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Virtualization Expo Call for Papers Deadline December 15

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:00:00 EST

Delegates will leave Virtualization Expo with a full understanding of the interaction between virtual servers and the rest of the data center infrastructure. Indeed our overall aim is to ensure that all attendees leave the Jacob Javits Convention Center with abundant resources, ideas and examples they can apply immediately to leveraging Virtualization in their own corporate datacenter, on the desktop, and elsewhere. If you wish to submit a speaking proposal for the 8th Virtualization Expo, April 19–21, 2010, then you can do so right here

Cloud Expo New York Call for Papers Deadline December 15

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:45:00 EST

Cloud computing is a game changer. The cloud is disrupting traditional software and hardware business models by disrupting how IT service gets delivered. Entrepreneurial opportunities abound as this classic disruptive technology begins to proliferate, so it is no surprise that SYS-CON's industry-leading International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo series is going from strength to strength.

XML Gateways, SOA and Cloud Computing

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:15:00 EST

Layer 7 Technologies, a security and governance company for SOA and Cloud Computing, announced the general availability of the Layer 7 Enterprise Service Manager (ESM). Fully embedded within each SecureSpan Gateway, the ESM allows organizations to address critical service and administration requirements from a single, central location. SecureSpan customers can now simplify operations management across the enterprise and into the cloud by centrally provisioning globally distributed datacenters, implementing disaster recovery initiatives, remotely maintaining/updating systems and managing the policy lifecycle – all from a single Web-based dashboard.

SOA Appliance for Cloud Computing

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:45:00 EST

Web services-based Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) enable communication via ubiquitous standards such as XML and SOAP. To foster efficient, effective message exchange and satisfy increasing user demands for real-time, aggregated information from internal and external business partners, trust must be established among all entities. Comprehensive mediation, authentication, and authorization of identity exchange among customer and partner portals, Web applications, and XML-based Web services provide the business with a simplified, coherent model for identity management and build the pillars of Federated SOA.

So Long, Neelie

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:00:00 EST

Europe’s antitrust chief Neelie Kroes, who has dunned two of America’s largest and most influential companies, both paeans to capitalism, a small fortune during her term in office, is going to be replaced. She was a candidate for reappointment to what is considered a great portfolio but didn’t get the job again. Described as “extraordinary, prickly, focused, like hugging barbed wire,” she came to power five years ago on a thin private-sector resume and has been over-compensating ever since for the fear that she would be seen as weak.

Move Over BI, Here Comes PI - Performance Intelligence

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:30:00 EST

"As companies such as MySpace continue to expand the richness of their site, the big thing is trying to seek a higher level of customer experience by replicating "beyond capacity" in a test environment, so that a company can see what it is exactly that they will need when traffic surges to peak levels and beyond, so that they know the "risk points" of their own success," Tom Lounibos, CEO of SOASTA, told SYS-CON's Jeremy Geelan in an interview with Cloud Computing Journal on the day that SOASTA announced a significant test of the newly launched MySpace Music Videos hub using the Cloud.

Berlin Is The Place To Be in February - at iStrategy 2010

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST

With ever-changing media consumption patterns and the rapid growth of mobile web, social networking, behavioral targeting, vodcasting, email marketing, and viral marketing it can be tough for any company to stay ahead of the competition. Which is why the organizers of iStrategy 2010, to be held 9-10th February 2010 in Berlin, have created the event as an annual gathering for Business, Marketing, Business Development, IT and Creative professionals involved in all aspects of online media and strategic management positions.

Instant Professionalism Online Despite Yourself...with Ulitzer

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:45:00 EST

I read an article by an author on Ulitzer.com and was amazed at the professional image it provided him. I immediately researched Ulitzer to see if there was yet hope for me. I am a technology blogger on the subject of mobile computing strategies. As I was doing research I came across the author Ian Thain, a fellow mobile computing blogger, who had a very professional website on Ulitzer (www.ulitzer.com). Professional envy motivated me to investigate this thing called Ulitzer. Ian's website looked like he had spent a great deal of time and money on it - all things I am short on.

