CIO Insight Staff

According to a survey by security and storage specialist Symantec, businesses have mixed feelings when it comes to security–with a majority ranking it as both a top concern and top goal of moving to the cloud. Symantec’s 2011 State of Cloud Survey examined how organizations are adopting cloud computing and dealing with the changes it […]

TOKYO — Technology companies in the United States may have curtailed some of their green IT efforts–particularly in the area of energy-consumption monitoring–but it seems those companies’ efforts are alive and well in a more international context. Toshiba and Intel have both used presentations at the CEATEC conference outside of Tokyo to detail their efforts […]

Senior corporate executives are largely unaware of how secure their data centers are, according to a recent McAfee report. Only 22 percent of data center managers surveyed in a report felt senior management is aware of the company’s security preparedness, according to a data center study from McAfee released Oct. 3. There is a "serious […]

There is no Apple iPhone 5. At least not yet. The much-hyped announcement on Oct. 4 revealed that there will be a new version of iOS and an improved iPhone called the iPhone 4S. But the much anticipated iPhone 5 was never mentioned. Perhaps the biggest news was that Sprint will finally get an iPhone. […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Emerson Network Power, which is developing a new data center control package called Trellis, revealed Oct. 3 at Oracle OpenWorld 2011 that its base platform will be Oracle Fusion Middleware. Trellis, expected to become available early in 2012, is an open architecture-based data center infrastructure management (DCIM) package with real-time event-analysis capabilities across […]

Juniper Networks is rolling out a host of new switches and security software to address the growing trend of employees accessing the corporate network with a growing array of mobile devices, particularly smartphones and tablets. Juniper’s new offerings–including three new Ethernet switches, a new wireless LAN controller and new mobile security software for Apple iOS- […]

When it comes to tablets such as the Apple iPad, consumers want the ability to read their email, cruise the Web, download some apps and play games–or rather, one specific game that involves hurling some irate birds at nonplussed pigs. However, IT pros, whether they are working for a large enterprise or a small business, […]

Communications solutions specialist Orange Business Services, the France Telecom Orange branch dedicated to B2B services, announced it would continue to enhance its cloud computing portfolio with a secure remote access service. Called Flexible SSL, it uses a security-as-a-service model that is based on Juniper Networks Junos Pulse. Flexible SSL provides business customers secure remote access […]

We know one thing: Apple is hosting an iPhone-themed event Oct. 4 at its Cupertino, Calif., headquarters. Beyond that, speculation abounds about Apple’s plans for moving its smartphone franchise into the future. For weeks, increasing chatter suggested Apple was gearing up to reveal the next iPhone, which the media has dubbed "iPhone 5." According to […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Oracle OpenWorld 2011, like most mega-conferences of its type, is all about potential customers, analysts, integrators, partners and developers asking three main questions: a) What’s next; b) how much; and c) when? In Oracle’s case, the answers this year are: a) Exalytics; b) undisclosed at this time; and c) undisclosed at this […]

It isn’t necessarily news when Oracle and another company become embroiled in a war of words and egos, because it happens quite often. Oracle, never a shrinking violet, has been known to be proactive in corporate skirmishes with competitors from time to time. It is more newsy, perhaps, when the argument involves a company that […]

IT professionals consider social media as a positive business tool within the enterprise, but they were concerned they didn’t have the right technology and policies to deal with the dangers, a recent report found. The "Global Survey on Social Media Risks" from the Ponemon Institute released Sept. 29 surveyed 4,640 IT and IT security practitioners […]