Recent Articles
-
Midmarket Companies Targeted by Verizon Security Management Program
A comprehensive security assessment and certification program from Verizon Business is aimed at helping small to medium-size businesses better assess and manage their security risks associated with protecting sensitive company information, according to a Verizon announcement. The company’s Security Management Program (SMP) Business helps proactively protect businesses from security threats by leveraging a set of…
-
Microsoft Adds Touch Capability to Windows 7
Microsoft has released its Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7 to users with touch-screen devices. The Touch Pack comprises six applications designed take advantage of the operating system’s multitouch capabilities: three games and three Microsoft Surface applications. “Until today, the Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7 was only available for OEMs to put on new…
-
Will Apple Buy Microprocessor IP Firm ARM?
If Apple-related rumors were bad news for Samsung at the start of the week, for chip designer ARM Holdings they worked to drive stock prices up. Rumors that Apple may be considering purchasing ARM—which currently makes chips for the Apple iPhone—drove ARM stock to an eight-year high, the Guardian reported April 22. READ MORE >>
-
Oracle’s Enterprise Manager 11g Provides Consolidated Management
NEW YORK—Oracle unveiled Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g, a platform that consolidates various systems management and support tools with an integrated interface, during an April 22 presentation at the Guggenheim Museum. “Traditional systems management products don’t address the complexities of modern data centers,” Richard Sarwal, Oracle’s senior vice president of Product Development, said in a statement…
-
Amazon.com Goes Indirect, Selling Kindle at Target Stores
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Target Corp will begin selling Amazon.com Inc’s Kindle e-reader this month, the first time Amazon is allowing distribution of its popular product outside its website. Amazon’s dominant ereader is fending off new competition from Apple Inc’s iPad tablet and the Nook from Barnes & Noble Inc. Both of those devices are…
-
Juniper Offers Discount to Customers Who Switch
Juniper Networks is offering a switch trade-up program — “Switch To Juniper” — aimed at helping customers move from “legacy suppliers” to Juniper’s EX Series products, with discounts of up to 60 percent on the new switches. Juniper says that now through Sept. 30, eligible businesses in the Americas can purchase new Juniper Ethernet Switches…