CIO Insight Staff

Enterprises are increasingly adopting cloud computing in at least part of their IT environments, and are now also beginning to see positive results from the shift, according to a study by x86 chip-maker Advanced Micro Devices. In a study released June 1, AMD officials found that 42 percent of respondents said they are using cloud […]

When cyber-attackers breach an organization’s network, the database is usually their target. However, many organizations are so focused on protecting the perimeter that they don’t think about protecting the database itself, according to several security experts. Many organizations still think that protecting the perimeter is sufficient to protect the data, but as recent data breaches […]

The open-source office-productivity suite OpenOffice has a surprising new home: Apache. There was some speculation Oracle might donate the project to the The Document Foundation, the group of developers that split from OpenOffice to launch LibreOffice last fall. OpenOffice will join Apache Software Foundation as an “incubator” project, Oracle said June 1. As an incubator […]

Another defense contractor appears to have been hit by a cyber-attack, and a leaked memo indicates the executives believe attackers used information stolen from RSA Security earlier this year. If true, RSA’s SecurID technology may be irrevocably compromised. Attackers hit major defense contractor L-3 Communications Holdings by spoofing passcodes from a cloned RSA SecurID token, […]

Keeping its promise to continually increase its focus on software, HP has introduced a new suite of software to measure and improve IT performance for enterprise customers. “We are repositioning our entire portfolio into the HP Performance Suite. We’re in a position to cover, end to end, the operational and analytical needs of enterprise IT […]

Citrix System has added Project Olympus, a new cloud product, to its open cloud computing portfolio to complement its Citrix NetScaler Cloud Gateway and NetScaler Cloud Bridge. Citrix Systems announced Project Olympus, a new cloud infrastructure product based on the open-source cloud operating system OpenStack, at Citrix Synergy Summit on May 25. Project Olympus will […]

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has whipped the curtain back from Windows 8, offering a first-ever glimpse at a radically new user interface. “This represents a fundamental shift in Windows design that we haven’t attempted since the days of Windows 95, presenting huge opportunities for our hardware partners to innovate with new PC designs,” Mike Angiulo, corporate vice […]

Microsoft seems keen to keep its manufacturing partners on a tight leash when it comes to tablets, according to a new Wall Street Journal report. That June 1 article, based on discussions with unnamed “people familiar with the matter,” suggests that Microsoft wants five chip-makers to each pair with a single tablet manufacturer. The chip […]

As organizations increasingly use virtualization in their data centers, they are becoming more aware of the need for proper security to defend against threats, according to a new research report. As organizations make the shift to virtualization and cloud computing, they run the risk of introducing “new obstacles” such as inconsistent network policies and security […]

Apple CEO Steve Jobs will unveil the Mac OS X "Lion," build, iOS 5 and its highly anticipated iCloud Web-based services offering during a keynote address at the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference June 6, the company confirmed. The news, revealed via a brief press release May 31, is a rare preannouncement by a company whose […]

IBM has announced an expansion of its Analytics Solutions Center, in Dallas, to connect medical data to mobile EHRs using natural-language processing and technology similar to that used with its Watson supercomputer. As part of the center’s expansion, IBM will incorporate Watson-like analytics capabilities along with clinical voice recognition from Nuance Communications to link with […]

Following the spectacular failure of the over-hyped Google Wave, executives for the search engine are painfully aware that just because they build a technology they feel is cool and cutting edge, people may not flock to use it, analysts agreed. That’s a big reason why the executives leading the Google Wallet mobile payment effort, which […]