Posted by Migration Expert Zone Team on March 12, 2010 5:41 PM in Windows 7

As Intel recently discovered, any organization planning to migrate to Windows 7 should perform comprehensive application-compatibility testing before deployment. Over at WindowsNetworking.com, author Brien Posey has an extensive two-part series on Windows 7 compatibility testing--why it's so important and...
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Posted by Ed Cone on March 12, 2010 4:31 PM in Culture

by Tim Moran Once Christmas and the Super Bowl are over, winter has very little left to offer. So nothing gladdens this old heart more than hearing that pitchers and catchers are reporting for duty and that baseball season in...
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Posted by Ed Cone on March 12, 2010 4:10 PM in Careers, Culture

by Tim Moran Readers in senior IT and corporate management positions have jobs that, once upon a time, were thought to be golden. Perhaps, for some of you, they still are. If so, be thankful, for those of us who...
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Posted by Nicholas Kolakowski on March 12, 2010 2:36 PM in Business Applications, Corporate, Desktop & Mobile

Microsoft's share of the smartphone operating system market tumbled 4 percent in the three-month period ending January 2010, reports analytics company ComScore, casting into doubt the abilities of Windows Mobile 6.5, released in October 2009, to be the market-share retainer that Microsoft needs until Windows Phone 7 Series, its newest smartphone OS, is released near the end of 2010.
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Posted by Larry Walsh on March 12, 2010 8:01 AM in IPS/IDS, Network Security

McAfee is apparently getting out of the unified threat management market by ending support for the SnapGear product line it inherited through the acquisition of Secure Computing. The decision leaves a pretty big hole in the McAfee portfolio and creates an opening for smaller rivals that have found success in UTMs.
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Posted by Judy Mottl on March 12, 2010 7:43 AM in Administration, Business Intelligence , Database, IBM

When it comes to data, no issue is greater than protecting privacy and confidentiality, whether it's personal or business. And a new study ranks IBM as tops when it comes to trustworthiness.
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Posted by Clint Boulton on March 12, 2010 7:30 AM in Google Buzz

The Google Buzz team March 11 said it is working on comments management and a new mute control for the social networking application in Gmail. What else would you like to see added to or subtracted from Buzz?
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Posted by Migration Expert Zone Team on March 11, 2010 5:34 PM in Windows 7, Windows Server 2008

IT types frequently need access to the settings for a server's network interface cards. So why doesn't Windows server (or Windows 7) offer an easier way to access them? Either you have to click several layers deep into the System...
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Posted by Clint Boulton on March 11, 2010 5:30 PM in Google Mobile, Google Search

Google's Product Search for Mobile with local inventory is now live for U.S. users of Google Android smartphones, Apple iPhones or Palm WebOS phones. Users searching from their mobile phones for a product sold by Best Buy, Sears, Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn or other participating retailers can look for the blue dots in the search results to see if it's available in a local store.
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Posted by Nicholas Kolakowski on March 11, 2010 4:43 PM in Corporate, Marketing, Windows 7

Bill Gates is no longer the world's richest man, according to the 2010 Forbes list of the world's billionaires, which puts the former Microsoft CEO in second place behind Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim Helu. The difference between the two men is not substantial by billionaire standards, though, and Gates publicly seems more concerned about his philanthropy work.
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Posted by Judy Mottl on March 11, 2010 3:29 PM in Administration, Business Analytics, DB2, Database, IBM, ROI, Software

When it comes to upgrading and refreshing database systems and operations, it's nice to have an idea of how much all the work and technology may save the company. Here's a handy tool for finding out the ROI when it comes to DB2.
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Posted by Ed Cone on March 11, 2010 9:20 AM in CIO, Security, The Industry

Pennsylvania's CISO was fired last week over public comments related to an alleged hack into a state system. But he should be applauded. By Tony Kontzer
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Posted by Migration Expert Zone Team on March 10, 2010 10:10 PM in Windows 7

As you might possibly have heard, most organizations weren't too excited about Windows Vista--and a sizable number elected to skip the OS altogether, instead staying the course with Windows XP. But Windows 7? That's a different story. According to Computerworld's...
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Posted by Jeff Cogswell on March 10, 2010 6:43 PM in General Development

The non-profit Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) obtains a copy of Apple's iPhone Developer Program License Agreement and finds provisions it labeled "disturbing" and "frustrating."
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Posted by Jeff Cogswell on March 10, 2010 6:42 PM in General Development

The Eclipse Foundation announces a series of moves for its Mylyn project, including a number of subprojects and support for Web services standards efforts.
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Posted by Jeff Cogswell on March 10, 2010 6:37 PM in General Development

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, with 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. Google Apps Marketplace Product Manager Chris Vander Mey told eWEEK that Google will take a 20 percent cut of application sales, recurring on subscriptions.
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Posted by Jeff Cogswell on March 10, 2010 6:35 PM in General Development

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.
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Posted by Jeff Cogswell on March 10, 2010 6:28 PM in General Development

Microsoft and Adobe are working to port Flash Player 10.1 to Internet Explorer Mobile on the Windows Phone 7 Series, according to an Adobe executive, which would allow devices running Microsoft's upcoming smartphone operating system to play rich content on a variety of Websites. Reports from February had suggested that Flash would not be supported on the first generation of Windows Phone 7 Series devices. Microsoft's hardware partners, including Hewlett-Packard, have been emphasizing their Adobe Flash support as a differentiator between their mobile products and those produced by Apple, such as the iPad and iPhone.
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Posted by Judy Mottl on March 10, 2010 5:27 PM in Administration, Database, Hardware, IBM, Oracle, Software

