Monthly Archives: October 2009
New Google Book: ‘Inside Larry and Sergey’s Brain’
Recently I received a copy of "Inside Larry and Sergey's Brain" by Richard Brandt, a former BusinessWeek reporter. It was published Sept. 17:"Inside Larry...
Facebook Attackers May Have Cracked CAPTCHA
Researchers at AVG Technologies may have uncovered a scheme by attackers to circumvent the CAPTCHA protections on Facebook to create fraudulent accounts.According to Roger...
IBM’s M2 Project Taps Hadoop for Massive Mashups
NEW YORK-IBM is using Hadoop to enable ad hoc analytics at Web scale in an effort called Massive Mashups, or M2.In other words, IBM...
Compellent Ships Preconfigured, Virtualized Storage Bundles for SMBs
Compellent on Sept. 30 launched a series of Fibre Channel storage packages in preset configurations for small and midsize size businesses that have little...
Green Grid Offers Free Tools for Data Center Power Savings
The Green Grid, a consortium of about 220 data center-related technology companies, had a high-visibility day on Oct. 2, ringing the closing bell at...
Amazon Web Services Extends Hadoop Support
NEW YORK-Amazon Web Services has moved to make the Hadoop framework for handling large data sets easier to use, more manageable and more productive...
Lowering Application Deployment Time
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HP Adds Voltaire UFM to Cluster Portfolio
Hewlett-Packard is expanding the offerings in its Unified Cluster Portfolio by adding Voltaire's Unified Fabric Manager product to the lineup.When used in conjunction with...
Google Makes Android 1.6 SDK Available
Never have mobile operating systems so roused the appetite.Google announced Sept. 15 that the SDK for Android 1.6, the newest version of its open-source...
LifeSize to Release Passport amid Cisco-Tandberg Deal
As Cisco Systems looks to extend the reach of its high-definition video conferencing capabilities into the midmarket through its proposed purchase of Tandberg, LifeSize...