Applications

Mon, November 16, 2009 - Bringing network and security ops under one roof is translating into more efficiency and increased security for IT management and consulting firm American Systems.

Thu, November 05, 2009 - OWASP will host its 2009 AppSec DC conference next week, hoping to arm IT security practitioners with knowledge to improve application security. For a taste of what to expect, organization member Matt Fisher discusses what's wrong with app security today and six ways to make it better.

Tue, November 03, 2009 - A high-tech CFO who makes sales calls? It's all in a day's work for NetSuite CFO Jim McGeever. Here's his take on how SaaS is beating big vendor FUD, the Larry Ellison effect, and the future of business apps.

Mon, November 02, 2009 - Jimmy Kuo, principal architect for Microsoft's Malware Protection Center, has high hopes that Windows 7 security features will help reverse attack trends identified in the seventh volume of the software giant's Security Intelligence Report.

Wed, September 23, 2009 - Microsoft's Business Division oversees one of its most successful products, the Office productivity suite, as well as the company's lucrative server and enterprise software businesses. However, like the rest of the company, the division has not been immune to the pressure of the recession, and revenue fell 13 percent in the quarter ending in June.

Wed, August 12, 2009 - For Heartland Payment Systems Inc. CEO Robert Carr, the year did not start off well, to say the least.

Tue, August 11, 2009 - Data mapping is not for the faint of heart, according to Bruce Phillips. Phillips is Vice President, Information Security Manager at Fidelity National Financial, a provider of title insurance, specialty insurance and claims management services. Phillips said Fidelity National started the process of creating a data map, or a consolidated system that tracks the contents of multiple databases, over two years ago. He quickly found the it to be a huge behemoth of a project.

Thu, July 30, 2009 - Now that EMC has purchased deduplication technology leader Data Domain, its reseller agreements with the likes of FalconStor Software Inc. and Quantum Corp. for the same type of single-instancing technology could be in jeopardy. Quantum resells both its tape libraries and dedupe software through EMC, sales that amount to less than 10% of its revenue.

Thu, July 16, 2009 - Sebbe Jones, manager of fraud and disputes at 2Checkout, is in the business of keeping e-commerce fraud at bay In a Q&A, Jones outlines how 2Checkout monitors fraudulent activity, and details some of the latest scams he sees on the job.

Thu, June 25, 2009 - CIOs think of Symantec as a company that buys its way into new markets. Over the past decade the Cupertino, California, vendor has snatched up about 30 companies as it's evolved from an antivirus and tools seller to an aspiring enterprise infrastructure vendor.