Madoff Programmers Busted

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:15:00 EST

Two Madoff computer programmers who authorities say made the whole decades-long $65 billion Ponzi scheme possible were arrested Friday and brought up on criminal charges of conspiracy, falsifying the books and records of a broker-dealer and falsifying the books and records of an investment advisor. The SEC, which never tumbled to the ripoff before Madoff up and confessed last December, added civil charges.

Intel to Industry: Nothing’s Changed

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:00:00 EST

Despite agreeing to pay AMD $1.25 billion in hush money, which sounds like an admission of guilt, Intel claims it’s done nothing wrong and never did – and such a position is memorialized in the 20-page deal it signed with AMD Wednesday. Intel CEO Paul Otellini claims it would have been improvident for Intel to risk losing the complex, nuanced AMD antitrust case that was supposed to go trial in March.

Intel Market Share Up a Snip

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:45:00 EST

This may not be the best time to mention this – given New York’s antitrust suit – but Intel’s share of PC processors was up marginally year-over-year in Q3 from 81.2% to 81.5% according to Mercury Research and AMD gained a tenth of point year-over-year to 17.8%, but lost 0.7% sequentially. Between the two of them they’ve got 99.3% of the market.

Version 3 of SCHEMA ST4 With Significantly Expanded Features

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:00:00 EST

The new version of SCHEMA ST4 features several highlights, among them the possibility for unified presentation of technical documentation, a new product information management (PIM) module, and more flexibility for the layout of text and graphical elements. In addition, this XML-based editing and content management system now offers extended reporting functionality, allowing users to uncover hidden potential for content reuse. The fully automated conversion of graphics is another option that has been added to the extended features of the new SCHEMA ST4. The software now supports the new EPUB format for the easy display of documentation on mobile devices. SCHEMA GmbH is presenting the new version of SCHEMA ST4 at the tekom annual conference, November 4-6 2009 in Wiesbaden (hall 1, booth 114).

Ex-AMD CEO, Like Top IBM Guy, Source of Insider Information: Reports

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:45:00 EDT

Hector Ruiz, then CEO of AMD, was the unidentified source of material information that the busted Galleon ring traded on, according to the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg. He’s even higher up the totem pole than Robert Moffat, the head of IBM servers and storage who was arrested and charged on October 16 along with five other co-conspirators in what the government called the biggest case of insider trading involving a hedge fund in history

Cloud Computing Journal Continues To Publish World's Best Cloud Analysts

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:00:00 EDT

Only one publication in the world has been tracking Cloud Computing 24x7 since December 6, 2006, when we first mentioned the concept in an article: Cloud Computing Journal. Since then worldwide interest in the Cloud paradigm of massively scalable IT resources and capabilities delivered as a service using Internet technologies has been mushrooming at a breakneck pace.

Are You Comfortable With Where Your Data Sleeps at Night?

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:45:00 EDT

Why is cloud computing relevant today from an economic, business and technology standpoint? What are some potential benefits – and pitfalls – of moving to the cloud? What should you look for in a cloud computing provider to ensure the security of your data and applications? And above all how can you manage the cloud so you – and your data – sleep safe and secure? In an October 8 Live Webcast and Interview from Times Square, Sam Gross, vice president, Global Information Technology Outsourcing Solutions, Unisys Corporation, will answer these questions and more.

Game-Changing Innovations and the Evolving SOA Appliance

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:30:00 EDT

"Virtualizing hardware appliances is pretty tough, it's pretty much impossible," says Intel’s Blake Dournaee in this informative and forward-looking webinar currently screening on SYS-CON.TV. Co-presenting with Oracle’s Vikas Jain, the webinar discusses three game-changing innovations. So if you want to learn about new B2B security threats like "XML bombs" - and about what's different about Cloud Computing when it comes to service mediation - make sure to view this video today.

Comodo Innovations at SC World Congress October 13 and 14

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:45:00 EDT

Comodo Group, a leader in Internet security, will exhibit its products at SC World Congress, a trade show for Information Technology Professionals, in New York City on October 13 and 14. The Comodo companies are leading global providers of Identity and Trust Assurance services on the Internet. Comodo branded solutions include a comprehensive array of PKI Digital Certificates, eCommerce Acceleration and Infrastructure Security, and Network Vulnerability Scanning and PCI compliance services.

