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Nikon USA issues D5000 service advisory

Nikon USA issues D5000 service advisory"Potential" Problem?If my camera sat there dead as a brick when I turned the power switch on, I'd think the problem was actual, not "potential". Unless our friend as a very sly way with puns. Rachel?? I'm giving you a pass here...

Tags: D5000, Nikon USA, service advisory, Nikon Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-07-17

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The Enterprise 2.0 Value Propositions Agenda

Time is Money: Where's the Beef? The now biannual US 'Enterprise 2.0' conference is a wrap, but disappointingly there is still little business understanding of what the term means or what the value propositions and benefits are. The general 2.0 suffix is well understood by technology...

Tags: Collaboration, Enterprise 2.0, Conference, E2.0, Susan Scrupski, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-05

Document rental service brings "deep web" content to the mainstream

DeepDyve, a search engine that specializes in indexing the contents of documents published deep into a Web site, is announcing a Netflix-like service that allows users to "rent" documents such as medical journal articles on a per-use basis. The company says that there's a market of more...

Tags: Web, Article, DeepDyve Advisory Board, Channel Management, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-27

Baker Tilly--London Stereo Master Video

Dell helps Baker-Tilly, a full-service accounting and advisory firm, with its massive Windows 7 deployment

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Video, Microsoft Windows 7, Corporate Communications, Microsoft Windows, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software, Finance

Case studies 2009-10-01

Modern banker malware undermines two-factor authentication

Once pitched as an additional layer of security for E-banking transactions, two-factor authentication is slowly becoming an easy to bypass authentication process, to which cybercriminals have successfully adapted throughout the last couple of years. Modern banker malware, also known as crimeware, is now fully capable of bypassing...

Tags: Bank, Two-factor Authentication, Antivirus, Malware, SMS, Cybercriminal, Banker Malware, Zeus, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Security Administration, Financial Services, Viruses And Worms, Security, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-09-23

Cisco's accelerating smart grid momentum

Cisco has been at the center of several developments related to the smart grid this week, including a request for federal funds related to a project being spearheaded by the city of San Jose and local utility company PG&E. Like IBM, which earlier this week announced a...

Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-09-18

Microsoft confirms SMB2 vulnerability, warns of code execution risk

Feel free to delete this Ryan.ThanksIsn't it about time we stop playing nice andfind these people who create such an endless stream of blank and do a bit of Vlad the Impaler on them? Catch em... give them a fair trial (I want to be certain we publicly impale...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., SMB2, Microsoft Windows Vista, vulnerability, beta

Discussion threads 2009-09-09

Executives Prescribe CRM Customer Service Solution to Cure Swiss Medical Advisory

When in-network customers want medical advice, they call the Swiss firm of Medi24. In fact, nursing professionals and physicians can answer upwards of 3,500 calls per day. Given such a large call volume, even small improvements in efficiency add up to significant savings. That motivated managers to implement Microsoft Dynamics...

Tags: Customer Service, Contact Center, Microsoft Corp., CRM, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Call Centers, Product Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Enterprise Software, Software, It Operations, Marketing

Case studies 2009-09-01

TCS's Service Offerings in Cloud Computing

TCS proposes a range of services to customers, beginning with an advisory role in helping customers identify opportunities for leveraging Cloud Computing to enabling new business models. As a part of the services, TCS will address key questions which its enterprise customers have been asking, and will provide unique solutions...

Tags: Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware

White papers 2009-09-01

Open-source XML-enabled application risk identified

Since XML is the foundation of all things SOA, any perceived security vulnerabilities need to be looked at very seriously. At issue appear to be XML-enabled applications built in Python, the open source language. Network World's Ellen Messmer surfaced an advisory, issued by Codenomicon, working in conjunction...

