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IBM to offer stamp of approval for cloud services

IBM has announced a validation programme aimed at increasing the company's influence in the cloud-computing arena, by allowing businesses to evaluate the reliability of cloud-based applications and services from any provider. Read more »

IBM chides security researchers

Technology giant IBM has taken independent security researchers to task for their role in making information about unpublished computer attacks available in an undisciplined manner. Read more »

SCO wanted to gag Torvalds

Unix company was gathering information to support a court order to silence individuals related to its open-source legal case against IBM. Read more »

IBM to pour US$6 billion into India

IBM plans to invest nearly US$6 billion in India over three years, underscoring the country's ever-increasing importance as a global hub for IT outsourcing and expertise. Read more »

IBM retools Global Services

Big Blue seeks higher, more profitable ground in the market for business computing services. Read more »

IBM moves Linux beat to Brazil

IBM is taking its love of Linux to South America, introducing consulting services to promote the open-source operating system in Brazil. Read more »

IBM donates code to help Eclipse get organised

IBM said on Wednesday that it has donated code and documentation on how to organise software development projects to the Eclipse open-source foundation. Read more »

Symantec: Sorry, Flash Player attack not a zero day

After suspecting a zero day exploit was being used to attack the latest version of Flash Player (9.0.124.0), Symantec says the call was a mistake - it was an older version, 9.0.115.0 and prior. Read more »

20,000 Web pages help exploit 'patched' Flash flaw

A possible zero day exploit has been discovered for a flaw in Flash thought to have been patched by Adobe a month ago. Read more »

IBM, Yahoo and Google target Microsoft Office

After years of watching Microsoft rake in billions of dollars from its desktop software franchise, its competitors are pouncing. Read more »

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Features (51)

Case Study: Switching places from Lotus to .NET

For almost a decade, Sydney-based software developer Just OnePlace (J1P) had been a loyal devotee of the IBM/Lotus platform. But following the strategic review that commenced two years ago the company made a strategic switch to the rival Microsoft .NET camp. Read more »

The FUD war against Linux

Open-source activist Bruce Perens uncovers the SCO-Microsoft connection behind a campaign to convince users that trade secrets of Unix have been copied into Linux. Read more »

Is Linux on the move?

CIOs have moved from the sidelines to the playing field in the search for a successor to traditional data centre products. Have they found one in Linux? Read more »

Digging code: Software archaeology

At first glance, business software developers have little in common with Indiana Jones. But the emerging field of software archaeology applies some of the same skills, if not the dashing adventure. Read more »

The real future of Linux

For Linux to grow, a more traditional model of capitalism must be implemented. Red Hat is attempting this move with recent changes to its licensing and support policies. Find out how this might affect future distributions. Read more »

Consider these options for Web certifications

In a tight job market, a certification can distinguish you from other job applicants. The question is, which certifications are the most advantageous to hold? Read more »

Perceiving the true potential of technology

Robin Christopherson, head of accessibility at AbilityNet, says he owes everything to the freedom technology has provided Read more »

Is IT certification still relevant for developers?

The IT certification landscape has drastically changed over the years. It was once considered the measuring stick for IT knowledge, is this still true? Read more »

80% of software is no brain work: Ivar Jacobson

Efficiency, Code Reuse and Artificial Intelligence -- we sat down with one of the inventors of UML and the RUP to talk about how the software industry has to change in the next five years. Read more »

Developer Spotlight: Prashant Sridharan

Prashant Sridharan is the group product manager for Visual Studio Team System at Microsoft. With the release of the tools later this year Builder AU caught up with Shridharan to talk about the long-awaited release. Read more »

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Blog (2)

The Fud is Flying! (Again)

David McAmis [blogs:theneteffect] -- It seems like that the latest marketing technique for software vendors is to sling a little FUD and see if it sticks. Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt make for some attention-grabbing headlines and are great for scaring potential customers away from a competitors offering. Read more »

Simonyi tells programmers to leave the Dark Ages

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Charles Simonyi -- legendary Microsoft programmer and space tourist -- doesn't have many good things to say about the current state of his own profession, software engineering. Read more »

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