University of California at San Diego researchers are presenting a paper describing software that they say could make data center …
Oracle offers virtualization template tool
Oracle delved further into the server virtualization space, offering a template-building tool to speed up deployments based on the open …
Dell plans to Linux to expand netbook presence
In an effort to expand its Linux offerings, Dell is researching new netbook-type devices and will soon offer netbook Linux …
A pioneering spirit
MEEZA, a Qatar Foundation joint venture, was founded as recently as in 2008 in Qatar but is rapidly building up …
Virtual Privacy
VPNs based on Multi-protocol Label Switching are an innovative way to connect network resources. Because MPLS VPNs are rapidly deployable …
Apple patches 6 Safari security vulnerabilities
A month after it last patched Safari, Apple plugged six security holes, four of them critical, in its Mac and …
Nine data storage companies to watch
Building a data storage start-up in this economy is quite a challenge, but there is room for innovation in an …
The cloud, brought to you by flash storage
Cloud computing and flash-based storage, two of the fastest-growing technologies in IT, may drive each other forward as Internet-based service …
Twitter breach revives cloud security fears
Last month's breach of a hosted Google Apps implementation used by Twitter Inc. has heightened fears in some quarters that …
Unified communications without tears
It sounds so easy: Just give employees the ability to easily move among desktop and mobile voice calls, instant messaging …
Redington organises roadshows in UAE and Qatar
Redington Value, a strategic business unit of Redington Gulf, one of the leading IT distributors in the Middle East and …
Nortel gets green light to sell enterprise business
Nortel has received U.S. and Canadian court approval to sell its enterprise business to Avaya or at auction on Sept. …
Advertising and the future of wireless
Let's say you're an enterprise that manages a large fleet of vehicles using location-based services to track cars in real …
With new ads, Google aims offensive at Microsoft Office
In the latest shot fired in Google Inc.'s ongoing battle with Microsoft Corp., Google announced that it's taking this fight …
Conficker talk sanitized at Black Hat to protect investigation
The international security team tracking down Conficker thought the masterminds behind it would have been apprehended by now, according to …
Swift uses videoconferencing to cut travel costs
Swift bank messaging network uses videoconferencing. The network, which exchanges messages between 8,600 financial firms, will use the BT Unified …
Intel rushed to create Atom chip, executive said
Intel had to hustle to catch up with competitors in developing chips for mobile devices like smartphones, but the effort …
Symantec: Why bigger is better but less is more
Symantec likes to point out how much bigger it is than competitors like McAfee, which at $1.6 billion in annual …
Express lane to telepresence
The product line starts with LifeSize Express 200, which we tested. The codec (main unit) is about the size of …
Twitter breach revives security issues with cloud computing
Security and privacy issues over cloud computing are not very different from those surrounding any sort of IT outsourcing and …