Citrix, the company behind some of the most widely used Virtual Private Networking solutions, announced (unofficially) via its
that it has been working on a XenApp solution for the iPhone.
is the Citrix application platform that allows for on demand access to applications hosted locally or remotely without the need for a full installation. Applications are processed and stored locally or remotely as CAB (cabinet) files, which are then accessed Read the rest of this entry »
Google does not do well with Apps, at least according to most industry reports. People still download Microsoft Windows without many complaints, but some IT department would probably like to move the load of processing much of the Windows software to Google's server farms. The customer is always right.
So, Microsoft will greatly expand the number of products it markets for buyers who want to use the online versions of its software. According to Read the rest of this entry »
systems, customer contact lists, and accounting systems.
While options remain limited for using the iPhone like a networked computing client, they are expanding. Consider that when Apple's App Store went online in July,
and Salesforce.com were the only enterprise
vendors with offerings at the site. Within the past few months, however, at least a dozen additional offerings have come online at the App Store that were designed to give iPhone owners Read the rest of this entry »
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Ulteo is now offering what Microsoft and Citrix will not: a server based computing solution for the Linux desktop and Linux applications.
The company, which late last year
the first OpenOffice open source desktop online, has announced the availability of the Open Virtual Desktop (OVD), which is essentially the server installable and free version of Read the rest of this entry »
While the Windows platform has become much more resistant to malware attacks, Microsoft-based applications have now become the focus of vulnerabilities, according to research firm Ovum.
"Microsoft's work in improving its Windows platform has been paying off and attackers are turning to attacking applications rather than platforms," said Graham Titterington, principal analyst at Ovum.
Microsoft's Security Intelligence report indicated that operating Read the rest of this entry »
The era of operating system vulnerability is slowly drawing to a close, with more than nine out of 10 published software vulnerabilities now appearing in applications, Microsoft's latest half-yearly report has suggested.
According to the company's Security Intelligence Report for the first half of 2008, OS vulnerabilities are now stable at between 6 and 8 percent of those reported, a level they have been at since the first half of 2006. Vulnerabilities Read the rest of this entry »
The era of operating system vulnerability is slowly drawing to a close, with more than nine out of 10 published software vulnerabilities now appearing in applications, Microsoft's latest half-yearly report has suggested.
According to the company's Security Intelligence Report for the first half of 2008, OS vulnerabilities are now stable at between 6 and 8 percent of those reported, a level they have been at since the first half of 2006. Vulnerabilities Read the rest of this entry »
The era of operating system vulnerability is slowly drawing to a close, with more than nine out of 10 published software vulnerabilities now appearing in applications, Microsoft's latest half-yearly report has suggested.
According to the company's Security Intelligence Report for the first half of 2008, OS vulnerabilities are now stable at between 6 and 8 percent of those reported, a level they have been at since the first half of 2006. Vulnerabilities Read the rest of this entry »
Expanding its efforts to offer an alternative to Microsoft's Office desktop applications, IBM is making its free Lotus Symphony office productivity suite available for Apple's Mac OS X and Canonical's Ubuntu Linux.
IBM announced the expanded platform support this week at the OpenOffice.org Conference in Beijing in a keynote speech by Michael Karasick, director of IBM Lotus China Development Labs. IBM also unveiled a roadmap for Symphony for 2009 Read the rest of this entry »
The CodeWeavers Lame Duck Presidential Challenge will make its software products downloadable for free to all Americans for 24 hours at www.CodeWeavers.com if President Bush accomplishes at least one of the following goals:
CodeWeavers has selected an initial platform of five Lame Duck Goals. All of these represent what we think should be attainable, positive goals for the United States.
1. Reduce the Price of Gas: Gas costs about $3.79 a gallon Read the rest of this entry »