http://www.cio.com/ en (c) Copyright 2009 CXO Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:21:06 GMT 2009-11-09T11:21:06Z en (c) Copyright 2009 CXO Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. http://www.cio.com/article/506925/Cisco_Undervalues_Tandberg_Investment_Firms_Say?source=rss_network Two investment consulting companies laid out objections to Cisco's US$3 billion offer for Norwegian videoconferencing vendor Tandberg on Friday, saying in an open letter to Cisco and a press interview that the bid undervalues Tandberg. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Stephen Lawson <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506925/Cisco_Undervalues_Tandberg_Investment_Firms_Say?source=rss_network 2009-11-06T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506918/Droid_Launch_Draws_Tech_Savvy_Crowd_to_Verizon_Store?source=rss_network More than 20 people waited in line for the 7 a.m. opening of a Boston-area Verizon Wireless store to buy the new Motorola Droid smartphone. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Matt Hamblen <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506918/Droid_Launch_Draws_Tech_Savvy_Crowd_to_Verizon_Store?source=rss_network 2009-11-06T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506917/Cisco_Undervalues_Tandberg_Investment_Firms_Say?source=rss_network Two investment consulting companies laid out objections to Cisco's US$3 billion offer for Norwegian videoconferencing vendor Tandberg on Friday, saying in an open letter to Cisco and a press interview that the bid undervalues Tandberg. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Stephen Lawson <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506917/Cisco_Undervalues_Tandberg_Investment_Firms_Say?source=rss_network 2009-11-06T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506913/Businesses_Prep_Now_to_Avoid_H1N1_Flu_Outages_Later?source=rss_network Last spring, when the first cases of H1N1 flu appeared, Gartner Inc. was getting lots of calls from alarmed clients wanting to know if and how they should adjust their disaster recovery plans. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Tam Harbert <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506913/Businesses_Prep_Now_to_Avoid_H1N1_Flu_Outages_Later?source=rss_network 2009-11-06T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506905/Microsoft_Battles_on_in_Mobile_Search_and_the_Cloud?source=rss_network As Microsoft launches Windows 7 and seeks to banish the ghost of its less-than-successful Vista OS, it is fighting to defend its primacy as the world's leading software company. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT IDG News Service staff <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506905/Microsoft_Battles_on_in_Mobile_Search_and_the_Cloud?source=rss_network 2009-11-06T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506884/Google_Dashboard_Gives_You_a_Bird_s_Eye_View_of_Your_Cloud?source=rss_network If the size of your Google cloud is starting to look like Act IV of A Perfect Storm, you'll probably be interested in the company's latest feature, Google Dashboard--a one-stop shopping overview of all your Google cloud services, with links to preferences and privacy settings for each. (The Dashboard link is somewhat buried on your account settings page, so you might want to bookmark google.com/dashboard.) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Jeff Porten <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506884/Google_Dashboard_Gives_You_a_Bird_s_Eye_View_of_Your_Cloud?source=rss_network 2009-11-05T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506879/AT_T_Profiles_Specific_Cities_in_Bid_for_Coverage?source=rss_network AT&T has created different mobile calling models for every major city in America as it tries to improve a network that has come under fire for poor performance as the data-friendly iPhone has proliferated, an executive said Thursday. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Stephen Lawson <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506879/AT_T_Profiles_Specific_Cities_in_Bid_for_Coverage?source=rss_network 2009-11-05T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506852/IBM_Announces_Cloud_Software_Development_Betas?source=rss_network IBM on Thursday announced beta versions of new services aimed at developers who want to create and deploy applications on public and private clouds. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Chris Kanaracus <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506852/IBM_Announces_Cloud_Software_Development_Betas?source=rss_network 2009-11-05T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506846/Study_Internet_Users_Aren_t_Isolated_Thank_Facebook_?source=rss_network Internet users are not as isolated as sociologists thought, but we've known that all along. Rather than isolating Americans, a new study finds the Internet broadens our social circle, and Facebook gets particular credit. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT David Coursey <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506846/Study_Internet_Users_Aren_t_Isolated_Thank_Facebook_?source=rss_network 2009-11-05T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506780/China_Bans_Solitary_Confinement_for_Internet_Addicts?source=rss_network China on Wednesday banned the use of physical punishment to treat Internet addiction after reports of beatings and at least one death in recent months at clinics for the condition around the country. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Owen Fletcher <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506780/China_Bans_Solitary_Confinement_for_Internet_Addicts?source=rss_network 2009-11-05T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506778/Vendors_Scrambling_to_Fix_Bug_in_Net_s_Security?source=rss_network Software makers around the world are scrambling to fix a serious bug in the technology used to transfer information securely on the Internet. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Robert McMillan <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506778/Vendors_Scrambling_to_Fix_Bug_in_Net_s_Security?source=rss_network 2009-11-05T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506800/Cisco_Results_Top_Estimates?source=rss_network Cisco Systems on Wednesday posted first-quarter results that far exceeded Wall Street's expectations, though revenue and profits were down from a year earlier. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Jim Duffy <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506800/Cisco_Results_Top_Estimates?source=rss_network 2009-11-04T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506727/Siemens_Invokes_Twitter_to_Lure_Unified_Communications_Application_Developers?source=rss_network Siemens is invoking the model of iPhone-application development by opening a site in Amazon's cloud to encourage creation of unified communications apps, priming the pump with a mashup it created that mixes its UC gear with Twitter. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Tim Greene <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506727/Siemens_Invokes_Twitter_to_Lure_Unified_Communications_Application_Developers?source=rss_network 2009-11-04T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506718/Five_Ways_to_Improve_Web_Site_Uptime?source=rss_network When the site GDGT.com went live this past summer, Ryan Block was expecting a lot of interest. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT John Brandon <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506718/Five_Ways_to_Improve_Web_Site_Uptime?source=rss_network 2009-11-04T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506717/Five_Ways_to_Improve_Web_Site_Uptime?source=rss_network When the site GDGT.com went live this past summer, Ryan Block was expecting a lot of interest. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT John Brandon <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506717/Five_Ways_to_Improve_Web_Site_Uptime?source=rss_network 2009-11-04T05:00:00Z