CIO Insight Staff

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Services has received a $26 million order to continue its IT support for the Department of Health and Human Services’ CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) division. Under the contract, announced Oct. 13, HP will maintain an IDR (Integrated Data Repository) for CMS and provide services to improve the accuracy of Medicare […]

The Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have agreed to work closer to combat cyber-threats to military and civilian computer systems and networks. A new memorandum of agreement was reached to coordinate and improve efforts to secure the country’s cyber-infrastructure, according to the document (PDF). As part of the agreement, […]

Mid-sized companies report an increase in cyber-threats this past year, even as many are simultaneously freezing their IT security budgets, according to a report released by McAfee on Oct. 13. The report is based on a survey of more than 1,100 IT managers worldwide working at companies with 51 to 1,000 employees. According to "The […]

IBM added some fresh intellectual property and expertise in the growing e-discovery space on Oct. 13 by acquiring PSS Systems, a privately held company based in Mountain View, Calif. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. PSS Systems’ Atlas software platform, designed for use by corporate counsel and IT management at large enterprises, enables […]

Intel executives in August warned that weakening consumer PC sales in the third quarter threatened what had been an extremely strong year for the company. However, corporate spending on technology helped Intel revenues increase to $11.1 billion, a new high-water mark for the company. Revenues grew 18 percent in 3Q 2010 compared with the same […]

SAP unveiled its updated SAP NetWeaver platform at SAP TechEd 2010 event in Berlin on Oct. 12. The new release updates all major product components, including modules for composing new business applications, creating mobile applications, and integrating data processes, according to SAP. NetWeaver’s new capabilities can manage cloud operations and offers developers shared tools for […]

According to a new survey from the Linux Foundation, adoption of enterprise Linux is growing at the expense of Windows. The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, has published "Linux Adoption Trends: A Survey of Enterprise End Users," which shares new data that shows Linux is poised to take […]

Dell’s Venue Pro, its newest entry in the smartphone market, looks a lot like the BlackBerry Torch 9800. It features a 4.1-inch capacitive touch-screen, and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. The Gorilla Glass makes the screen highly scratch-resistant, and Dell’s engineers have ever-so-slightly curved the device’s front — supposedly to give it a more elegant feel. […]

Microsoft released 16 security bulletins today as part of a massive Patch Tuesday update. The record-breaking update includes fixes for 49 security vulnerabilities affecting Windows, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office and the .NET Framework. Mixed in with the fixes is a patch for one of the zero-day vulnerabilities used by the Stuxnet worm. According to Symantec’s […]

It’s almost time to get serious about IPv6, sports fans, whether you like it or not. Are you ready? Numerous ways have been implemented to stretch the limited address space of IPv4 — the "classic" dotted decimal that defined the gold rush days of the Internet. However, only 6 percent of the available address block […]

Apple iPad rumors are leaking yet again across the Web, focused this time on potential features for a second generation of the device. Much of the fuel from those rumors comes from Mission Repair, a Kansas tech-repair firm, which blogged an image of an iPad rear cover equipped with dual docking ports. By late afternoon […]

Fujitsu is beginning to preview a new type of phone that allows users to collect and share their own medical data. The prototype device, which uses Bluetooth technology to let people share their data, has already been certified by one major health care organization. At the CEATEC (Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies) conference, which started […]