Monthly Archives: April 2012

IBM goes after enterprise mobility projects

IBM took steps on Monday to help enterprises go mobile, introducing a set of software and services called Mobile Foundation. Continue reading

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AT&T, Google among top lobbying spenders in Q1

AT&T spent nearly $7.1 million on lobbying Congress and President Barack Obama's administration in the first quarter of 2012, making it the leading corporate spender on lobbying, with Google, Comcast and Verizon Communications also making the t… Continue reading

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AT&T, Google among top lobbying spenders in Q1

AT&T spent nearly $7.1 million on lobbying Congress and President Barack Obama's administration in the first quarter of 2012, making it the leading corporate spender on lobbying, with Google, Comcast and Verizon Communications also making the t… Continue reading

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What is Big Data? No kidding this time…

I posted a little joke on this topic here… this time I’ll try to say some a little more substantive… Big Data is the new, new, thing. The phrase is everywhere. A Google search on the exact words “Big Data” updated in the last year yields 39,300,000 results. The Wikipedia entry for Big Data suggests Continue reading

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Master MySQL in the Amazon cloud

Amazon Web Services offer new challenges and flexibility for database admins — here's how to avoid the pitfalls and tune for performance Continue reading

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Next Best Action in a Smarter Planet: Think Global, Optimize Local

The planet is a huge place to optimize. Often, it’s not clear, in a world divided among squabbling nations, where we should start.
People-centric lifestyles are paramount. You should begin by making your own corner of the planet more livable. As the wo… Continue reading

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Snow Leopard users most prone to Flashback infection

Of the Macs that have been infected by the Flashback malware, nearly two-thirds are running OS X 10.6, better known as Snow Leopard, a Russian antivirus company said. Continue reading

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Researcher misinterprets Oracle advisory, discloses unpatched database vulnerability

Instructions on how to exploit an unpatched Oracle Database Server vulnerability in order to intercept the information exchanged between clients and databases were published by a security researcher who erroneously thought that the company had patched … Continue reading

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Wall Street Beat: Tech earnings offer bright spots

With Apple leading the revenue charge midweek and Amazon providing a kick to trading in tech shares Friday morning, bright spots appeared in what has otherwise been a mixed earnings season. Continue reading

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Oracle upgrades standard Java, JavaFX

Enhancements include first delivery of SDKs for Mac OS X, along with garbage collection and virtual machine boosts Continue reading

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