Alex Goldman

Cloud and SaaS infrastructure provider Cast Iron Systems announced today that it has developed code to help enterprise developers move applications to Amazon’s EC2 cloud. The company’s own Cast Iron Cloud is also running on Amazon EC2. “As the pioneer in utility cloud computing, Amazon is leading the movement to the Cloud,” said Ken Comée, […]

Trend Micro today announced Web Gateway Security, a solution designed to enable IT managers to track Web usage in the extended enterprise and to defend their growing network. Security managers are facing some tough challenges, Trend Micro noted. While Web security systems are designed to prevent employees from accessing dangerous Web sites, many legitimate sites […]

A new Trojan is recording Skype phone calls on Windows PCs, security research firm Symantec (NASDAQ: SYMC) reported today. “What we’re looking at is something that could be considered the first ‘wiretap Trojan,’” Symantec’s Intel Security Team wrote in a blog post. Symantec’s analysis found that the Trojan, which it dubbed “Trojan.Peskyspy,” can record audio […]

Cloud and virtualization technologies are hot at the moment because they promise to cut costs for enterprise IT. But many are saying that these technologies are also a management headache. IBM issued a warning about cloud and virtualization earlier this year, and, later, VMware’s partners got to work on developing management software. Now four companies […]

IBM on Wednesday released the “X-Force 2009 Mid-Year Trend and Risk Report,” an analysis of the various threats and vulnerabilities online. Among the numerous findings, it noted that Sun Microsystems is better at disclosing and patching operating system vulnerabilities than any other vendor. Sun disclosed more vulnerabilities in its own operating system in the first […]

Microsoft began its appeal of a $290 million fine and a pending injunction against the sale of Microsoft Word with a strongly worded appeal today. “In patent cases, even more than most, the trial judge’s role as a gatekeeper is crucial. . . This case stands as a stark example of what can happen in […]

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is aiming to cash in on businesses’ growing interest in private cloud computing by building an offshoot of its existing public cloud offerings. The idea behind the new Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) is that businesses can connect via Virtual Private Network (VPN) to compute resources located within Amazon’s cloud. Those resources are […]

Snow Leopard, the latest release of Mac OS X, due Friday, will contain anti-malware features, reports say. If so, Apple would join Microsoft in offering a free security service to all users. Software bundled with Mac OS 10.6 will be able to detect malicious software and warn users before they download it, according to a […]

Managers have every reason to fear their own employees, if they read the news. A few months ago, an energy company auditor tried to steal $9 million from the company he worked for. Last month, a data breach at LexisNexis that occurred at a LexisNexis customer was linked to the mafia, according to a grand […]

IBM (NYSE:IBM) today announced the release of software products to support the Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration (OSLC) standard for sharing data between applications. The first portion of the standard, covering change management, was released this summer, IBM said. The goal of OSLC, an initiative that IBM participates in, is to deliver a full set […]

NEW YORK — Search is a huge and evolving business. Facebook, not a traditional search company, recently said its own search offering is booming. Incumbent search giant Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) recently said that it will move beyond keywords at SES. And at the SpeechTEK conference this week, big search players talked up opportunities in mobile […]

It’s looking like fewer software packages can escape the notice of virus creators. Earlier this month, a rare AutoCAD virus appeared, targeting users of that specialized application. Now, reports from F-Secure and Sophos say that Delphi, software that helps developers build Windows applications, is vulnerable to a threat that Sophos calls W32/Induc-A. The virus creates […]