Clients should keep an eye on Satyam's ongoing problems such as high attrition, cultural differences between the new management and old Satyam staffers, and risks arising from the unavailability of the company's audited financials, Forrester said in a report.
Read more..Microsoft in the past years suffered several injuries during the browser battles, but the software giant could be looking to save face with IE 9. Industry watchers expect Microsoft to reveal details about IE 9 at its MIX10 design and developers conference in Las Vegas.
Only the Windows versions of Opera contain the vulnerability; users can protect their PCs until a patch is issued by making sure that DEP (data execution prevention) and ASLR (address space layout randomization) are enabled.
Read more..According to HP, MicroJet built at least some of its ink cartridges using printheads stolen from the American firm's Singapore factory or from trucks that were hijacked on the way to a Malaysian assembly plant.
Read more..Kaspersky Pure, as the company has named it, looks like an 'expert user' product that offers the simple convenience of a wide range of security-related tools in one integrated suite.
Read more..The products, covering a range of capabilities and prices, are intended to let businesses quickly set up secure, managed cellular wireless connections.
Cisco announced a major upgrade to its Internet core router, which is designed to serve as the foundation of the next-generation Internet and support growth of video transmission, mobile devices and new online services through this decade and beyond.
Read more..Not everyone is interested in upgrading to Windows 7 -- at least not right away. Computerworld 's survey respondents who said they have no plans to upgrade reported that they just don't see enough benefit, particularly in these tough economic times , to warrant the cost of migration.
Read more..By creating a highly virtualised environment, the eX5 systems can give users a flexible, highly scalable system that can reduce the number of servers needed by half, cut storage costs by 97 per cent and licensing fees by 50 per cent.
Vmax Telecom, a WiMax network operator in Taipei, has put mobile Internet devices (MIDs) inside 1000 cabs from the M-Taxi company to offer free Mobile WiMax wireless services.
Read more..Panda found that the phone contained three malware programs: a client for the now-defunct Mariposa botnet, the Conficker worm as well as a password stealer for the Lineage game.
Read more..This time, IT organizations say, it looks like Microsoft has finally delivered the goods. And just in time. About 80% of IT organizations didn't move forward with Vista, according to Gartner Inc.
Prices that are too low can lead outsourcing vendors to issue more change orders for work they claim is beyond the scope of the original contract. Bargain basement prices can also push vendors to replace skilled staff with lower-cost personnel and innovate less.
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A survey found that Macs were cheaper in six of seven computer management categories: troubleshooting, help desk calls, system configuration, user training and supporting infrastructure (servers, networks and printer).
EMC's new Celerra Plug-Ins for VMware Environments adds several new capabilities, including an automated failback process for VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager software.
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The particular unified communications technologies that Pepsi Bottling Ventures implemented include instant messaging, a click-to-dial system, desktop videoconferencing and unified voice mail capabilities. The new tools are winning praise from end users for improving worker efficiency.
A number of former Sun Microsystems employees who worked on Drizzle, an offshoot of the MySQL open-source database, have ended up at cloud infrastructure provider Rackspace, where they will continue their efforts.
Read more..Return rates for Linux netbooks were much higher than for their Windows counterparts, and most netbooks today are sold with some version of Windows, not Linux.
Read more..Downloadable from the Android Web page, the NDK features compilers, linkers and other technologies to generate native ARM libraries on Linux, Mac OS X and Windows platforms.
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It took one ERP implementation and a series of crises for Sanjay Jain to realize the secrets of project success.
You can get data classification right, but still end up with wrong information or data that’s not in the form your business users want. And then you would not have done a great job.
Work-life balance doesn’t have to be a tightrope walk, as the CIO of the world’s third-largest spirit’s company tells you. Work with a merged calendar, he says. "It helps me ensure that no clashes — like birthdays — take place".
