Joab Jackson, 2011 articles

Stories, articles, and blog entries I've written, in reverse chronological order (Note: Links may become outdated over time):

December 2011:

Naval researchers pioneer TCP-based spam detection (Network World), 2011-12-23.

LinkedIn open sources search engine (InfoWorld), 2011-12-22.

Nuance to Acquire Mobile Speech Software Provider Vlingo (CIO), 2011-12-21.

Adobe Moves Into Tablet and Cloud Markets (CIO), 2011-12-20.

Red Hat Q3 revenue growth driven by subscriptions (Computerworld), 2011-12-20.

MIT to Open Source Educational Software (PC World), 2011-12-19.

Dell pulls back from netbook market (TechWorld), 2011-12-17.

Quest extends Unix Sudo tool (Reseller News), 2011-12-16.

Microsoft-Novell antitrust case ends in hung jury (Computerworld), 2011-12-16.

Novell Lawsuit Against Microsoft Goes to Jury (PC World), 2011-12-15.

Siemens Ex-Execs Charged with Stunning $100m Bribe Scheme (CFOworld), 2011-12-13.

Microsoft Azure hosts Hadoop, other open-source apps (Network World), 2011-12-12.

Microsoft Azure now hosts Hadoop, other open source apps (InfoWorld), 2011-12-12.

Usenix: Google deploys IPv6 for internal network (Computerworld), 2011-12-09.

Facebook releases a PHP just-in-time compiler (Computerworld), 2011-12-09.

Usenix: Dartmouth updating diff, grep Unix tools (Computerworld), 2011-12-08.

Hudson spinoff Jenkins gets commercial backing (Network World), 2011-12-08.

Red Hat RHEL 6.2 boosts storage capabilities (Network World), 2011-12-05.

November 2011:

HP pairs Autonomy and Vertica software (Computerworld), 2011-11-29.

Digital Photo Retouching Quantified in New Metric (CIO), 2011-11-29.

How devops can help speed application development (InfoWorld), 2011-11-29.

Gates to testify in Novell suit (Network World), 2011-11-21.

Apache moves Geronimo to OSGi base (InfoWorld), 2011-11-17.

Adobe donates Flex to Apache (InfoWorld), 2011-11-16.

Red Hat adds app lifecycle tools to PaaS preview (InfoWorld), 2011-11-15.

Citrix Exposes APIs for Its Collaborative Software (InfoWorld), 2011-11-10.

Oracle Solaris goes to 11 (Computerworld), 2011-11-10.

DOJ Charges Seven in Massive Clickjacking Scheme (PC World), 2011-11-09.

Former IBM CEO John Opel Dies (PC World), 2011-11-07.

Barnes & Noble Launches Nook Tablet (PC World), 2011-11-07.

IBM open sources messaging client for embedded devices (Network World), 2011-11-03.

Virtualization vs. Native apps (Network World), 2011-11-03.

Adobe Flash vs. HTML5 (Network World), 2011-11-02.

AOL discontinues LISTSERV mailing list service (Computerworld), 2011-11-02.

HTML5 WebSocket to speed Web apps (InfoWorld), 2011-11-01.

Yahoo spinoff unveils Hadoop data analysis system (), 2011-11-01.

October 2011:

Canonical to expand Ubuntu for smartphones, tablets (Network World), 2011-10-31.

Opera CTO: Kill the browser scroll bar (PC World Aus), 2011-10-28.

Facebook data center project takes aim at vendor lock-in (IT World), 2011-10-27.

Black Duck refines its code search engine (InfoWorld), 2011-10-26.

Dell Boomi Gets a Business Rules Engine (CIO), 2011-10-25.

Linux 3.1 adds support for OpenRISC, nested virtualization (InfoWorld), 2011-10-24.

Oracle launches NoSQL database (Computerworld), 2011-10-24.

Microsoft quarter shows continued growth (Computerworld), 2011-10-20.

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9221024/IBM_clouding_the_midmarket (Computerworld), 2011-10-19.

Apache Cassandra NoSQL database ready for enterprise (Computerworld), 2011-10-19.

IBM's third-quarter growth lighter than expected (Computerworld), 2011-10-18.

SGI launches Cloudera Hadoop BI clusters (Computerworld), 2011-10-18.

ICANN takes charge of Internet time zone master list (Network World), 2011-10-17.

Microsoft Intune update addresses remote users (Network World), 2011-10-17.

Apache asserts OpenOffice stewardship (InfoWorld), 2011-10-14.

Adobe Embraces Touch With Six New Apps (PC World), 2011-10-04.

IBM buys security intelligence minded Q1 Labs (Network World), 2011-10-04.

