Monthly Archives: March 2011
Tablet Users More Likely to Transfer Sensitive Data: Report
Tablets are fast gaining interest in enterprise segments, where security has long been a major concern, but IT managers are slowly softening to the...
Microsoft Kinect Sells 10 Million Units, Sets Record
Microsoft may be struggling against Apple and Google to win the hearts of consumers, but the company can take pride in at least one...
Botnet Sizes Exaggerated to Gain More Funding for Defenses: Survey
Size doesn't mean everything when trying to determine how dangerous a botnet is, and new metrics are needed to provide more accurate estimates, according...
New Jersey Agencies Fail to Purge Confidential Data from Discarded Computers
Social Security numbers and confidential data about child abuse cases were among the data found on computers the state of New Jersey planned to...
SGI Acquires SGI Japan
High-performance computer maker SGI has decided to buy SGI for $18 million in cash. Yes, you read that correctly.Fremont, Calif.-based SGI, once a power...
LinkedIn Today Serves Social News to Professionals
Seizing on the idea that professionals want to keep abreast of news in their businesses, LinkedIn March 10 launched a social news service that...
Dell, Citrix, VMware Launch New Virtual Desktop Packages
Dell and longtime virtualization partners Citrix and VMware unveiled on March 10 some new enterprise desktop virtualization packages.Dell's Desktop Virtualization Solutions can be cloud-...
Intel, Lenovo Classmate+ PC for Classrooms Now Available
Lenovo and Intel have teamed up to offer the Lenovo Classmate+ PC, a rugged notebook for students in kindergarten through the eighth grade. Built...
HP: We’re Not Selling PC Business
Hewlett-Packard officials have moved quickly to stamp out rumors that the company was planning to sell its PC business.In a terse two-paragraph statement issued...
Why VMware’s WaveMaker Acquisition Is a Smart Buy
When VMware's Rod Johnson talks, people tend to listen.One person who clearly is listening to Johnson -- general manager of VMware's SpringSource division --...