Spam Tops Social Networks for Phishing Threats at SMBs

SpamTitan Technologies, a spam and Web-filtering software maker, revealed that its latest survey of small and mid-size businesses found that when it comes to phishing threats, traditional spam techniques still trump attacks on social networks.

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IT Out of Touch about Mobile Devices, Survey Finds

A new study from K2 Advisory, Digital Workplace Choices: Preparing for the 2020 Workplace, found that UK employers are impeding productivity by not measuring employee satisfaction with technology devices.

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VMWorld Survey Highlights Real-World Practices

Results from a survey of attendees at the VMworld Summit last week paint an interesting picture of current virtualization practices -- at least among the 200 participants.

To no one's surprise, 58 percent of conference attendees reported having virtualized at least half of their physical servers; only 39 percent had done so last year. However, virtualization of business-critical applications isn't rising as fast -- only 35 percent of respondents run at least half of such apps on virtual servers, compared to 31 percent doing so in 2009. Holding them back: performance concerns and security were the top IT-related reasons; a lack of company and senior IT leadership support topped business reasons.

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Security Surveys Reveal Scary Stats

In its latest quarterly Web Application Security Trends Report for the first half of 2010, Cenzic reports some frightening statistics on security trends.

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Old Meets New: Monitor Mainframes from Your iPad

William Data System's z/OS network management suite, ZEN, has been ported to Apple's iPad. The company says the program lets users (typically IT support staff) monitor the performance of z/OS networks in real time.

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What Economic Hard Times?

The hills are alive with the sound of acquisitions.

As we reported, Intel will acquire security software specialist McAfee Inc. for $7.68 billion in cash. Intel said the acquisition will enable the company to provide processor and network-based security. Based on the previous-day's closing stock price, Intel is paying a hefty 60 percent premium for McAfee.

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Microsoft Monthly Patch Sets Record

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IT Contradictions Abound in Data Management Survey

When it comes to information management, IT's mantra seems to be "do as we say, not as we do." That's one clear message from Symantec's 2010 Information Management Health Check Survey, released this week.

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