Adobe launches cloud services for content creators (Computerworld), 2011-10-03.

Coverity shows developer work within HP lifecycle suite (InfoWorld), 2011-10-03.

September 2011:

Percona curbs MySQL memory hunger (Network World), 2011-09-30.

Oracle rigs MySQL for NoSQL-like access (Computerworld), 2011-09-30.

Twitter Analysis Reveals Global Human Moodiness (PC World), 2011-09-29.

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9220360/Amazon_s_new_Silk_redefines_browser_tech (Computerworld), 2011-09-28.

IBM Launches City Parking Analytics System (CIO), 2011-09-28.

OpenStack gets a new GUI (Computerworld), 2011-09-22.

Red Hat vs. VMware: The virtualization path less traveled (InfoWorld), 2011-09-13.

IBM Expands Finance Options for SMBs (PC World), 2011-09-08.

Microsoft to equip Windows 8 with virtualization hosting (Computerworld), 2011-09-08.

HP launches cloud service beta (Computerworld), 2011-09-07.

Oracle adds new installer, failover to Windows MySQL (InfoWorld), 2011-09-06.

NSA extends label-based security to big data stores (Computerworld), 2011-09-06.

Delphi, C++ to Goose Desktop Apps (PC World), 2011-09-02.

Aug 2011:

NoSQL offers scalability, flexibility, speed (Computerworld), 2011-08-25.

Citrix personalizes, extends virtual desktops (Network World), 2011-08-24.

NewSQL could combine the best of SQL and NoSQL (Computerworld), 2011-08-24.

VMware launches a developer edition for cloud service (Network World), 2011-08-24.

Eucalyptus gets high-availability protection (Network World), 2011-08-24.

Oracle quadruples capacity of virtualization software (InfoWorld), 2011-08-23.

HP plans PC spinoff, $10B Autonomy buy (Computerworld), 2011-08-18.

HP to acquire info management software firm Autonomy (Computerworld), 2011-08-18.

AES proved vulnerable by Microsoft researchers (Network World), 2011-08-18.

NYC Developers to Hack New Photo Apps (PC World), 2011-08-17.

Red Hat RHEV freed from Windows fetters (Network World), 2011-08-17.

W3C offers two new platforms for developing Web standards (InfoWorld), 2011-08-16.

Survey: Millennials OK with fixing their own gear (Network World), 2011-08-15.

How Linux mastered Wall Street (Computerworld), 2011-08-15.

HP Offers Integrated Management for IT Services (Network World), 2011-08-12.

Citrix buys VDI personalization vendor (Computerworld), 2011-08-10.

CalTech, UCSD bring photonics to silicon (Network World), 2011-08-08.

IBM, NCSA abandon petascale supercomputer project (Computerworld), 2011-08-08.

Twitter to open source streaming data analyzer (Network World), 2011-08-05.

Java 8 gears up for the cloud (InfoWorld), 2011-08-05.

Microsoft Debuts Software for Homebrew Gadget Builds (PC World), 2011-08-04.

Dell unveils bundled Hadoop servers (Computerworld), 2011-08-04.

Metasploit 4.0 sets the stage for mass penetration testing (InfoWorld), 2011-08-03.

Microsoft MDOP now controls BitLocker (Network World), 2011-08-02.

Adobe launches HTML5 rich media editor (InfoWorld), 2011-08-01.

July 2011:

CouchBase, SQLite launch unified NoSQL query language (InfoWorld), 2011-07-29.

Oracle releases Java SE 7 (InfoWorld), 2011-07-28.

IBM Boosts Services Arm with Research Help (CIO), 2011-07-28.

CA Equips Management Tools for Cloud Oversight (CIO), 2011-07-27.

Dell debuts cloud-ready system (Network World), 2011-07-26.

DotNetNuke gets fresh user interface (InfoWorld), 2011-07-26.

Microsoft extends SUSE Linux partnership (Computerworld), 2011-07-25.

Linux 3.0 a steady step forward (Computerworld), 2011-07-22.

Microsoft records banner sales year (Computerworld), 2011-07-22.

IBM speeds storage with flash: 10B files in 43 minutes (Computerworld), 2011-07-22.

Wolfram Makes Data Interactive (PC World), 2011-07-21.

SUSE virtual appliances prepped for the mainframe (Computerworld), 2011-07-21.

HP ALM does the Kanban (Network World), 2011-07-21.

Joomla expands beyond content management (InfoWorld), 2011-07-20.

IBM revenues driven by software, systems (Computerworld), 2011-07-19.

IBM Unifies Marketing, Online Analytics Software (PC World), 2011-07-14.

