5 Myths About SaaS Despite a growing track record of success, software as a service is still misunderstood by a surprising number of IT and business decision-makers. It's time to put to rest some misconceptions about SaaS. Let's bust the five most common myths. 5 SaaS myths busted The limits of SaaS SaaS puts focus on functionality SaaS surprises: Broader appeal, customization, more SaaS integration: Tricky, but manageable PaaS gives developers a virtual toolbox LiveOps moves from outsourcer to SaaS provider VMware to manage virtual machines from mobile phones VMware is set to release in the beginning of April a technology preview of a new feature that will let vCenter Mobile Access VMware users manage their infrastructure from mobile phones, it said on a company blog on Friday. Banned poker sites make joker of ACMA's Internet blacklist Less than a week after the federal government's URL blacklist was leaked and caused a furore over the status of online betting company Betfair, Australia's poker industry is now in the firing line over the number of legitimate poker sites that could be banned by the filter. E-mail evidence in Madoff case includes another scam U.S. attorneys prosecuting fraudster Bernard Madoff submitted letters from victims of his Ponzi scheme to the presiding judge on March 9 in the form of e-mail messages, but they appear to have mistakenly included evidence of a scam of a different sort in the filing. Free tool from HP scans for Flash vulnerabilities HP has released a free development tool that finds vulnerabilities in Flash, Adobe System's widely used but occasionally buggy interactive Web technology. Is Your Living Room Ready for Internet Video? Once upon a time, all you needed to tap into the wide world of TV was a TV--though a good set of rabbit ears didn't hurt. Internet video is way more complicated. Few networking tasks are more demanding than pumping video fast enough to avoid pauses, hiccups, and other glitches. So keep the following technical issues in mind before you cut up your Blockbuster card. Cisco's data center assault spurs M&A talk Investment firm USB lists other companies that may follow in IBM and Sun's footsteps in an attempt to stand up to increased competition in the data center. Outsourcing prices falling, buyers getting savvier Outsourcing prices will drop in the coming months, industry watchers speculate. Plus: Advice for making the most out of outsourced IT services. CEO Pay: Ballmer is a saint compared to others Given the economic hard times and the fact that Microsoft had some pretty spectacular fiscal achievements in 2008, Steve Ballmer's pay for the year was reasonable, almost saintly (compared to the greed of other tech execs). Podcast: Cisco and the UCS Channel Ken Presti reports on his discussion with Cisco senior director John Growdon, looking at the go-to-market elements associated with the vendor's data center announcement (4:52) Play Xbox Games on Your Cell Phone Imagine playing what looks like an Xbox 360 game -- on a $100 cell phone. That, according to Remi Pedersen, graphics product manager at ARM, is exactly what could be possible as soon as winter 2009 with its new higher-end Mali-200 and Mali-400 processors. Robot takes to the runway at Japan fashion show A multimillion dollar robot made its anticipated appearance at a Japanese fashion show on Monday but its stiff performance means runway models have a few more years before they need worry about being replaced by technology. Watch the video: Robotic 'model' hits the catwalk Spam filters block legitimate e-mail, finds test Many antispam products still block an inconvenient amount of legitimate e-mail, a new test of leading products has suggested. Enter for a Microsoft training giveaway from New Horizons New Horizons Computer Training is offering a free Microsoft training course worth up to $2,500 to be given to one lucky Microsoft Subnet reader. Deadline for entry is March 31. |
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