While the federal IPv6 deadline appears to be coming and going without drama, it is still a significant milestone in the anticipated rollout of the next-generation Internet
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Before the auction started, a Yankee Group analyst said the move to make room for new entrants won’t be enough by itself to spur competition. Although high bids are over $4 billion, he hasn’t changed his mind
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Job satisfaction seems to be high, and the average IT manager gets a compensation package in excess of $80,000. Read the highlights from IT World Canada’s annual survey of IT compensation.
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A retail chain was dealing with reams of spreadsheets and reports, plus an AS/400 that was ill-suited for analytics. Why the firm decided to move to a more sophisticated business intelligence system
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A medical researcher studying the structure and interaction of proteins found the resulting diagrams resembled a huge black hairball. IBM came to the rescue with a machine that does 12 teraflops
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VANCOUVER, Canada, June 26, 2008 Today, five leading information technology (IT) vendors announced the creation of the Industry Consortium for Advancement of Security on the Internet (ICASI), a nonprofit organization that will enhance global IT security by proactively driving excellence and innovation in security response.
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San Diego-based Gizmo5, the voice-over-IP firm headed by former MP3.com founder Michael Robertson, has tied into fellow voice-over-IP provider JAJAH for call termination. According to JAJAH, its platform is being used by Gizmo5 for all call termination, as well as customer care and billing. Financial details of the arrangement were not announced. Gizmo5, which was previously known as SIPphone, develops the Gizmo Project, which is a open source instant messaging and VoIP project. The firm’s softphone allows users to use their computer to call both other computers and land lines; the service competes against similar services from Skype.
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Irvine-based Blizzard Entertainment, which operates the popular online massively multiplayer online game World of Warcraft, has taken an interesting take on problems with hacking into its online game. The firm said today that it has added a keychain security device (known in the industry as a “key fob”) which generates a unique, six-digit security code which can be used to validate signing into the World of Warcraft game. The device–which is designed to attached to a keychain–uses the code in conjunction with an account name and password to allow logins to the game. The firm said the device will be available for $6…. (more)
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San Diego-based SYS Technologies, a provider of communications products for the Department of Defense and other government agencies, said Thursday that its shareholders have approved a merger with Kratos Defense and Security Solutions. SYS Technologies had previously announced its merger with Kratos in February, in a stock transaction worth roughly $50M. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is a provider of engineering, IT services, and other services to the national security customers.
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Los Angeles-based EQAL, the digital entertainment company founded by the creators of lonelygirl15, said today that they have hired James Termling as Senior Vice President of Business Affairs and Operations. Sterling joins the firm from Mark Burnett Productions, the production company behind The Apprentice, Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader, and other reality television shows. Sterling previously oversal business and legal matters for Mark Burnett Productions. EQAL was founded by Miles Beckett and Greg Goodfried, who created lonelygirl15, a hugely popular video blog on YouTube…. (more)
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