Monday, November 28, 2011

25 free open source projects IT pros will love

Cyber Monday will see more mobile shoppers | AT&T hackers have terrorist connections, say Philippines police

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WHITE PAPER: Oracle

Application Upgrades and Service Oriented Architecture
A study by SOA Industry Analyst Zapthink shows that maintenance and change costs of SOA-based integrations, architected properly, are dramatically lower than traditional integration approaches. Read this whitepaper to understand why and how SOA-enablement will reduce cost and risk of Application upgrades for your organization. Learn More Today!

WHITE PAPER: Trend Micro

Before Taking the Cloud Plunge
Security and privacy are critical concerns for those considering cloud adoption. The differences between SaaS, PaaS and IaaS are significant and require careful due diligence. This paper will help you do the homework necessary to compare security practices and determine which model is right for your organization. Read More

Cyber Monday will see more mobile shoppers
Mobile buying is expected to be more popular than ever on Cyber Monday and throughout the 2011 holiday season, according to the latest Motricity Mobile Shopping Survey. Read More

AT&T hackers have terrorist connections, say Philippines police
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and police in the Philippines have jointly busted a ring of four alleged hackers in Manila with connections to a terrorist group in Saudi Arabia, the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group of the Philippines police said last week. Read More

Home and Office Gear Tech Treasures [2011 Cool Yule Tools]
They say that a man's home is his castle – we figure that if you're going to have a castle, it needs to be filled up with some really cool, high-tech stuff. If you're working at a home office or just want to boost that home network in order to get a better connected home entertainment system up and running, the following products are great gift ideas: Read More


WHITE PAPER: FireEye

The new threat landscape
Advanced Malware Exposed is a 20+ page ebook providing a broad overview on the major aspects of advanced malware, its underpinnings, its impact on modern business practices, and briefly suggests possible solutions. Read now!

Will Congress crush tech spending?
The failure of the Congressional Super Committee to reach a deficit reduction agreement triggers automatic federal spending cuts beginning the next fiscal year, which will likely make a lot of government IT contractors nervous. Read More

This year's H-1B cap is reached at quicker pace
The annual H-1B cap has been reached, according to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and at a pace that is two months ahead of last year. Read More

AT&T says T-Mobile deal isn't dead yet, but sets aside $4B for break-up fee
AT&T will continue to seek antitrust clearance for its merger with rival T-Mobile USA, it said Thursday. However, to reflect the break-up fee it will have to pay T-Mobile's owner Deutsche Telekom if the deal does not get regulatory approval, AT&T expects to recognize a US$4 billion [b] accounting charge in the fourth quarter. Read More


WHITE PAPER: AMD

Building the Intelligent Cloud-Ready Data Center
For CIOs today, the challenges are many and often difficult. They must support more revenue generating projects without having to expand, rebuild or move their data centers. Many are turning to virtualization to consolidate resources and make this happen. Learn More!

London wires up for 2012 Olympic games
While London's massive Olympic park is still very much a frenetic construction site, IT engineers are fine tuning the equipment that will be used to transmit scores, let athletes send e-mail and transmit high-definition video of the Games. Read More

Tech arguments: then and now
While standing around the water cooler in the IT department, perhaps you debate with a coworker about whether LinkedIn is better than Facebook. Or you argue with an end user about whether they can use their own device on the corporate network or can only use what is provided by the company. Read More

Hungarian hacks Marriott's systems to blackmail for job
A Hungarian citizen has pleaded guilty to stealing confidential information from the computers of Marriott International, and threatening to reveal the information if the hotel chain did not offer him a job maintaining the company's computers, the Department of Justice said on Wednesday. Read More

Intel recasts Pentium chip for servers
Intel is giving new life to its Pentium processor for servers, and has started shipping the new Pentium 350 chip for low-end servers. Read More

Is 2012 the Year Android Invades the Enterprise?
Courtesy of the consumer, large-scale deployments of Android phones and, yes, tablets are coming next year. But the Android platform still has a ways to go before it's enterprise-ready, putting CIOs in a tough spot. Read More



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