 2.1 e-mail archiving product from...
HP, Gateway Eye Old and New Customers with Vista
As consumers wait for the latest version of Microsofts Windows Vista operating system to hit the shelves, Hewlett-Packard and Gateway are each angling for...