IBM bequeaths Symphony code to Apache (Computerworld), 2011-07-14.

Researchers: Search engines supplanting our memory (Computerworld), 2011-07-14.

Microsoft COO Turner bashes competitors in WPC keynote (Computerworld), 2011-07-13.

Citrix moves into the cloud with Cloud.com purchase (Network World), 2011-07-12.

Red Hat speeds JBoss 7 to market (Network World), 2011-07-12.

VMware to launch cloud infrastructure suite (Network World), 2011-07-12.

W3C chastises Apple on HTML5 patenting (Computerworld), 2011-07-11.

Ballmer: Windows Phone 7 Not Successful Yet (PC World), 2011-07-11.

Microsoft expands Intune services (Network World), 2011-07-11.

OpenText adds personnel directories to BPM suite (InfoWorld), 2011-07-11.

Oracle ships Java 7 RC (InfoWorld), 2011-07-07.

Oracle virtual desktops opened to iPad access (Network World), 2011-07-06.

IETF mulls IPv6 for home networking (Network World), 2011-07-06.

Apache streamlines Lucene, Solr (InfoWorld), 2011-07-01.

June 2011:

Microsoft Discontinues Hohm Energy Monitoring Service (PC World), 2011-06-30.

Researchers propose skinning bridges for fault detection (Network World), 2011-06-29.

Cloudera outfits Hadoop with management tools (InfoWorld), 2011-06-29.

Microsoft aims Office 365 at small businesses (Computerworld), 2011-06-28.

Red Hat preps real-time messaging stack for the cloud (Network World), 2011-06-24.

Cerf: Streaming network crunch could be eliminated (Computerworld), 2011-06-23.

PlanetLab creates a more advanced sudo (Network World), 2011-06-22.

Pentaho courts business users with new UI (Computerworld), 2011-06-22.

HP's Vertica adds developer-level access (InfoWorld), 2011-06-20.

Cloud storage providers need sharper billing metrics (Computerworld), 2011-06-17.

'Dead media' never really die (Network World), 2011-06-16.

MapReduce could be the server's newest friend (InfoWorld), 2011-06-16.

Cloud economics favor the small workload (Network World), 2011-06-15.

Using Enterprise Data to Fuel New Business Ideas (CIO), 2011-06-14.

Nuance Talks to the Social Networks (PC World), 2011-06-14.

Sprint launches new Tegra 2 Android phone (CIO), 2011-06-09.

IBM pioneers graphene-based integrated circuits (Computerworld), 2011-06-09.

MongoDB competes on speed and flexibility (Computerworld), 2011-06-08.

W3C finalizes CSS 2.1 (InfoWorld), 2011-06-07.

Microsoft Windows 8 demos spur developer worry (InfoWorld), 2011-06-07.

IBM launches city government software platform (Computerworld), 2011-06-06.

Precise virtualizes application monitoring (Network World), 2011-06-03.

Caltech researchers scale up DNA computing (Computerworld), 2011-06-03.

Google releases video chat source code (Network World), 2011-06-01.

HP launches IT Executive Scorecard software (Network World), 2011-06-01.

May 2011:

Jobs to keynote Apple WWDC, introduce iCloud (PC Advisor), 2011-05-31.

Google: Mobile map search surging past desktop use (Computerworld), 2011-05-25.

Apache focuses on unified cloud standard (InfoWorld), 2011-05-25.

IBM to invest $100 million for big-data analysis research (Computerworld), 2011-05-24.

Aternity app monitor now covers Web 2.0 apps (Network World), 2011-05-24.

Cray debuts GPU-augmented supercomputers (Computerworld), 2011-05-24.

Windows debugging made easy (Network World), 2011-05-20.

Microsoft to expand AppFabric toolset (Network World), 2011-05-19.

Oracle frees JRockit JVM (Computerworld), 2011-05-19.

Microsoft, SAP team to ease cloud deployments (Computerworld), 2011-05-18.

Microsoft updating .Net for easy concurrency (Computerworld), 2011-05-17.

Microsoft Exchange 2010 balanced by Kemp (Network World), 2011-05-16.

Microsoft details cloud ops (Computerworld), 2011-05-16.

VMware debuts sign-on service for cloud applications (Network World), 2011-05-16.

NetApp offers Microsoft cloud blueprint (Network World), 2011-05-16.

Usenix researchers tackle building a more resourceful cloud (InfoWorld), 2011-05-15.

Microsoft to talk cloud at Tech Ed (Computerworld), 2011-05-13.

DOJ ruling against Microsoft impacted browsers little (Computerworld), 2011-05-12.

