CIO Insight Staff

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday is a relatively minor one, with a single bulletin rated “critical” and two “important.” Affected software includes applications within Windows and Office. The MS11-015 update, rated “Critical,” patches vulnerabilities in DirectShow, Windows Media Player and Windows Media Center. In order for an outside entity to exploit said vulnerabilities, the user would need […]

Intel is rolling out its newest business PC processors, the Core vPro, that combine the chip maker’s “Sandy Bridge” architecture with the latest generation of its on-board management and security capabilities. Intel unveiled the 2nd Generation Core vPro i5 and i7 processors March 17, with Rick Echevarria, vice president of the Intel Architecture Group and […]

IBM has moved to establish its dominance in the middleware space, with what the company claims are new record-breaking benchmark results for WebSphere middleware on a single server representing the highest performance in the information technology industry. In addition, the systems giant is moving to create further distance between itself and fast-rising rival Oracle in […]

Within minutes of Apple unveiling the iPad 2, media outlets immediately began debating the next-generation tablet’s ability to hold off the rising tide of Android-based competitors. The general agreement seems to be that the iPad 2, equipped with a dual-core processor and hardware upgrades such as cameras, matches the capabilities of its highest-end rival, the […]

With so many reports of Android and iPhone malware, it was only a matter of time before a BlackBerry variant emerged. A variant of the Zeus banking Trojan targeting BlackBerry smartphones was detected by security researchers at Trend Micro. With more users using their phones to get up-to-date alerts on their bank account balances, to […]

Microsoft is planning to integrate instant search results into the next version of its Bing search engine, according to the latest rumors. That innovation would mirror a similar one launched by Google in 2010, and represent yet another escalation in the search battle between the two companies. According to a March 6 posting on the […]

Microsoft has plans for a small Patch Tuesday next week that will include just three security bulletins. Of the three, just one is rated "Critical" while the other two are rated "Important." The critical bulletin, as well as one of the bulletins classified as important, impacts Microsoft Windows. The other bulletin affects Microsoft Office. All […]

Salesforce.com unveiled its Service Cloud 3 March 3, giving businesses the ability to analyze and respond to customer feedback filtering from Websites such as Twitter and Facebook. It represents the next stage in Salesforce’s quest to leverage social networking for the benefit of its cloud-based CRM (customer relationship management) platform, and the latest twist in […]

Google’s Android operating system took 29 percent of U.S. smartphone market share in January, breaking a statistical tie with Apple’s iOS and Research In Motion’s BlackBerry platforms in growing 2 percentage points from December. However, Nielsen data also noted that while Android handsets might have a slight edge over the iPhone and BlackBerry-powered gadgets, RIM […]

A recent study by IT job search specialist Dice found more than half (54 percent) of hiring managers and recruiters anticipate that tech talent poaching will get more aggressive this year, while just 3 percent of respondents expect it to let up. That expectation is amplified when looking at hiring managers working in the technology […]

NEW YORK — Salesforce.com unveiled its Service Cloud 3 platform March 3, coupling the announcement to a high-profile event at New York City’s Javits Center headlined by CEO Marc Benioff. The third iteration of Salesforce’s cloud-based customer service platform lets businesses analyze and respond to customer feedback filtering from social networks such as Twitter and […]

Led by the Apple iPad, media tablets are drawing consumer interest, and dollars, away from PCs, forcing Gartner analysts to lower their projections for 2011 and 2012. In a March 3 report, Gartner said it now expects worldwide PC shipments this year to grow 10.5 percent over 2010 — instead of the 15.9 percent predicted […]