David Needle

As a company that provides access to so many different kinds of data stores, it’s just as important for Oracle to provide some means of protection to those data stores. eSecurity Planet reports that the database giant has updated its identity management software, with an emphasis on simplification of management, especially when it comes to […]

As smartphones gain more compute power, they are being used for a lot more than making phone calls. With companies like Salesforce coming out with mobile phone apps, that means the phone is increasingly being used for business. And we all know how easy it is to lose a telephone. So what happens then? Enterprise […]

Can smartphones make us healthier? Maybe not directly. After all, what good can come from jamming a smartphone between your slanted neck and shoulders, while you try and multitask at the hardware store, or all the squinting that’s required to surf the mobile Web? Ergonomic considerations aside, a new study says consumers expect smartphones to […]

Where’s the economy headed? That’s a question workers and management across most industries would like answered. In many sectors the economic outlook could be termed cloudy at best. But CIO Update reports surprising optimism from IT workers participating in a recent poll both on the economy and their ability to find a new job. The […]

Hewlett-Packard’s IT services and support business continues to boom following the company’s blockbuster acquisition of EDS two years ago. IT Channel Planet has the story on HP’s latest big IT services contract with General Motors. The $2 billion deal will also involve Microsoft and PricewaterhouseCoopers. HP will be responsible for supporting tens of thousands of […]

For many small online merchants, eBay has long been an important way to move inventory — if not their only way. That’s why it’s good news for them that eBay continues making progress on its turnaround, posting better-than-expected earnings for its second quarter. A large portion of that success is due to strength at PayPal, […]

There’s no shortage of hype surrounding the migration to the cloud, where businesses are moving their IT infrastructure to increase efficiency and save costs. But what about the security, privacy and other concerns that come in tow? According to a venture capitalist with Deloitte, the need for such attendant services could lead to a bonanza […]

Google may lead the world in search traffic as well as serving as a major player in hosted enterprise apps and mobile software, but even it isn’t immune from a disappointing quarter. The company still pulled off double-digit revenue growth during its second quarter, but Wall Street had been forecasting earnings that even Google couldn’t […]

Google is making an aggressive enterprise push with its suite of cloud-based applications and services, offering remote storage for Gmail, Docs, Calendar and on down the line. But what if disaster strikes and some of that data is lost? Backupify has got your back. The firm is offering an independent, cloud-based storage service to back […]

The cloud promises lowering IT operating costs, faster access to applications and customers and reduced data center costs. But it also means sacrificing some security, or at least the illusion or security, by moving core applications and data pools off premise. But as Datamation found, most enterprises companies are using public cloud services such as […]

The popularity of smartphones and other mobile devices has been a mixed blessing for the enterprise. On the one hand, the ability to easily surf the Web, retrieve e-mail and conduct business using a mobile device has given workers unprecedented flexibility to perform their jobs or at least certain tasks outside the confines of the […]

Virtualization and cloud computing are the two dominant technology trends in enterprise computing today. Both offer significant savings and improved efficiency across IT networks and departments. But as Datamation reports, before companies can realize the full benefits of virtualized datacenters they first must conquer some considerable IT management hurdles created when so many applications and […]