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Blue Coat Identifies Halloween Trick
Blue Coat has identified a new malware trick just in time for Halloween. Unsuspecting victims are redirected to one of two malware sites after searching for Halloween related sites. These distribution sites are typically used for hosting of warez, pirated digital content, but have been switched to malware distribution in the past 12 hours.
QBE Outsources Tech Ops To IBM
Big Blue will assume responsibility for help desk, network, and disaster recovery functions.
Q&A: CIO Ross Philo On 'Post Office' In Your Home
In a tough business environment, the U.S. Postal Service is delivering new capabilities for home PCs and smartphones and new services for high-volume mailers, says its top IT executive.
Benioff Discloses All In 'Behind the Cloud' Except...
Five copies of "Behind the Cloud" have arrived at my desk, two intended for fellow IW staffers and three for me, an embarrassment of riches. It's Marc Benioff's book on how Salesforce.com was created and built into a successful company. I am reading it avidly… but some disclosures will apparently have to wait for the sequel.
TV Web Site Opts For Cloud Servers
To handle extreme spikes in Web traffic, a popular television show's servers were ditched in favor of Rackspace cloud hosting.
Amazon Introduces PayPhrase Payment Shortcut
Online merchants can use Amazon's passphrase payment scheme to ease the friction of online commerce.
Catbird Monitoring VMs In Amazon EC2
A version of Catbird's vSecurity Cloud Edition is available as an app in Amazon's EC2-approved catalog of application services.
Down To Business: How Do You Define Prosperity?
In its measure of the "wealth and well being" of 104 countries, a U.K. think tank provides ample food for thought as we consider the attributes that truly matter in this connected global economy.
Microsoft HealthVault Deal Puts EHRs Overseas
A Bangkok hospital will use Microsoft HealthVault personal electronic health records to track patients via the Web.
Google's 'Gov Cloud' Wins $7.2 Million Los Angeles Contract
The City of Los Angeles plans to replace its Novell GroupWise e-mail system with Google Apps, partly using anti-trust settlement money paid by Microsoft.
Wipro's Profits Jump 21%
Chairman sees stabilizing demand and price environment for IT services.
Defense CIO Touts Benefits Of Open Source
Deputy CIO David Wennergren points to reliability, security, and lower TCO as among the potential benefits of using open source in the U.S. military.
Google CEO Imagines Era Of Mobile Supercomputers
The future, as Eric Schmidt describes it, belongs to smart phones and data centers.
$100 Million Healthcare Cost Database Announced
Built with settlement money from health insurance companies, it will help drive down medical costs, says New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.
E-Health Records Option Extended To Families
Dossia, whose consortium members include Wal-Mart and Intel, is making it easier for employees' dependents to sign up for electronic health records.
MedPlus Tapped For Health Information Exchange
New Mexico will work with technology partner MedPlus to build an electronic infrastructure connecting the state's healthcare providers.
Cisco To Acquire ScanSafe
The market for tech companies is heating up again, as Cisco strengthens its position in Web and mobile security.
President Obama Details Smart Grid Funding
The government plans to spend $3.4 billion in federal stimulus funds to upgrade the nation's power grid. R&D efforts are already underway at some leading tech vendors.
What To Expect When You're Expecting A Recovery
A trio of new surveys makes it clear that while small busineses are hoping for an ecomomic recovery soon, many remain worried that a double-dip recession could drive them out of business.
Lockheed Locks Down Federal Health IT Contracts
Awarded $170 million in contracts, the company will provide services for government health information technology systems.
H1N1 Flu Tracked By E-Prescription Data
Public health officials in Rhode Island are electronically monitoring possible swine flu outbreaks based on drug data from pharmacies.
White House Uses Open Source To Open Government
The Whitehouse.gov site now runs the open source Drupal content management system, which includes social networking tools that can be used for communications and participatory government.
15 Tough-Love SMB Rules From George Cloutier
These 15 tough-love small-business management rules are extracted from "Profits Aren’t Everything, They’re the Only Thing" by George Cloutier.
Tough-Love Business Guru George Cloutier Issues A Wake-Up Call For Small Businesses
"Turnaround Ace" and best-selling author George Cloutier calls himself "the Ann Coulter of small business, only smarter." He tells bMighty how his controversial tough-love prescriptions resonate for IT departments and technology companies.
