Monthly Archives: December 2008
SMBs Fight for Their Right to (Holiday) Party
Market slowdowns, a drop in consumer confidence levels and the global credit freeze have resulted in many small and midsize businesses feeling pinched this...
Google’s Guidance on Exit Strategies in a Recession: Partner
The Venture Summit Silicon Valley 2008 program in Half Moon Bay, Calif., Dec. 2 was packed with some interesting panels on investing and exiting...
Apple Anti-Virus Advisory Overhyped
Apple users should not panic - the advice by Apple that Mac users should use anti-virus is neither new, nor reflective of a significant...
Secunia Survey Finds 98% of PCs Have Vulnerable Program
A new report from Secunia serves as a reminder for users to patch their systems.According to data gathered from 20,000 users of Secunia PSI...
SpringSource Teams with VMware for Virtualized Spring Solutions
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- SpringSource has announced a strategic partnership with VMware aimed at helping enterprises to develop and deploy Spring applications to virtualized environments.SpringSource...
Zoho CloudSQL Expands SMB Cloud Computing Options
Software-as-a-service company Zoho announced Dec. 2 it is releasing CloudSQL, a Structured Query Language middleware-based service that allows cloud applications to access Zoho Reports,...
Move Over, Open Source, Lean Software Is the New Black for Developers
HOLLYWOOD, Fla.-Just as open source took the software industry by storm, Forrester analyst John Rymer says he believes the industry needs to shift to...
Google to Curb Expenses as Wall Street Cuts Estimates on Google
Many media pundits and bloggers put up stop signs over the Thanksgiving break last week about Google laying off workers after it was determined...
IDC Predicts a Slower PC Market in 2009 Due to the Financial Crisis
In a week that saw several bleak reports about server system revenue and shipments, IDC has released a new report predicting that the ongoing...
Survey: SMBs Lack Sufficient Data Loss Prevention Practices
An independent study commissioned by Cupertino, Calif.-based software security firm Symantec found that small and medium-size businesses are susceptible to data loss and are...