Larry Barrett

Oracle, the ultimate IT hoarder, spent tens of billions of dollars to accumulate a stash of best-of-breed software applications and, with the Sun acquisition, hardware components to position itself as the ultimate one-stop shop for all things IT. With this week’s release of Enterprise Manager 11g, the software-giant-turned-systems-neophyte is delivering a suite of management applications […]

Good quarterly numbers aren’t just limited to Apple. Even enterprise software companies like VMware are getting in on the act, which is good news for the industry at large. VMware is the latest tech firm to beat expectations with strong Q1 numbers. However, it’s not Q2 earnings but future product releases that is getting the […]

Ratcheting up the competition with archrival Oracle, SAP has disclosed plans to purchase TechniData, a German developer of environmental, health and product-safety applications for the enterprise. The move comes just days after Oracle made a big acquisition of its own, scooping up Phase Forward for $685 million. The acquisitions mark the latest turn in the […]

Marc Benioff and company are at it again with a new move to enhance Salesforce’s cloud-based offerings as it shifts to embrace what its outspoken CEO terms “Cloud 2.” To Benioff, Cloud 2 represents a coming evolution in enterprise apps, whereby applications are hosted in the cloud and encompass the same sorts of social and […]

Virtualization is hardly a buzz word anymore, but enterprises crave new tools to help simplify the administration of Java applications in virtualized environments. That’s what Oracle’s betting. In its first virtualization releases since the acquisition of Sun Microsystems, Oracle is rolling out two new applications aimed at streamlining the deployment and management of Java in […]

An influx of fairly affordable do-it-yourself malware toolkits combined with a new breed of cybercriminals increasingly able to suss out information from social networking sites is making life much more difficult for Internet users and the security professionals responsible for protecting corporate data. Symantec’s latest comprehensive review of malware trends and tactics reveals that hackers […]

Just when you thought it was safe to click on an ad… McAfee and Adgregate Markets are teaming up to help tackle a growing issue facing consumers, Web site operators and e-commerce marketers: The increasing numbers of ads embedding malware and scams. This so-called “malvertising” has hit major Web sites and potentially threatens the e-commerce […]

Let it never be said that firms operating with lackluster data security technology and processes do so without risk. Following a high-profile security breach in 2007 that saw former Certegy employee steal customers’ personal data and try to sell the information to data brokers and marketers, the firm has now reached a settlement with the […]

It’s become pretty clear that health IT is one of the major growth sectors in the technology sector. That’s why firms across the board, from Google to IBM, Kaiser to Microsoft, are making big bets in the space. And Oracle’s not about to be left behind. The company has announced plans to purchase Phase Forward, […]

Pressure continues mounting on companies to ensure responsible data security measures are in place, with Mississippi becoming the newest state to pass a law requiring that businesses notify customers and others impacted by a data breach. The law — and the dozens of laws like it in other states — aim to reduce the window […]

Security researchers may have done a solid job containing some of the bigger botnets out there, but for every Mariposa, Zeus and Waledac that gets neutralized, scores more are out there waiting to fill in the gap. The result? A 30 percent increase in spam messages, according to Postini, Google’s e-mail filtering and security division. […]

With new threats to businesses’ data emerging all the time, Symantec is rolling out a series of new enterprise security offerings designed to better safeguard critical data from malware and hackers. eSecurity Planet takes a look at the new offerings — Control Compliance Suite 10.0, Data Loss Prevention Suite 10.5, Altiris IT Management Suite 7.0 […]