E-Commerce News: Enterprise IT

The SaaS Approach to Web Site Vulnerability Management

Wednesday - May 14, 2008

Securing Web applications is the No. 1 problem facing security professionals today. With 162 million Web sites in existence and millions more popping up each month, the sheer size of the problem is staggering -- not to mention the fact that nine out of 10 Web sites have serious vulnerabilities that can put critical customer data at risk. In fact, a new malware-infected Web site is discovered every 14 seconds. So, why aren't more companies solving this problem? [More...]

British Agency Shifts Microsoft Antitrust Complaint to EC

Tuesday - May 13, 2008

A British government agency has complained to the European Commission about the lack of interoperability in some of Microsoft's applications, but regulators are reportedly not opening a new formal inquiry on the complaint. The British Educational Communications and Technology Agency filed the complaint with the UK's Office of Fair Trading last October, citing two issues. [More...]

HP Elbows In on IBM's Turf With $13.9B EDS Buy

Tuesday - May 13, 2008

HP is placing a $13.9 billion bet that it can wrest a piece of the tech services outsourcing market from IBM. It has announced it will acquire EDS for that sum. "The combination of HP and EDS will create a leading force in global IT services," said HP CEO Mark Hurd in announcing the proposed acquisition. [More...]

Snippets From Sapphire

Tuesday - May 13, 2008

SAP held its massive annual conference, Sapphire, last week and made the usual flurry of announcements and presentations to its 15,000-some attendees. Still, as is typical of most conferences, the best information filtered out between the official scheduled events. [More...]

Engineers Salvage Data From Disc Mangled in Columbia Disaster

Monday - May 12, 2008

Jon Edwards often manages what appears impossible. He has recovered precious data from computers wrecked in floods and fires and dumped in lakes. Now Edwards may have set a new standard: He found information on a melted disk drive that fell from the sky when space shuttle Columbia disintegrated in 2003. "When we got it, it was two hunks of metal stuck together. We couldn't even tell it was a hard drive." [More...]

Bronto Software: New Age E-Mail Marketing

Monday - May 12, 2008

Bronto is no dinosaur. Founded by former Red Hat executives and launched in 2002, the e-mail marketing software provider has certainly seen its industry and marketplace evolve and change dramatically around it. While questions are often raised about whether e-mail can remain an effective marketing channel given the flood of spam invading consumers' in-boxes and, spending on the channel continues to grow. [More...]

E-Commerce Web Services: Better, Faster, Cheaper

Saturday - May 10, 2008

Typically, new technologies tend to promise more than they deliver. That has not been the case with Web services, which are being integrated into just about every new e-commerce application. "Support for Web services has come from application vendors, application development tool suppliers and middleware vendors," said Jason Bloomberg, a managing partner with market research firm ZapThink. [More...]

SaaS: Bringing the Call Center Within a Small Company's Reach

Saturday - May 10, 2008

The software as a service trend is revolutionizing the call center industry, as companies of all sizes are now discovering the advantages of going with hosted versus on-premise solutions. With SaaS for the call center, applications are hosted on a shared platform in a data center and delivered to the agents via the Internet or dedicated network. [More...]

Dell Gets Real With Virtualization Strategy

Thursday - May 8, 2008

Dell unveiled an array of virtualization solutions Wednesday. The hardware maker's new lineup includes more than a dozen servers, tools and services designed to make the deployment and management of virtual environments as simple as possible for enterprises regardless of size, the company said. Four new virtualization-optimized servers stand at the center of the hardware manufacturer's latest offering. [More...]

HP Targets Web 2.0 Firms With Heavy-Duty NAS System

Wednesday - May 7, 2008

HP announced on Tuesday a new, highly scalable storage system meant to address the needs of online and digital media businesses. The HP StorageWorks 9100 Extreme Data Storage System is designed to simplify the management of multiple petabytes of data with an eye to affordability. [More...]

Into the Blu: Neil Young Touts High-Def Format at Sun Conference

Wednesday - May 7, 2008

Rebellious rocker Neil Young hates the sound of compact discs. So he waited 15 years for a different technology, which he says will allow him to share his life's work the way he wants his fans to enjoy it. Starting this fall, Young plans to release a comprehensive archive of music, videos and other material dating back to 1963 on a series of interactive Blu-ray discs. [More...]

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