Alex Goldman

Big names have wagered billions on a WiMAX deployment that not only has yet to see a profit — its net losses are running into the billions. It’s a situation rarely seen outside of the airline industry and more recently, financial and automotive companies. But that’s what WiMAX player Clearwire (NASDAQ: CLWR) now faces, today […]

Cloud computing and service-oriented architectures (SOA) are transformational technologies that will deliver sweeping changes in IT’s focus and capabilities — but while SOA is maturing, IT managers will need to cut through the hype surrounding the cloud if they’re to take advantage of it as well. That’s according to IT researcher Gartner’s (NYSE: IT) “Hype […]

Twitter and Facebook have since bounced back from the the spam and the denial-of-service storm that hit them late last week, but the aftereffects continue to be felt across the Internet. Malware purveyors began exploiting Friday’s attack the same day it began. Initially, the denial-of-service and spam assault targeted one person, Facebook said. The intended […]

IBM today unveiled new enhancements to its security suite aimed at safeguarding Web applications and data, as attacks preying on such targets continue to dominate the headlines. Through today’s move, IBM’s (NYSE: IBM) security management software Proventia SiteProtector 8.0 has been integrated into its Information Infrastructure portfolio of products. “Web application security is the Achilles […]

Companies have become very serious about their data retention policies and use of corporate assets, according to a new report from data loss prevention (DLP) provider Proofpoint. Thirty-one percent of those surveyed said they had fired an employee in the past 12 months for violating e-mail policies, and 51 percent said they had disciplined an […]

CA really means to keep the mainframe alive into the next century, according to Mark Combs, CA (NASDAQ: CA) senior vice president of research and development for the mainframe business unit. “Our mainframe 2.0 initiative represents a major investment by CA,” Combs told InternetNews.com. “We plan to bring the mainframe into the twenty-first century and […]

Oracle today announced that it has integrated its value chain planning (VCP) apps into its JD Edwards EnterpriseOne software through a Process Integration Pack (PIP). The upgrade is targeted at three verticals — manufacturing, high technology, and retail goods distribution, an Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) said Lenley Hensarling, Oracle group vice president and general manager, in […]

UPDATED: Attivio today released version 1.5 of its Active Intelligence Engine (AIE), which is designed to deliver better enterprise search results, especially in the handling of unstructured data. The AIE upgrade improves security, speed, error handling, and adds three new modules. The OCR Module (define) handles text in images, such as handwritten memos. It is […]

The attacks that disrupted service for millions on Facebook and brought down Twitter and LiveJournal may have been designed to single out one user in particular. “The distributed denial-of-service attack that caused issues with accessing Facebook and other sites … appears to have been directed at an individual, rather than at the sites themselves,” Facebook […]

More than one in three businesses have no policies concerning the use of social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter in the workplace, according to a new survey from advertising firm Russell Herder and law firm Ethos Business Law. The survey, “Social Media: Embracing the Opportunities, Averting the Risks,” was compiled from interviews of […]

A new variant of the widespread Internet worm Koobface made its debut today — just as Twitter and Facebook were hit by denial-of-service attacks . Coincidence? Researchers admit it’s too early to say for sure, but some say it’s likely. Koobface is a virulent worm that was originally designed to compromise Facebook accounts. Since last […]

By July’s end, spammers preferred Obama and Potter to Jackson. Michael Jackson-themed malware and spam campaigns that hit the net soon after the singer’s death on June 25, 2009 had faded by the end of July. They were replaced by new attacks exploiting the popularity of Harry Potter and fears concerning President Barack Obama’s healthcare […]