Ubuntu Switches Cloud Software (PC World), 2011-05-11.

U.S. launches wireless public safety network (Computerworld), 2011-05-10.

Google launches discovery service for its APIs (Computerworld), 2011-05-09.

Oracle starts work on MySQL 5.6 (InfoWorld), 2011-05-06.

Panel: the Cloud Requires Fresh IT Skill (CIO), 2011-05-05.

New JQuery Boosts Web Site Speeds (PC World), 2011-05-03.

Red Hat to preview Java caching technology (Network World), 2011-05-03.

Couchbase offers NoSQL for iPhone (InfoWorld), 2011-05-02.

April 2011:

Yahoo's Hadoop spin-off could propel software's growth (Computerworld), 2011-04-28.

Microsoft quarter rescued by Office, Xbox sales (Computerworld), 2011-04-28.

Microsoft app analyzes busy schedules (InfoWorld), 2011-04-27.

Oracle hedging its vulnerability reports? (Network World), 2011-04-27.

Dell Boomi connects the cloud to the enterprise (Computerworld), 2011-04-26.

Another Windows 8 pre-beta surfaces (Network World), 2011-04-25.

IBM Tailors BPM for Small Business (CIO), 2011-04-22.

Microsoft Ties Embedded Computing to the Cloud (CIO), 2011-04-21.

Ubuntu Server geared for future clouds (Network World), 2011-04-21.

New version of NetBeans IDE offers Java 7 (InfoWorld), 2011-04-20.

Fedora dons the new Gnome (Computerworld), 2011-04-20.

Oracle eases Coherence use (Network World), 2011-04-18.

Red Hat's Java cache move sparks standards spat (InfoWorld), 2011-04-14.

Microsoft launches cert program for Exchange mobile access (Network World), 2011-04-13.

Apache Camel gets a GUI (Network World), 2011-04-12.

Cloudera expands Hadoop data processing ecosystem (InfoWorld), 2011-04-11.

BMC supercharges IBM DB2 for mainframes (Network World), 2011-04-08.

New GNOME cuts the clutter (Network World), 2011-04-07.

IBM to launch Websphere 8 in June (InfoWorld), 2011-04-07.

CA Technologies acquires government consulting firm (Network World), 2011-04-06.

Microsoft appoints new marketing chief (Computerworld), 2011-04-06.

Linux development to get high availability push (InfoWorld), 2011-04-06.

Microsoft researchers: NoSQL needs standardization (Network World), 2011-04-05.

Microsoft Windows troubleshooter goes remote (Network World), 2011-04-05.

IBM: Watson Could Boost Confidence of Financial Industry (CIO), 2011-04-04.

March 2011:

Hadoop Hive gets production polish (InfoWorld), 2011-03-30.

Microsoft head marketer to step down (Computerworld), 2011-03-30.

Savvier job scheduling with Platform, Terracotta updates (Network World), 2011-03-29.

ISO finalizes C++ update (Network World), 2011-03-28.

Citigroup Spinoff Draws Recommendations From Transactions (CIO), 2011-03-25.

MySQL gets live schema updating with Tokutek engine (InfoWorld), 2011-03-24.

IBM Streamlines Services Offering (CIO), 2011-03-24.

Hadoop and Cassandra to merge in DataStax distro (Network World), 2011-03-24.

Microsoft Intune goes live (Network World), 2011-03-23.

NPR deploys Splunk for Web analytics (Network World), 2011-03-23.

IBM to Acquire Facilities Management Software Company (CIO), 2011-03-21.

Firefox 4.0 makes early appearance (Network World), 2011-03-21.

Japanese Quake May Shorten Days (PC World), 2011-03-17.

Internet databases MongoDB, Drizzle upgraded (Network World), 2011-03-17.

New Linux kernel gets a speed boost (InfoWorld), 2011-03-16.

Google brings video format to IE9 (InfoWorld), 2011-03-15.

Opera releases Web page debugger (Computerworld), 2011-03-15.

Oracle releases Java mobile development framework (InfoWorld), 2011-03-14.

IBM Launches E-Commerce Practice (CIO), 2011-03-14.

Mozilla releases Firefox 4.0 release candidate (Computerworld), 2011-03-11.

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9214159/AOL_CEO_Layoffs_today_bright_future_ahead (Computerworld), 2011-03-10.

Red Hat virtualizes data with new JBoss ESB (InfoWorld), 2011-03-09.

JP unifies software support services (Network World), 2011-03-08.

OpenText acquires mobile development vendor WeComm (InfoWorld), 2011-03-08.

Oracle Mobilizes Inventory Management (CIO), 2011-03-07.

