Monthly Archives: April 2014
IBM Launches POWER8 Systems, OpenPOWER Roadmap
IBM launched new Power Systems servers, based on its POWER8 chips, which enable data centers to tackle big data in high-performance environments with an...
Intralinks Acquires Document Security Firm docTrackr
Inter-enterprise content management and collaboration solutions specialist Intralinks Holdings announced the acquisition of docTrackr, a provider of document security solutions.The company said docTrackr’s technology...
Mobile Devices Still Unsecured in the Workplace
Ten percent of respondents in a survey conducted by Osterman Research and sponsored by Centrify still do not have a password, PIN or other...
Mobile Payment Adoption Faces Hurdles With Consumers
A little more than seven out of 10 mobile applications users (71 percent) say they don't like the idea of being tracked into a...
Birst Appoints Former Jive Exec Jay Larson as New CEO
Cloud-service business intelligence provider Birst revealed April 22 that it has appointed former Jive Software and SuccessFactors executive Jay Larson as its new chief...
Apple Announces Record Q2 Revenue, Increased Stock Buyback
Apple announced the results of its fiscal 2014 second quarter April 23, and while the arrows are pointed in the right direction, the angle...
Google Street View Can Now Take Users Back in Time
Google Street View is gaining the ability to allow users to see multiple images taken since 2007 of the same places so that online...
Verizon Report Shows Good, Bad News in Data Breach Trends
The annual Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) typically highlights the overwhelming advantage that attackers continue to have in attacking corporate networks and data....
Heartbleed Puts 150 Million Android App Downloads at Risk
The Heartbleed flaw might represent a real risk to 150 million Android users, not because they're using a vulnerable version of Android, but rather...
Facebook’s Stellar Financial Quarter Beats Wall Street
If you are among the many Facebook users who have noticed more ads in more places -- and on more devices -- than in...