Monthly Archives: April 2011
DHS Secretary Calls for Public-Private Alliance to Battle Cyber-Attacks
The United States government needs to collaborate with academia and businesses to fight cyber-attacks, the Secretary of Homeland Security said in a speech to...
CRM Maker Infor Acquires Lawson Software
Infor, which makes enterprise resource planning, customer resource and other management software, announced April 26 that it is acquiring Lawson Software.Terms of the deal...
Final Thoughts on the Five-Day AWS Outage
Five full days after its largest outage hit on the morning of April 21, Amazon Web Services said it finally has restored virtually all...
Yahoo Buys IntoNow to Share TV via Facebook, Twitter
Yahoo April 25 said it has acquired IntoNow, which built a software platform and iPhone application that learns what users are watching on TV...
Virtualized Disaster Recovery Holds Benefits: Report
While the first wave of virtualization has consolidated server hardware into virtual hosts and recognized significant savings in physical machines, small and midsized organizations...
Awareness Technologies Offers Employee Monitoring Tips
With the escalating use of mobile devices and tablets, along with the growing number of telecommuters, it's critical for small businesses to stay on...
Sony to Launch Two Android ‘Honeycomb’ Tablets This Fall
Sony, deciding this whole iPad-sparked tablet business might indeed have legs after all, has announced that it plans to release two Android-running tablets this...
Dell Precision M4600
Dell Precision M4600
The Dell Precision M4600 mobile workstation starts at 6.15 pounds and features a 15.6-inch display with the option of either multi-touch support...
Texas Spends $1.8 Million on Data Breach As Lawsuits Loom
The Texas state comptroller's office has already spent $1.8 million to mitigate the yearlong data breach in which names and Social Security numbers were...
Oracle Makes a Change at CFO Level
Oracle made a major change in its corporate leadership team April 25, revealing that Chief Financial Officer Jeff Epstein resigned and has been replaced...