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IBM continues push for Sun, but will the deal kill Solaris?

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:08:12 GMT2009-04-02T21:08:12Z

The high-stakes, but still under-the covers battle by IBM to take over Sun Microsystems is still in play, but IBM may be rethinking what it is willing to pay for the enterprise vendor.

Longjump puts SaaS inside IT shops

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:35:06 GMT2009-04-02T18:35:06Z

Platform-as-a-service provider Longjump announced this week that its on-demand Business Applications Platform can now be licensed and used within a customer's four walls.

Bill would give feds role in private sector cybersecurity

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:52:05 GMT2009-04-02T14:52:05Z

Two U.S. senators are proposing legislation that would give federal officials significant new authority to create and enforce data security standards both for government agencies and key parts of the private sector.

World's most efficient supercomputer gets to work

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:24:21 GMT2009-04-02T11:24:21Z

Satellite launches are a noisy affair especially for the satellite atop the rocket. Vibration and noise, unless compensated, could render it useless before it reaches orbit so researchers spend a lot of time on complex computer simulations that help them insulate the delicate craft. Now those simulations are about to get much more accurate thanks to a new supercomputer that began work this week in Japan.

Rackable buying SGI for $25 million

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:39:50 GMT2009-04-01T23:39:50Z

Rackable Systems said Wednesday it plans to buy the assets of bankrupt SGI (Silicon Graphics) for roughly $25 million in cash, and will also assume certain liabilities.

Forrester now says '09 U.S. IT spend to drop 3.1 percent

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:20:17 GMT2009-04-01T15:20:17Z

Forrester Research is now predicting that U.S. IT spending will drop by 3.1 percent this year, shattering its previous projection of a 1.6 percent increase.

Alcatel shows off IP core for LTE networks

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:28:25 GMT2009-04-01T13:28:25Z

Alcatel-Lucent on Wednesday was set to introduce its Evolved Packet Core (EPC), a set of network components that will help to power the LTE network of Verizon Wireless and other mobile operators.

Skype shows BlackBerry, iPhone applications

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:05:41 GMT2009-04-01T13:05:41Z

Skype unveiled its iPhone and BlackBerry applications at the CTIA Wireless trade show on Tuesday, taking its VoIP capability into the inner sanctum of mobile operators that still depend on voice minutes for most of their revenue.

Gartner: IT spending drop-off worse than after dot-com bust

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:45:33 GMT2009-03-31T19:45:33Z

Global IT spending is expected to decline nearly 4 percent in 2009 over the previous year as industry watchers confirm the current recession will see more losses than the dot-com bust in 2001, Gartner reports.

Fake security software scammers jump on Conficker

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:46:16 GMT2009-03-31T13:46:16Z

Google's search rankings are being stuffed with links to fake security software that purports to remove Conficker, a widespread worm that's currently the Internet's No. 1 security threat, but doesn't.

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