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Computer Associates has sacked the head of its worldwide sales operation, EVP Stephen Richards, the latest executive claimed by the investigation of the revenue-inflating scandal that has gripped the company for several years now and stripped CEO and chairman Sanjay Kumar of his titles last week. CA said Richards, believed to be the nameless "Executive 2" that the SEC identified in the indictment for conspiracy to commit securities fraud and conspiracy to obstruct justice brought against CA's former VP of finance David Kaplan, resigned. The scandal has so far cost at least 16 senior managers their jobs, their reputations and possibly their freedom including the company's former CFO and general counsel. Many of them were reportedly asked to resign. CA's audit committee, which has so far spent $30 million doing its own investigation, now says that it has found that a to... (more)

Jitterbit: An Open Source Project That Bridges Data Gaps

Jitterbit, a service that helps companies bridge and integrate data from different sources, has released a new 2.0 version of its software along with a new pricing model that it hopes will make it more appealing to businesses and consumers alike. Jitterbit is an open source project that allows users to efficiently use and modify data from multiple sources that may not typically communicate directly. While the company is partially targeted towards the enterprise market (which often handles such issues when dealing with SaaS applications like Salesforce), it also strives to appeal to smaller scale, consumer operations. The new version of the software allows users to utilize a drag-and-drop interface to generate functions that will collect data from one input and modify it elsewhere, without having to enter any code. For example, I could use Jitterbit to collect the... (more)

BreakAway, Ltd. and OSS.Net, Inc. Agree to Explore Real-World Decision Support Fed by Multi-Lingual Open Sources of Information

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Robert David Steele Vivas, CEO of OSS.Net, Inc., a Virginia C Corporation, announced today that he has invited BreakAway CEO Doug Whatley to speak and exhibit at IOP '06, the new conference focused on Information Operations (IO), Open Source Intelligence (OSINT), and Peacekeeping Intelligence (PKI), to take place 17-19 January 2006 in Tysons Corner, Virginia. CEO Whatley has accepted. "A new marketplace is emerging," Steele suggests, "one that combines the old business intelligence marketplace that is at $25 billion a year, with the new IO and OSINT marketplace that is no less than $5 billion a year in the coming year just in the United States, and with the emerging 'reality games' marketplace that is not yet capitalized, but could easily double the value of open source information harvested in all languages all the time. "We appl... (more)

Ingres CAFE Wins LinuxWorld Product Excellence Award

Ingres Corporation, a leading provider of open source database management software and support services, announced today that Ingres CAFÉ (Consolidated Application Foundation for Eclipse) has won a LinuxWorld Product Excellence Award. Ingres CAFÉ, an open source community contributed project, was named the Best Application Development Tool by an independent panel of judges and industry experts. The award was presented at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo this week in San Francisco, Calif. Ingres CAFÉ was built by developers, for developers, and is designed to enable fast implementation of a Java Development Environment (JDE) by minimizing configuration issues. It is a tool that brings together in one bundle a pre-configured stack of technologies that can be used by community and professional developers to build feature rich Java applications. Given that they are bui... (more)

InMage Systems Expands Into New Markets With 5.1 Software Release

SANTA CLARA, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 09/23/09 -- InMage® (www.inmage.com), the leading independent software vendor of disk-based, business application recovery solutions for disaster recovery, today announced InMage Scout 5.1, the newest version of its flagship software. The 5.1 release provides enhanced support for larger environments, including multi-tenancy features for managed service provider (MSP) customers and improved scalability, platform coverage and ease of use which apply to all InMage software products. InMage Scout now also includes support for Sun Solaris operating system environments. InMage Scout is a single platform that supports transparent backup, disaster recovery (DR) from catastrophic failures within minutes, and automated application failover/failback for faster, more reliable restoration of application services. Built upon next generation tec... (more)

Ingres Joins Universities to Support Students in Open Source

Open source can open doors for college students looking to gain expertise and experience to prepare for the full-time job hunt that comes after graduation. That’s why Ingres Corporation, the leading open source database management company and pioneer of the New Economics of IT, announced today that the company is actively supporting university and open source organization initiatives to promote students in open source. Ingres is sponsoring a program between three universities in Canada and the United States to offer course credit to seven students that are participating in a semester long project working on Ingres Database, the leading open source database that helps organizations develop and manage business critical applications at an affordable cost. “The collaboration between Ingres and leading universities to help students begin working with open source has off... (more)

