Monthly Archives: April 2008
Why Tech Jargon Is Bad for Your Career
"Platform," "Megs and rams," "FTP," "Scalable solution" ...Jargon shows up in all professions, but in few is it more apparent, or more divisive, than...
McNulty Out as Secure Computing CEO
Network security vendor Secure Computing has announced a major leadership shake-up that sees CEO John McNulty (left) leaving the company.No reasons were provided for...
Bungee Jumps into Federated Hosting
SAN FRANCISCO-Startup Bungee Labs is taking the next step in what it believes is the first comprehensive platform-as-a-service offering with federated hosting for its...
Microsoft Ready to Debut Live Mesh
Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie touched off more than a month of speculation, debate, hand-wringing and questioning when he took the stage at...
AMD Releases More Tricore Chips
In its effort to quickly ramp up new products following a disappointing first quarter, Advanced Micro Devices is releasing three additional tri-core Phenom processors...
IBM Unveils iDataPlex Server Array
IBM is looking to become the backbone of Web 2.0.At the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco April 22, IBM will unveil the iDataPlex,...
No Neutrality on Network Management
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin laid down some markers April 22 on what the agency is considering as appropriate broadband network management practices. And, no...
LendingTree Warns of Insider Password Heist
LendingTree, an IAC subsidiary that connects online borrowers with mortgage, credit card and auto loans, has suffered a major insider breach that exposed sensitive...
Microsoft Health Care to Focus on Horizontal Tech
Microsoft and its partners can drive health care innovation by focusing on adapting horizontal technologies to fulfill consumers' health care demands rather than developing...
Is It Time for IT to Learn a Mac?
Mac skills have long been seen as superfluous for IT professionals; Apple platforms are rarely used in medium and large enterprises, and not even...