Why iPhone, Android Won't "Replace" BlackBerry on Wall St. Anytime Soon

Wall St. bank JPMorgan is security testing iPhones and Android devices. But it's not time to say Bye-Bye, BlackBerry just yet.

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Computer containing 7,000 CUNY students' personal information stolen weeks ago.

CUNY is flunking security.

" Red-faced officials at City College of New York, one of the colleges of The City University of New York, sent warning letters to 7,000 students telling them a computer containing personal information - including their names and Social Security numbers - had been stolen a few weeks ago.

The desktop computer was password-protected, but students and parents are still worried about the possibility of identity theft, "ABC Eyewitness News" reported Monday night. "

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Cloud Computing: It's No Y2K Bonanza for IT Consulting Industry

" Consulting, systems integration and outsourcing vendors must prepare themselves for life in the cloud, too, says Forrester Research. For traditional IT service providers, cloud is bad news in the short term, but is it really good news in the long term? "

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Microsoft Exchange or Google Apps? Govt agency goes Google.

Source: Google

James Ferreira, CIO for the New Mexico State Attorney General's office, had a choice to make to support his growing organization: upgrade to a more costly enterprise license for Microsoft Exchange or find a business grade alternative at a better price. Google Apps Premier Edition emerged as the clear winner.

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City of Orlando Cuts Costs by Over 66% with Google Apps

Source: Google

When Conrad Cross, CIO for Orlando, got his budget cut and lost two experienced IT administrators, he knew he had to find another solution to replace the city’s legacy email and communications infrastructure. After considering the usual options, Cross found a compelling value proposition in a cloud-based solution offered by Google Apps.

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BlackBerry Apps: Four Types to Avoid

Not every BlackBerry application is all it's cracked up to be. CIO.com's BlackBerry expert Al Sacco highlights four types of BlackBerry apps you'd do well to avoid. Read More

R.I.P. Windows XP SP2

" Microsoft on Tuesday officially retired Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), the company's most significant service pack, several security experts said.

"Windows XP SP2 was a game changer," said Wolfgang Kandek, chief technology officer of Qualys, a California-based security risk and compliance management provider. "

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Microsoft confirms Russian spy was employee, report says

" Microsoft has confirmed that the "12th alleged member" of the recently exposed Russian spy ring worked for Microsoft at the company's headquarters in Redmond, Wash., according to a new report by the Bloomberg news service. "

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Microsoft punches Cisco, VMware in the eye with Windows Azure Appliance

" The Windows Azure Appliance that Microsoft announced on Monday combines cloud services and virtualization with an on-premises flexible server, networking, storage. Partners for the device include Dell, HP, Fujitsu. Sound familiar? It should. The appliance takes on the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) platform, a product that heartily contributed to Cisco's estrangement with HP. HP has made it a mission to offer a networking product portfolio that lets users build a 100% Cisco-less environment. "

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Bad iPhone 4 reception? Apple: Don't hold your iPhone 4 that way!

"Now that the iPhone 4 has been out for more than a day (at least in some parts of the world), it’s only logical that a number of bugs have popped up. It seems the biggest one has to do with reception. Apple’s response? It’s you’re probably holding the phone the wrong way."

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Industry Groups Support Obama IP Enforcement Plan

"One U.S. senator questioned why search engines and Internet service providers don't block customers' access to pirated music and movies online, and representatives of the U.S. movie and music industries praised a new plan by President Barack Obama's administration to crack down on intellectual property violations, during a Senate hearing Wednesday."

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