Monthly Archives: January 2008
Where Are All the Enterprise Social Media Apps?
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-If the concept of social media is to make an impact on the enterprise, it needs to be customized or built for...
House Panel Bird-Dogging 700MHz Auction
U.S. Rep. Ed Markey's Telecommunications and Internet subcommittee is prepared to move quickly if the public safety portion of the Federal Communications Commission's 700MHz...
Move Over Cisco, Juniper Is Now a LAN Switch Competitor
NEW YORK-Juniper Networks made its official foray into the enterprise switching space on Jan. 29 when it launched its new, home-grown EX Series of...
Come On! VMware’s Quarter Wasn’t that Bad
When I last looked at the stock market - 2 p.m. EST, Jan. 29 - VMware's stock was being beaten to death by crazed...
For the First Time, VMware Takes a Shot
Virtualization giant VMware, whose stock value was reeling following a whopping drop from $83 to $60.73 per share in after-hours trading Jan. 28, lost...
Microsoft Widens Availability of Visual Studio 2008
Microsoft has moved to push out the next version of its developer tool set to the community at large.The software giant on Jan. 29...
Smart Wireless Checkout Running into Speed Bumps
A wireless item-level checkout device being trialed by regional grocery chain Stop & Shop is demonstrating the potential -- and simultaneously the difficulties --...
Barracuda Networks Bites Back at Trend Micro
Barracuda Networks is going on the attack in response to security vendor Trend Micro's assertion that it violated one of Trend Micro's patents.At the...
Leading Economist: This Recession Will Dwarf Dot-Com Crash
As predictions of a U.S. recession have gone from murmurs to shouts since the beginning of 2008, one recurring comment from analysts has been...
Metasploit 3 Adds iPhone Support to Hacking Arsenal
HD Moore's Metasploit point-and-click hacking tool now has built-in support for breaking into Apple's iPhone devices.Version 3.1 of the exploit development and attack framework...