Putin to Order Russian Government to Switch to Free Software

Mashable.com (2010-12-29) -Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has signed a government order that lays out the groundwork for the transition of federal bodies and agencies to use free software, including Linux, by 2015. The 25-point document (available here) outlines specific steps the government must take in order to move off proprietary software and onto free and/or …

What Actually Happened to Skype

Skype has released a more detailed explanation today on what actually caused the service outage this month. According to the Skype Blog (2010-12-29), “On Wednesday, December 22, a cluster of support servers responsible for offline instant messaging became overloaded. As a result of this overload, some Skype clients received delayed responses from the overloaded servers. …

CIOs Big E-mail Security Problems

CIO (2010-12-17) – The Three Big E-mail Security Problems That Keep CIOs Up at Night: Data loss, Data Liability, and Reputation. Such losses, companies must implement effective controls to their messaging infrastructure, while at the same time working with their business owners to not break day-to-day operations. read more…

IBM Lotus Notes Traveler for Nokia Smartphones

Indianexpress.com (2010-12-17) – Nokia India and IBM announced their collaboration to deliver business mobility solutions to Indian enterprises. Building on their global alliance for business mobility, Nokia and IBM also shared an update on the deployment of IBM Lotus Notes Traveler for Nokia smartphones highlighting substantial traction among Indian enterprises. The solution – which delivers direct, …