Fahmida Y. Rashid

Investing in private clouds is a top priority for IT organizations in 2011, according to two recent online polls, Unisys said on Jan. 26. The two polls were conducted on the Unisys Website. The first poll, in December 2010, asked visitors about their cloud computing implementation plans. The second poll, asking visitors to name their […]

The updated Dell KACE K1000 management appliance allows organizations to standardize and enforce government-level security policies across all desktops and laptops, the company said on Jan. 26. Dell’s latest version of the management appliance supports the latest Federal Desktop Core Configurations, a list of security settings required for Windows XP and Vista systems that connect […]

SiteSpect’s latest Website-optimization application allows business managers to test and optimize content placement on Websites unobtrusively to increase the effectiveness of marketing programs and page-load times, the company said. Introduced on Jan. 25, SiteSpect AMPS (Automated Multivariate Performance Solution) lets Web marketers and site owners run “experiments” to see which version of a Website is […]

The Document Foundation launched LibreOffice 3.3 on Jan. 25, just a mere five days after announcing a release candidate. This is the first stable release of the open-source office suite since its breakaway from Oracle’s OpenOffice.org project in September. Concerned about Oracle’s plans for OpenOffice after the Sun acquisition, about a third of OpenOffice developers […]

NetWitness announced on Jan. 24 a malware analysis appliance that works with the company’s network monitoring platform. The appliance automates malware analysis so that IT managers get real-time monitoring, immediate feedback on threats in the network and prioritization on which issues to address, Eddie Schwartz, NetWitness chief security officer, told eWEEK. Malware can be difficult […]

Toshiba announced three new 1.8-inch hard disk drives aimed for embedded applications. The three MKxx39GS series drives are available in capacities of 160 GB, 200 GB, and 220 GB, Toshiba said. All three drives, introduced on Jan. 24, feature low-insertion-force (LIF) SATA connectors instead of mico-SATA connectors, Toshiba said. They reduce the overall space required […]

Coradiant announced a virtual appliance that lets IT managers monitor Web application performance in real time. The TrueSight Enterprise Edition, released on Jan. 25, allows companies to track what users are experiencing on the Website, the company said. Based on the original TrueSight hardware appliance, the virtual Enterprise Edition has been reworked to handle increased […]

Corporations partnering with cloud service providers need to think carefully about what data is being shared to adequately protect consumer privacy, according to security experts. As companies outsource various business functions, which can range from e-mail marketing to e-discovery and e-mail archiving, it’s important to remember that the data leaving the corporate network still needs […]

There were a number of Mac-specific threats in 2010, and security researchers became more vocal about Mac security. In fact, Intego, a Mac security vendor for Virus Barrier x6, published its first annual review of Mac threats on Jan. 20. Calling 2010 a “busy year” for Mac security and malware, Intego highlighted in its report […]

Spam volumes decreased dramatically even as users fell for increasingly sophisticated social-engineering scams in 2010, according to Cisco’s Annual Security Report, released Jan. 20. Last year will be known as the “year the tide turned” for spam, Henry Stern, Cisco senior security researcher, told eWEEK. Despite increases in several developed countries, such as the United […]

GoGrid introduced an enterprise-grade hosted private cloud platform on Jan. 19, delivering to customers both the benefits of cloud computing and dedicated server hosting. The GoGrid Hosted Private Cloud features the same capabilities as GoGrid’s public cloud offering, the company said. The hosted private cloud offers the same on-demand, programmable, manageable, and scalable service that […]

Even as the economy recovers and companies start hiring IT workers again, the average pay for technology workers remained flat for a second year in a row, according to the results of a survey released by technology and engineering career Website Dice on Jan. 19. The online poll of nearly 20,000 employed IT professionals nationwide […]