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  • Lockheed Martin Sells Enterprise Integration Group to Private Equity Firm

    NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lockheed Martin Corp (NYSE:LMT) has agreed to sell its Enterprise Integration Group unit to private equity firm Veritas Capital for $815 million. Lockheed’s decision to sell EIG, which advises government agencies on military platforms, was prompted by a tightening of Pentagon rules aimed at removing potential organizational conflicts of interest caused…

  • Multiple Apple iPad Killer Tablet Computers Loom

    Multiple Apple iPad Killer Tablet Computers Loom Dell StreakWhile the Dell Streak still only runs Android 1.6, it will support over-the-air updates for Android 2.2 later this year. Its 5-inch display has been called too small by some. It offers a 5.0M rear-facing autofocus camera plus VGA front-facing camera and supports a variety of video…

  • Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Wins Early Accolades

    (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp’s last-ditch attempt to reclaim its prominence in the smartphone market won favorable early reviews on Monday, but it may come too late to claw back customers from Apple Inc and Google Inc. The world’s largest software company, along with network carriers and handset makers, is planning to spend more than $100…

  • IT Security Compliance Changes: Four Big Ones to Watch

    This week RSA released a new report produced in concert with its Security for Business Innovation Council (SBIC), a high-powered group of IT security decision-makers from organizations such as FedEx, eBay, T-Mobile and JPMorgan Chase. The consensus among the SBIC is that as many organizations are finally getting a handle on many of their compliance…

  • VMware vCloud Request Manager Designed for Hybrid Clouds

    Virtualization and cloud infrastructure specialist VMware announced an evolutionary model of IT infrastructure based on virtualization that unifies hybrid, private and public cloud resource pools with consistent security, compliance, management and quality of service. The vCloud Request Manager is designed to further streamline production and consumption of infrastructure services by adding automated approval workflows to…

  • Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Issues Biggest Patch Ever

    (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp issued its biggest-ever security fix on Tuesday, including repairs to its ubiquitous Windows operating system for flaws that could let hackers take control of a user’s personal computer. Microsoft released 16 security patches to address 49 problems it identified in its products. It said four of the patches were high priority…

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