Can Companies With Less, Do More? Ballmer Thinks Yes

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:00:00 EDT

"For years, we've talked about how information technology enables companies to do more with less," writes Microsoft supremo Steve Ballmer in his latest "Executive Email" to Microsoft customers and analysts. "But during this economic reset," Ballmer continues, "IT provides business leaders with the answer to a slightly different question: read more

Cloud CEOs, CTOs & SVPs to Speak at 4th International Cloud Computing Expo

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:15:00 EDT

What do the following industry executives have in common: the CTOs of Citrix, EMC and Sybase, the Founders of ParaScale and CloudSwitch, the CEOs of Zetta and Kaavo, the Chief Security Architect at Sun, the President of Hubspan and the Chairman of NComputing? The answer is that, along with another 100 or so experienced and industry-savvy speakers, they are all members of the distinguished Speaker Faculty at the upcoming 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, which is co-located with the 7th International Virtualization Conference & Expo at the Santa Clara Convention Center, November 2-4, 2009.

Vordel Connects SOA to the Cloud

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:15:00 EDT

Vordel, the XML networking management company, today announced at the Burton Catalyst Conference the general availability of Vordel 5.2, its suite of application networking products. Vordel 5.2 enables enterprises to connect their applications to Cloud services such as Amazon Web Services, SalesForce.com, and Microsoft Azure. Vordel benefits enterprises by resolving the complexity of connecting SOA and Cloud-based services and providing a secure and transparent environment for this process.

KonaKart v4.1.0.0 Released

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:15:00 EDT

DS Data Systems UK Ltd. is pleased to announce the release of KonaKart v4.1.0.0, a Java-based eCommerce shopping cart application that provides an extensive set of features to enable retailers to successfully sell their products over the Internet. KonaKart is a Java / JSP / XML based solution with easy-to-use Java APIs and a SOAP Web Service interface that allow you to quickly integrate eCommerce functionality into your existing systems.

SOA World Magazine "Readers' Choice Awards" Nominations Close Sept 4

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:30:00 EDT

SYS-CON’s SOA World Magazine announced today that nominations will close on September 4 for the SOA World Magazine Readers' Choice Awards. These awards recognize excellence in the software, solutions, or services provided by the industry's top vendors. Voting will begin on September 7 and end October 23, 2009. Winners will be announced the week of November 2-4, 2009. To nominate your favorite products and services today, visit this site.

SOA World Magazine’s 8th Annual "Readers' Choice Awards" Nominations Open

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:45:00 EDT

SYS-CON’s SOA World Magazine announced today that nominations are now open for the SOA World Magazine Readers' Choice Awards, which recognize excellence in the software, solutions, or services provided by the industry's top vendors. SYS-CON's Readers' Choice Awards, also known as the "Oscars of the Software Industry," has been one of the most prestigious industry award programs for more than a decade.

XPath Support in Oracle JDeveloper 11g

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:45:00 EDT

XML documents can be used to transfer data. The data in an XML document can be retrieved either with the JAXP (Java API for XML Processing) DOM and SAX APIs, or with the JAXP XPath API. Addressing an XML document with XPath has the advantage of selecting a single node directly without iterating over a node set. In this article, we’ll explore XPath support in Oracle JDeveloper-XDK 11g.

ZapThink Announces SOA Training in Chicago

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:15:00 EDT

ZapThink today announces the opening of registration for its four-day Licensed ZapThink Architect (LZA) Boot Camp, providing in-depth, hands-on training and certification on Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and taught by notable SOA expert Jason Bloomberg. The LZA SOA Boot Camp will run from September 21-24, 2009 in Chicago, IL

Microsoft Word Ordered Off the U.S. Market

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:15:00 EDT

A Texas judge Tuesday issued a permanent injunction prohibiting Microsoft from selling any Microsoft Word products in the U.S. that “have the capability of opening .XML, .DOCX or DOCM files (XML files) containing custom XML.” Microsoft, which means to appeal, must comply with the injunction within 60 days.

Advantage Futures Doubles Its Colocation Space with Telx in Chicago

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:08:13 EDT

Telx, one of the largest domestic interconnection and colocation data center operators, announced today that Advantage Futures, a leading futures brokerage firm, has expanded its network footprint by 100 percent in Telx’s facility in 350 East Cermak Street in downtown Chicago. The company now uses approximately 520 square feet of space for application servers, data storage and network-based equipment.

