Alex Goldman

NEW YORK — Current enterprise security practice is governed by myths rather than actual data, by reflex instead of logical processes, said Verizon Business’ Dr. Peter Tippett, founder of ISCA Labs, which is now part of the company’s Cybertrust division. He spoke to an audience composed mostly of members of the military and of security […]

When enterprise databases scale to terabytes and individual documents grow to megabytes, the basic Google-like search result page is no longer enough. Enter BA-Insight, based in the U.S. with software development in Russia and India, whose Longitude product improves Microsoft’s SharePoint by adding several key features. “We deliver an extended rich metadata profile with a […]

NEW YORK — Enterprises need to know what data they have and where it is. The process need not be expensive, said Verizon Business’ Dr. Peter Tippett, founder of ISCA Labs which is now part of the company’s Cybertrust division. “A big accounting firm will come in and interview every manager about their data. We […]

NEW YORK — Branding is about people, not company names, according to Steve Rubel, Edelman Digital director of insights, Web PR veteran, and author of the Micro Persuasion blog. Speaking the Mediabistro Circus, Rubel told attendees that companies will need to put faces on the brand in order to win acceptance. Companies that send out […]

Security experts are warning of deceptive e-mails that claim that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Outlook needs an update. “The e-mail claims that you have a new message in Microsoft Outlook, but you need to reconfigure your settings (by clicking on the helpful link) in order to read it. Of course, the e-mail is bogus and you’re […]

NEW YORK — Experts at the Mediabistro Circus yesterday predicted that the business of publishing will change fundamentally and showed how it’s already changed a great deal. Times have been tough since at least 2000 for traditional publications as readers moved to the Web, according to John Byrne, executive editor of BusinessWeek.com, and now is […]

Be careful of links in Twitter. The latest malware attack on the social network links to a video hosted on a site that installs scareware as victims watch the video. The attack may be linked to a previous phishing attack on Twitter that exploited the deceptive domain name “tvvitter.com” to obtain victims’ Twitter credentials. At […]

Verizon Business today unveiled its Computing as a Service (CaaS) product for mid-sized to large enterprise customers. “CaaS’ combination of flexibility, security, performance and resiliency is well positioned to serve certain enterprise requirements in a nimble, next-generation fashion,” Melanie Posey, IDC research director for hosting and telecom services, said in a statement. Verizon’s software, which […]

IBM (NYSE: IBM) kicked off its Information on Demand Conference today in Berlin, Germany with a flurry of announcements showcasing its ability to reduce costs while helping users put their data to productive use. The use cases involve technology announced previously, such as BAO and Stream Computing, and Big Blue also announced a new service […]

As Gartner predicted, the cloud computing market is growing, services are heating up, and new players are entering the game. The flood of cloud-related announcements began on Monday with CSC’s entry into the business. Tuesday, cloud integration specialist Boomi announced that it would open up the supply chain software market by connecting legacy supply chain […]

Cassatt, a provider of data center automation solutions for virtual environments, has found a home at CA (NYSE: CA). The company had some financial difficulties, but Jay Fry, Cassatt vice president of marketing, blogged today that CA has acquired Cassatt’s “technology assets, patents, and a very significant chunk of the employees.” Cassatt’s CEO, Bill Coleman, […]

NEW YORK — The author of The Four Hour Work Week certainly works hard. In his keynote speech at the Mediabistro Circus here today, he showed audience members how to promote themselves and their business by using social media and other Web tools. Ferriss’ current career started with the book. He’s big on data, so […]