Alex Goldman

Virtualization, cloud computing, and service oriented architectures (SOA) are all driving change in the vital data center management and business intelligence markets. These products, which connect mission critical systems to each other, are moving to the Web as software sublimates, turning assets that were once physical into services delivered over the Web. Many of these […]

An apparent flaw in Facebook’s security has bloggers up in arms, again, about whether user’s personal information is safe on social networking sites. The FBHive blog claimed that a “simple hack” allowed anyone to access personal information even if the user’s account was set to not share that data. Facebook addressed the problem today. “This […]

Enterprise software giant SAP today announced that its on-demand BusinessObjects suite of products will be integrated into Jive Software‘s community software product for large enterprises. “SAP combines the most innovative business intelligence products on the market with the security and scalability that our enterprise customers require,” said Christopher Morace, Jive Software senior vice president of […]

The security challenges faced by IT managers are significant, and many are embracing cloud services. The most famous may be Google’s Postini and Symantec’s MessageLabs, but MX Logic’s SecureNet Platform is also growing. Today, the product is deployed in North America, Japan, the UK, and Hong Kong. “The Internet has and continues to fundamentally change […]

Security software and appliances remains one of the few areas of IT where spending is staying even strong, even as businesses cut or delay many of their projects in other areas. That’s according to research firm Gartner (NYSE: IT), which in a new report today concluded that the security market is huge and still growing […]

A handful of cloud computing and virtualization companies are pitching new products and enhancements as the Enterprise 2.0 conference kicks off in Boston and interest continues surging in both technologies as ways to cut IT costs and improve flexibility. For example, the VMLogix LabManager — Cloud Edition is a newly released sandbox for developers. LabManager, […]

There’s an astonishing quantity of cloud computing-related news this week, but some companies feel they can stand out from the crowd by offering platforms as well. For example, Platform Computing is today announcing the release of Platform ISF, a private cloud management system that combines reporting, self-service, provisioning, and delivery of servers and connectors with […]

Six months after the RIAA promised to stop suing music sharers, it obtained a $1.92 million judgment against Jammie Thomas-Rasset, a single mother living in Minnesota who denied the charges, in a jury trial in a Federal court in Minnesota. Thomas-Rasset was appealing a previous judgment of $222,000 that was tossed out after the judge […]

Just three years ago, the DSL Forum began work on its Broadband Suite that would enable rich media whether they travelled over DSL or some other form of connectivity. Three years later, that project has changed the forum. Now, the group is called the Broadband Forum after merging with the IP + MPLS Forum to […]

NEW YORK — As newspapers appear to be dying, some believe they will survive while others are ready to nationalize journalism or form cooperatives. But some are not eager to talk about the subject of newspapers. At Wired‘s Disruptive by Design conference here this week, Chris Anderson, prophet of free and a Wired editor, said, […]

Symantec’s Sammy Chu reported in a forum post that the company has found a new version of a Twitter worm. The worm spreads through fake twitter invites that contain a malicious attachment called “Invitation Card.zip” which contains the malware installer. Once a victim clicks on the file, it installs on a user’s PC and “spreads […]