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About 4.5 million Catholic school students to get Office 365

About 4.5 million Catholic school students will get access to Microsoft's Office 365 cloud e-mail and collaboration suite as part of a 3-year deal the software vendor struck with the Catholic International Education Office (OIEC).

By Juan Carlos Perez | 24 May, 2012 18:55

Tags: Software as a service, cloud computing, internet, collaboration, e-mail, applications, software, Google, Microsoft

Are CEOs getting the social media thing?

IBM says a study it did of some 1700 Chief Executive Officers worldwide found that many indeed - or should be - grasping social media as a key enabler of collaboration and innovation.

By Michael Cooney | 24 May, 2012 13:33

Tags: web 2.0, unified communications, software, social media, networking, Internet-based applications and services, internet, IBM, collaboration, ceo, applications

Box to beef up IT administration features of cloud content management software

Box will start letting customers test a new set of IT administration controls for its cloud-hosted enterprise collaboration and content management software on Thursday.

By Juan Carlos Perez | 24 May, 2012 13:00

Tags: Software as a service, cloud computing, internet, collaboration, applications, software, Box.net

New era for website names begins

A new era of Web site naming begins, when Internet policymakers start accepting applications for hundreds - perhaps thousands - of new domain name extensions such as .hotel and .paris.

By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 12 January, 2012 05:37

Tags: DNS, domain names, FedEx, icann, internet, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, LAN & WAN, MarkMonitor

Apache resigns from Java community

Protesting what it perceives as Oracle's undue control of Java, the Apache Software Foundation has resigned its seat from the Java SE/EE Executive Committee, the organization announced Wednesday.

By Joab Jackson | 10 December, 2010 06:01

Tags: Apache Software Foundation, application development, Development tools, Java, Languages and standards, open source, oracle, software

Apache declares war on Oracle over Java

Charging that Oracle has willfully disregarded the licensing terms for its own Java technology, the Apache Software Foundation has called upon other members of the Java Community Process (JCP) to vote against the next proposed version of the language, should Oracle continue to impose restrictions on open-source Java use.

By Joab Jackson | 10 November, 2010 05:38

Tags: Apache Foundation, application development, Development tools, IBM, intellectual property, Java, legal, middleware, open source, oracle, patent, software

Apache revs Maven for greater speed and extensibility

The Apache Foundation has completed a major upgrade of its Maven software build system, making it speedier and more extensible.

By Joab Jackson | 21 October, 2010 07:03

Tags: apache, Apache Foundation, applications, Maven, open source, Product lifecycle management, project management, software

Apache project server hacked, passwords compromised

Hackers broke into a server used by the Apache Software Foundation to keep track of software bugs.

By Robert McMillan | 15 April, 2010 05:46

Tags: apache, atlassian, data theft, hack, passwords

UK registry to implement DNS security protocol

Nominet, the U.K.'s domain name registry, will begin implementing a security protocol on Monday designed to protect the DNS (Domain Name System).

By Jeremy Kirk | 01 March, 2010 03:34

Tags: DNS, DNSSEC, domain names, OpenDNSSEC, security, UK

Apache mulls end of 1.3, 2.0 releases

The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) may stop releasing new versions of the older 1.3 and 2.0 series of its flagship Web server product with most development now focused on the 2.2 series.

By Rodney Gedda | 12 January, 2010 15:22

Tags: apache, HTTP, open source, software development, Web servers

DNS problem linked to DDoS attacks gets worse

Internet security experts say that misconfigured DSL and cable modems are worsening a well-known problem with the Internet's DNS (domain name system), making it easier for hackers to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against their victims.

By Robert McMillan | 16 November, 2009 09:07

Tags: ddos, DNS, dns flaw

Businesses turn to DNS service to filter the Web

For National Veterinary Associates, the decision to block the Web was sealed with a virus.

By Robert McMillan | 16 September, 2009 05:03

Tags: DNS, internet filtering, OpenDNS

Facebook releases real-time Web server tech as open source

Facebook is releasing as open source a Web server technology because it wants to make it easier for developers to create applications that let users post status updates in real time, a functionality popularized by Twitter.

By Juan Carlos Perez | 11 September, 2009 05:04

Tags: Facebook, open source, real-time, Tornado Web Server, Web servers

Tr.im goes open-source, founder questions bit.ly-Twitter link

Little more than a week after Nambu Network said it was shutting down URL-shortener tr.im, and just days after the service was reactivated, its founder announced he would take the code open-source and give up the attractive URL.

By Gregg Keizer | 19 August, 2009 05:43

Tags: bit.ly, microblogging, tr.im, twitter, URLs

Open-source project aims to makes secure DNS easier

A group of developers has released open-source software that gives administrators a hand in making the Internet's addressing system less vulnerable to hackers.

By Jeremy Kirk | 31 July, 2009 04:27

Tags: DNS, DNSSEC, OpenDNS, OpenDNSSEC, security

SSL VPN hack vulnerability details to emerge

Confidential online connections like banking transactions made from public wireless hotspots remain vulnerable to attacks despite improved security that was supposed to fix the problem, researchers will demonstrate at the Black Hat security conference.

By Tim Greene | 17 July, 2009 07:07

Tags: black hat, ssl vpn

NeuStar offers temporary fix for Kaminsky bug

NeuStar has developed a proprietary system for thwarting Web traffic hijacking attacks that the company plans to market until standard DNS Security (DNSSEC) mechanisms are deployed widely across the Internet.

By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 17 June, 2009 07:05

Tags: DNSSEC, Kaminsky, neustar

Study: Operators should use DNSSEC to improve security

Various challenges are making many operators hesitate to adopt DNSSEC (Domain Name System Security Extensions) to prevent hackers from tampering with DNS information and redirecting Web traffic, according to a study from European Union's cybersecurity agency.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 29 May, 2009 04:36

Tags: cyber security, DNS, DNSSEC

Expert: Cybersecurity incentives, not mandates, needed

The U.S. Congress should look to provide incentives for private businesses to adopt stronger cybersecurity practices instead of creating new mandates, one information security expert told a congressional subcommittee Friday.

By Grant Gross | 04 May, 2009 04:46

Tags: cybersecurity, DNS, DNSSEC, legal, USA government

Amazon automates Hadoop use for developers

Amazon.com has launched a hosted service designed to simplify for developers the use of the Hadoop implementation of the MapReduce programming model for processing large data sets in processor clusters.

By Juan Carlos Perez | 03 April, 2009 06:28

Tags: amazon, amazon ec2, hadoop, mapreduce

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