Monthly Archives: June 2013
IBM Delivers Cloud Solutions for the C-Suite
IBM has announced a set of new cloud solutions designed to meet the needs of C-suite executives while reducing tension between line-of-business leaders and...
Microsoft Joins Bug-Bounty Movement After a Long Delay
Breaking a longstanding moratorium on paying for information on vulnerabilities in its software products, Microsoft announced June 19 that the company has created two...
Big Data Analysis Takes a Big Bite Out of HPC Workloads: IDC
New research from IDC reveals that two-thirds of high-performance computing sites are conducting big data analysis as part of their HPC workloads. The research...
U.S. Email, Phone Surveillance Details Come to Light in House Testimony
Perhaps the most telling comment to come out of the hearings by the House Intelligence Committee regarding the surveillance of phone numbers, first revealed...
Huawei Won’t Be a Big Player in the U.S. Mobile Market: 10 Reasons Why
Huawei, the embattled China-based telecom equipment maker, is back in the news. But unlike the string of headlines that cast the company in a...
G8 Vows to Take ‘Tougher Stance’ on Tax Evaders, Shell Companies
Apple recently put a spotlight on the tax structures used by multinational corporations, which the Group of Eight (G8) leaders, meeting in Northern Ireland...
Jiff Unveils Health App Development Platform, Wellness Marketplace
Digital health company Jiff has launched a new software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that allows health plans, providers and employers to develop digital health applications designed...
Emerging Markets Trending Up in Storage Purchasing: IDC
Enterprises in locations that don't usually register high in storage IT purchasing are making their moves up the industry charts.New research from IDC released...
Popular WordPress Plug-ins Vulnerable to Attack: Checkmarx Research
A new study has found that roughly 20 percent of the 50 most popular plug-ins for the WordPress platform are vulnerable to common Web...
FCC Suggests Congress Create a Bill to Make Cell Phone Unlocking Legal
At a Cell Phone Unlocking Forum June 17, hosted by the nonprofit think tank TechFreedom and the nonprofit public policy organization Competitive Enterprise Institute,...