System Management

Management vendors show Windows Phone some love

Microsoft also has to ship enterprise feature pack on time, analyst said

IE zero-day exploit being used in widespread attacks

The exploit is being distributed from many compromised websites around the world, researchers from Symantec said

Helping Data Centers Cope With Big Data Workloads

Researchers bypass protections in Microsoft’s EMET anti-exploitation tool

The tool can't protect against determined attackers with customized exploits, researchers from Bromium claim

German security firm offers unauthorized patch for critical encryption bug in OS X Mavericks

While Safari is affected by Apple oversight, Chrome and Firefox are not

vSphere adds mobile management capability

Demand for mobile management prods VMware to develop app.

Cisco fixes unauthorized access, denial-of-service flaws in several products

The vulnerabilities could allow attackers to take control of affected devices or cause them to become unresponsive

BMC makes the help desk more social

Forums and status updates could greatly reduce service tickets, BMC promises

Intel moves deeper into software with server KVM tool

Intel said its Virtual KVM Gateway is server-agnostic and can handle up to 50 sessions simultaneously

Are CIOs losing power?

IT departments are becoming centers of collaboration between CIOs business leaders working to acquire new technoloigies