The Storage Networking Industry Association has received and reviewed a proposed new spec for an application/storage interface from a consortium of storage providers.
About 80 percent of enterprises worldwide haven't considered the potential impact of a global epidemic, such as avian flu, might have on business continuity plans, according to Basex, researchers on the productivity of knowledge workers and how technology affects them.
SAVVIS announced a portfolio of managed security utility services it calls the SAVVIS Security Utility.
A Retail Data Security Benchmarking Study based on 71 respondents from various retailers and merchandisers, shows greater vigilance is needed by retailers to protect consumer information.
In the wake of multiple data-breach disclosures-and more state laws governing such breaches-many companies are surveying the conduits through which sensitive information can escape the enterprise.
Compuware released on Tuesday enhancements to its app, The Compuware Application Reliability Solution, and Compuware QACenter Enterprise Edition.
Security Innovation, Microsoft, Red Hat, Oracle and several other companies have formed Application Security Industry Consortium (AppSIC) with the intent of helping establish and define app security guidance and metrics.
HP has introduced what it claims is a first-of-its-kind collaboration studio for simulating face-to-face business meetings across long distances.
BEA said on Tuesday that its JRockit Java Virtual Machine hit a SPECjbb2000 benchmark result of 861,647 operations per second, apparently a new record, according to the company.
Apache Maven 2.0 and Continuum 1.0, the fastest-growing build system for Java-based projects, are now generally available, according to the Apache Software Foundation.
LiveTime Software, a provider of service management software built on Java 2 Enterprise Edition, has announced the general availability of the LiveTime Appliance.
Thirteen percent of CIOs interviewed for the Robert Half Technology IT Hiring Index and Skills Report plan to add full-time IT staff in the first quarter, while 1 percent anticipate personnel reductions.
Business Objects and MySQL announced the signing of a new OEM referral agreement on Monday.
A major shift in Internet attacks is under way. “For 5 years, the majority of attacks targeted operating systems like Unix and Windows, and Internet services like Web servers and mail systems,” notes a new study from SANS, a computer security education and information security training firm.
Cisco is touting its new app net services as a performance booster for critical business applications, while also claiming that they lower costs and expand IT flexibility.
There's new research from market watcher Gartner that says the Extraction, Transformation and Loading (ETL) data tools market had a surprisingly successful 2004.
Several vendors offer network access control programs. Now Identity Engines, a start-up vendor with a Cisco-heavy pedigree, is launching its own variation on this theme.
Sun said on Tuesday that it has launched the NetBeans WorldTour, an initiative for distributing and sharing the NetBeans software worldwide.
On Tuesday, Fujitsu Software announced the release of Interstage Business Process Manager Studio (IBPMS), a graphical process modeling studio.
Red Hat said on Tuesday that it has launched a new service to provide certification and production support for open-source software stacks.