Fahmida Y. Rashid

Oracle announced on Nov. 3 an application programming interface to manage private clouds and to address cloud interoperability. As more companies shift applications to the cloud and private clouds become increasingly popular, interoperability becomes critical. Organizations need to ensure the clouds can talk to one another and workloads can be easily moved among clouds. Currently, […]

Sophos will be offering a free version of its antivirus software for Macintosh home users, the company said on Nov. 2. Mac OS users can no longer afford to be complacent about viruses and other Web threats as hackers are adopting new tactics to reach non-PC users, according to Sophos officials. Security experts have warned […]

Attackers are targeting people searching for last-minute ideas on Halloween costumes, said CyberDefender on Oct. 29. The Internet security vendor joined several other security firms, including Blue Coat and BitDefender, to warn users searching online for Halloween-related topics. “Popular search terms have always been a target for cyber-criminals,” said Achal Khetarpal, director of CyberDefender Research […]

McAfee’s chief executive said the company’s “outstanding” third quarter results were proof customers, partners and employees supported the pending acquisition by Intel. There were lower discounts, longer contracts, a higher percentage of new customer business and lower attrition among employees during the third quarter from July to September, said David DeWalt, Intel’s chief, on a […]

Endgame Systems launched iPTrust, a cloud-based botnet and malware detection service that collects and distills security data into a reputation engine, the company said on Oct. 28. The ipTrust service provides useful information that identifies which system on an organization’s network has been compromised by a botnet, the company said. An enterprise is often the […]

New data security guidelines for processing credit card payments clarifies the virtualization questions that have stymied organizations trying to move ahead with their cloud strategy, said HyTrust on Oct. 29. The first major change to the PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) since July 2009, the new rules are more explicit about protecting […]

Eight additional security vendors have signed on to offer e-mail security products for Zimbra e-mail and collaboration platform, said VMware on Oct. 28. The virtualization vendor expanded its VMware Ready Program to include SpamTitan Technologies, Halon Security, InBoxer, Proofpoint, Sendmail, Softnext Technologies, Symantec, and Trend Micro, according to the company. The VMware Ready products from […]

Consumers are interested in the benefits of cloud computing, but are worried about the privacy of their personal information, according to a research report from Fujitsu released Oct. 27. The report, “Personal Data in the Cloud: A Global Research of Consumer Attitudes,” found data privacy was a global concern, with 88 percent of consumers worried […]

The new Unity user interface will be standard on the next version of Ubuntu Desktop, according to Mark Shuttleworth, Canonical’s founder. Making the announcement at a keynote Oct. 25 at Ubuntu Developer Summit in Orlando, Fla., Shuttleworth said Ubuntu Desktop 11.04 will swap out the GNOME user interface in favor of the Unity interface Ubuntu […]

SAP’s lawyers have asked a federal judge to issue a gag order on Oracle on all things related to the TomorrowNow lawsuit, according to a motion filed on Oct. 22. The request was spurred by an Oct. 8 “Talking Business” column in the New York Times. Business writer Joe Nocera accused TomorrowNow of “the most […]

Intel opened the company’s first Asia-based advanced chip manufacturing plant in China, the company said Oct. 26. “This manufacturing facility helps deliver on our vision to contribute to sustainable growth in China while giving us better proximity to serve our customers in Asia,” said Paul Otellini, Intel’s chief executive, in a statement. Located in Dalian, […]

Joyent unveiled new Windows and Linux cloud hosting capabilities that strengthen its line of products for building and hosting Web applications, the cloud computing provider said on Oct. 19. Joyent’s line of virtualized servers for businesses power large-scale Websites and applications, reminiscent of Amazon EC2. The new Windows and Linux virtual machines will allow customers […]