Lotus takes aim at blogs, wikis and feeds
IBM/Lotus plans to expand its corporate collaboration tools by adding social relationship, behavior mapping and alerting technology
that lets users easily share ideas, data, research and corporate knowledge.
Vendors feel heat to cool hardware
As data center equipment gets smaller and more robust, figuring out how to power and cool it adequately is becoming an increasingly
major challenge.
ID theft, the sequel
Harrison Ford is ticked off again. But not because the bad guys have hijacked Air Force One or kidnapped his wife from a Paris
hotel room; this time they've swiped his identity to break into the bank where he works and steal millions of dollars. Warner
Bros. Pictures on Feb. 10 will release 'Firewall,' the latest film to focus on an issue that over the past year has come front
and center in the public's consciousness - identity theft.
Start-up adds oomph to VMware
Vizioncore, a start-up backed by management product vendor Quest Software, says it can eliminate the complexity of using VMware
virtual machines for disaster recovery.
Microsoft to bolster Software Assurance program
Microsoft is planning several major changes to beef up features of Software Assurance, the company's maintenance and upgrade
program that has been criticized for its expense and slow follow-up with new products.
Verizon touts new business services
Verizon last week launched an enterprise business unit formed following the company's acquisition of MCI, as well as two service
offerings intended to show integration between its wireline and wireless networks.
Hearing set on BlackBerry issue
The next legal skirmish for Research in Motion in its patent battle with NTP will take place Feb. 24 in a federal courtroom
closely watched by customers worried that RIM's BlackBerry service could be shut down.
Fed delay on net buy will cost carriers
An unexpected delay in the award of a 10-year, $20 billion network deal will cost U.S. carriers millions of dollars in lost
revenue and lack of productivity from key staff, industry analysts say.
Flood of compliance tools coming
Four vendors this week plan to unveil products that do double duty: help companies monitor operational and system risks, and
facilitate compliance with industry mandates such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
Net neutrality debate heating up
If they haven't already, enterprise network executives should sit up and take notice of the debate swirling around network-neutrality
rules, industry experts say.
In brief: Cisco remote-access gear vulnerable to DoS
Plus: ChoicePoint fined $15 million in identity theft breach; AT&T, Avaya, sign VoIP migration deal; IBM survey finds cybercrime
concerns; 3Com has new president and CEO.
EMC announces high-end array, IP storage products
EMC announces high-end array, IP storage products.
Investment goes to wireless companies
Investor interest in funding wireless companies picked up significantly in 2005, and that momentum is expected to spill over
into this year as customer demand for all things mobile continues to grow.
CA boosts management, security software
CA boosts management, security software.
Universities ready spyware hall of shame
Harvard University and Oxford University are teaming with Consumer Reports to launch a Web site called StopBadware.org, which
will be an online hall of shame for those trafficking in spyware or questionable forms of adware.
IBM buys IT resource-tracking company
IBM buys IT resource-tracking company.
F5 updates data center, WAN devices
F5 to launch data-center, WAN appliance barrage.
3Com blends switching, intrusion prevention
3Com this week is expected to announce a chassis-based version of its TippingPoint security switch that combines traffic-inspection
duties with the scale of high-end data switching, up to 10G Ethernet.
Hardware helps protect sensitive corporate data
Security vendor PortAuthority last week unveiled a line of hardware appliances used to prevent sensitive data from being transmitted
outside a corporate network via e-mail, FTP or HTTP.
In brief: Cyveillance updates risk-monitoring service
Cyveillance announced an updated version of its online risk-monitoring and management service based on a hosted portal that
lets corporations monitor blogs, message boards and the Web for information that might target them, violate copyright or lead
to i
Imperva takes aim at compliance
Application firewall vendor Imperva is introducing software that makes it easier for customers to prepare reports for government
and industry audits that determine whether businesses adequately protect sensitive information.
Mirapoint revs up messaging appliance
E-mail vendor Mirapoint this week will announce an upgrade to its RazorGate messaging security appliance that has a smaller
footprint but offers better performance and more storage capacity than the previous version, according to the company.
In brief: IBM unveils improved IM platform
IBM unveiled Lotus Sametime 7.5, an improved version of its enterprise instant-messaging platform last week, and announced
the integration of Sametime with public IM services from AOL, Google and Yahoo.
New appliance gets a grip on e-mail archives
Clearwell Systems last week introduced its first product, an appliance designed to save customers time and money managing
and analyzing e-mail for regulatory compliance and other purposes.
VoIP's role evolving
VoIP's role takes clearer shape, participants at the Internet Telephony Conference and Expo are told.
HP adds integration, eases HP-UX management
HP last week announced a software feature that lets users more easily control secure access to resources on its HP-UX machines.