Tags: Vulnerability, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), XML, Security, Open Source, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-08-05

News to know: Google; IBM; Microsoft's edge; Palm SDK; Twitter

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Google: Nice quarter, but... Larry Dignan: IBM delivers strong second quarter, ups 2009 earnings outlook ...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Data Center, Palm Inc., SDK, Microsoft Corp., Twitter, IBM Corp., Data Centers, Palm Pre, Storage, Desktops, Hardware, Data Management

Blog posts 2009-07-17

Nikon USA issues D5000 service advisory

If you're a Nikon D5000 owner, listen up immediately. Nikon has released a service advisory regarding this model's power sources. Symptoms of a potential problem include: The camera cannot be operated when the power switch is on, even with a fully-charged battery. The...

Tags: Nikon Corp., Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-07-16

It’s official: SaaS is now mainstream

It must be mainstream if Unisys and IBM are blessing it Lately, I’ve done a couple of briefings with some large, serious, mainstream firms who have whispered their SaaS software as a service plans to me. Let’s start with Unisys. Unisys is a...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, CIO, Unisys Corp., Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-07-07

Cisco Live! - CEO Chambers on Collaboration Business Value

The above video clips from my handheld Flip are from John Chambers Cisco Live! keynote address today and are specifically two edits about Cisco's strategic perspective on collaboration and Web 2.0 technologies in the enterprise. In the second edit Chambers talks about Cisco's business architectural re-engineering...

Tags: Web, Collaboration, Network, Cisco Systems Inc., Web 2.0, Internet, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-06-30

HP unveils financial planning and analysis solutions designed to both optimize and modernize IT operations

LAS VEGAS -- Hewlett-Packard HP today unveiled its new HP Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) solutions, aimed at recession-beleaguered IT executives who need to cut costs, prepare for a service-based future, and run their departments like a business -- all at the same time. FP&A is part...

Tags: Financial Planning, Hewlett-Packard Co., Financial, Information Technology, Analysis, FP&A, Business Leader, Strategy, Management, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-06-16

Adobe patches 13 critical Reader, Acrobat vulnerabilities

Adobe has issued its first ever scheduled quarterly update for its Reader/Acrobat product line, a mega-patch covering 13 documented security vulnerabilities. The patches address "critical vulnerabilities" in Adobe Reader 9.1.1 and Acrobat 9.1.1 and earlier versions.  "These vulnerabilities would cause the application to crash and could potentially...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe Acrobat, Vulnerability, Update, Arbitrary Code Execution, Memory Corruption Vulnerability, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-06-09

Dangerous Microsoft DirectX vulnerability under attack

Microsoft today warned that hackers are using rigged QuickTime media files to exploit an unpatched vulnerability in DirectShow, the APIs used by Windows programs for multimedia support. The company has activated its security response process to deal with the zero-day attacks has issued a pre-patch advisory with...

Tags: Apple QuickTime, Vulnerability, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Attack, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Security, Software, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-05-28

Adobe plans quarterly Patch Day for Reader/Acrobat fixes

Borrowing a few pages from Microsoft's playbook, Adobe today announced plans for a quarterly Patch Day for its Reader/Acrobat product lines and new initiatives to beef up its code hardening and security response processes. Starting this summer, Adobe Reader and Acrobat security patches will be released on...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe SPLC, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-05-20

Windows 7 still allows unsafe files to be disguised as safe files

Windows 7 still allows unsafe files to be disguised as safe filesThey should....Default to show all extensions and give people the ability to hide them if they prefer, not sure why they would, but the option would be there. This is a good point to make and I hope...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, UAC, security

Discussion threads 2009-05-05

IBM cements cloud, appliance, BPM, CEP and SOA into an IMPACT 2009 solution brick

IBM cements cloud, appliance, BPM, CEP and SOA into an IMPACT 2009 solution brickNot too cloudyI don't share your excitement about IBM's announcement. In my post "Comfort Food and Cloud Computing" I discuss that cloud computing is a new paradigm that requires new ways of thinking.Cloud must support a...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Business process automation, Virtualization, Operational planning, Enterprise software, cloud computing, solution brick, IMPACT 2009, IBM Corp., BPM, SOA

Discussion threads 2009-05-04