Year: 2010

  • iPad, iPhone Users Sue Apple Over Privacy Lapses

    Channel Insider Staff

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    (Reuters) – Two separate groups of iPhone and iPad users have sued Apple Inc alleging that certain software applications were passing personal user information to third-party advertisers without consent. In the lawsuits seeking class action, filed in a federal court in California, the plaintiffs sought a ban on passing of user information without consent and… Read more

  • SEC Probe of Twitter, Facebook Could Force IPO

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    (Reuters) – The U.S. securities regulator is looking into trading in privately-held Internet companies including Facebook and Twitter, media reports said, citing people familiar with the inquiry. The Securities and Exchange Commission has sent letters to several people trading in the stock of these companies, seeking information about topics that include how such funds are… Read more

  • ATandT Expands WiFi Hotzones Program in NYC, San Francisco

    Nathan Eddy

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    Following a recent pilot program, mobile network operator AT&T announced plans to expand its deployment of the company’s Wi-Fi hotzones to additional locations in major cities, starting with the expansion of its existing Times Square Wi-Fi hotzone and new hotzones near Rockefeller Center and St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York. In addition, AT&T said it… Read more

  • Are Your Customers Happy With Oracle

    Are Your Customers Happy With Oracle

    Ericka Chickowski

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    Are Your Customers Happy With Oracle 42 percent of Oracle customers are dissatisfied with the quality of the company’s support No Title Additionally, 58 percent are dissatisfied with the cost of the support. No Title But only 25 percent of Oracle customers report that they’ll cut the percentage of their IT budget dedicated to Oracle… Read more

  • Security Encryption Trends 2010

    Security Encryption Trends 2010

    Ericka Chickowski

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    Security Encryption Trends 2010 69 percent of respondents said regulatory compliance was one of their main reasons for using encryption, up five points over 2009 and 25 points from 2006 No Title The regulations with the most impact to drive encryption efforts were state privacy laws such as those in California and Massachusetts, PCI mandates… Read more

  • New Architecture, New Enemies: IT Networking 2010

    Chris Talbot

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    The networking market showed continued signs of recovery early in 2010 with revenue in both the routing and switching markets pushing into double-digits, according to IDC figures. As the market heated up, so too did competition as big vendors acquired smaller vendors to fill technology gaps, giants of the industry threw down the gauntlet against… Read more