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US firewall firm blazes path to Asia
News Silicon Valley startup claims its "next-gen" firewall technology lets users control applications in its corporate network, and can save them money in bad times.
Tags: Firewalls, Data security, Security Management, Palo Alto, Asia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Intrusion Prevention System, Australia, Southeast Asia
How Microsoft plans to make its mark in CRM
Insight newsmaker The software giant is well placed to take the lead in the CRM arena with its on-demand and packaged software, not to mention a US$1 billion annual infrastructure budget, says exec Brad Wilson.
Tags: Customer resource management (CRM), Strategy, Utility computing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Microsoft Corp., CRM, e-Service, On-demand, Sales, Server Price
HP to pay US$105 million to settle Canada dispute
News The computing company is settling a dispute with the Canadian government, but both will cooperate in legal action against those they say are to blame in a billing 'scheme'.
Keeping the faith in Silicon Valley
News Spirits are high and ideas are flowing in the cubicles of one startup incubator, Plug and Play Tech Center.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Venture capital, PayPal, Start-up, Palo Alto, Real Estate, Recruiting, Investor, Facebook, recession
Firewalls failing to protect banks, says security expert
News Banks are spending more than they need on technology they would not miss, according to network security pioneer Nir Zuk.
Tags: Firewalls, Malware, Security, bank, network, Firewall Technology, Server, port number, security company, security technology
Ancestry.com hopes to stand test of time
News Analysts wonder if buying into the latest dot-com IPO makes sense for investors.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Business plans, Facebook, Social Networking, Family Tree, Paul Allen, Business plans, Ancestry.com, Amazon.com Inc., Business Strategies & Functions
Facebook's COO: Response to disabled accounts was 'too slow'
News Sheryl Sandberg says the database failure was a consequence of the social network's rapid growth, which sometimes causes unexpected snags.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Facebook, Social Networking, Database, Palo Alto, network, California, Web sites, Web 2.0
Baidu CEO touts growth of China's search engine
News Robin Li tells Stanford students to embrace tough decisions when running a startup, in discussion that centered on entrepreneurship in the tough Chinese market.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Search, Palo Alto, venture capital, Baidu.com Inc., Search Result, China, Internet, Internet company
Report: Facebook, Nielsen to partner on ad stats
News An announcement in New York this week will unveil a program called "Brand Lift", which aims to put a number on the effectiveness of advertisements on Facebook.
Tags: Web 2.0, Internet advertising, Palo Alto, social networking, New York, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook, marketing, Wall Street Journal, Internet advertising
Facebook woos developers with a roadmap
News The social-networking company unveils what it's up to in the next three to six months so that developers can plan to add new things to their apps.
Tags: Web 2.0, Facebook, Twitter Inc., Palo Alto, California, Web 2.0, Developer, API, analytics, Microsoft Windows
HP laptop batteries recalled for overheating
News About 70,000 batteries sold with HP laptops are subject to overheating, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission . Two have caught on fire, but no injuries are reported.
Tags: Components, Battery, Hewlett-Packard Co., Palo Alto, Compaq Computer Corp., Laptop Computer, laptop battery, California, Components, Sony Corp.
Ballmer: We need to be more disruptive in search
News Microsoft's CEO shares some ideas on how his company plans to take on search leader Google.
Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Live Search, Palo Alto, Google Inc., CEO, partnership, search business, Stanford
Firewalls failing to keep generation Facebook in check
News Generation Y imposes challenges to network security at work, companies must find ways to keep the net generation staff happy while protecting enterprise data.
Tags: Data security, Data services, Firewalls, Content management, Authentication and encryption, Security, Datamonitor, Quocirca, Worker, Silicon.com
Flextronics buys design firm Palo Alto Products
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Microsoft veteran launches tool start-up
News Charles Simonyi, who helped to develop the software giant's Word and Excel applications, opens Intentional Software to design software development tools.
