John Brandon

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Startup targets security of Web applications

Sonoa, founded in 2005, says it has almost a dozen customers including Pfizer and Warner Music. Sonoa developed ServiceNet, a hardware and software appliance that is "deployed as a proxy in front of Web services on application servers or other middleware,

Opinion: 10 broken technology ideas

Sometimes a technology idea is too good to be true. A flexible keyboard, Internet voting and watching feature films on your smart phone are examples. Today, these concepts are still evolving, but they're broken right now. Read on to find out why and what can be done to fix them once and for all.

Increase and multiply – the advantages of decentralizing data centres

Despite the consolidation trend, some companies are continuing to branch out with their data centers for reasons including redundancy of the centralized data center for backup, a more comprehensive disaster recovery plan and better uptime at regional offices

The top 8 corporate sites in Second Life

Real-word business is booming in the 3D digital landscape. In the virtual world of Second Life, anything goes -- even if your goal is to build a corporate brand, hold ad hoc user group meetings, sponsor a conference or help end users find a video card driver. Here's our list of the top eight sites worth visiting.

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