News Analysis: Like stock symbols on the world’s financial markets, .com domain names come and go. They rise to prominence on the fortunes and aspirations of companies great and small. Some of them become the Web identities of rich and powerful companies that live on as household names such as IBM, Apple, HP, Amazon.com and Google.
With attacks ongoing, Microsoft updated its security advisory for an Internet Explorer vulnerability a day after a security researcher published exploit code for the vulnerability on the Internet. – Ongoing attacks targeting a new zero-day bug in Internet Explorer (IE) and the presence of exploit code on the Web has prompted Microsoft to update its advisory today.
When Google recently launched the Apps Marketplace, some wondered just how useful it would be for businesses. Google has historically provided services that appeal to both consumers and the enterprise, but for the most part, its focus has been on more consumer-oriented products, rather than enterprise solutions.
When Google launched the Google Apps Marketplace March 9, it replaced the Google Solutions Marketplace as the main method of selling third-party apps with a more comprehensive offering for products that integrate with Google Apps collaboration suite. Google Apps Marketplace, if it gains traction beyond its current 50 partner companies, appears destined to challenge Salesforce.com, which has been the dominant cloud computing provider for enterprise applications, and Microsoft, whose own online business apps remain a viable option.
Enterprise information management can help you gain a competitive advantage by helping you to find new marketing opportunities within your customer database, monitor trends in workplace productivity, ensure accurate data on financial reports, and even prevent money loss via fraud and suspicious transactions. Here, Knowledge Center contributor Jake Freivald explains the most important points to consider when implementing an enterprise information management system. – quot;Water, water, everywhere…Nor any drop to drink
Cisco is preparing to launch its IME server, a technology that is designed to extend the same sort of video collaboration that is found within a company to partners and customers. A new protocol proposed by Cisco, dubbed Viper, will help Ciscos IME server work with third-party systems. – Cisco Systems is looking to bring the advantages of unified communications, which primarily are seen within individual companies, to dealings between businesses
Plastic Logic, whose Que e-reader will be aimed primarily at business travelers and others looking for an ultra-portable way to carry documents, announced through an e-mail to customers that shipments of the Que will be delayed until summer. Plastic Logic CEO Richard Archuleta reportedly cited the need to fine-tune the device and improve the overall experience as the reasons behind the delay.
But sales of all gaming hardware, including the Sony PS2, PlayStation Portable, and Nintendo DS, are down from a year ago.
Google Android users can now use Opera Mini 5 on their smart phones. The new mobile browser includes features such as Speed Dial, tabbed browsing, and boosted speed.
In 1985, the domain name .com came into existence, helping to define the modern Internet. Within two years of the registration of the first Internet domain name, major tech corporations such as Intel (Intel.com), Xerox (xerox.com), and Apple (apple.com), along with a host of smaller outfits, had all begun to make their mark on the World Wide Web