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Another day another ActiveX problem. This time an ActiveX vulnerability in CA BrightStor ARCServe Backup could be exploited to compromise a user's system. A Secunia alert rates the vulnerability "highly critical." Here are the details: Krystian Kloskowski has reported a vulnerability in CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup,...
Publ.Date : Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:33:49 -0700
A few points to ponder ahead of the weekend...Why is my information always in the other database?When folks call customer service, some see incompetence. Others see red. I see data silos.This week I've called Verizon and Comcast about billing errors and been transferred repeatedly and also realized Yahoo thinks I...
Publ.Date : Fri, 03 Aug 2007 02:45:17 -0700
A reseller for smart grid technology player Echelon announced a deal this week to deploy an advanced metering infrastructure system that will serve roughly 10,000 customers in Hassfurt, Germany. The contract, which will be rolled out over the next three years, is being handled by EVB Energie AG. The utility...
Publ.Date : Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:17:26 -0700
Industry observers say virtualization will enable staff to use their own devices at work, while keeping corporate data safe. Virtualization promises to usher in a new era of consumer technology in the workplace — potentially satisfying the demands of new workers from the Facebook generation who want to use...
Publ.Date : Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:29:58 -0800
Although I've tracked Platform Computing for well over a decade, I don't get the chance to speak with them all that much. A short while ago, I had the opportunity to chat with Peter Dye, Product Manager of VM Orcestrator VMO. Although our discussion ranged from Platform's history, where it...
Publ.Date : Mon, 28 Jan 2008 03:49:57 -0800
In response to yesterday's Tech Shakedown of McAfee's personal firewall product for issuing a useless dialog -- one that asks me to allow or block some behavior but that doesn't give me any idea, clues, or hints as to which of those two options to pick -- one ZDNet reader...
Publ.Date : Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:44:10 -0700
Since Mark Hurd took over the reigns of HP on March 29, 2005, the company has been leaning into software, mostly through acquisition. With the last 24 months, HP's software group has made six acquisitions, totally nearly $7 billion. It's not acquisition at Oracle scale, but it's a big shift...
Publ.Date : Wed, 01 Aug 2007 10:36:00 -0700
Once again, I had the opportunity to speak with the good folks of Digipede. As usual, I was impressed with their pragmatic approach and the fact that they're trying very hard to make grid computing/high performance computing concepts available to everyone by utilizing Microsoft's .NET architecture as a platform. This...
Publ.Date : Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:00:37 -0800
As far as security solutions go, personal firewalls are probably the most problematic category for vendors to get right, let alone users to get working. Not only are there differing philosophies about what belongs in a personal firewall and what doesn't (eg: whereas many personal firewalls can and will...
Publ.Date : Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:30:06 -0700
The end-of-year holidays might be a time of peace on Earth, but CIOs are unlikely to be so relaxed this festive season, with many saying they'll still be on call over the holidays. Christmas may be a time of peace on earth but CIOs are unlikely to be so...
Publ.Date : Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:52:10 -0800
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As far as security solutions go, personal firewalls are probably the most problematic category for vendors to get right, let alone users to get working. Not only are there differing philosophies about what belongs in a personal firewall and what doesn't (eg: whereas many personal firewalls can and will...
Publ.Date : Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:30:06 -0700
Read a full transcript of the podcast. Sponsor: Borland Software.Many people have defined software development as more art than science -- sometimes even a dark art. Thats why the business side of an enterprise is often perplexed by the Application Lifecycle Management ALM process. They see what goes in as...
Publ.Date : Tue, 01 May 2007 13:00:12 -0700
Read a transcript of the podcast.Borland Software recently released its Lifecycle Quality Management LQM initiative, which applies quality assurance to the entire applications design process, with special emphasis in the requirements phase.Of course, quality is not just about the code, its about quality of process, methodology, and of getting the...
Publ.Date : Mon, 16 Oct 2006 13:37:05 -0700
Services oriented architectures SOAs are not only forcing a new way of looking at how to construct applications and composite services -- SOA is now changing the meaning of what custom applications are and how they will be acquired. And this change has significant ramifications for IT developers, architects and...
Publ.Date : Sun, 08 Jul 2007 07:50:56 -0700
Read a full transcript of the podcast. Sponsor: 6th Sense Analytics.Some 9.5 million developers around the world are toiling away, and their bosses -- either individually or collectively -- have rather small insight and limited information about what they do and how they do it. We see requirements go in...
Publ.Date : Fri, 12 Jan 2007 09:47:15 -0800
Todays launch of Apex, a new on-demand development platform that runs on its own multitenant infrastructure, is a daring move by Salesforce.com to sustain its breakneck growth by outsourcing future applications development to its partner and customer ecosystem. In the race to establish AppExchange as the operating system for the...
Publ.Date : Mon, 09 Oct 2006 14:22:29 -0700
Yesterday Cynergy, one of the top Flex development firms, announced that they will be jumping into Silverlight development. They are the first major RIA development firm I know of to publically put support behind Silverlight. A lot of the design agencies have been working with Silverlight for a...
Publ.Date : Tue, 01 May 2007 16:33:59 -0700
The end-of-year holidays might be a time of peace on Earth, but CIOs are unlikely to be so relaxed this festive season, with many saying they'll still be on call over the holidays. Christmas may be a time of peace on earth but CIOs are unlikely to be so...
Publ.Date : Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:52:10 -0800
We were all warned by Apple and those of us who SIM unlocked our iPhones knew there was the risk that they could never be updated. Apparently, lots of people even some who should have known better must have thought Apple's notice was just a false warning since they tried...
Publ.Date : Fri, 28 Sep 2007 08:13:54 -0700
Read a full transcript of the podcast. Sponsor: Borland Software, Inc.Application development is maturing to embrace a more holistic approach to application lifecycle processes, one that emphasizes policy-based approaches -- managing process and people -- and not just the technology. Such a coordinated approach also fosters feedback efficiencies, where testing...
Publ.Date : Mon, 22 Jan 2007 09:02:20 -0800
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