There have always been questions about the reliability of data stored in the cloud, and now the cloud has become darker after the personal data of T-Mobile Sidekick users disappeared last weekend. Much of that data has since been restored.The

Google Wave is great, and companies should consider offering its functionality to their employees, a consultant says. But only when the concepts come from companies without Google's baggage and with enterprise track records.The tool from Google, announced in late May,

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison may have got his heroes mixed up, but there was no mistaking his message at Oracle's OpenWorld on Wednesday as he challenged IBM on business software performance. "IBM, you are more than welcome to enter," he

Rohnert Park, Calif., October 15, 2009 -- Red Condor today introduced Red Condor Archive, a secure message archiving service that helps organizations meet compliance regulations, e-discovery support requirements, and data storage and management best practices. Red Condor Archive leverages its

After spending years and years gestating a significant new lineup of business software, Oracle Chief Executive Larry Ellison said on Oct. 14 that the company's long-awaited Fusion applications would make their debut next year.Ellison, delivering a keynote address at the

If the customer is king, then the customer's data are the crown jewels.Over the past two decades, mobile operators have been privy to increasingly detailed information about their users. Aside from people who buy prepaid service with cash, mobile operators

Good news for Sidekick users -- Microsoft is restoring lost data. But the high-profile data loss and another involving Mac OS X Snow Leopard may leave Microsoft and Apple customers with a bad taste for some time.Microsoft reports it has

The Wi-Fi Alliance is working on a new specification that will let computing devices interconnect with mobile phones, cameras, printers, keyboards and mice, and other PCs over Wi-Fi connections. Called Wi-Fi Direct, the new specification promises to make it far

Can the analytic science that powers operations at Wal-Mart and Federal Express make inroads against terrorists? IBM is going to give it a shot. Big Blue's Global Services Div. just landed a five-year, $20 million contract to apply its analytical

Microsoft released its largest-ever batch of security updates Tuesday, fixing 33 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer, and other popular software. Eight of the updates are rated critical and five are rated important.All the critical vulnerabilities are labeled as remote code