IceWEB Announces Integrated Anti-Virus for Iplicity

STERLING, Va., Dec. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IceWEB, Inc.(TM) (OTC Bulletin Board: IWEB) , www.IceWEB.com, a leading provider of purpose built appliances and building blocks for cloud storage networks, announced today that the Company's Iplicity Unified Storage Platform incorporates full and comprehensive anti-virus capabilities. Gary Dunham, SVP of Product Development for IceWEB said, "While Iplicity is generally considered a risk-free platform, we felt it was advantageous for our customers that we incorporate an additional layer of protection to mitigate the risks from computer viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other malicious code sets. To that end, we have added a built-in, no-charge virus scanning capability based upon the widely accepted ClamAV software. ClamAV contains nearly 700,000 virus signatures and is updated in real-time by a broad cross sec... (more)

TomTom Secures Traffic Deal with Qoros Auto in China

TomTom, via its joint venture partner AutoNavi Holdings Limited, announces a seven year agreement with Qoros Auto, an international automotive corporation. TomTom and AutoNavi will deliver HD Traffic, marking the first real time traffic customer for the newly expanded joint venture. In 2013 the first cars – aimed at young metropolitan users – will hit the streets in China equipped with HD Traffic, providing drivers with the most accurate, comprehensive and up-to-date traffic information available. “Securing our first OEM customer using HD Traffic in China is an exciting win for TomTom,” said Ralf-Peter Schäfer, Head of TomTom Traffic Product Unit. “Working with such a strong partner in the automotive landscape in China and Europe is an opportunity for TomTom to further prove that HD Traffic is the best real-time traffic solution available globally.” “It is our missi... (more)

Havok AI and Havok Physics Power Award-Winning Guild Wars 2® from NCsoft®

Havok, the leading provider of game technology, licensed its Havok AI and Havok Physics software for NCsoft® and ArenaNet’s launch of Guild Wars 2®. With the help of Havok AI and Havok Physics technologies, Guild Wars 2 was able to scale thousands of players on a single server. Guild Wars 2 has set itself apart from other MMO games by allowing players to directly influence the state of the world through gameplay and player interactions, providing different experiences for each gamer. Since the initial announcement of Guild Wars 2, the game has received numerous awards and accolades including being selected as one of IGN and GameSpot’s “Most Anticipated Games of 2012,” and also nominated by G4 as “Best MMO of 2012.” “Guild Wars 2 changes the MMO playing field as we know it and we are excited to be a part of such an innovative title,” said Brian Waddle, VP of Sales ... (more)

Rolta assessed for CMMI Level 5 v1.3

ALPHARETTA, Georgia, Oct. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Rolta International, Inc. announced that the quality systems of Rolta India Limited, a leading provider of end-to-end information technology consulting, solutions and services, have been successfully assessed at the highest Level 5 of SEI's Capability Maturity Model Integration®–DEV (CMMI®) version 1.3 for its Software Application Development and Maintenance. Rolta was an early adopter of CMM® in 2004, and has kept pace with the evolving maturity model prescribed by SEI. Rolta is one of just 85 companies worldwide to have achieved CMMI Level 5 under version 1.3. This is an endorsement of Rolta's ability to provide high quality software solutions through robust software engineering processes. It also underlines Rolta's commitment to delivery excellence, process maturity and service quality ensuring timely and best-in... (more)

Swissvoice présente sa nouvelle gamme de produits CAT-iq 2.0 lors du Broadband World Forum 2012

AUBONNE, Suisse, October 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Swissvoice, société suisse de télécommunications spécialisée dans la téléphonie sans fil, présentera sa nouvelle gamme de produits certifiés CAT-iq 2.0 lors du Broadband World Forum 2012 à Amsterdam (du 16 au 18 octobre), dont ses combinés CAT-iq 2.0, un dongle USB et une base VoIP DECT. Swissvoice sera présent sur le stand du DECT Forum (stand B51) et démontrera comment ses produits permettent aux opérateurs de communication large-bande ainsi qu'aux fabricants de passerelles, d'intégrer la technologie CAT-iq 2.0 dans leurs produits et services, indépendamment  du fait que la technologie CAT-iq soit déjà intégrée dans leurs passerelles ou non. La technologie CAT-iq 2.0 (Cordless Advanced technology - Internet and Quality) permet de profiter du potentiel des réseaux VoIP, et permet d'offrir de nouveaux services comme... (more)

