Monthly Archives: February 2011
DDoS Attacks Turn Firewall Deployments into Liability
Between the attacks by "Anonymous" and censorship efforts by various governments, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks were a familiar feature of news stories in 2010.But...
AWS to Launch Oracle Version of Amazon Relational Database Service
Amazon Web Services has announced that it plans to make Oracle Database 11g available via the Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), during the...
PC Makers Dealing with Intel Chipset Fallout
PC makers are starting to plan how they're going to deal with the ramifications from Intel's chipset problem.Intel executives announced Jan. 31 that a...
Microsoft, Google Execs Tussle over Bing Accusations
Microsoft and Google executives engaged in some contentious back-and-forth during a Feb. 1 roundtable discussion at the Farsight Summit, suggesting emotions are high in...
Kaseya Offers Network Management, Backup Tools
Automated IT systems management software specialist Kaseya announced a set of software tools that helps small and midsize businesses secure, manage and protect their...
Microsoft Bing VP Denies Copying Google Search Results
A vice president for Microsoft's Bing team denied configuring the Bing algorithm to copy Google search results in an effort to boost search market...
Cisco Patches Two Stack Overflow Bugs in WebEx Software
Researchers at Core Security Technologies issued an advisory warning on Jan. 31 about two stack overflow vulnerabilities in Cisco WebEx applications. These vulnerabilities grant...
EMC Offers Greenplum MPP Database Technology for Free
EMC released a free version of its data warehousing technology Feb. 1 with an eye toward developers and big data analytics.The release of the...
GigaSpaces Launches eXtreme Application Platform 8.0
Virtualized application platform specialist GigaSpaces Technology announced the launch of eXtreme Application Platform (XAP) 8.0. Openness and continuous scaling are the foundations of GigaSpaces...
How to Know If SAAS Is Right for Your SMB
Many small and midsize businesses (SMBs) don't yet fully understand what software as a service (SAAS) is, how SAAS works and why SAAS makes...