Microsoft this month will release another CTP of SQL Server 2008 R2, this one feature complete and including new business intelligence integration tools and master data management features. In addition, two highly scalable editions will be introduced.
As the executive director of the Linux Foundation, Jim Zemlin is frequently asked to forecast the future of the IT industry. While he's happy to do so, he's the first to admit that he could be wrong. He joked in his opening remarks at LinuxCon 2011 held recently in Vancouver, British Columbia, that he has been wrongly predicting the Year of the Linux Desktop for many years now. He doesn't need to know the future, he says, because open source projects don't need a master plan.
Google's decision to build a PC operating system could be a master stroke or a colossal blunder, depending on whether the company has the resources that such an ambitious and long-term undertaking will require.
An open-source MDM (master data management) suite from Talend is now available, giving companies a lower-priced option to proprietary products from the likes of Tibco, Kalido and IBM, the company announced Monday.
Apple has reportedly made another high-profile cybersecurity hire, and his advanced degree says it all: Master of Science in Information Warfare and Systems Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School.
The next generation of Intel's Atom family of processors will eschew a faster CPU in favor of an architectural overhaul will result in better performance over today's Atom-based netbooks and net-top PCs.
Norwich University's Master of Science in Information Assurance (MSIA) program has signed agreements with the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, or (ISC)2, for two interesting seminars in May and June.
It would be nice to pretend there’s a rationale behind the home improvement projects I take on -- some master plan for bettering our house, one project at a time. But the reality is, most often the projects that get bumped to the top of the list are the ones that require urgent attention.
PCs that are cooler, smaller and faster were announced by computer makers Sunday in advance of Computex, with the new machines featuring Intel's speedier fourth-generation Core processors code-named Haswell.
'Jack of all trade and master of one,' Advanced Business Solutions (ABS) always preferred to be the master of one, which in this case, is CRM (customer relationship management). CNME met up with Ashok Sharma, CEO, ABS to understand why they choose this path for business.
This summer, I was delighted to lead an 11-week graduate course on computer security incident response team (CSIRT) management in the Master of Science in Information Assurance program in the School of Graduate Studies of Norwich University.
Almost overnight, thanks to posts finally resembling "news," the iOSphere has become an expert in industrial design, contemplating an iPhone 6 or 5S or something with a flatter, sleeker, cooler, starker, smoother, de-glitzed and overall just better-looking iOS 7.
Microsoft is set to unveil a new program that allows its larger customers to combine separate product licensing agreements under one master contract, which could help them to get bigger volume discounts.
If you’ve been in the networking business for any length of time, then the phrase “network analysis” is synonymous with the name “Laura Chappell.” As founder of the Protocol Analysis Institute, Chappell is the recognized industry expert on packet-level analysis and security. Her expertise is in high demand all around the world, and she counts the following organizations among her client list: High-Technology Crime Investigation Association, Institute for Network Professionals, U.S. Armed Services
My friend and colleague Dr. John Orlando helped create the Master of Science in Information Assurance at Norwich University and has been teaching ethics courses for many years. He recently wrote a paper on the ethical dimensions of social engineering as a tool of penetration testing and has kindly allowed me to publish an edited version of his work for Network World readers.
While most of the tech world had its eyes focused on the big Consumer Electionics Show in Las Vegas this week, spammers and malware writers were getting their operations cranked up for 2008 with a new Master Boot Record rootkit and iPhone Trojan.
Lookin' for love? Then shave off that scraggly beard, ditch the too-tight tee from a geeky conference last decade and leave the Teva sandals at home. That's just some of the advice from matchmakers who help techies master the dating scene.
Readers are aware that I've been involved with the creation and direction of the Master of Science in Information Assurance program at Norwich University since its inception in 2002. I am delighted to report that the Norwich MSIA is now ready to offer holders of (ISC)2's CISSP certification significant savings in time and money in earning our graduate degree.
IT professionals have been walking the line between being cert-specific or learning broader technology skill sets; now they must master both and know how to apply them to the business.
When Cisco introduced its latest big line of routers on Tuesday, it threw in something that's never come in a major platform from the company before: Fun.
Organizations both large and small are implementing BCM systems. Once relegated to the margins of corporate practice as an aspect of information technology or corporate security, BCM has become recognized as a fundamental aspect of sound business practice.