SAN JOSE - Cisco Systems has announced the Unified Computing System, which the networking vendor sees as the future of the datacenter and how it will evolve through virtualization and cloud computing. According to Cisco, the Unified Computing System (UCS), which it has worked on with several industry partners (including VMware), will change business models
SAN JOSE - IDC's special report, "Data Protection in United States SMBs: Opportunity and Analysis," has noted that Small to Medium-Sized businesses are increasingly adopting technologies like replication or disk-to-disk-to-tape backup that have only been previously seen in enterprise datacenters. "Mid-sized businesses are increasingly facing some of the same challenges that larger firms face and
SAN JOSE - Malware exploits moved at unprecedented speed and volume this past year but 2009 may bring increasing cooperation among security vendors and law enforcement agencies to bring down criminal enterprises, according to the annual Trend Micro Threat Roundup & 2009 Forecast. While malware authors have always moved quickly, releasing code as soon as
LANSING - Spending for $873 million of the state's transportation federal stimulus funds, which will support more than 130 projects around the state, which could create 25,000 news jobs, cleared the House overwhelmingly Wednesday. Projects include repair and reconstruction of I-475 in Flint, I-94 in Ann Arbor, I-196 in Grand Rapids, as well as reconstruction
LANSING - With the same cast returning for a repeat performance before the House Judiciary Committee that pushed the issue on both sides last session, the panel approved a package that would essentially erase the state's product liability immunity law and put prescription drugs under consumer protection laws. As they have in prior sessions, advocates
LANSING - The Michigan Strategic Fund board Wednesday approved a $6.9 million grant to Thomas Township to make public infrastructure improvements needed for the expansion of the Hemlock Semiconductor Group's solar cell manufacturing facility, which could create up to 300 jobs over the next two years. Hemlock Semiconductor is a joint venture of Dow Corning
NEW YORK - International Business Machines Corp. is in talks to buy Sun Microsystems in a combination that would bolster IBM's heft on the Internet, in data storage and in government and telecommunications areas, according to people familiar with the matter. The two companies have a common interest in that both make computer systems for
SAN FRANCISCO - Adobe Systems earlier this month issued a security update to fix a critical vulnerability in Adobe Reader 9 and Acrobat 9 that could allow an attacker to take complete control of a computer and for which exploits had been reportedly found in the wild for nearly two months. Adobe alerted users about
WASHINGTON DC - It's easy to criticize government failures. But as the U.S. Congress is learning in the case of the executive branch's cybersecurity efforts, fixing problems and crafting improvements is a little more difficult. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's cybersecurity arm has been under fire practically since its inception, flunking tests by outside
MIDLAND - The MidMichigan Innovators are presenting a special program on April 3 aimed at helping small businesses with technology innovations land multimillion dollar federal research and development grants. This seminar is specifically aimed at scientists in the region that may have recently retired or became available to embark on new horizons, as well as