Archive for November 12th, 2009
For all the strategic alliances Regus has forged in 2009, the latest may give it the biggest boost of all. Regus and AT&T just hooked up on a deal with nationwide implications that could give the serviced office space solutions provider an upper hand in major markets.
Regus has agreed to provide AT&T small business customers with affordable, flexible office space with administrative, communications, printing and technology services. AT&T consumers will receive a six-month complimentary membership in Regus’ Businessworld Gold program, which gives them access to more than 1,000 Internet-equipped Regus business lounges in 450 cities worldwide. AT&T customers will also get two free months of any Regus Virtual Office package and one free month on any full-time office rental.
“We’re committed to helping small businesses succeed by helping them stay productive, wherever their business takes them,” says Alicia Dietsch, vice president of Marketing Communications at AT&T. “The freedom to conduct business anywhere is increasingly a requirement of our customers. Affordable, virtual office space extends this freedom to entrepreneurs on an as-needed basis, and is a great addition to the suite of values we offer to enable small business success.”
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November 12th, 2009
After a record-breaking October, IT administrators are welcoming a relatively light Patch Tuesday this month. But security 
researchers said there are serious issues that need to be addressed quickly.
Of the six patches Microsoft released Tuesday, three are critical. The three critical fixes focus on bugs in several versions of Windows, but Windows 7 is apparently immune. There are also three updates rated important that IT administrators need to deploy.
MS09-065, a bug in the Windows kernel, is this month’s most serious issue, according to Andrew Storms, director of security operations at nCircle. That’s because the vulnerability allows for remote code execution, and the attack code can be embedded inside Microsoft Office files or be hosted on web sites.
Read the rest of my story on NewsFactor.
November 12th, 2009
Ready, set, go … Google moved into yet another IT realm Tuesday with a computer programming language called Go. Google is betting Go will address key trends in the computing landscape.
“Go combines the development speed of working in a dynamic language like Python with the performance and safety of a compiled language like C or C++,” Google’s Go team said in the company blog. “Typical builds feel instantaneous; even large binaries compile in just a few seconds. And the compiled code runs close to the speed of C. Go lets you move fast.”
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November 12th, 2009
