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 IT Staffing Picking up Momentum
By CIO Update Staff -
Published April 26, 2010
Latest findings from the IT Job Board's Skills in Demand Report show an uptick in permanent hiring and IT staffing ... in the UK anyway. [more from www.cioupdate.com]
Clojure's Approach to Polymorphism: Method Dispatch
By Amit Rathore -
Published April 26, 2010
The underlying mechanism that enables polymorphism in Clojure is method dispatch. Find out how it works. [more from www.developer.com]
DDoS Mitigation – Best Practices for a Rapidly Changing Threat Landscape
Published April 26, 2010
Verisign offers best practices for countering distributed denial-of-service attacks.
Cybersecurity, Privacy Hot Topics at InfoSec World 2010
By Lisa Phifer -
Published April 26, 2010
InfoSec practitioners gather in Orlando to better defend against emerging privacy, Web 2.0, and Internet security threats. [more from www.esecurityplanet.com]
95 Percent of Organizations Will Support Multiple Approaches to Enterprise Architecture by 2015
Published April 26, 2010
Gartner research shows that most enterprises will use more than one of the four basic approaches to enterprise architecture.
Microsoft Exec Says Cloud A Winner For Firm, Users
Published April 26, 2010
Stephen Elop says cloud computing is a win-win for Microsoft and its customers.
McAfee Offers to Reimburse Users Affected by Buggy Security Update
Published April 26, 2010
If you're still working on fixing PCs affected by the bad McAfee update, relief may be in sight.
Internet Eclipses Magazines in Ad Revenue in 2009
Published April 26, 2010
Advertisers spent $22.66 billion online, and only $19.5 billion on magazines.
Apple on Pace to Sell 9 Million iPads in 2010
Published April 26, 2010
Ad network Chitika Labs says consumers have purchased more than 1 million iPads already.
Enterprise Linux
By Matt Hartley -
Published April 26, 2010
Enterprise Linux is the open source Linux operating system used by corporate and SMB clients for servers, desktops, workstations and mobile deployments. [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
Enterprises Barely Tapping Web 2.0 Potential
By David Needle -
Published April 26, 2010
Tim O'Reilly says companies can gain a lot more insight and value from online social networks, but they have to go beyond paying lip service to Facebook, Twitter and similar phenomena. [more from www.cioupdate.com]
Sony to End Floppy Disk Production
Published April 26, 2010
It's the end of an era--the leading supplier of floppy disks will cease production next year.
A New Massachusetts Law Could Radically Change How You Build Database Applications
Published April 26, 2010
A new Massachusetts law could radically change how you build Web applications. It levels heavy fines for not encrypting personally identifiable information about Massachusetts residents.
Open Source Squeak 4.1 Released
Published April 26, 2010
Squeak is an open source Smalltalk programming language, on Friday, version 4.1 was released.
Web 2.0 Privacy and Security Issues Won't Go Away
By David Needle -
Published April 26, 2010
As enterprises see rising use of Facebook, Twitter and other social networks, security and privacy safeguards remain an important concern. [more from www.esecurityplanet.com]
Joomla 1.5.16 Released, Joomla Warns Against Upgrading
Published April 26, 2010
Joomla Project releases new version of their open source content management system, but they warn against upgrading to version 1.5.16.
Best Smartphone for the Enterprise: Evaluating the Contenders
By Jeff Vance -
Published April 26, 2010
The best smartphone for the enterprise, a category long dominated by Blackberry, now faces challenges by Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android.
[more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
IBM Makes Waves in Data Storage Market
Published April 26, 2010
IBM's storage business is on a roll. What's behind the company's surge in storage?
As Cybercrime Rises, 'Good Guys' Fight Back
By Gerry Blackwell -
Published April 26, 2010
In the battle against cybercrime, international bands of White Hats fight against the 'bad guys.' [more from www.esecurityplanet.com]
Total Disk Storage Systems Turn a Corner, Posting First Year-Over-Year Gain in More Than Four Quarters
Published April 26, 2010
Finally, some good news from IDC that the dip in storage hardware sales is turning around
BT Uses CommVault for Better Data Storage Management
Published April 26, 2010
BT has turned to HP and CommVault to cut costs on managing six petabytes of data.
Zetta Expands Storage Networking Cloud Service
Published April 26, 2010
Zetta is expanding to the east coast and recruiting channel partners.
SplashID Update Increases Mobile Security
By eSecurityPlanet Staff -
Published April 26, 2010
Version 5.3 of the iPhone app adds a pattern-based option for accessing a user's password database. [more from www.esecurityplanet.com]
VLC Update Patches Security Vulnerabilities
By eSecurityPlanet Staff -
Published April 26, 2010
Version 1.0.6 of the VLC media player patches nine security flaws. [more from www.esecurityplanet.com]
Security Researchers Called 'Narcissistic Vulnerability Pimps'
By eSecurityPlanet Staff -
Published April 26, 2010
An unidentified Verizon employee isn't particuarly happy with researchers who disclose vulnerabilities. [more from www.esecurityplanet.com]
McAfee Apologizes for Flawed Anti-Virus Update
By eSecurityPlanet Staff -
Published April 26, 2010
The company has issued a statement apologizing for the error. [more from www.esecurityplanet.com]
Blippy Security Flaw Exposes User Data
By eSecurityPlanet Staff -
Published April 26, 2010
The credit card numbers of four Blippy users were recently revealed through a Google search. [more from www.esecurityplanet.com]
Engineers Exit Facebook Over Privacy Concerns
By eSecurityPlanet Staff -
Published April 26, 2010
A group of Google engineers responded to Facebook's latest updates by deactivating their accounts. [more from www.esecurityplanet.com]
Koobface Botnet Reappears in China
By eSecurityPlanet Staff -
Published April 26, 2010
Following a takedown in Hong Kong, the server was simply moved to a hosting firm in China. [more from www.esecurityplanet.com]
Social Media Policies and Security Concerns
Published April 26, 2010
An nCircle survey finds that 39 percent of companies respond to security concerns by simply banning social media use.
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