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Risk and Compliance: The Yin and Yang of Security

Mushrooming industry and government mandates that govern IT security have led to a highly regulated environment and annual compliance fire drills. Compliance, however, does not necessarily equal better security. ...

Dish Stirs the Pot With $25B Sprint Bid

SoftBank's acquisition of Sprint would be the better deal because that would make Sprint "a more competitive mobile broadband/cellular competitor," said Joe Hoffman, a principal analyst at ABI Research. "Dish Network would bring additional competing interests and priorities." Further, the track record of major acquisitions is "not so great." ...

Remote Airplane Hijack Threat Demoed: Simon Says ‘Crash!’

"This is quite a serious security flaw, particularly given that the attacker can conduct exploit activities from the ground," Joe Bonnell, CEO of Alchemy Security, told TechNewsWorld. It will require revision of ACAR to introduce encryption into wireless communications between aircraft and service providers...

HP Targets a Cloud-Friendly Future With Moonshot Servers

HP's plan to use processors from ARM and other companies in the Moonshot line of servers "mounts a challenge to Intel," Joe Clabby, president of Clabby Analytics, told TechNewsWorld. "But you've got to put it in context -- it's yet another processor that performs a special purpose."

Oracle Launches New Servers – and War of Words With IBM

However, "Oracle is not the fastest as it claims," said Joe Clabby, president of Clabby Analytics. IBM's System z12 is the fastest microprocessor in the industry, operating at 5.5 GHz; and IBM's Power 7+ processor operates at 4.4 GHz Benchmarks aren't a true indicator of a pro...

BioShock Infinite Goes Way Past 11

"Personally, I think consumers do want something new, but they don't want everything new," said Joe Rybicki, freelance video game consultant. "Take BioShock Infinite: It sounds like it tells a very interesting, unusual story, but does so within a fairly standard FPS gamepla...

TECH TREK

Feds Probe Hack of First Lady, Biden, Celebs

Police in Los Angeles have teamed with the FBI to investigate Russian hackers suspected of stealing and posting sensitive information about Michelle Obama, Joe Biden, law enforcement officials and Hollywood celebrities The material in question was posted on a website using .su...

Pandora Tunes In Good Q4 Despite Royalty, Mobile Challenges

In addition to the earnings report, CEO Joe Kennedy announced he will be stepping down. Kennedy, who has been in place since 2004, oversaw Pandora's rise as one of the dominant radio streaming services in both the desktop and mobile arenas The streaming radio service reported ...

Consumer Signal Booster: An Electronic Gadget Grows Up

The final FCC specs will not be published for about six weeks, according to Joe Banos, COO of Wilson Electronics "It's premature for anyone to say their boosters comply since no one has seen the finalspecs," he told TechNewsWorld....

Satellite Communicators: Connecting the Wilderness to the World

"These devices are game changers, because you're using stuff you're already comfortable with," Joe Landa, owner ofBriarTek told TechNewsWorld. "The closer we can get to making it seamless, the more people can do it. I want people carrying and using these devices. We're a safety company. We make stuff to bring people home who want to get found."

Microsoft, Huawei Mount African Smartphone Expedition

Airbnb cofounder Joe Gebbia praised Amsterdamwhen he was there for the 2012 The Next Web Conference HTC: Hemorrhaging Tons of Cash...

Google Plans Mysterious Wireless Network Project

Clearwire "has so much spectrum that they could not be using this [EBS and BRS] spectrum much at all," remarked Joe Hoffman, a principal analyst at ABI Research Google could potentially work with Clearwire to deploy strong indoor coverage without interfering with existing ce...

Bronto Remarketing Engine Slices and Dices Retail Customer Preferences

"One of the best indicators of future purchases is your previous order data. With order data integrated into our marketing platform, retailers can segment customers based on product categories of purchased items or on value, for example, and create campaigns that speak to their spending and purchasing behaviors, " said Joe Colopy, CEO of Bronto Software. "This functionality creates new opportunities for automated messaging that converts customers into repeat buyers."

Microfunding: How Fitness Tech Entrepreneurs Get That Rosy Glow

"PR is the hardest part," said Orzeck, though the sentiment is shared with others. "We love Kickstarter, but Joe Average is not going to go on Kickstarter. They get there from [blogs like] Engadget, Gizmodo and Uncrate Mentions in the media help draw traffic to a good campaign...

ANALYSIS

Past, Present and Future Converge at EMC

Few, however, offer the level of access EMC does by holding candid and unscripted Q&A sessions with senior executives including Chairman and CEO Joe Tucci Doing this quietly suggests a level of self-confidence that many of its competitors lack, an ironic point given the histri...

Pandora Slides Toward Fiscal Cliff

The fourth quarter and fiscal year 2013 will be slow periods, according to statements made by CEO Joe Kennedy, because Pandora's advertisers are holding back due to the economy in general and the impending fiscal cliff in particular Pandora did not respond to our request for f...

OPINION

What Mitt Romney Could Have Learned from EMC’s Joe Tucci

In the tech world, every large firm is becoming vertically integrated, but EMC stands as one of the few remaining examples of the old model, and it is performing better than most of its peers. It is doing this largely due to its own implementation of data analytics, and had Romney used the same approach that EMC's CEO Joe Tucci does, he would have won...

GOVERNMENT IT REPORT

Post-Election Congressional Shuffling Could Impact Feds’ IT, Cybersecurity Plans

In the Senate, Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., is slated to move up from chair of the subcommittee dealing with IT to chair the full Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, taking over from Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., who retired. Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Maine, will step down as a result of term limits, and will likely be succeeded by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), according to the Patton Boggs report. "Both Carper and Coburn have focused in the past on reducing government waste and maximizing the efficiency and effectiveness of government, so we can anticipate some focus there," Hettinger said...

Senate Tosses Cybersecurity Ball to Obama’s Court

The bill, introduced by Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, includes several controversial elements that have attracted a wide-ranging and potent group of opponents The current version would allow the Department of Homeland Security to intercept telec...

ItsOn Snags VC Funding for a la Carte Mobile Data Service

Why the secrecy about the technology, and why is it taking so long to come to market? "We've been trialing with some of the major carriers, [but] can't say who for now, perfecting the product and waiting for the market to be ready for us," ItsOn spokesperson Joe Volat told the E-Commerce Times...

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