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Google chooses thousands as Glass 'Explorers'

Google said Wednesday that it will reach out to "several thousand" people through Twitter and its Google+ social network to take part in its Explorer project for trying out its computerized eyewear.
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Oracle ports DTrace to Oracle Linux

Oracle has ported one of its most coveted Solaris tools to the Linux platform, a real-time debugging tool called DTrace, though the company has made it officially available only for its own Oracle Linux distribution.

Russian startup working on x86-to-ARM software emulator

A Russian startup company called Elbrus Technologies is developing a technology that will allow data center owners to migrate software designed for x86 platforms to ARM-powered servers without the need to recompile it.

Security researcher urges IT to keep up with SAP patches

More than 95 percent of over 600 SAP systems tested by security firm Onapsis were vulnerable to espionage, sabotage and fraud, mainly because patches had not been applied, according to a researcher.

Deep dive: Cloud applications

The path to launching a cloud service is not so straightforward. Here's how to find likely services among your existing applications -- and get them ready to roll Insider (registration required)

IBM goes after enterprise mobility projects

IBM took steps on Monday to help enterprises go mobile, introducing a set of software and services called Mobile Foundation.

Bull seeks to move Cobol and C apps to Java

Bull has unveiled a new transaction processing application platform, Libert TP, which it says will allow businesses to move legacy applications from Cobol or C to a Java environment at their own pace.

P100 Profile: Cynthia McKenzie, Fox Entertainment (video)

Cynthia McKenzie, senior vice president, IT, Enterprise Application Services, at Fox Entertainment, talks about the company's SaaS projects and its BYOD policies.

P100 Profile: Tim Theriault, Walgreens (video)

Tim Theriault, senior vice president and CIO at Walgreen Co. outlined the Walgreens 2.0 project, four different IT initiatives that helped upgrade legacy systems at the company.

Bank IT spending to be 'rocky' through 2013

Tech spending by banks will grow this year at a slower pace than in 2011, a trend expected to continue until global economic conditions improve and banks begin to see the benefits of new IT, according to Celent.

Why developers are turning to API services

As application development increasingly hooks into outside services, tools to manage all those APIs are sprouting up

The Grill: Enterprise Business Partners CIO Pradip Sitaram

Pradip Sitaram, CIO at Enterprise Business Partners, led a project to modernize the nonprofit housing developer's IT infrastructure, introducing agile development and cloud-based computing along the way.

Survival guide: Do's and don'ts for next-gen IT

Business IT is evolving behind your back. Here's how to head off extinction and assert a larger role

Long live SOA in the cloud era

You might not hear much about SOA anymore, but its imperative to make 'everything a service' is more relevant than ever

Norway's new pension program is more efficient and better serves citizens

The new IT infrastructure features a self-service portal that radically improves the way the Norwegian government administers pensions to 1 million residents and readies it for an expected increase in retirees.

HCL CEO Vineet Nayar: Outsourcing is dead, and there's nothing innovative in cloud technology

The customer always comes first. Except when it comes to HCL, the $6 billion Indian outsourcing -- make that co-sourcing -- giant led by CEO Vineet Nayar, who literally wrote the book on a philosophy known as 'employees first, customer second.' In this latest installment of our CEO Interview Series, Nayar spoke with IDG Enterprise Chief Content Officer John Gallant about how that philosophy is fueling HCL's rapid growth and why more CIOs ought to consider adopting it.

Legacy Application Fixer-Uppers

Justifying the cost of legacy software replacement isn't easy. Here's how three shops approached the issue. One common theme: identifying business challenges and opportunities.

Rethinking the ESB: Building a simple, secure, scalable Service Bus with an SOA Gateway

For years the Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) has been seen as a corporate integration and messaging backbone upon which application architectures are built. However, this concept must evolve to meet the requirements of today's corporate landscape, where IT boundaries are blurring, driven by the need to integrate with partners, cloud and mobile applications.

Are Google's best days behind it?

Slowing product development, legal woes, and rising bureaucracy may signal trying times ahead for Silicon Valley's favorite company

10 essential MySQL tools for admins

The MySQL community is a hotbed of free, open source tools to enhance the performance and health of your MySQL systems