Multiple Critical Security Issues in XML Libraries

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:30:00 EDT

Codenomicon discovered the vulnerabilities in early 2009 as part of the development of a new product for XML testing. When XML libraries were subjected to tests, multiple vulnerabilities were quickly identified in parsing XML data. The vulnerabilities could be exploited by enticing a user to open a specifically crafted XML file, or by submitting malicious requests to web services that handle XML content. The impact of the discovered vulnerabilities varies from denial-of-service attacks to potential execution of malicious code on affected systems. After the vulnerabilities had been found, Codenomicon worked together with CERT-FI (Finnish National Computer Emergency Response Team) to coordinate the remediation of the found issues with the affected vendors. In addition to Sun, Apache, and Python, a few other projects are expected to announce their fixes at a later time.

ZapThink Announces Release of Online, Computer-Based SOA Training

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:30:00 EDT

ZapThink today announces the availability of its online, computer-based Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Licensed ZapThink Architect (LZA) training and credentialing course. In this first-of-its-kind offering, attendees can get access to over 20 hours of self-paced video instruction and slides, online testing and evaluation, and opportunity to submit architectural exercises to ZapThink master architects for grading and assessment. Upon completion of the online course, attendees will receive the same LZA Credential that they would receive if they attended one of ZapThink’s popular in-person training events.

Progress DataDirect Launches Summer School Program for Software Developers

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:00:00 EDT

Progress DataDirect, the data infrastructure division of Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS) and provider of premium, vendor-independent, data access and integration technologies for any data source, platform or operating environment, today announced the Data Integration Summer School program. The free, self-paced, online classroom experience offers software architects powerful resources to design strategic and tactical integration applications and provides a jump start for developers using the Progress® DataDirect® Data Integration Suite within the enterprise.

Obituary for John T. Rettaliata

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 11:00:00 EDT

John T. Rettaliata, president of the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) for 21 years and member of Dwight D. Eisenhower's National Aeronautics and Space Council, the predecessor to NASA, died on Saturday at the age of 97. Rettaliata became president of IIT in 1952 at the age of 40 -- the youngest IIT president to date and, at the time, the youngest chief executive of a scientific school in the United States. During his twenty-one-year tenure, he initiated an ambitious fundraising effort that secured a $20 million annual budget, saw the main campus built, added the Chicago-Kent College of Law, founded the Stuart Graduate School of Business and lead IIT to become the largest and one of the most prominent engineering schools in the United States.

Original Software Offers ‘Escape’ For Borland and Compuware Customers

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:52:00 EDT

Original Software, the Application Quality Management (AQM) vendor, today announced a swap-out promotion for customers of the soon to be engulfed companies, who face uncertainty in the future of their legacy product roadmaps. Original Software offers market-leading AQM solutions that span the application development life-cycle from requirements, planning and management to complete automated regression testing, including unique solutions for manual testing and test data management.

Abdulhayoglu: Avoiding Porn and Gambling Not Enough to Avoid Infection

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:45:00 EDT

"People who should know better think that by avoiding porn and gambling sites, they can avoid getting malware on their computers," said Melih Abdulhayoglu, CEO and President of Comodo. "Not today." All Internet users should protect their computers and other users by installing and maintaining antivirus and firewall software such as Comodo Internet Security.

TIBCO Achieves Prestigious Swift EAI Certification for Eighth Consecutive Year

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:45:00 EDT

TIBCO's SWIFT-certified solution for SWIFTNet provides a comprehensive integration platform that helps organizations automate the processing of complex SWIFTNet transactions. This approach bridges the gap between internal back-office systems and SWIFTNet to help ensure customers' financial transactions on the SWIFT network are more efficient and secure. TIBCO provides connectivity to both SWIFT Alliance Access (SAA) and SWIFT Alliance Gateway (SAG) and enables the bi-directional routing of transactions to and from applications across the enterprise.

