Monthly Archives: April 2008
Oracle Issues 41 Security Fixes in Latest CPU
Oracle released fixes for a total of 41 bugs in its April Critical Patch Update, including a serious vulnerability affecting Oracle Application Server.The CPU,...
Intel Posts In-Line Results, Stock Climbs
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)-Intel Corp on Tuesday posted a lower quarterly net profit and reported revenue that was slightly ahead of expectations in the face...
Will Salesforce Deal Jump-Start Google Apps Adoption?
The announcement of Salesforce for Google Apps has again raised questions about why Google hasn't been successful in getting major corporations to widely deploy...
STEC Rebuffs Seagate Patent Lawsuit
Solid-state drive maker STEC said April 15 it will vigorously fight a four-count patent-infringement lawsuit brought by Seagate Technology the previous day.The SSD manufacturer,...
OpenDNS Takes Aim at DNS Rebinding Attacks
OpenDNS has added a new filtering option to its free DNS service to help protect against poisonous DNS rebinding attacks.The new feature, which is...
CEO Calls MySQL the Ferrari of Databases
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Open-source database maker MySQL opened its sixth user conference April 15 under a new owner, Sun Microsystems, and promptly released to general...
SQL Chip Gives MySQL Data Warehouse Boost
A SQL chip for every MySQL database server-that's the vision of Kickfire, a startup with its eyes on the data warehousing market.The company contends...
Midmarket CIOs Face Big Jobs
Just because a CIO works at a midmarket company doesn't mean he or she is less qualified or experienced than a CIO at a...
Tight Budgets Won’t Slow State CIOs or Government IT
In this time of economic uncertainty and tight budgets, governors nationwide aren't trimming IT budgets; they're spending as usual in the hope that IT...
R U Blocking Txt Msgs?
Public advocacy groups renewed their call April 14 for Federal Communications Commission action to prohibit wireless carriers from exerting undue influence on the provisioning...