Is the database dragging a bit? It could be anything from network latency to application conflicts.
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Posted by Nicholas Kolakowski on March 10, 2010 5:09 PM in Advertising & Search, Corporate, Desktop & Mobile

Data from analysis company ComScore suggests that Microsoft Bing is incrementally gaining in the U.S. search engine market, along with Google, while Yahoo is falling. While that speaks positively of Bing's long-term prospects, it remains to be seen how well the search engine will fare once it expands more into international markets.
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Posted by Nicholas Kolakowski on March 10, 2010 3:12 PM in Corporate, Desktop & Mobile, Developer

Microsoft Research technical fellow Charles Thacker was named the winner of the 2009 A.M. Turing Award for his work designing the Alto, the first modern personal computer. Thacker developed the Alto at Xerox PARC (Palo Alto Research Center) in 1973, and went on to contribute to the development the Ethernet, as well as multiprocessor workstations, snooping cache coherence protocols, and tablet PCs.
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Posted by Clint Boulton on March 10, 2010 12:40 PM in Google Maps, Google Search

Google fulfilled a much-made request March 9 with the introduction of bicycle directions and bike trail data for some 12,000 miles of trails on Google Maps in the U.S. Google also added information about bike trails, lanes and recommended roads right on the map. When users zoom into a city and turn on the "Bicycling" layer through the "More" button, they'll see three different types of lines.
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Posted by Matthew Hines on March 10, 2010 8:04 AM in Data Security, Enterprise security strategy, Ethical hacking, Exploits and Attacks, Flaws, Industry events, Malware, Microsoft Windows, Online malware, Open Source, Patches, RSA Security Conference, Social engineering, Trojan attacks, Virus and Spyware, Vulnerability Research

According to a survey of IT security pros carried out at last week's RSA Security Conference, people are more concerned than ever with addressing exploitable vulnerabilities in the software programs they use.
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Posted by Matthew Hines on March 9, 2010 11:26 PM in Cisco, Corporate espionage, Cyber-war, DDoS, Data Security, Enterprise security strategy, Exploits and Attacks, Government standards, Hactivism, ID theft, ISPs, Industry events, Infrastructure security, Internet regulation, Malware, Online malware, RSA Security Conference, Regulation, e-banking fraud

Leading U.S. cyber-security practitioners and policy makers concede that little progress is being made in helping the nation address pressing matters related to electronic threats.
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Posted by Migration Expert Zone Team on March 9, 2010 10:11 PM in Security, Software

Last August we reported on an NSS Labs study that lauded Internet Explorer 8 for being the champ at blocking malware. Seven months later, the song remains the same: An updated NSS Labs study has once again shown that IE8...
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Posted by Brian Prince on March 9, 2010 6:00 PM in Rogue AV, SEO, Social engineering

More than 284 top search terms were attacked over the past week with 6,600 malicious URLs, according to SonicWall.
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Posted by Judy Mottl on March 9, 2010 3:25 PM in Administration, DB2, Database, Hardware, IBM, ROI, Software

There's a lot of action happening with database expansions and refreshes, with about 20 percent of enterprises aiming to switch out old vendor technology for new. But that doesn't happen with IBM systems, according to a new survey.
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Posted by Chris Preimesberger on March 9, 2010 2:29 PM in General

Thanks largely to perennially hot-selling items such as iPhones, iPods and iTouches -- and soon, the iPad -- the flash market is really heating up. When you see dramas unfolding like the one going on between semiconductor maker Microchip Technology...
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Posted by Clint Boulton on March 9, 2010 10:56 AM in Google Broadband, Google Creep, Google and Net Neutrality

Google is soliciting help from U.S. communities to build ultrahigh-speed broadband networks that zip 1G bit of data per second to users' computers. Cisco Systems' new CRS-3 router sounds like it could provide the backbone for such a service.
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Posted by Migration Expert Zone Team on March 8, 2010 6:32 PM in Software, Windows 7

Virtualization tool App-V's been in the news quite a bit lately, in no small part because of the recent release of version 4.6. At the recent Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) Global Summit, the Windows for Your Business blog team...
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Posted by Nicholas Kolakowski on March 8, 2010 5:11 PM in Corporate, Desktop & Mobile, Digital Lifestyle

More video and photos have leaked of what's purportedly Microsoft's Courier tablet PC, a dual-screen device that not only allows Web surfing and e-reading, but also functions like a traditional paper notebook. However, given Microsoft's oft-stated desire to play in high-volume market arenas, the eventual release of a Courier device will likely be determined by whether tablet PCs succeed as a segment, something that may be determined by the upcoming Apple iPad and its competitors.
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Posted by Judy Mottl on March 8, 2010 3:40 PM in Administration, Business Intelligence , DB2, Database, Hardware, IBM, Oracle, Software

It can be hard sometimes to separate fact from fiction, especially when Oracle's beating its drums, but as one IBM leader points out, customers just need to get the facts to get the answers they need.
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Posted by Carolyn April on March 8, 2010 3:24 PM in

When Allison Watson, vice president of Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Group, conducts a live Webcast for partners this week, the partners will be looking for one thing: Clarity.
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Posted by Clint Boulton on March 8, 2010 2:07 PM in AdWords and AdSense, Google Advertising, Google Location, Google Mobile

Steve Lee, the product manager for Google Latitude and Google Maps for Mobile, said Google is experimenting with new location-based ad formats. This includes a banner ad format that surfaces all of the local Taco Bell restaurants when users search for tacos.
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Posted by Larry Walsh on March 8, 2010 10:32 AM in Managed Security Services

While the world wants to talk about the security issues in cloud computing, StillSecure is focusing its new managed services channel effort on securing the existing data center infrastructure.
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