Baseline articles from November 2007

Baseline archives from November 2007

5 Surefire Tips for Smooth Disaster Recovery.
November 5, 2007... Major disasters in the news have a way of triggering worrisome thoughts about business continuity in the minds of many IT professionals. No doubt the fires in Southern California over the past two weeks reminded more than a few people about the...

Leopard App Casualty List Grows.
November 5, 2007... The list of applications that Apple's new Mac OS X Leopard operating system cripples or kills is growing. Heise Security--which on Oct. 29 warned that Leopard's firewall is deactivated upon installation--on Nov. 5 reported that maybe it's...

Google Charges for Cell Phones.(Brief article)
November 7, 2007... Google and a consortium of 33 developer partners announced their intentions to bring a new application-friendly operating system to cell phones, breaking the tight reigns of the wireless carriers and equipment manufactures on these ubiquitous...

14 Delivery Models Transforming IT.(Information Technology)
November 7, 2007... The technology prognosticators at Gartner say the convergence of new IT delivery models will fundamentally transform the way businesses consume and interact with IT within the next three to five years. "In and of themselves, discretely...

Boeing Scrubs New Jet's Takeoff.
November 7, 2007... Boeing, which only a year ago was cruising smoothly through design, development and early manufacturing of its new 787 Dreamliner commercial aircraft, has hit some heavy turbulence. Just months before the first 787 was to roll out off the...

IBM and Lawson Target Vertical SMBs.
November 7, 2007... IBM and Lawson Software Nov. 7 expanded a North American reseller agreement to focus on specific vertical markets in Germany, a move that could spread throughout Europe and Latin America. Under the expanded agreement, IBM will co-design,...

HP Plans to Upgrade Its Integrity Line.
November 8, 2007... Hewlett-Packard, which has been the main backer of Intel's Itanium processors, is planning to refresh its entire line of Integrity servers with the new Itanium 9100 series processors, the Palo Alto, Calif., company announced Nov. 8. Since...

Being a NAC Slacker Costs Big Bucks.
November 8, 2007... If you don't do Network Access Control right, not only will your network still be full of holes, but you'll wind up paying more than the company down the road that did it right and has shrunk unauthorized network access to zilch. Doing NAC...

Intel Poised to Enter New Era with Penryn.
November 11, 2007... Intel is ready to enter the 45-nanometer era. As Intel CEO Paul Otellini detailed in his opening remarks at the 2007 Developer Forum, the company will bring its Penryn family of 45-nanometer processors to market Nov. 12. The official...

Tesco Launches U.S. Invasion.
November 12, 2007... British retailer Tesco opened its first chain of neighborhood convenience stores outside Los Angeles this week, as it attempts to gain a major foothold in one of the world's most competitive markets. Cracking the U.S. market won't be easy,...

No Mobile Security Training at Most Businesses.
November 12, 2007... Story Highlights: *80 percent of businesses allow users to carry data outside the corporate network or access data remotely *68 percent of businesses haven't implemented end users mobile security training *10 percent of businesses...

Google Sued Over Patent by Northeastern University.(Company overview)
November 12, 2007... SAN FRANCISCO--Google faces a federal patent infringement lawsuit by Northeastern University over technology used in its core Web search system, according to legal papers filed last week. The complaint was filed on Nov. 6 in Marshall, in...

IBM to Buy Cognos for $5 Billion.
November 12, 2007... NEW YORK (Reuters)--IBM said on Monday that it would buy Canadian business intelligence software company Cognos Inc for $5 billion, following a wave of acquisitions in the industry. Investors had expected the deal, which represents a 9.5...

HP Tacks On More Virtualization and Power Tools.
November 12, 2007... Hewlett-Packard wants to make it easier to manage a data center full of blades. At the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco Nov. 12, HP executives will detail updates to its BladeSystem C-class infrastructure that include new ways...

Is Cognos Worth $5 Billion?
November 12, 2007... IBM's purchase of Cognos and Oracle's pursuit of BEA Systems is a reflection of the anticipated demand by enterprises and SMB companies for business intelligence software. Businesses of all sizes are turning to advanced business...

Promoting IT Careers Is Key Concern for IBM User Group.
November 12, 2007... Hiring and retention remain top concerns for CIOs. Share, an IBM user group for enterprise customers, is trying to find ways to encourage students to enroll--and stay enrolled--in computer science majors and keep young mainframe professionals...

Retailers on Shopping Spree for New Software.
November 12, 2007... STORY HIGHLIGHTS: *85 percent of all retail purchasing decisions are made at the store shelf *Retailers are expected to spend $10.4 billion on software by 2011 *76 percent of retail software implementation will be hosted at a...

Let Oil Prices Rise.
November 13, 2007... Oil is pushing $100 per barrel and will likely pass the century mark this week. The national average for a gallon of gasoline is already above $3 (and rising). With increasing fuel costs come price hikes in commodity products--food, raw...

IT Planner: 5 Steps to Unified Communications.
November 13, 2007... Unified communications is one of those technology terms that means different things to different people. Nonetheless, it is ultimately a driver for better business processes. Properly implemented, unified communications, or UC for short,...

PLM Makes Jimmy Johnson Go Fast.
November 14, 2007... Jimmie Johnson, a shoo-in with an 86-point lead, is expected to win his second consecutive NASCAR Nextel Cup Championship at the Ford 400 in Miami this Sunday. The tens of thousands of fans who attend the race, plus millions more who tune in to...

