Google’s Gesture Search feature for Android smartphones reignited the complaint about fragmentation and inconsistency among Google’s mobile operating system platform because it only works on devices running Android 2.0 or greater, such as the Motorola Droid and Google Nexus One. Laptop Magazine’s Mark Spoonauer said this means Google is favoring newer versions of its OS, punishing owners of devices running older flavors of Android, as well as Google’s partners. Kevin Tofel tried to diffuse the situation by arguing that Google isn’t the only mobile platform maker that faces this quandary.
The No. 1 most talked-about product genre at Data Center World 2010 is data center management software. Avocent, Aperture, AccessIT, BMC, EMC, Dell, Methode, nLyte, Aptare, Modius, Rackwise — those are just some of the companies coming to the fore with interesting products and services.
Twitter has announced it will begin scanning links posted by users to thwart phishing attacks and the spread of malware on the site. – Twitter has announced plans to route all links through a scanner in a bid to boost security and weed out malicious activity. The move follows a partnership announced in November between URL shortening service Bit.ly and security companies VeriSign, Websense and Sophos.
There will be an uptick in IT spending in 2010, but those budgets that do grow will increase by only 1 to 5 percent, according to Ovum. The bulk of CIOs in an Ovum survey said they expect their budgets to remain flat after the recession-ravaged 2009. – Dont expect IT spending to increase too much in 2010, according to research firm Ovum.
Apple subsidiary FileMaker offers up Pro 11, the latest version of the database application, which includes new features such as as “on the fly” reporting and charting. The solution works on Macs and Microsoft Windows-based systems. – FileMaker, the popular cross-platform relational database application (and Apple subsidiary), announced FileMaker Pro version 11, which sees productivity features such as “on the fly” reporting and charting added to the application, which is compatible with Windows and Mac compute…
SOS expands functionality of its Universal Backup solution, including unlimited versioning and archiving and global roaming access. – Cloud storage provider SOS Online Backup announced enhancements to SOS Universal Backup with LiveProtect, which helps enable small to medium-size businesses to back up data across multiple destinations at multiple times.
Microsoft Bing grabbed 11.5 percent of the U.S. search market in February, up from 11.3 percent in January, according to comScore.
Google March 9 launched the Google Apps Marketplace, an online store selling enterprises business applications that integrate with and extend Google Apps. This will provide third-party software developers, such as Appirio, Intuit, Atlassian and others, a larger cloud computing channel into which to sell their applications. The Google Apps Marketplace will also challenge Salesforce.com, which has spent the last decade-plus fomenting its Force.com and AppExchange platforms.
Hewlett-Packard suggested that its upcoming slate PC boasts one clear advantage over Apple’s iPad by supporting Adobe Flash, an HP executive suggested in a corporate blog posting. Apple is shunning Flash, which Apple CEO Steve Jobs suggested was buggy, for its upcoming device
On the surface, Cisco Secure Borderless Network appears to address many shortcomings in Microsoft’s competing DirectAccess. – At the RSA Conference held March 1 to 5 in San Francisco, Cisco Systems finally unveiled its own take on the secured borderless enterprise, which aims to provide mobile workers with seamless, always-on secured connections to protected enterprise data and applications whether those applications a…
Hi there and welcome to my little space on the web. I am Ben and actually I live in Rome, as many says The Eternal City. I like to write on a variety of topics, especially local events where I am able to jump in and participate. I prefer to write as a participant, not as a bystander so I will frequently attend local events and will write about. If not me directly, then someone from our team or whoever else is in attendance.
