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Twitter and IBM to build apps that will feel the business pulse of the planet

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on October 30, 2014, 10:16 am EDT

IBM has entered into a partnership with Twitter that will see the companies deliver what they claim is an entirely new class of analytic data that was previously inaccessible to businesses.

Symantec investigates 'incident' in enterprise cloud

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on October 29, 2014, 10:14 am EDT

Symantec's Enterprise Vault.cloud, AdvisorMail, and Hosted Exchange customers have not been able to access their accounts for more than 12 hours due to a 'service disruption'.

IT is losing the battle on security in the cloud

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on October 29, 2014, 10:06 am EDT

A majority of IT organizations are kept in the dark when it comes to protecting corporate data in the cloud, putting confidential and sensitive information at risk. This is just one of the findings of...

Survey indicates four out of five developers now use open source

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on October 29, 2014, 10:04 am EDT

Forrester Research's survey shows that most developers, even ones who usually stick with Microsoft Visual Studio, are now using open source.

Do States Really Need an Education Technology Plan?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on October 28, 2014, 11:39 am EDT

Simply having a technology plan may not be a meaningful proxy for a clear blended learning strategy or support system.

IT failures, power shifts, and social media

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on October 28, 2014, 11:38 am EDT

Information sharing and social media are shifting the balance of power from enterprise vendors to corporate buyers. This is great news for anyone who follows IT and the CIO.

Is Amazon’s New Data Center Really Carbon Neutral?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on October 28, 2014, 10:21 am EDT

Amazon Web Services last week announced its new data center in Frankfurt, Germany would be carbon neutral. Greenpeace says prove it. Greenpeace senior energy campaigner David Pomerantz says Amazon needs to release more information to verify its carbon-neutral claim. “While we would like to trust that Amazon’s new facility will actually be powered by renewable […]

How to fix IBM

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on October 28, 2014, 10:20 am EDT

Given IBM’s earnings miss last week and the impact it had on company shares I thought rather than just criticizing the company it might make better sense to consolidate my ideas for how to fix IBM. Here they are. Early in his tenure as CEO, Sam Palmisano made changes that created IBM’s problems today. IBM customers are buying fewer products and services. Revenue has dropped each quarter for the past ten. Sam’s changes alienated IBM customers, many of whom are ending what has been in many cases a multi-decade relationship.

Retain private data for police use or face $685,000 fine, Swedish authority tells ISP

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on October 28, 2014, 9:42 am EDT

Swedish ISP Bahnhof must resume retaining customer communications metadata for police use by the end of November or pay a fine of 5 million Swedish Kronor (US$685,000), the Swedish telecom authority has ruled.Bahnhof should comply with Swedish law requiring ISPs to retain customers’ location and traffic metadata for six months for law enforcement purposes, the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) said Monday.Bahnhof will fight the order, CEO Jon Karlung said Tuesday.The ISP stopped retaining the communications metadata and deleted all records with the permission of the authority after a

How FortyCloud addresses cloud security: Q&A with CEO Amit Cohen

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on October 27, 2014, 9:36 am EDT

There’s a new wave of security vendors surfacing that are offering more innovative ways to address cloud security in light of enterprises’ increasing concerns about how to securely migrate to the cloud. One of these vendors is FortyCloud LTD, a … Continue reading →

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