Monthly Archives: December 2010
How Former Sun Exec Aims to Elevate Cisco’s Cloud-Building Image
Lew Tucker, Cisco Systems' new vice-president and chief technical officer for cloud computing systems, has a pretty significant mission for his company, which rapidly...
Online Holiday Spending Reaches $36.4 Billion: Report
MasterCard Advisors' SpendingPulse, a macroeconomic report tracking national retail and services sales, provided summary results for e-commerce sales over the full 2010 holiday shopping...
VirtualTone Integrates Web-Based Phone System with ConnectWise
ConnectWise, a provider of business management solutions designed for IT service providers, value added resellers and managed service providers, announced that VirtualTone has completed...
IBM Goes Global with Smarter Cities Strategy
IBM continues to deliver on its Smarter Cities strategy by implementing smart solutions -- strategies for collecting, sharing, analyzing and acting on data --...
Apple iPad, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Dell Streak Defined Tablets in 2010
In many ways, 2010 was the year of the tablet PC.Tablet PCs have been around for some time, of course, primarily used in niche...
Virtualization, EHR-Linked Devices, m-Health to Lead Health Care IT in 2011: Analysts
As we move into 2011, the Obama administration's meaningful-use requirements governing health care IT and EHRs (electronic health records) will continue to influence how...
ATandT WiFi Hotzone Program Now Includes New York, San Francisco
AT&T's WiFi hotzone pilot was so successful, the carrier announced Dec. 28, that it plans to soon expand the program to several additional locations....
Stuxnet Variants Will Wreak Havoc on More Information Systems in 2011
The Stuxnet Trojan may have knocked out as many as 1,000 centrifuges at Iran's nuclear facility earlier this year, according to a security paper....
Apple Allowed Advertisers Access to iPhone, iPad Owners’ Data: Report
A seemingly indiscreet Apple is facing a pair of lawsuits that claim the company allowed advertisers to access the personal information of iPhone and...
Alcatel-Lucent Settles with U.S. on Bribery Charges
Alcatel-Lucent has concluded settlements with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice, following investigations into violations of the Foreign Corrupt...