SOA Zombies Gathering in Boston: July 23, 2009

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 08:45:00 EDT

Is SOA Dead? If so, then watch out, because SOA zombies are getting together to network at ZapThink's ZapForum Boston "Night of the Living SOA Dead" on Thursday, July 23, 2009 at MJ O'Connor's Bar in Boston, Massachusetts. At the event, a few dozen SOA pundits, peers, colleagues, competitors, and will join in a panel on SOA's future all the while encouraging networking, drinks, food, and a hearty debate on the topic of SOA's long life ahead with a panel of distinguished guests on the topic of SOA. Guests, Experts, and Pundits in attendance include Anne Thomas Manes, Jason Bloomberg, Dana Gardner, Brenda Michelson, Sandy Rogers, David Chappell, Thomas C. Burns, and Ronald Schmelzer. Cost is $29 to attend, network, and drink and eat as much as you can -- although eating brains is discouraged.

Software AG Announces IDS Scheer AG Takeover Offer

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:15:00 EDT

The term and conditions of the offer for outstanding shares will be detailed in the offer document. The offer is subject to the approval of the relevant antitrust authorities. Prof. Scheer, the founder and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of IDS Scheer AG, and Prof. Pocsay, co-founder and Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of IDS Scheer AG, have committed themselves to accepting the offer for all of their IDS Scheer shares.

International Symposium Shows That All Paths Lead to PDF/A

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:48:00 EDT

(Berlin) Just under 220 attendees from 13 countries, high-powered keynote speakers, fascinating user reports and T-Systems as the 100th member: the third International PDF/A Conference was a complete success for the PDF/A Competence Center. This year’s event demonstrated once more the growing importance of PDF/A. International projects show that this format for long-term archiving is finding acceptance worldwide. As PDF/A becomes more established, the PDF/A Competence Center membership continues to increase. The association was pleased to welcome T-Systems at the symposium as its 100th member.

Log Search As-a-Service Arrives

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:15:00 EDT

I was impressed with Paglo when they first came out, and the additional services -- now extending to capture and search of expansive sets of IT assets and other metadata on their performance -- makes it a powerful tool for the cloud era.

Dr. Leslie Lenert of CDC Speaks on Healthcare IT

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:00:00 EDT

During this week's Federal News Radio Federal Executive Forum pre-recording, Dr. Leslie Lenert, Director, National Center for Public Health Informatics (NCPHI) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), shared some of his thoughts on the future of health care information technology. His comments included the following:

Third Party Integrations Should Be An Integral Part of Product Plans

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:17:00 EDT

Security requirements of enterprises are varied, and contrary to the one-stop-shop movement, enterprises still buy security products from multiple vendors. While some enterprises do it as a part of an IT plan, most companies end-up with disparate products due to niche needs, acquisitions, etc. In this environment of multiple security products, the customer is typically left holding the ‘integrator bag’. Most security products do not interoperate or integrate with others in the infrastructure, leading to operational nightmares, and may undermine the very problem they are trying to solve by creating security gaps. All security companies, big and small, need to realize that they are neither the first, nor will they be the last security product in the customer environment, and make an earnest effort to use standards-based or published APIs to integrate and interoperate with other security and infrastructure solutions. (Also read recent blog “Security Teams Must Take Control of Virtual Networks.”) Initially at Altor Networks our own product features dominated the product plan. As we spoke with customers, we realized that the integrations they requested to address current pain would add tremendous value to both our own and our partners’ products. The first integration we brought to market was the ability to extend the hardware IDP solution into the virtualized server environment. This benefited the customer in many ways – a) leverage customers’ current investment in IDS systems, b) avoid bogging-down the virtual server with a resource-intensive IDS operation that slows down virtualized applications, c) re-gain visibility into the virtual switching layer that they lost with virtualization, d) ensure there are no security gaps since all intrusion detection and subsequent action work-flow operated seamlessly, e) bring virtualized applications back into compliance. Building upon the success of the IDS integration, we added further integration points such as Netflow (Juniper (NASDAQ: JNPR), Riverbed (NASDAQ: RVBD) , NetQoS, and Q1 Labs) and Syslog export to deliver a comprehensive, centralized, view of the data center (Juniper, ArcSight (NASDAQ: ARST), and Q1 Labs). In today’s climate of aggressive product schedules and diminishing resources, companies that include 3rd Party Integrations as part of their product plan ensure long-term value for their customers' success by supporting a vision for cohesive security solutions.