February 2011:

HP broadens scope of project management software (Network World), 2011-02-28.

Publishers Slowly Warm to Library E-lending (PC World), 2011-02-23.

Music Execs Stressed Over Free Streaming (PC World), 2011-02-23.

Apache makes CMS interoperability a top priority (InfoWorld), 2011-02-23.

Microsoft offers free Azure trial (Network World), 2011-02-22.

Novell preps Suse Linux Enterprise Server for SAP (InfoWorld), 2011-02-22.

New anti-laser tech paves way for optical computing (Computerworld), 2011-02-19.

Terracotta adds search to cached databases (InfoWorld), 2011-02-17.

IBM Watson computer beats human Jeopardy opponents (TechWorld), 2011-02-17.

Zynga's Secret to Success: Connecting Casual Friends (CIO), 2011-02-15.

IBM sweetens the pot for partners (Network World), 2011-02-15.

W3C announces that HTML5 will be finished in 2014 (InfoWorld), 2011-02-14.

Kognitio to offer virtual data cube analytics (InfoWorld), 2011-02-14.

Google extensions could aid Java security (Network World), 2011-02-11.

Microsoft names Nadella as new server and tools president (Computerworld), 2011-02-08.

No electronic bugs behind Toyota sticky pedals (Network World), 2011-02-08.

MPAA sues Hotfile file sharing service (Network World), 2011-02-08.

Quest adds replication to VMware backup tool (Network World), 2011-02-08.

VMware preps link between public, private clouds (InfoWorld), 2011-02-08.

U.S. commissions beefy IBM supercomputer (Computerworld), 2011-02-08.

Oracle offers file management package for cloud (Network World), 2011-02-07.

Microsoft previews Windows Small Business Server 2011 (Computerworld), 2011-02-05.

ShmooCon: Eavesdropping easy on Evite (Network World), 2011-02-03.

Oracle drafts OpenJDK bylaws (Network World), 2011-02-03.

Dell releases Ubuntu-powered cloud servers (Network World), 2011-02-01.

January 2011:

IBM unveils social networking connector (Computerworld), 2011-01-31.

IBM to offer cloud office suite (Computerworld), 2011-01-31.

Radical Redesign Urged for Future Computers (PC World), 2011-01-29.

Microsoft reports record second-quarter revenue (InfoWorld), 2011-01-27.

Oracle to release finance data warehouse (InfoWorld), 2011-01-27.

CA acquires Australian telecom consultancy (Network World), 2011-01-26.

CS pioneer Knuth releases long-awaited textbook (Network World), 2011-01-26.

NYC Installs Virtual Suggestion Box (CIO), 2011-01-25.

HP set to launch enterprise cloud service (Computerworld), 2011-01-25.

Forrester: Oracle confining Java future to enterprise use (Network World), 2011-01-24.

IBM rolls out virtual desktop offering (Network World), 2011-01-24.

Cobol Comes to the Cloud (CIO), 2011-01-20.

Non-profits seek inquiry into Microsoft-Novell deal (Computerworld), 2011-01-20.

HTML versioning eliminated (InfoWorld), 2011-01-20.

RightNow acquires natural language search firm Q-Go (Computerworld), 2011-01-19.

Criminal charges filed against AT&T iPad attackers (Computerworld), 2011-01-18.

Tomcat 7 finalized (InfoWorld), 2011-01-14.

Science: Ugly fonts aid content memorization (IT World), 2011-01-14.

New Cassandra comes with big data support (InfoWorld), 2011-01-14.

New Mule refines cloud deployments (Network World), 2011-01-13.

MIT pioneers ad hoc network-bottleneck breaker (Network World), 2011-01-13.

Microsoft to release WebMatrix dev software (Computerworld), 2011-01-12.

Jaspersoft rearchitects BI stack for the Web (InfoWorld), 2011-01-11.

Microsoft reengineering Dynamics CRM (Network World), 2011-01-10.

Joomla reorganized, modernized (PC World), 2011-01-10.

IBM DeveloperWorks site defaced (Computerworld), 2011-01-10.

Microsoft's Muglia to step down (Computerworld), 2011-01-10.

Microsoft must get ISVs onto ARM bandwagon (Computerworld), 2011-01-06.

Apache to steward NASA built middleware (Network World), 2011-01-06.

New Linux Kernel Strengthens SMP Support (PC World), 2011-01-05.

PHP floating point bug crashes servers (IT World), 2011-01-05.

IBM's Jeopardy strategy: Divide and conquer (Network World), 2011-01-05.

New JBoss puts Java EE to Work (Network World), 2011-01-03.