Looking for the coolest jobs in IT? A new survey of information technology and network security specialists suggests that the place to look is on the front lines of cyberspace -- and that the variety of work is greater than many might suspect.
- By Wyatt Kash
- October 24, 2008
Big Blue upped its ante in the software as a service (SaaS) space this week with the release of a hosted version of its venerable corporate e-mail software.
- By Herb Torrens
- October 23, 2008
"Disaster breeds opportunity," so the old slogan goes. But when it comes to uncertain economic times, companies should double-check their internal policies and procedures, security experts say.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- October 22, 2008
Yahoo's revenue was up by one percent, year-over-year, according to its third-quarter results published on Wednesday, but its workforce will still get cut by 10 percent.
- By Jim Barthold
- October 22, 2008
One of the most closely tracked companies on Wall Street's radar screen did not disappoint expectations with reported revenues for the third quarter of $472 million, a 32 percent increase achieved under increasingly difficult market conditions.
- By Tom Valovic
- October 22, 2008
On-line gamers using profanity in audio chat sessions may have their act cleaned up if Microsoft has anything to say about it.
- By Herb Torrens
- October 21, 2008
Enterprise IT professionals concerned about laptops holding proprietary corporate data should be heartened by a new 3G mobile security technology update from Alcatel-Lucent.
- By Jim Barthold
- October 21, 2008
Data breaches at state and local government agencies exposed the personal information of nearly 3.8 million Americans in the first three quarters of this year, according to the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse.
- By William Jackson
- October 21, 2008
Microsoft claimed on Tuesday that it did not release the next version of its Sync Framework on Oct. 13, as reported by some news outlets last week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 21, 2008
An IDC study released on Thursday depicted a slowing worldwide market for virtualized servers.
- By Herb Torrens
- October 20, 2008
What's the top threat to data security going to be in 2009? According to the GTISC Emerging Cyber Threats Report for 2009 out of Georgia Tech's Information Security Center, the answer is malware specifically disguised as "benign social networking links."
- By David Nagel
- October 20, 2008
Google on Thursday reported strong revenue growth for its third quarter, despite a faltering economy.
- By Herb Torrens
- October 20, 2008
The updated Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 will make the IP private branch exchange (PBX) "the electronic typewriter of enterprise voice" by using software to do the job that hardware did in the past -- only do it better.
- By Jim Barthold
- October 20, 2008
Sun Microsystems this week announced the release of the latest version of its open source office suite, OpenOffice.org 3.0 (OO3).
- By Will Kraft
- October 17, 2008
A software project by a Columbia University computer science student to eliminate the need for multiple hardware-based touch interfaces is now on Microsoft's Codeplex site.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- October 16, 2008
Amid market turmoil, world's largest chip maker makes positive news with an upbeat third quarter revenue report.
- By Herb Torrens
- October 15, 2008
Silverlight 2, the latest version of
Microsoft's cross-platform browser plug-in for multimedia
applications, will be available on Oct. 14, company officials
announced on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 14, 2008
Citrix took another step forward in its quest to push the envelope for virtualization interoperability by releasing a technology preview of Project Kensho, the company's multi-hypervisor toolkit that allows ISVs and IT managers to develop portable virtual machine (VM) appliances.
- By Tom Valovic
- October 14, 2008
The sixth IMS/NGN Forum interoperability "plugfest," and the first to be held since the organizations formerly merged this week, will drill down into the unified communications (UC) space.
- By Jim Barthold
- October 13, 2008
Microsoft has launched its Magellan Learning Suite, a package of software solutions and services designed to support a portable computer called Magellan, a low-cost system based on Intel's Classmate PC targeted toward elementary and middle school students.
- By David Nagel
- October 13, 2008