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SAS brings predictive analytics to business users

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:51:24 +0000

SAS Institute announced on Thursdaya new toolset aimed at giving business users the ability to work with predictive analytics software, which has historically been the province of specialized statisticians.

Predictive analytics refers to the practice of crunching existing data sets in an effort to determine patterns and predict future outcomes.

Google and AOL renew long-term partnership

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:37:13 +0000

Google and AOL have renewed a long-term partnership that gives AOL Web properties access to Google search and advertising services.

The partnership, in place since May 2002 and renewed for the third time, provides revenue-sharing from AOL in exchange for search services. The new deal will expand to give AOL access to Google's mobile search products and Google subsidiary YouTube access to AOL's video content, the companies said in a statement.

Onapsis to release ERP vulnerability testing suite

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:11:04 +0000

An information security company will soon release a tool that will allow companies to test their ERP (enterprise resource planning) software for security threats.

The first version of X1 works with SAP business platforms, said Mariano Nuñez Di Croce, director of research and development for Onapsis. The company eventually plans to add modules for Siebel, Oracle and PeopleSoft ERP applications, he said.

Dell loses 3Par bidding war to HP

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:03:59 +0000

Dell on Thursday said it would not increase its most recent proposal to acquire virtualized storage vendor 3Par, paving the path for rival Hewlett-Packard to acquire the company.

Intel upgrades parallel development suite

Paul Krill — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:00:00 +0000

Intel will release on Thursday an upgrade to its parallel development toolset for Windows application developers, adding both a tool to walk developers through parallelism, as well as support for Microsoft's Visual Studio 2010 IDE.

Apple's iOS six times more popular than Android on the Web

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:23:37 +0000

Apple's iOS mobile operating system is now the third-most popular platform on the Internet, with a share nearly six times larger than Android's, a Web measurement company said Wednesday.

Is Windows still relevant in the virtualization era?

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:49:17 +0000

Virtualization has not stripped Windows of its relevance, a Microsoft official said in response to VMware CEO Paul Maritz's argument that operating systems are no longer the center of innovation in the IT world.

As Hurricane Earl looms, tips for battening down IT operations

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:24:08 +0000

Hurricane Earl today continues to threaten the east coast of the U.S. in the midst of what the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts will be an unusually active hurricane season .

3Par sued by Crossroads Systems

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:32:44 +0000

3Par, which is already the subject of a bidding war between Hewlett-Packard and Dell, is now among a group of companies being sued by Crossroads Systems for patent infringement.

Crossroads' products include storage routers and storage bridges, a database security appliance, virtual tape appliances, tape encryption and file migration software.

ActiveState Python honed for databases

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:11:29 +0000

ActiveState has updated its distributions of the Python programming language so that they provide developers easier access to databases, as well as new ways of creating GUIs (Graphical User Interfaces), the company announced Wednesday.

The ActivePython update also offers ways for programmers to create secure connections to databases and Web services, using OpenSSL and M2Crypto-based cryptographic modules.

Suse Linux for VMware ships

Paul Krill — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:45:04 +0000

VMware and Novell announced on Wednesday general availability of Suse Linux Enterprise Server for VMware, geared for use in virtualized and cloud environments.

Suse Linux Enterprise Server for VMware is designed to reduce IT complexity and assist with the evolution to a fully virtualized data center, the companies said.

Oracle giving student coders free JavaOne access

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:32:32 +0000

Oracle is hoping to entice a younger generation of Java programmers into its fold by offering students complimentary admission to the upcoming JavaOne and Oracle Develop conferences.

To qualify for a Discover Pass to the conferences, qualifying students must be 18 years old, enrolled in a nonprofit, accredited institution, and taking at least six course units, according to an official blog post Wednesday.

Oracle lawsuit unlikely to prompt Java forking

Paul Krill — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:03:03 +0000

Oracle's lawsuit against Google over Java patents could alienate some people in the Java space, but the litigation is not likely to prompt a forking of the Java platform itself, the founder of the popular Spring Framework for Java development said on Wednesday.