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AT&T is expanding its cloud computing product line with a storage play aimed at enterprise users who want to access data via their laptops, smartphones and other Web-accessible devices. Called "Synaptic Storage as a Service AT&T," it is a joint offering with EMC. Synaptic Storage as a Service gives users access to the AT&T network cloud to store, ...

AT&T is expanding its cloud computing product line with a storage play aimed at enterprise users who want to access data via their laptops, smartphones and other Web-accessible devices. Called "Synaptic Storage as a Service AT&T," it is a joint offering with EMC. Synaptic Storage as a Service gives users access to the AT&T network cloud to store, ...

AT&T is expanding its cloud computing product line with a storage play aimed at enterprise users who want to access data via their laptops, smartphones and other Web-accessible devices. Called "Synaptic Storage as a Service AT&T," it is a joint offering with EMC. Synaptic Storage as a Service gives users access to the AT&T network cloud to store, ...

Amazon has opened another front in its push to establish the Kindle as the dominant e-reader in the market. The company is allowing bloggers to offer their posts in a subscription formatvia the Kindle store. The program is currently in beta. Bloggers can sign up for an account right now, however, by providing Amazon with information and an RSS li...

Google unveiled changes to its news site Thursday, but the debut was marred by widespread outages of the pages, along with other Google services. The system was restored by 10 a.m. ET, and an investigation into the cause of the disruption is underway, according to a statement from Google -- and countless tweets on Twitter. ...

In an abrupt about face, Craigslist has announced it will take down its "erotic services" ad category. In its place will be a new adult services section that will be screened by Craigslist staff before publication, according to a statement made by Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, who is head of a multistate attorney general task force investigating the controversial issue.

The Obama Administration is making good on a campaign promise to stepup antitrust enforcement. The Justice department's top antitrustenforcement official, Christine Varney, said in a speech Monday morningthat the DoJ would be setting aside a policy interpretation developedin the previous Bush Administration The interpretation was set out last Septe...

Tigerpaw Software is a family-owned software company that, 24 years after it was founded, is about to enter a new phase of growth. The company's enterprise CRM, inventory and project management platform has always had a loyal following, in no small part because of the care and attention Tigerpaw lavishes on its customers, CEO Dave Foxall told CRM Buyer.

A hacker -- or a group of hackers -- is attempting to hold hostage some 8 million records purportedly acquired from the Virginia Prescription Monitoring Program, according to ransom note posted to the program's Web site on April 30. Few statements have been released by Virginia state authorities, other than warnings that users of theprogram should...

Google, which has never been one to show much regard for Microsoft, could well be feeling sympathetic toward Redmond now that it finds itself under the antitrust gun. Microsoft has been beleaguered by antitrust investigations in the U.S. and Europe for decades. To be sure, Microsoft brought much of that regulatory attention on itself -- but its su...

Citrix Systems is revamping its certification processes for engineers and architects to focus more on virtualization and provide an easier path to upgrade preexisting certifications. The updated certifications are Citrix Certified Enterprise Engineer for Virtualization (CCEE) and CitrixCertified Integration Architect for Virtualization (CCIA); in many respects, they are a continuation of the company's Administrator-level certifications...

Following the arrest of the accused Boston-area 'Craigslist killer' Philip Markoff, Craigslist has come under fire for its "casual encounters" section on the site, which allegedly contains de facto advertisements for prostitution. Craigslist, like other Web 2.0 sites, such as social network MySpace -- has attracted the attention of authorities in ...

Google's right to use the word "Android" for its mobile phone operating system is being challenged by Erich Specht, who acquired a trademark for the name "Android Data" in 2002. Google attempted to gain the right to use "Android" for its OS last year, as it happens, but the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office denied its petition due to possible prod...

Google and Apple are both wildly successful Web 2.0 companies that can be considered market makers in their respective fields. Another similarity that is less obvious -- but apparently very compelling to the Federal Trade Commission -- is their taste in corporate leadership. Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Genentech CEO Arthur Levinson sit on both of the companies' boards of directors...

Research In Motion is bolstering its mobile productivity lineup with new enterprise offerings. In addition to a new version of its server software, BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0, which emphasizes energy efficiency and virtualization, RIM has partnered with HP on an operations manager for the BlackBerry server, and an application that allows BlackBerry smartphone users to send a print request to the nearest printer...

Before the arrival of sales force automation and marketing campaign software, there were productivity applications. CRM, as we all know, rose from that fundamental platform of email, calendaring, mailinglist management and task management. A lot of CRM vendors include productivity in their CRM apps -- most do, in fact. However, few focus on it as ...

Oracle is intent on expanding its offering of Software as a Service applications, according to press reports including an account in the Wall Street Journal. Specifically, it is planning to offer seven new products in a SaaS environment -- a move that would significantly enlarge its already substantial SaaS footprint. What's surprising is that it ...

The Interactive Advertising Bureau has unveiled a document that standardizes certain industry terms. Its purpose is to help resolve the surprisingly large number of discrepancies that occur when impression data is exchanged between publishers and third-party ad servers. Such discrepancies can range from simple mislabeling of certain buys to different ways of labeling a certain category...

On the heels of two senior executives who recently left Google, a third -- David Rosenblatt, head of the display advertising business -- is saying goodbye. His final day is scheduled for mid-May. While their timing is most likely coincidental, the departures suggest a worrisome trend for Google Rosenblatt, the former CEO of Doubleclick, was among t...

Motorola's earnings for Q1 show a continued decline in revenue -- this time, by 28 percent. Its net loss was US$231 million on revenue of $5.37 billion. In the same period last year, Motorola's earnings tanked by $194 million on revenue of $7.4 billion The decline was due in part to plummeting handset sales, which have fallen to just under half the...