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Oracle to issue 88 security patches next week

Oracle is planning to release 88 patches on Tuesday, covering vulnerabilities affecting a wide array of its products, according to a pre-release announcement posted to its website on Thursday.
Akamai takes aim at mobile content for data centre acceleration

Akamai Technologies is extending the reach of its data acceleration services to better address mobile Internet use and the delivery of content from within an enterprise data center to employees or partners in the field.
Application security lacking, according to developers

A recent study by the Ponemon Institute of more than 800 IT executives found a striking disconnect between perceptions of security controls between developers and security professionals.
Duqu Trojan mystery programming language identified as "old school" C

The Duqu Trojan which some believe is a relative of the Stuxnet worm used to attack Iran was partly programmed in Object-Oriented C (OOC) by a traditional ?old school? enterprise programming team, Kaspersky Lab researchers have concluded.
Google drops the price of Cloud Storage service

Google has cut the price of its Cloud Storage, a hosted service designed for enterprise developers who want to store their applications' data in the cloud, as opposed to in their own servers.
Nimbula Director adds VMware compatibility

Nimbula is hoping to better serve enterprises with version 2.0 of its operating system, which adds compatibility with VMware's hypervisor and other new features.
Arsenal FC secures devices with Zenprise mobile management

Arsenal football club is deploying mobile device management from Zenprise to ensure the security of data on employees' smartphones and tablet PCs.
Apache reconfigures Geronimo to OSGi base to aid Java developers

Apache Software Foundation has reconfigured its Geronimo application server to a set of standards established by the OSGi Alliance (Open Services Gateway initiative) in an attempt to help developers create more modular enterprise Java programs.
MarkLogic gets 'Big Data' support with Hadoop connector

MarkLogic has joined the growing list of database vendors rushing to embrace the open-source Hadoop programming framework for large-scale data processing.
Samsung devices to get Juniper SSL VPN security

Juniper Networks' suite of mobile security and device management tools is coming to three Samsung Electronics devices, marking the first time the company has provided its SSL VPN software for Google's Android OS.

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Security concerns over a data centre in the cloud

When the company data centre moves to various cloud configurations, the provisioning of servers will need to be addressed.
Gamification in enterprise mobile apps - The Angry Birds Space approach

Revenge, it turns out, is a dish best served on a smartphone.
Six simple steps to adopting consumerisation

Most businesses are accepting, even embracing, consumer technology. What do they know that you don't?
Best practices for scaling up SaaS in the cloud

Guardian Life Insurance isn't about to take big risks when making IT investments, and CIO Frank Wander will be the first to tell you that he doesn't have a cloud computing strategy, per se.
How to get your enterprise out of the mobility stone age

Consumers relish in their cool gadgets at home and there are new apps to try on a daily basis. Then there's work. Same black laptop. Same BlackBerry. Same applications. It's been a long time since there's been anything radically new to get excited about at the office.
The year the landscape for enterprise software changed forever

It's a stretch to call 2011 a truly transformative year for enterprise software, given all the old warts that remain, from large-scale IT project failures to creaky legacy systems that will take years and great expense to replace with the latest-and-greatest.
Getting the most out of flash storage

Over the past few years mainstream enterprises have been turning to NAND flash storage to boost speed and decrease latency, but some vendors still produce products that inhibit customers from achieving flash's full potential.
Securing your enterprise file transfers

The typical enterprise transfers thousands of files per day, making it one of the essential business productivity tools.
Why IT departments need to learn to give up control

"Improvisation is too good to leave to chance," said Paul Simon. It's a lesson that IT needs to learn and, more important, act on.
RIM PlayBook developers are eager to start building apps for new tablet

RIM's murky stance on migrating BlackBerry apps to its new tablet doesn't faze would-be developers seeking a larger screen, more horsepower

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