IoT & Smart Cities Stories
Bill Schmarzo, author of "Big Data: Understanding How Data Powers Big Business" and "Big Data MBA: Driving Business Strategies with Data Science," is responsible for setting the strategy and defining the Big Data service offerings and capabilities for EMC Global Services Big Data Practice. As the CTO for the Big Data Practice, he is responsible for working with organizations to help them identify where and how to start their big data journeys. He's written several white papers, is an avid blogge...
Nicolas Fierro is CEO of MIMIR Blockchain Solutions. He is a programmer, technologist, and operations dev who has worked with Ethereum and blockchain since 2014. His knowledge in blockchain dates to when he performed dev ops services to the Ethereum Foundation as one the privileged few developers to work with the original core team in Switzerland.
René Bostic is the Technical VP of the IBM Cloud Unit in North America. Enjoying her career with IBM during the modern millennial technological era, she is an expert in cloud computing, DevOps and emerging cloud technologies such as Blockchain. Her strengths and core competencies include a proven record of accomplishments in consensus building at all levels to assess, plan, and implement enterprise and cloud computing solutions. René is a member of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and a m...
Andrew Keys is Co-Founder of ConsenSys Enterprise. He comes to ConsenSys Enterprise with capital markets, technology and entrepreneurial experience. Previously, he worked for UBS investment bank in equities analysis. Later, he was responsible for the creation and distribution of life settlement products to hedge funds and investment banks. After, he co-founded a revenue cycle management company where he learned about Bitcoin and eventually Ethereal. Andrew's role at ConsenSys Enterprise is a mul...
In his general session at 19th Cloud Expo, Manish Dixit, VP of Product and Engineering at Dice, discussed how Dice leverages data insights and tools to help both tech professionals and recruiters better understand how skills relate to each other and which skills are in high demand using interactive visualizations and salary indicator tools to maximize earning potential. Manish Dixit is VP of Product and Engineering at Dice. As the leader of the Product, Engineering and Data Sciences team at D...
Dynatrace is an application performance management software company with products for the information technology departments and digital business owners of medium and large businesses. Building the Future of Monitoring with Artificial Intelligence. Today we can collect lots and lots of performance data. We build beautiful dashboards and even have fancy query languages to access and transform the data. Still performance data is a secret language only a couple of people understand. The more busine...
Whenever a new technology hits the high points of hype, everyone starts talking about it like it will solve all their business problems. Blockchain is one of those technologies. According to Gartner's latest report on the hype cycle of emerging technologies, blockchain has just passed the peak of their hype cycle curve. If you read the news articles about it, one would think it has taken over the technology world. No disruptive technology is without its challenges and potential impediments t...
If a machine can invent, does this mean the end of the patent system as we know it? The patent system, both in the US and Europe, allows companies to protect their inventions and helps foster innovation. However, Artificial Intelligence (AI) could be set to disrupt the patent system as we know it. This talk will examine how AI may change the patent landscape in the years to come. Furthermore, ways in which companies can best protect their AI related inventions will be examined from both a US and...
Bill Schmarzo, Tech Chair of "Big Data | Analytics" of upcoming CloudEXPO | DXWorldEXPO New York (November 12-13, 2018, New York City) today announced the outline and schedule of the track. "The track has been designed in experience/degree order," said Schmarzo. "So, that folks who attend the entire track can leave the conference with some of the skills necessary to get their work done when they get back to their offices. It actually ties back to some work that I'm doing at the University of San...
When talking IoT we often focus on the devices, the sensors, the hardware itself. The new smart appliances, the new smart or self-driving cars (which are amalgamations of many ‘things'). When we are looking at the world of IoT, we should take a step back, look at the big picture. What value are these devices providing. IoT is not about the devices, its about the data consumed and generated. The devices are tools, mechanisms, conduits. This paper discusses the considerations when dealing with the...