Monthly Archives: February 2013
F5 Buys LineRate Systems to Expand SDN Capabilities
F5 Networks became the latest technology vendor to acquire a company to push forward its software-defined networking ambitions, buying LineRate Systems Feb. 11 for...
Software Vulnerabilities Rise Again After 5-Year Decline
The number of software vulnerabilities tracked by the National Vulnerability Database in 2012 reversed a five-year decline, with software made by Adobe, Mozilla and...
Bodywell Chip for Smartphones, Tablets Reduces Radiation Exposure
NEW YORK — Cell phone radiation falls into a "better safe than sorry" zone, doctors and scientists argued during a Feb. 11 symposium here...
Google Still Dominates Search, but Russia’s Yandex Now Leads Bing
Google Search continues to maintain its huge global lead in the search engine marketplace, but the latest monthly statistics from ComScore show the Russian...
Dell: Going Private Is Best Option for PC Maker
Dell executives, seeing growing discontent among some shareholders over their $24.4 billion leveraged buyout plan, said in a regulatory filing Feb. 11 that after...
IT Jobs: A Tale of Two Optimists
Optimism is in the eyes of the beholder. Most IT employment experts see good news on the jobs front, but their take on the...
San Jose
San Jose
The capital of Silicon Valley topped the list with a five-year average of 9,237 patents per year, led by consumer technology giant Apple...
Apple Planning Glass Smart Watch With Foxconn
Consumer electronics giant Apple has already reinvented and successfully marketed digital music players, revolutionized the smartphone and tablet markets, and is now turning its...
Data Storage Upgrades Prove Disruptive to SMBs
Managing the storage lifecycle due to staggering data growth is a significant challenge for IT administrators, according to a study on the top IT...
Cognos
Cognos
Jan. 31, 2008: IBM completed its acquisition of Cognos, a Canadian company whose products range from business intelligence to financial performance and strategy management...