Monthly Archives: January 2013
High-Bandwidth DDoS Attacks as Much About Cyber-Crime as ‘Hacktivism’
In late 2011, trading services firm Henyep Capital Markets came under a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that disrupted many of the company's service portals....
Lenovo Backs Away From RIM Rumors, Says It’s Exploring Options
Lenovo officials are backpedaling from reports that they are considering acquiring a part or all of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion.Lenovo Chief Financial Officer...
Apple, Android Capture 92 Percent of Smartphone Shipments
Smartphones running Apple's iOS operating system or rival Google's Android platform represented a stunning 92 percent of the worldwide smartphone shipments in the fourth...
Attunity Expands Big Data Replication for Apache Hadoop
Attunity, a provider of information availability software solutions, has announced the release of a new version of its big data replication solution for Apache...
Security a Rising Concern for Cloud-Based Application Usage
Although a large majority of businesses are planning to increase the number of cloud applications used in their organizations, 71 percent admit they are...
Mobile Applications, BYOD to Affect Sourcing Strategies: Gartner
Revised mobile strategies, such as bring your own device (BYOD) and mobile applications availability, will expand IT service sourcing requirements as users demand new...
Unlocking Smartphones Rendered Illegal by Librarian’s Baffling Decision
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 has been the source of both controversy and consternation since it became law 15 years ago. Because...
Yahoo’s Mayer: Personal Will Be Key to Search and Mobile
Marissa Mayer has intrigued the mobile industry and beyond since, in July 2012, she became Yahoo's fifth CEO in four years (while seven months...
Google Revamps, Speeds Up Image Search Capabilities
Google Images search in the past meant perusing through page after page of online images as users sought just the right photo or illustration...
Apple Must Innovate Its Way Out of Market Slump
Apple’s price/earnings ratio dropped to 10 while I was on the phone with financial advisor Mark Miller of Wells Fargo Advisors on Jan. 25....