Dell's Instable Acquisition Engine.
November 16, 2007... Michael Dell--the founder of the company that bears his name--is on a huge spending spree. This week along, Dell made two major acquisitions--buying storage vendor EqualLogic for $1.4 billion and software as a service vendor Everdream for an...

Unbreakable British Cipher Cracked in 46 Seconds.
November 19, 2007... A German amateur radio operator defeated one of United Kingdom's greatest weapons against the Nazi's and trumped an instrument that help win World War II. Joachim Schueth of Bonn used a self-written application to crack the Churchill-era code...

SAP's Growing SMB Footprint.
November 19, 2007... Lately SAP AG has been selling boatloads of ERP software to the SMB market. In fact, SAP has more than 25,000 SMB customers in the U.S. Today, almost two-thirds of the German ERP vendor's customers and nearly one-third of its $14.6 billion...

Make Al Gore Proud: Go Green!
November 19, 2007... As oil pushes toward $100 per barrel, CIOs have come under scrutiny for a new reason: rising electricity consumption for powering and cooling the data center. By some estimates, the cost of powering a server or storage array is three times the...

4 Steps to Prevent Project Failure.
November 19, 2007... It's a lament many CIOs hear all too often from business managers: "Why can't you start on my project right now? Why do I have to wait?" With IT project backlogs at some organizations running six to 18 months-or even longer-there's good reason....

Superior Planning Leads to Big Wins.
November 19, 2007... Two sporting events I watched this weekend held a subtle, related interest for me in their planning and execution and their similarity to product lifecycle management (PLM) software: Jimmie Johnson's win of his second consecutive NASCAR...

Vista Migration Scaring Off IT Pros.
November 19, 2007... Now more than a year out of the business gate, Microsoft's Vista operating system is having trouble making friends in the exact place it needs them the most--the IT department. When asked, rather than express excitement over Vista's...

Nokia Siemens Pledges 40% Power Consumption Reduction.
November 20, 2007... Europe may lead the way again in cell phone technology by making the ubiquitous networks more energy efficient and environmentally friendly. Nokia Siemens Networks is committed to cutting the power consumption of its mobile base stations up to...

High-Tech Marketing Marks Black Friday, Cyber Monday.
November 20, 2007... Shoppers are expected to set their alarms early Friday morning to hit the stores in droves, but they'll also find a few goodies waiting for them in their e-mail inboxes, too. In what has been an increasing trend in recent years, online...

Cyber Monday No Longer a Marketing Gimmick.
November 26, 2007... Despite a weak dollar, high cost of oil and growing economic doubts, retailers reported a robust year-over-year sales increase greater than 8 percent for the first holiday shopping weekend of the season. The early success is giving many...

Software Watchdogs Target Small Businesses.
November 26, 2007... The Business Software Alliance is predominantly targeting small businesses who cannot afford to fend off enforcement actions, according to an Associated Press analysis. BSA, an organization backed by industry heavyweights such as Microsoft,...

Employees Take Greater Risks at Work Than Home.
November 26, 2007... Most people consider themselves prudent when it comes to workplace activities, but actions speak louder than words--especially when it comes to computer security. A large gap exists between what employees say about computer security and...

Security Threats Plague Cyber Monday.
November 26, 2007... More than half of America's office workers will be using their company's resources to shop online this holiday season, and the madness begins today--the day the retail industry has dubbed Cyber Monday. Just as Black Friday marks the first...

Autonomic Computing Is Here, and It Works.
November 26, 2007... Reaffirming its commitment to developing enterprise systems with self-healing and self-managing capabilities, IBM recently released a slate of new and updated Tivoli products with enhanced autonomic computing features. Autonomic computing...

Internet Blackouts Predicted by 2010.
November 26, 2007... In his book "The World is Flat," Thomas Friedman describes over investment in fiber optics and global networking leveled the playing field between the first and third worlds, leading to the rise of the offshore development and outsourcing...

Google Apps Sparks Spontaneous Innovation.
November 26, 2007... What happens when you give users a flexible, easy-to-use software productivity package that's delivered as a service? As Capgemini discovered: spontaneous innovation. Following its deal to support its Google Apps Premium Edition, Capgemini...

Five Legit Business Reasons for Buying an iPod.
November 26, 2007... If you spent the weekend at the mall, you no doubt encountered the array of new Apple iPods--Nano (multiple colors available), Touch, Classic and, of course, the iPhone--plus a multitude of other MP3 players and their assorted accessories....

Cyber Monday Brings Cash Flood.
November 27, 2007... It may have begun as a gimmick a few years ago, but Cyber Monday has developed into a bona fide retailing phenomenon. Online retailers reported heavy traffic on their Web sites Monday, driven by a wide range of special deals including...

How to Measure IT's Business Value.
November 28, 2007... For as long as there has been computers, servers and software, CIOs and IT managers have struggled to quantify the value they add to their businesses. In "Business Value: The Future Yardstick of IT Performance," The Hackett Group outlined four...

Security Breach Costs Jump 30%.
November 28, 2007... The cost of recovering from a single data breach now averages $6.3 million-that's up 31 percent since 2006 and nearly 90 percent since 2005, according to the Ponemon Institute, which studies privacy and information management. Two-thirds...

Super Fast and Super Green.
November 28, 2007... Can the world's most powerful computers also be green? That was the underlying question behind a new ranking of the world's supercomputers which compares the number of floating-operations they can perform per second versus the amount of energy...

Fewer Vacancies at Large Companies.
November 29, 2007... Thirty-two percent of companies with more than 10,000 employees expect to hire fewer workers during the next 12 months, according to a new survey of 180 senior executives and managers worldwide. The survey, conducted by NFI Research, a...