Monthly Archives: June 2009
Market for Network Firewall Auditing Tools on the Upswing
Forrester Research expects the market for firewall auditing tools to jump 25 percent this year on the back of compliance regulations. Right now the...
Iranian Election Scandal Forces Facebook, Google to Translate Persian
Google and Facebook have set the blogosphere afire with breathy promises of adding the Persian language, Farsi, to their list of translation services.Farsi speakers...
Five Things I Like About Ubuntu Desktop Software-and Five Things I Don’t Like
I've been running Ubuntu 9.04 for about a month now on an IBM ThinkPad. I consider myself technically proficient, but I'm certainly not one...
How to Prevent Orphaned Data During Work Force Turnover
Within the last six months alone, hundreds of thousands of employees have been laid off from their jobs. Each one of those departing workers...
Gosling: There Is Life for Java After Oracle-Sun Buyout
Q: What's your sense about the future of Java now that Sun is moving into a new era?A: It's pretty much impossible to say....
IBM Maximizes Maximo for a Smarter World
BEDFORD, Mass.-IBM's $740 million purchase of MRO Software in 2006 wasn't the highest profile acquisition the company has made.However, the asset management software company...
Gosling: What’s Good for Google May Not Be Good for Java
Q: What do you think of Google's use of Java or the subset of Java they use?A: They are odd. It's not like the...
Netbooks a Bright Spot in Down PC Market: iSuppli
The worldwide PC market, hammered by the global recession, saw shipments drop by 8.1 percent in the first quarter, with netbooks being one of...
Businesses Expect to Grow in 2009, Report Says
In what can be taken as a sign of optimism in a particularly gloomy economic climate, 70 percent of small businesses anticipate moderate to...
IBM Provides a ‘Symphony’ of Support
Technology giant IBM has announced a plan to help cost-conscious businesses save money on software licensing costs for Microsoft Office by providing support for...