Tyco Electronics Ltd. (NYSE: TEL) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its mechatronics business located in Niefern, Germany to L. Possehl & Co. mbH. The closing of the transaction is expected to occur within 30 days and, in connection with the sale, the company will [...]
Full Story »Tyco Electronics Affirms Q4 Revenue and Adjusted EPS Guidance; Announces Definitive Agreement to Sell Mechatronics Business and Updates GAAP EPS Guidance
Xerox Brings Services to Life with Interactive Customer Experience Website
As part of its Ready for Real Business global marketing campaign that debuts today, Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) launched RealBusiness.com, an online interactive and immersive multimedia experience where visitors see Xerox’s offerings come to life through its customers.
Brand characters from the new global marketing campaign, such as a concierge from Marriott Hotels [...]
Windows vulnerabilities prove a popular target for cybercriminals in August
Kaspersky Lab announces the publication of its Monthly Malware Statistics for August 2010. Exploits and worms targeting Windows’ vulnerabilities hit both the ranking of malware most often detected on users’ computers, and the ranking of web threats.
August saw a dramatic growth in malware targeting the CVE-2010-2568 vulnerability. It was first used by Worm.Win32.Stuxnet, a network [...]
Sybase and University of Texas Study Reveals 10 Percent Increase in Usability of Enterprise Data Can Translate to $2 Billion in Additional Revenue Every Year
Sybase, Inc., an SAP company (NYSE: SAP) and industry leader in enterprise and mobile software, today revealed the results of a new Report – ‘Measuring the Business Impacts of Effective Data’ – an extensive study benchmarking some of the world’s leading enterprises across a wide range of industries by measuring the [...]
Full Story »VMware Attracts More than 17,000 Attendees to VMworld 2010, Unveils Strategy for Next Era of Information Technology
VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, today announced the conclusion of its seventh annual VMworld® 2010 conference, which was held from Aug. 30 through Sept. 2 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. VMworld 2010 attracted a record number of more than 17,000 customers, partners, [...]
Full Story »VMware and Novell Deliver SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware
Today at VMworld 2010, VMware and Novell announced the general availability of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware®, the first step in the companies’ expanded partnership announced in June of 2010. The solution is designed to reduce IT complexity and accelerate the customer evolution to a fully virtualized datacenter. With SUSE [...]
Full Story »SingTel and Optus Selected to Join VMware vCloud Datacenter Service program
Today at VMworld 2010, Vmware (NYSE: VMW) and SingTel announced that SingTel and its Australian subsidiary, Optus, are the first telecommunications operators in Asia Pacific to be selected to join the VMware vCloud™ Datacenter Service program.
SingTel’s VMware vCloud™ Datacenter Service is designed and certified to be secure, compliant and offer up [...]
ESET Announces new Mobile Security Solution for Smartphone Protection
ESET, the leader in proactive threat protection, today announced the availability of ESET Mobile Security, a new security solution for mobile devices that protects users from the latest mobile threats. ESET Mobile Security leverages ESET’s proven threat protection to secure users’ mobile communications, sensitive data and privacy on mobile devices that [...]
Full Story »Spammers curse Apple’s new Ping service with iPhone scams
IT security and data protection firm Sophos is calling upon users of the new Ping musical social network, created by Apple and built into the new version of iTunes, to be on their guard against scammers and spammers who have deluged the system with fraudulent messages.
Ping, which was only launched this week, [...]
DVD6C Announces New Licensing Program
The DVD6C Licensing Group (DVD6C) consisting of nine leading developers of DVD technology and formats — Hitachi, Ltd., Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Panasonic Corporation, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Sharp Corporation, Toshiba Corporation, Victor Company of Japan, Ltd. (JVC) and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Inc. — today announced [...]
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