Monthly Archives: July 2013
Top Mobile Apps Overwhelmingly Leak Private Data: Study
Free mobile applications put users' privacy at risk more often than paid apps, and iOS applications are more likely to transmit private information than...
Mobile App Rollouts Stymied by Security, Costs Complexity: Study
When it comes to mobile applications in the enterprise, there's a disconnect between what CIOs say they know their employees want and what they're...
Quip Wants to Transform Word Processing With iOS App
Ex-Facebook CTO Bret Taylor and former Google engineer Kevin Gibbs have introduced Quip, a "modern word processor" that enables users to create and share...
Virtualization Has Changed Disaster Recovery: 15 Data Points
Virtualization Has Changed Disaster Recovery: 15 Data Points
by Chris Preimesberger
Basic Protection Easier to Obtain
Traditional physical computers have become virtual machine containers—they are essentially files...
IBM Intros PowerLinux 7R4 Server for Analytics and Cloud
IBM has announced its latest system for analytics and cloud computing, the new PowerLinux 7R4 server.Big Blue bolstered its Linux on Power initiative with...
Converged Infrastructure Spending to Hit $3.8B by 2014: Survey
The data center trend around buying converged infrastructure -- preintegrated/prevalidated stacks of computing, storage and networking hardware and software -- isn't just a meeting...
Black Hat: Ads Could Provide a Vehicle for Enslaving Your Browser
LAS VEGAS—Every day millions of ads are displayed to tens of millions of users across the Web. According to a pair of WhiteHat Security...
Yahoo Acquires Small-Business Cloud App Provider Lexity
Yahoo made a move toward the small-business sector July 31 by acquiring four-year-old Web services provider Lexity, founded by one of its former employees,...
SEC Investigating IBM’s Cloud Revenue Reporting
IBM has acknowledged that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating how the company reports its cloud income and that Big Blue is...
Google Chromecast Isn’t the Best, but for Many Is Just Right
Should you buy a Google Chromecast?Early reviews of the $35 video accessory Google introduced July 24 make clear that there's little decision making to...