Latest Enterprise Articles

• 17 May 2013

• News: Alleged tech support scammers settle FTC charges

  Operators of two alleged tech support scams that charged consumers hundreds of dollars to supposedly fix their computers have settled charges from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.

• News: Nation's critical infrastructure cyber defenses weak, DHS tells hearing

  Experts criticize government's threat sharing, noting it wants the private sector to be generous but it's stingy with the private sector

• News: Newvem expands to monitor Azure and Amazon clouds

  Newvem, which sells a tool that allows users to track and optimize their use of cloud computing resources, has expanded its software's functionality to monitor not just Amazon Web Services, but now Microsoft Azure now as well.

• How-Tos: 8 essential features you need in a business router

  A router is the heart of your network, so it deserves to be chosen carefully. Any router will share your Internet connection amongst your computers and other networkable devices (smartphones, tablets, and so on), but better models provide features that will enhance your network and its performance. Whether you're seeking a business- or consumer-class router, here are the eight most essential features to look for.

• News: Former Amazon cloud engineer spills to Reddit audience

  Usually Amazon Web Services, which many consider to be the leader in the infrastructure as a service (IaaS) cloud computing market, is pretty hush-hush about the internal workings of its massive cloud.

• News: Big Data Investigations: Opportunity and Risk

  Experts say large-scale security analytics can cut through the noise to find key intelligence. But connecting the dots can lead to legal trouble

• News: Experts ding DHS vulnerability sharing plan as too limited

  Without universally availability, plan could miss smaller businesses hackers could use as an entry point to critical infrastructure companies

• News: Australian eHealth messaging trial a success

  A successful eHealth trial of secure message delivery means Australian healthcare professionals will soon be able to share clinical information through online messaging.

• News: Brocade's Meyer appointed to OpenDaylight Project committee

  Brocade service provider chief technology officer (CTO) and chief scientist, David Meyer, has been appointed chair of the OpenDaylight Project Technical Steering Committee (TSC).

• News: Barracuda Networks raises free capacity of Copy.com to 15GB

  Barracuda Networks has upped the amount of storage on its free Copy.com service from 5GB to 15GB.

• News: Telefónica deploys Office 365 across 130,000 strong cloud

  Telefónica, the owner of the O2 mobile brand in the UK, is deploying the cloud-based Microsoft Office 365 productivity suite and Yammer social networking platform across its operating businesses worldwide, covering 130,000 staff in 24 countries.

• News: Progress at Foxconn factories, but working hours still exceed Chinese laws

  Employees at the Chinese factories of Apple supplier Foxconn continue to work beyond the country's legal limit of 49 hours a month, according to a report from the Fair Labor Association (FLA). But the Taiwanese manufacturer is making overall steady progress in improving the working conditions at a select group of factories in China, it said.

• News: GPs open to sharing patient information, says survey

  A survey of general practices' attitudes to the use of information technology shows that most are open to sharing patient information provided that appropriate security and privacy measures are in place.

• 16 May 2013

• News: Tibco offers free R to the enterprise

  Hoping to entice more enterprises to use the R statistical programming language directly within their predictive modeling and data visualization jobs, Tibco has released a free version of its R runtime engine.

• News: Advocates call for legal protections for copyright consumers

  The U.S. Congress should consider a "safe harbor" from legal action for consumers using works protected by copyright as it launches a long-term effort to revamp copyright law, some advocates said Thursday.

• News: Software developer wages fall 2% as workforce expands

  The U.S. tech industry added nearly 64,000 software related jobs last year, but as the workforce expanded, the average size of workers' pay checks declined by nearly 2%.

• News: Jive Software adds integration tool for its enterprise social platform

  Jive Software has released an add-on to its enterprise social networking (ESN) software that automates and simplifies the process of integrating Jive's suite with third-party systems.

• News: Swedish data center saves $1 million a year using seawater for cooling

  A data center in Sweden has cut its energy bills by a million dollars a year using seawater to cool its servers, though jellyfish are an occasional hazard.

• News: Google Play Books puts sideloaded ebooks in the cloud

  If you have your own collection of PDFs and ebooks, Google will now let you upload them to your Play Books library and sync them across the Web as well as Android and iOS devices.

• News: Google eases Android app development with a new IDE

  Google has introduced an IDE (integrated developer environment) aimed at easing development of Android apps.

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