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Nokia Shareholders Slam Windows Phone 7 Plan
Dissident group wants the company to reject Microsoft alliance and instead focus on in-house research and innovation.
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• Nokia Makes Last Stand With Microsoft
• Microsoft To Pay Nokia Billions For Windows Phone 7 Switch
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Security Spending Grabs Greater Share Of IT Budgets
Businesses spent 8.2% of their IT budgets on security in 2007; last year it was 14%, according to a Forrester Research report.
The $1 Trillion Federal IT Challenge
The CEOs of IBM, Dell, and other tech companies say the U.S. government can reap huge savings from IT-driven initiatives, but their ambitious plan has virtually no chance of success.
Global CIO: Cisco Zapped By Destructive Power Of Innovation
While John Chambers's company has branched far beyond its networking roots, that core business has stumbled--and competitors are pouncing.
Intel Showcases MeeGo Tablet UI And Other Apps
Despite Nokia's insistence that it is still very much behind MeeGo, Intel is going to the mobile platform dance stag. It would be easy to feel sorry for them if it hadn't felt like a mistake from the beginning. "Disappointed" is how one Intel MeeGo product manager expressed the company's view on Nokia's fickleness. Still, the company presses on, announcing and demonstrating a tablet reference platform, among other advancements, at Mobile World Congress. Intel also showcased MeeGo running a variety of applications.
Myriad Launches Text-Based Social Networking Service
Users of mobile phones without data subscription plans will be able to access email, IM, and social network sites like Facebook and Twitter.
HP Adds Data Center Construction Services
The Critical Facilities Implementation service rounds out HP's data center design, testing, and management offerings.
RSA: Symantec Sees Stuxnet In Your Future
Now that a virtual weapon has caused physical damage, network security is more important than ever.
Homeland Security Seeks Cybersecurity Funding
The agency has requested more than $1 billion for technology-related activities in its fiscal 2012 budget, a slight increase from last year.
Obama Increases Budget For NIST's Tech Efforts
"It's a historic investment in IT-related technologies," said National Institute of Standards and Technology director Patrick Gallagher.
Username Choices Poses Security Risks
Unique usernames give marketers or attackers an edge on tying a pseudonym to a real person, says a new INRIA report.
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 IBM To VARs: Services Are Secret To Success
By Michele Pepe-Warren
IBM has a message for its channel partners: Sell services! It's not exactly a new message, but it's an important one, and the vendor is putting more muscle behind it than ever before.
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Go Green With Download Services
By Lamont Wood
Using courier services to deliver files by hand makes no sense, even if they are too big for e-mail delivery.
What If Storage Hardware Mattered?
By George Crump
It seems like every week I speak to a storage hardware company that informs me that they are really a software company. What they typically mean by this is that they are trying to differentiate themselves by the software capabilities that they put on top of the storage hardware more so than the actual hardware itself. This means that the hardware is basic. The reality is we need great hardware manufacturers more than ever.
LifeSize Enhances Video Conferencing Systems
By Paul Korzeniowski
Corporate use of video conferencing systems is on the rise. To widen its market niche, LifeSize enhanced its solution, with the highlight being support for HD content on mobile devices, such as the Apple iPhone and iPad.
Successful Security: It Is In The Details
By George Hulme
Security is both hard to do right, and easy to make the simple mistakes that could jeopardize the security of most any organization. It may be a mistake that comprises of being a single digit off. And that one number could be the difference between a secure network and one that is readily breached. That was the overriding message in a Security B-Sides Conference presentation given today by Mike Lloyd, chief scientist at security software maker Red Seal Systems.
Successful Security: It Is In The Details
By George Hulme
Security is both hard to do right, and easy to make the simple mistakes that could jeopardize the security of most any organization. It may be a mistake that comprises of being a single digit off. And that one number could be the difference between a secure network and one that is readily breached. That was the overriding message in a Security B-Sides Conference presentation given today by Mike Lloyd, chief scientist at security software maker Red Seal Systems.
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