Alex Goldman

IBM tomorrow plans to announce a set of cloud computing products and services designed to help organizations develop software more efficiently. While many businesses rely heavily on their own developers to create and refine new capabilities, their supporting infrastructure is inefficient. “Developers are driving so much business value that the average enterprise devotes 30 to […]

What is it about free stuff? Last week, Microsoft announced plans to offer a free anti-malware service, today, Salesforce is offering a free package on its Force.com Platform as a Service (PaaS) that includes a free Web site as well development space for one custom app. “Force.com Free Edition will enable every company to experience […]

When databases get very big, a business can be affected if even one calculation runs too slowly. SAP databases control some of the most data intensive processes on the planet for customers as varied as UBS, Caterpillar, John Deere, Wawa, the Thomas Cook travel agency, Under Armor, and Gillette. “SAP software is so business critical […]

On Friday, Scribd announced that it and Simon & Schuster had signed a deal to sell Simon & Schuster eBooks in the Scribd Store. The 5,000 books already up on the site are by a variety of famous authors including Ernest Hemingway, Steve Martin, Tori Spelling, Dan Brown, and Stephen King. The news comes as […]

Microsoft middleware maker Mainsoft today released its Mainsoft SharePoint Integrator for Lotus Notes, version 2.0. The software let users move documents between IBM Lotus Notes, Microsoft SharePoint, and IBM Sametime. New features include connecting SharePoint team events to the Lotus Note 8.5 calendar application, support for SharePoint check in and check out of documents, the […]

When Microsoft enters a market, such as search and virtualization, it is known for making aggressive moves by acquiring technology and by disrupting prices. Earlier this week, Microsoft confirmed its plans to offers a free anti-malware service. Even though the software, codenamed Morro, is only in beta, competitors are watching developments closely. And the trash […]

Yahoo has tapped Tim Morse, formerly CFO of semiconductor industry supplier Altera, as its new CFO, filling a three-month vacancy and continuing the company’s sweeping reorganization. “With his passion for operational finance, global experience, and expertise simplifying complex organizations and managing growth, Tim is a natural fit for Yahoo,” Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) CEO Carol Bartz […]

Malware on the Macintosh platform is nothing new, although it remains a far less common occurrence than attacks on Windows — a fact that Apple and its fans have long been quick to point out. But the danger of Mac malware continues growing with new attacks now surfacing. Researchers at security vendor Sophos warned about […]

At 7:33 PM Pacific Time (PT) on Wednesday, June 10, parts of Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) lost power after a lightning strike. Technicians were at the data center within the hour and replaced the damaged power units gradually, finishing work at 1:20 AM PT this morning. “Last night’s issue was limited to one US […]

Bots on twitter may be somewhat easy to identify — they use pornographic images for photos and jumbled letters and numbers for names — but blocking them one by one is still a pain. If you’re at less than a hundred followers (@agold_inews) then it’s not so much of a problem, but if you conduct […]