Jeff Burt

NEW ORLEANS €” Despite talk of greater innovation and efficiency, the key concern in the wireless industry is the need for more spectrum. And while both the wireless industry and the government€™s largest wireless regulator tout the work each has done to deal with the issue, tensions between the two sides persist. During the morning […]

NEW ORLEANS €” The WiFi Alliance is set to begin certifying networking gear and mobile devices in June, the next step in addressing user demand for greater access to WiFi networks, according to the head of the organization. Alliance CEO Edgar Figueroa said the goal of the Passpoint technology is to make it easier for […]

NEW ORLEANS €” AT&T reportedly is preparing to release family data plans, a move that would prove a financial help to the growing number of families that have multiple network-connected, data-capable mobile devices. Ralph de la Vega, CEO of AT&T€™s mobile businesses, told a reporter May 7 that company executives have a strong structure for […]

Educate Users on Targeted Attacks Cyber-criminals are increasingly targeting organizations and their employees by using customized malware and social engineering. Users need to be educated about the dangers on the Internet and how to avoid such threats as suspicious emails, suspicious social media links and email attachments from unknown sources. They also need to be […]

Senior executives in charge of security are finding their roles changing not only as they deal with the growing rates of data breaches and hacker attacks but also by the increasing interest from CEOs and others in the safety of their companies€™ most valuable information, according to a survey from IBM. As a result, chief […]

Juniper Networks is expanding its Simply Connected networking portfolio with new products aimed at the growing bring-your-own-device, or BYOD, trend, an increasing concern in businesses that other networking vendors also are addressing. Juniper€™s new offerings include new service gateways, wireless-access points and greater endpoint-security features. The goal is to make securing and managing the growing […]

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has built an ARM-designed chip that hit a speed of more than 3GHz, an achievement sure to ratchet up the already growing competition between ARM and Intel. Officials with TSMC said May 3 that using its 28-nanometer manufacturing process, they were able to run a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor at 3.1GHz […]

Oracle executives, already wrapping up their high-profile court case with Google over the use of Java, most likely will soon find themselves back in the courtroom wrangling with former longtime partner Hewlett-Packard over Intel€™s Itanium platform. The judge presiding over the bitter dispute has rejected efforts by both companies to throw out key parts of […]

Cisco Systems is buying privately held Truviso, a move designed to give businesses greater capabilities in monitoring and analyzing the rapidly growing amount of data traffic that is passing over their networking infrastructures. Cisco officials on May 3 announced their intent on buying Truviso, a 7-year-old company that builds software that executives say give customers […]

Microsoft is continuing its trend this year of large numbers of monthly security patches, with the software giant on May 3 sending out seven bulletins that contain almost two-dozen security vulnerabilities related to Windows, Office, Silverlight and .NET Framework. According to a notice issued by Microsoft, three of the bulletins are listed as €œcritical,€ while […]

Microsoft has identified a Chinese network-security vendor as the company that leaked proof-of-concept code for a security hole in all versions of its Windows operating system, and has kicked the company out of a program designed to share vulnerability information with security software vendors. In a May 3 post on the Microsoft Security Response Center […]

Dell, which already unveiled Alienware gaming systems powered by Intel€™s latest third-generation Core Ivy Bridge processors, is also is rolling out new Vostro, XPS and Inspiron systems running on the new chips. Dell officials on May 2 said they are offering the Vostro 470 for business users and the XPS 8500 for multimedia professionals in […]