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Eucalyptus Gets High-Availability ProtectionVersion 3.0 of the Eucalyptus cloud platform will be the first to feature high-availability functionality.By Joab Jackson, IDG News ServiceFurther preparing its software for production use, Eucalyptus Systems ha...
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Should You Sue Your Offshore Outsourcing Provider?Six questions to ask before taking your offshore outsourcer to court.By Stephanie Overby, CIODispute resolution is always an important consideration when outsourcing IT. If that fails, however, you can alw...
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Tech Insight: Navigating The Murky Waters Of PCI ImplementationPCI compliance can work for your security program. The key is understanding your assessor's needsBy Adam Ely, Dark ReadingIf you're a security pro, you probably have a love-hate relationship w...
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Salesforce To Announce Acquisition Of Crypto ProviderSaaS provider's purchase of Navajo Systems could help allay concerns of some cloud security skeptics, experts sayBy Kelly Jackson Higgins, Dark ReadingSalesforce.com has quietly snapped up an Israeli cl...
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Offshore Outsourcing Pioneer GE to Hire 1,100 American IT WorkersGE says it plans to hire 1,100 IT and engineering professionals in Michigan by 2013 to regain some of the technical capabilities it lost through offshoring.By Stephanie Overby, CIOTo those w...
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Facebook Data Collection Under Fire in Germany AgainA data protection agency is concerned Facebook is collecting data in violation of E.U. lawBy Jeremy Kirk, IDG News ServiceA German privacy protection authority is calling on organizations there to close ...
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McAfee Fires Back at Shady RAT CriticismAngela Moscaritolo, SC MagazineMcAfee has fired back at critics of its report on Operation Shady RAT, saying the CEO of rival anti-virus maker Kaspersky Lab, who called the report “alarmist,” is missing the poin...
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Cloud Computing: More IT Leaders Turn to SaaS ERPAs cloud-based business applications enter the mainstream, objections to using SaaS-based ERP software are fading fast.By Rich Freeman, CIOIn 2006, Epec Engineered Technologies found itself in a situation f...
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Health Insurer Encrypts All Stored DataBlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, responding to the theft of 57 hard drives in 2009, has completed a $6 million project to encrypt all of its stored data.By Lucas Mearian, ComputerworldResponding to the theft of 57 ...
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Cloud Growth Prompts Dramatic Shift in Enterprise Security StrategiesBecause traditional approaches to security don't port easily to public or private clouds, the nonprofit Cloud Security Alliance is working to help CIOs assess the security levels of vari...
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Google Highlights Trouble in Detecting Web-Based MalwareNo one system is effective in detecting increasingly complex malicious software, the company saidBy Jeremy Kirk, IDG News ServiceGoogle issued a new study on Wednesday detailing how it is becoming mo...
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Dropbox Cloud Was a Haven for Data Thieves, Researchers SayFiles entrusted to cloud-storage provider Dropbox were susceptible to unauthorized access via three attacks devised by security researchers, but the provider has since closed the vulnerabilities.B...
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DoD: Sharing Cyber-Threat Info with Contractors is WorkingHalfway through a 90-day trial, the Department of Defense says it has stopped hundreds of attempted intrusions it would have missed otherwise without its pilot program of sharing classified informa...
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ATMs Open to Thermal Imaging Attack, Researchers ConfirmResearchers have documented a method for working out ATM PIN numbers using residual traces of heat left on keypads after they have been touched by a person’s fingers.By John E Dunn, TechworldResear...
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Infosys Whistleblower Presents Evidence of Alleged B-1 Visa AbuseJack Palmer has gone public with details of his assertion that the Indian outsourcer willfully violated U.S. immigration and tax laws to increase profit, by soliciting B-1 visas instead of H...
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SIEM Users Seek To Drill Deeper Into Security Data, Study SaysSecurity monitoring, data warehousing, and business intelligence are on integration path, according to Forrester ResearchBy Tim Wilson, Dark ReadingIf you have security information and event ma...
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Insiders Still Thwart Database Controls Without Supervisory SupportFINRA fines Citigroup for missing suspicious behavior of employee who bilked customers of $750,000 during eight yearsBy Ericka Chickowski, Contributing Editor, Dark ReadingEven as financia...
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UK Says Google Needs Further Privacy ImprovementsA review found that Google has improved privacy protections in its products but more work is neededBy Jeremy Kirk, IDG News ServiceGoogle was praised on Tuesday by the U.K.'s data protection watchdog for st...
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Pharmaceutical Firm Retires Microsoft Environment for Cloud ServicesAmag Pharmaceuticals, based in Lexington, Mass., has almost eliminated its internal server network, and couldn't be happier about it. That's because the company, with about 240 employees,...
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Webcast: Best SMB Practices for Building a Reliable, Durable Mobile InfrastructureDate: Thursday, August 18, 2011 -- 11:00 AM PST / 2:00 PM ESTRegister NowAs laptops, tablets, smartphones and other digital devices are flooding the market, many growing bus...
