Richard Adhikari

Despite the explosion of data and the large numbers data breaches, enterprises are not doing enough to encrypt their backup data, according to a study conducted jointly by security vendor Thales Group and Trust Catalyst. The results of the study, released yesterday, show that backup tapes are neglected in administrators’ security efforts. Of the 330 […]

Opus Una Source: IBM SAN FRANCISCO — IBM is developing a new product built around the browser as an application platform. Using PCs equipped with cameras and microphones, the application lets users share data live and in real time with high-definition quality. The project, code named Opus Una, will “let you collaborate using audio and […]

IBM on Thursday reported third-quarter net income rose to $2.8 billion, or $2.05 per share, from the $2.4 billion, or $1.68 per share, it reported a year earlier. Revenue for the quarter rose five percent to $25.3 billion. The results were in line with the preliminary figures released last week, done mostly to help calm […]

In a wide-ranging and sometimes combative interview with two Gartner analysts today, always-feisty Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer touched on various points that have kept the grapevine buzzing. He dismissed Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) as a competitor and re-opened the door to a team-up with Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO). Ballmer also defended Windows Vista and Windows 7, said […]

Despite grim predictions for IT spending overall, spending on security will continue to grow through 2009 across most industry sectors, according to the Institute for Applied Network Security (IANS). However, security needs and expenditures will differ between geographic regions in the United States. These findings resulted from two information security forums held by IANS in […]

Oracle on Wednesday filed the third amendment of its lawsuit against SAP over allegations of industrial espionage. However, it may have breached some provisions of the agreement between the two that allowed it to file the amendment. SAP, which is scheduled to file its response to the amended complaint by October 15, declined to discuss […]

Microsoft has announced new Business Intelligence technologies designed to help knowledge workers use business intelligence software with more smarts and analytical tools. It comes in a bundle that works with mainstay products such as SQL Server, Office applications Excel and Word, and PerformancePoint Server 2007. The BI tools are described in projects that include “Kilimanjaro,” […]

Within the space of five days, computer giants Hewlett-Packard (HP) and IBM each announced upgrades to their service-oriented architecture (SOA) product lines. HP (NYSE: HPQ) today unveiled version 3.0 of its Systinet SOA governance solution, while IBM (NYSE: IBM) on Thursday announced a slew of software and services based around business processes. The announcements come […]

As break-ins go, this one has the whiff of political dirty tricks. Someone or a group of people broke into the Independence, Mo. Victory Office of the Missouri Republican Party last week and apparently made off with a laptop belonging to regional coordinator Brian Johnson. The laptop had “a great deal of strategic information” for […]

Online thieves have obtained administrative log-in credentials for more than 200,000 Web sites and modified the code of some of these sites to attack users who visit them, a security researcher claims. Among the sites impacted is the U.S. Postal Service, though the USPS disputes the claim. In addition, Ian Amit, director of security research […]