Monthly Archives: September 2012
BlackBerry Users in Europe, Africa Suffer 3-Hour Outage
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion had the particularly bad luck of suffering a network outage early Sept. 21, the day the Apple iPhone 5...
IBM Smarter Data Center Opens in Canada
As part of its continued expansion into Canada, IBM, along with the governments of Canada and Ontario and the City of Barrie, announced the...
Microsoft Patches Internet Explorer Zero-Day Flaw in Security Update
Microsoft released an emergency security update that squashes a zero-day bug in Internet Explorer that is being targeted by attackers.Early this week, the company...
Microsoft, HP Criticized for Using Offshore Accounts to Avoid U.S. Taxes
Two of the IT industry's biggest companies were singled out for criticism for shielding profits from U.S. corporate income taxes by transferring the funds...
Verizon, ATandT Hurry Out More LTE Ahead of iPhone 5
In time for millions of iPhone 5 owners to turn on their smartphones, AT&T and Verizon Wireless have expanded their Long Term Evolution (LTE)...
Cloud Services Market to Top $109B in 2012: Gartner
The worldwide cloud services market shows no sign of slowing down, with IT research firm Gartner forecasting public cloud services to grow 19.6 percent...
Free JetBlue WiFi Aims to Boost Mobile Productivity
With the demands of 24-hour accessibility putting strains on organizations large and small, low-cost airline JetBlue could be getting ready to offer business travelers...
Sanboxes a Bright Spot As Flaws Trend Higher
Vulnerability disclosures are on a trajectory to hit an all-time high this year, driven by a resurgence of cross-site scripting issues, making technologies that...
T-Mobile Names John Legere As New CEO
T-Mobile has announced Sept. 22 that industry veteran John Legere will fill its open CEO. Interim-CEO Jim Alling plans to return to his role...
Dreamforce Hype Can’t Dispel Doubts About Social Media’s Effectiveness
Salesforce.com spent much of the time at its Dreamforce 2012 user conference in San Francisco presenting customer case studies showing how enterprises large and...