More information on Microsoft’s current Responsible Sourcing Initiatives is available at Microsoft’s 2011 Citizenship Report. Microsoft is taking this step in response to a shareholder proposal received from New York City Comptroller John C. Liu on behalf of the New York City Pension Funds.
“In this economy, no retailer can afford to lose a sale to consumer concerns about their website’s trustworthiness or their commitment to security, especially during the holiday shopping season,” said Jimmy Rodriguez, chief technology officer at 3dcart. “That’s why we’re making VeriSign SSL Certificates and the VeriSign Trust Seal directly available from 3dcart. These proven products leverage the most trusted brand on the Internet and come with unique enhanced services that help to immediately amplify trust among consumers. In short, they drive business.”
While Cloud Steelhead is pretty cool, as a storage guy I spent more time at Riverbed’s announcement event looking at their Whitewater storage appliance. Whitewater, which is completely unrelated to the Whitewater Development Corp. or Bill Clinton, acts as a gateway and accelerator to cloud storage providers for backup applications. Steelhead Discovery Agents act as connection brokers so administrators don’t have to keep track of where in the cloud their servers, or the Cloud Steelhead is located. The whole shebang is managed through a web portal.
HP ALM 11 allows businesses and governments to automate the workstreams associated with application modernization – including requirements management, project planning and tracking, development management, quality assurance, defect resolution, performance validation, and release management.
Organizations worldwide depend on applications to perform business-critical functions and drive competitive advantage, but outdated tools and complex methodologies create barriers to delivering reliable, enterprise-class applications on time. HP ALM 11 enables clients to manage for change by accelerating application delivery while lowering related costs – all without sacrificing quality.