Profits Aren't Everything, They're the Only Thing
In this excerpt from his best-selling book, turnaround expert George Cloutier explains why "you've got to be a tyrant," and "you've got to have a plan."
Mobile Service Tracks Alzheimer's Patients
The Comfort Zone service combines GPS and wireless technologies to enable caregivers to monitor Alzheimer's patients.
Uncle Sam Mulls The Move To Windows 7
Many government agencies participated in the Windows 7 beta program, but the public sector is expected to trail businesses in adopting Microsoft's new operating system.
Read The Fine Print, Or Why Vendor Contracts Matter
Not reading a contract for services thoroughly can have big implications down the road. Small and midsize businesses need to read the "fine print" in a vendor service contract. Here's what to look for.
FCC Approves Net Neutrality Rule Making
The move opens up a vehicle for comments, but how and to what degree the Internet should be free or regulated remains to be decided.
Down To Business: Tech Patents Revisited: Alternative Approaches
The fact that patent reform has repeatedly died in Congress shows there are no pat answers. But here are a few strong ideas.
Google, Verizon Jointly Back 'Open Internet'
The search giant and wireless carrier find rare common ground on a few core net neutrality principles.
Web 2.0 Summit: The Browser Is What Matters
Google's Sundar Pichai provides some hints about his company's upcoming browser-based Chrome operating system.
Latest TrueCrypt Release Adds Windows 7 Support
Every small business needs good desktop encryption software. The latest version of my favorite product, TrueCrypt, makes it a better choice than ever.
Web 2.0 Summit: Intel CEO Expects PC Sales Surge
Paul Otellini sees businesses moving to replace their aging hardware and promise in moving to a more distributed approach to healthcare.
Nokia Sues Apple Over iPhone
The suit claims the iPhone infringes on 10 Nokia patents involving wireless data, speech coding, security, and encryption.
Rolling Review: Virtual Iron 4.5 VDI
The price is right for small and midsize companies, but provisioning capabilities fall short for larger shops.
Web 2.0 Summit: Fed CTO Talks Healthcare IT
Federal CTO Aneesh Chopra says government spending on IT can help cut healthcare costs and improve care quality.
EU Online Music Pact May Be Model For U.S.
Amazon, EMI, Apple, and Universal took part in the agreement, which could have ramifications for U.S. regulatory action.
Help Your Company Join The Twittering Class
How to use social media -- Twitter, Facebook, Linked In -- to elevate your company's online cred.
MetroPCS Gets Windows Mobile Smartphone
The Samsung Code could be popular with businesses that want mobility without long-term contracts.
Secret Service To Revamp Ailing IT Systems
In an effort to avoid 'mission failure,' the agency plans to deploy new storage systems, virtualize servers, modernize databases, and expand mobile and wireless capabilities.
Health IT Metrics Taking Shape
The U.S. will release a preliminary definition of "meaningful use"-- a key criterion for healthcare IT providers seeking federal stimulus funding -- in December.
Government Technologist: Energy's $32 Million Cloud Experiment
The Department of Energy has embarked on an ambitious project to see how cloud computing can be used by scientists at its national labs. Is it taking on too much, too soon?
Web 2.0 Summit: PayPal's Platform Plans
With talk of the death of cash, PayPal president Scott Thompson painted a rosy future for payments delivered through mobile devices.
Google Search Appliance Gets Smart
Corporate searchers can now look forward to more relevant search results, thanks to improvements in the Google Search Appliance.
Government IT Spending To Slow
IT spending by civilian agencies will grow 3.4% annually over the next five years, a significant slowdown compared to the previous five years, according to a new report from TechAmerica.
Why A Linux Live CD Could Save Your Small Business
Could Linux really protect your business against an online banking disaster? Absolutely -- and the major arguments against this approach simply don't hold water.
SCO Terminates CEO Darl McBride
Under a restructuring plan, the company will continue to pursue intellectual property litigation against, among others, IBM and Novell.
InformationWeek SMB Virtual Event: Dealing With Data Centers
Whether your company's data center is a couple of servers stashed in a closet or a gleaming, state-of-the-art climate-controlled facility, you're still facing the same set of challenges: how to keep the IT lights on while controlling costs, take advantage of new technologies to stay competitive, and position your company for an economic recovery in the midst of the toughest times for IT that many of us can remember.
On Wednesday, October 21, 2009, help is on the way.
IBM Server Chief On Leave Following Arrest
Robert Moffat booked on insider trading charge along with other tech and investment bigs.
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