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Cisco Rethinks Enterprise 2.0 Security at RSA 2011
Cisco’s Security Technology Business Unit VP and general manager Tom Gillis had a keynote yesterday in the RSA conference, where he discussed how “it’s time to rethink the entire system.” He noted this in context to today’s increased endpoint customization and virtualization usage, which, according to him, requires totally new security models. He highlighted how ...
Online Users Search for Health Information: Big Data to the Rescue
One of the greatest benefits to current big data trends is how it can help us all become healthier individuals. When it comes to healthcare, managing and sharing big data makes it easier for us to find the information we need, and also strives to make healthcare institutions more efficient in their patient care and evaluation methods. ...
RSA 2011: The Private Sector Armors Up, Adresses Cloud Security
This year’s RSA conference brought with it two major news breaks concerning IT and the cloud as a whole, starting with the military and deputy secretary of defense William Lynn. CNET notes that Lynn proposed in his keynote that the military should extend its technological shields, what the secretary referred to as “active defenses,” ...
MapQuest Takes on Android, but Can it Beat Google Maps?
The AOL-owned MapQuest today launched a new and free Android app, finally extending its support beyond iOS. The app features everything the iPhone version does, with the exception of a couple new features, all of which represent a serious development case for MapQuest. That includes OpenStreetMap (OSM) data, which extends the mobile MapQuest database to ...
The Publishing Revolution: Google, Apple Now Leading the Charge
The publishing industry spurred a lot of news this week, with updates and developments affecting its every major aspect. Google and Apple seem to have taken charge of the digital prospect of publishing, rolling out a few updates of their own this week. But let’s take a brief step back and consider some other players ...
Appcelerator and Engine Yard Partner Up for Joint Mobile Cloud Solution
Yesterday web-based application development solution Appcelerator and Ruby on Rails development and deployment platform Engine Yard announced a partnership to deliver a new solution, combining joint platform benefits. The Appcelerator Platinum-Engine Yard hybrid offering will aim to simplify the deployment of web-scale, cross-platform mobile Rails applications, following the trend HTML5 kick started, but from a ...
Android Ice Cream (Sandwich) to Combine Honeycomb and Gingerbread
Google CEO Eric Schmidt hit the podium at the Mobile World Congress conference, and announced the next version of Android. Schmidt only hinted about the name of the next generation Android saying it will “start with an I [and] be named after a dessert”, he did detail about the technical aspect. Android Ice Cream Sandwitch, ...
Cisco Reports Mobile Data Growth, Rolls out New Products at MWC
The Barcelona-held Mobile World Congress had seen a lot activity this week, and networking giant Cisco is also joining the mobile party with some news of its own. The first highlight is a mobile data traffic report the company released. Cisco reports mobile traffic grew by 156 percent in 2010, totaling at about 237 petabytes ...
Mobile Game Markets Take a Serious Leap Forward: The Android Symbiosis
GetJar, a leading cross-platform app store which reports 1.5 billion app downloads to date, announced it has raised $25 million in Series C funding. The sum was raised from Tiger Global Management, and existing investor Accel Partners will also participate in the round. The capital will also be used to further develop the app store ...
The Tech Industry Steadily Invests, AOL CEO and Others are All Over this Bandwagon
There have been a great deal of significant investments going on in the tech industry these past couple of weeks, and AOL Chairman and CEO Tim Armstrong has hopped on the bandwagon. The Wall Street Journal reports that Armstrong increased his share of AOL to 4 percent by acquiring 477,000 shares at an average price ...
