Monthly Archives: June 2012
PayPal Offers Bounty for Reported Security Bugs
PayPal is expanding its security-bug-reporting program to include a bounty for reported vulnerabilities, joining a growing list of vendorsincluding Google, Adobe, Mozilla and Facebookwith...
Virtual Appliance Simplifies VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V Backups
Unitrends Enterprise Backup version 6.3 will be able to back up physical and virtual systems hosted on either VMware vSphere or Microsoft Hyper-V infrastructure...
Microsoft Surface Tablet Adds Urgency to Defining Enterprise BYOD Policies
On June 18, Microsoft pulled the covers off its Surface tablet and stimulated discussions about whether gaining consumer approval will be the gateway for...
Microsoft Must Integrate Yammer Without Stifling Its Innovation: Analysts
Industry analysts largely applaud Microsofts $1.28 billion acquisition of enterprise social networking vendor Yammer, but worry that what makes Yammer a unique and popular...
Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile Spectrum Deal Fails to Curb Critics’ Concerns
The joint announcement by Verizon and T-Mobile that both companies had agreed to a complex spectrum purchase and swap arrangement will apparently eliminate T-Mobiles...
Stuxnet Includes Expiration Date to Halt Spread of Malware
By: Robert LemosStuxnet is many things: A cyber-weapon, a nation-state attack on Iran's nuclear processing capability, and a computer virus. On Sunday, however, the...
IBM Launches New Cloud-Based Wimbledon Website
IBM and the All England Club recently launched an all-new interactive digital experience for tennis fans, featuring an enhanced Wimbledon Website powered by IBM...
G-Technology Unveils USB 3.0 Storage for MacBooks
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies subsidiary G-Technology unveiled a line of portable and desktop USB 3.0 storage solutions designed for audio and video professionals using...
HP’s Good-News, Bad-News Day: New Contract with NIH, but 9,000 Layoffs Loom
Hewlett-Packard had two widely differing news stories on June 25 -- one good and one not-so-good.The IT hardware, software and services giant announced that...
CloudVDI Launches Virtual Desktop Service for Small Businesses
Cloud services provider CloudVDI announced the launch of Virtual Desktop, a virtual desktop infrastructure subscription service, which offers small and midsize businesses the ability...