Monthly Archives: January 2009
Sun Extends Virtualization Solutions to SMBs
Software giant Sun Microsystems, based in Santa Clara, Calif., today announced that it has expanded its portfolio of small to medium-size business solutions with...
IBM CIO’s Top 5 Priorities
IBM CIO Mark Hennessy is an IBM lifer who has been in his current position since August 2007. His resume includes executive positions in...
Yahoo Turns on Wikipedia SearchMonkey App but Twitter Is the BOSS
Yahoo last year created SearchMonkey, a bid to open up its vaunted search platform to let programmers add additional context and visual improvements to...
Encryption Vendor BitArmor Offers No-Data Breach Guarantee
Encryption vendor BitArmor is putting its money where its mouth is when it comes to protecting data.The vendor announced Jan. 15 it would refund...
Hospital Tracks Down Network Trouble
Balaji Ramadoss has more than 8,000 IP assets to account for, but, unlike most of his peers, keeping track is literally a matter of...
Microsoft Silverlight to Stream Obama Inauguration
Microsoft announced Jan. 16 that the Presidential Inaugural Committee has selected the company's Silverlight technology to enable live and on-demand video streaming of the...
AMD Will Ship Dual-Core Athlon Neo for Ultraportable Laptops Later in 2009
Advanced Micro Devices, which just announced that it would eliminate 1,100 jobs to help trim costs, confirmed that it's planning to ship a dual-core...
Millions Hit with Windows Worm as Infection Spreads
It seems you just can't keep a good worm down.Nearly two months after Microsoft first warned of the Conficker worm targeting a vulnerability in...
Wireless Inauguration Advice: Text, Don’t Talk
Wireless carriers may be hard pressed to meet President-elect Barack Obama's campaign slogan of "Yes, We Can" when it comes to completing what is...
Storage 2009: Success Will Depend on Efficiency
Storage 2009: Success Will Depend on Efficiency
Looking ahead to the new year and economic recession, all indications are that virtualization will help the next...