Nerd Girls take on sexist industry

EQUALITY IS ALL: Consultant and developer Kathy Brown, a member of Nerd Girls. Just an hour into the opening session of IBM Connect in Florida and Kathy Brown let out a sigh. Company executives and Hollywood actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt were singing the praises of social media in the workplace but,…

Posted on: February 28, 2013 1:00 pm

Unified communications may give nurses two hours back each day for patient care

One of the challenges of being a floor nurse is the running around, trying to find people. A hospital is a big facility, and even though the reporting and management structure is defined in such a way to operate in smaller floors or wards, there’s still a tremendous amount of…

Posted on: February 28, 2013 8:00 am

FOUR SOFT LTD. : Progress Software Honors Four Soft with Visionary Award for …

Progress Software Honors Four Soft with Visionary Award for EMEA Region 27th February’13, Hyderabad: Four Soft (4S) (NSE: "FOURSOFT", BSE: 532521), a global leader offering software solutions for the logistics, transportation and supply-chain industries is pleased to announce that it has been honored with the Visionary Award for EMEA region This…

Posted on: February 27, 2013 1:00 pm

Spirent Adds Support for Malware Testing with Realistic Threat Assessment

Spirent Communications, a leader in testing networks, services and devices, today announced the release of malware testing capabilities on Spirent Studio. With the addition of malware testing, Spirent offers its customers a comprehensive solution to test a range of security issues, including fuzzing, encryption, VPN, signature-based attacks and DDoS threats….

Posted on: February 27, 2013 1:00 pm

First News Briefs for February 27, 2013

Digi International today announced it will offer Android support for the ConnectCard for i.MX28 module, a compact wireless system-on-module for developing connected devices based on Freescale Semiconductor technology. Embedded application development kits will include drivers and unique Digi software extensions allowing customers to get to market fast using Android….

Posted on: February 27, 2013 1:00 pm

Atlassian Introduces a Faster, Simpler, Sexier Confluence

New Look and Feel of Confluence 5 Showcases Company’s Focus on Usability and Modern Design SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today leading enterprise software company Atlassian introduced Confluence 5.0, a completely redesigned version of its best-in-class social and team collaboration platform used by more than 36,000 teams worldwide. This latest release showcases Atlassian’s design-centric…

Posted on: February 27, 2013 1:00 pm

Nerd Girls take on ‘sexist’ industry

Consultant and developer Kathy Brown, a member of Nerd Girls. Photo: Supplied Just an hour into the opening session of IBM Connect in Florida and Kathy Brown let out a sigh. Company executives and Hollywood actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt were singing the praises of social media in the workplace but, for…

Posted on: February 27, 2013 8:00 am

CommVault Simpana 10 Goes Self-Service

CommVault today released the latest version of the company’s data archiving and protection software platform, Simpana 10. According to Greg White, senior manager of Product Marketing for CommVault, version 10 is a big milestone for the company and its venerable backup and archiving software. Simpana 10 is "our biggest release ever Rather than…

Posted on: February 27, 2013 8:00 am

Qld Transport in huge IT infrastructure refresh

news Queensland’s Department of Transport and Main Roads has kicked off an extremely wide-ranging refresh of its underlying desktop IT infrastructure which is slated to see legacy products such as Lotus Notes, IBM Sametime, Windows XP and Novell’s file, print and application deployment software replaced with more popular and updated…

Posted on: February 27, 2013 8:00 am

Box answers Dropbox with substantial security update

Box turned the cloud content management security battle up a notch this week when it announced new security features designed to help enterprise IT manage users, devices and apps. In addition, they announced several key new partnerships designed to provide more insight and links for enterprise security pros. These new…

Posted on: February 26, 2013 6:00 pm