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Firms Find Their Way With Location-Based Services

GPS has been considered the de facto standard for location tracking. Although still king, a few not-so-new technologies are joining the party to extend...

Liferay Brings Desktop Capabilities to the Web

Its long been commonplace to find open-source portals that rival or better their commercial counterparts in features and capabilities. And for a few years...

Cisco to Bring Wireless Mesh to Gulf Coast Schools

With its announcement of a $40 million initiative to rebuild schools along the storm-ravaged Gulf Coast, Cisco Systems Inc. tipped its hand on mesh...

Researcher: Oracle Passwords Crack in Mere Minutes

Attackers can easily crack even strong Oracle database passwords and gain access to critical enterprise data because of weak password protection mechanisms, researchers have...

Harrahs CIO Bets Big On Caesars Merger

When multi-billion companies are involved in an acquisition with 100,000 employees and more than $10 billion in combined revenue, executives typically must use statesman-like...

Credit Unions Network Goes Under the Scope

Its never fun being the last one to know ... anything. But when what you dont know can literally shut down your business while...

Ecker Eases Backup with IP SAN System

It didnt take William Polymenakos long to figure out that his new employer had problems. When he joined Ecker Enterprises Inc., a Rosemont, Ill., residential...

Scientigo Makes Broad XML Patent Claims

The Web is built on open standards. Until recently, XML was considered one of them. Now, Scientigo is claiming that two of its patents...

Hargrove Resolves Data Crunch with Plan B

From staging elaborate presidential inaugurations to ensuring that all the appropriate lighting onstage for the dedication of a World War II Memorial ceremony goes...

Emic Busts Out of the MySQL Box

Emic Networks, provider of clustering for MySQL databases and Apache Web servers, on Monday announced it has changed its name; is opening up its...