David Needle

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.—Oracle intends to decisively beat top rival SAP in enterprise apps, said co-CEO Safra Catz in a briefing with reporters here April 30 at company headquarters. “We’re still number two to them in applications, even when you subtract the resell of Oracle database they include in their number. We’re not about winning by […]

SAN FRANCISCO—The bad guys are evolving, and that means everyone—from consumers to IT security pros—needs to be on guard. That was one of the messages here at the RSA Conference in a session hosted by analysts from the SANS Institute. Ed Skoudis , an instructor at the SANS Institute and CEO of Counter Hack Challenges, […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif – “Plastics” became a famous catchphrase in Dustin Hoffman’s first major movie, The Graduate. The whispered word was the simple piece of career advice given to the new college graduate played by Hoffman. Perhaps if a remake were made now the whispered catchphrase might be “Internet of things” or “Drones”. Those two, […]

SUNNYVALE, Calif. —Juniper Networks introduced several new networking products during a March 11 “Innovation Showcase” at company headquarters, where Juniper executives were joined on stage by Internet carriers and other key customers. Juniper detailed advances in switches and updates to its PTX Series routers and software-defined network (SDN) capabilities that it says will dramatically boost […]

The judge in a high-profile class action lawsuit in federal court that claimed Apple, Google and other Silicon Valley tech companies illegally agreed not to recruit each other’s employees has tentatively approved a $415 million settlement. The settlement, which also included an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice, affects about 64,000 workers. The lawsuit […]

SAN MATEO, Calif. – Much work remains to be done if security breaches such as those at Sony Pictures Entertainment and health insurer Anthem are to become a rare event. That was the consensus of security vendors speaking at the OnCloud 2015 conference here this week. While malicious hackers will continue working to crack the […]

MENLO PARK, Calif.—California Attorney General Kamala Harris and Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg were among the speakers at an event here on Feb. 10 that also featured panel discussions that engaged educators, students and high-tech executives about the need for a safer Internet. Facebook, along with several of its big-name rivals including Google and […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. —Online chat, information at your fingertips and mobile devices that let you work anywhere are transforming the workplace for the better, but there are caveats, according to a panel of experts meeting at the Churchill Club here Thursday. Toni Schneider, a venture capitalist who heads R&D at Automattic spoke passionately about the […]

SAN FRANCISCO—The promise of big data is that IT and C-suite executives will gain profit-driving business insights from the latest analytics tools that sift through gigabytes and terabytes of corporate data. From customers’ buying habits to medical research, companies and institutions have far more data on what people are buying, searching for and chatting about […]

Consumers know Amazon best as an online reseller and for its line of Kindle devices, but the tech giant continues to develop products for business users. On the enterprise side, Amazon is better known for its cloud service division, Amazon Web Services (AWS), which powers many Websites, including those of Netflix and Unilever. On Jan. […]

PALO ALTO, Calif.—How safe is your company from malware attacks and security breaches? As the technology and methods behind cyber-attacks are constantly evolving, it’s virtually impossible for any company to accurately say it’s completely safe, but there are steps you can take to minimize threats. Ganesh Krishnan, who runs security at the popular job site […]

San Jose, CALIF.—You can look at the impact of new technology in many different ways. Analyst Larry Downes thinks Star Trek had it about right. “I’ve always been an optimist about the outcome of technology,” said Downes, co-author of Big Bang Disruption: Strategy in the Age of Devastating Innovation. “In Star Trek, you had the […]