December 10, 2009
Android 2.0: what to expect
Register Hardware
James Sherwood writes about Google Android 2.0, also known as Éclair.
“Éclair – also known as Android 2.0 – was released to application developers at the end of October, and this month updated to 2.0.1 thanks to the addition of some minor tweaks. But what should you – the user – expect from Google’s latest handset tech? While Google has no say over the camera that its OS is paired with, the company has taken steps in Android 2.0 to improve users’ photography experience. For example, Éclair adds a digital zoom and will also allow you to adjust the white balance and colour effect of your snapped images. It has a close-up macro mode too. Pre-set shooting modes, much like those found on compact cameras, have also been added to the OS.”
Defining DLP
Network World
Robin Gareiss shares results from a Nemertes study, where participants were asked to define DLP (data leak prevention).
“Sensitive data means different things to different people: About 30 per cent of participants in Nemertes security benchmark research define data leakage as the loss of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and Protected Health Information (PHI); about 30 per cent identify the loss of intellectual property; and, the remainder point to the loss of general sensitive corporate data.”
Fujitsu ascends to new cloud offerings, expands data centre to cover enterprises and ISVs
ZD Net
Dana Gardner writes about Fujitsu’s cloud services strategy.
“Fujitsu says its new solution will allow companies migrate existing multi-platform and multi-vendor mission-critical systems to enterprise clouds. The benefit of this is that it will remove capital-intensive investments in technology and replace them with a pay-as-you-go strategy. Scheduled for launch in the first quarter of 2010, the Fujitsu services have already attracted several ISVs, who plan to offer their own services to clients, using a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model. To accommodate the move, Fujitsu has upgraded its Sunnyvale, Calif. data centrr to the Tier III level and will support the cloud application programming interface (API).”