Monthly Archives: March 2011
IT Talent Poaching to Increase in 2011: Report
A recent study by IT job search specialist Dice found more than half (54 percent) of hiring managers and recruiters anticipate that tech talent...
Cisco Debuts Two Unified Communications Platforms
Cisco Systems launched two unified communications platforms aimed at small and midsize businesses. The company also announced a global sales productivity initiative called Cisco...
Teradata to Acquire Aster Data
Intensifying its focus on big data analytics, data-warehousing and integrated-marketing-management specialist Teredata Corp. signed a definitive agreement to acquire Aster Data Systems, Inc., a...
Federal Government Departments Finally Making Moves to Cloud
At last, the White House is seeing some actual movement from U.S. federal government agencies on bringing cost- and energy-saving cloud-based services to its...
Google Apps Customers Get User Managed Storage
Taking a page out of the books of Web-based storage providers, Google March 1 began offering User Managed Storage to meet Google Apps customers'...
WordPress.com Hit by Extremely Large Denial-of-Service Attack
WordPress.com, a popular blogging platform, was hit by a large DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attack that affected connectivity to a number of its blogs.The attack...
DHS Needs to Change Rules to Recruit Hackers into U.S. Security Agencies
Hackers and other computer experts willing to collaborate with the Department of Homeland Security to bolster the nation's cyber-defense are unable to do so...
Microsoft’s Bing Now Targeting Local Deals, Groupon-Style
Microsoft is aiming to capitalize on the same local-deals fervor driving the popularity of Groupon and similar Websites, with a new Bing "Deals" tab...
Microsoft Preps Security Patches for Windows, Office
Microsoft has plans for a small Patch Tuesday next week that will include just three security bulletins.Of the three, just one is rated "Critical,"...
Verizon iPhone 4 Death Grip Saga Continues, Despite Antenna Update
The Apple iPhone 4's antenna continues to attract news. Whether the Verizon version of the smartphone, like its AT&T predecessor, drops calls when held...