http://www.masshightech.com/latestnews.html Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology : breaking news from Mass High Tech Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:25:05 -0500 en-US http://www.masshightech.com/ http://www.masshightech.com/images/flag.gif http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/11/09/daily42-Mass-state-agency-cutbacks-offer-opening-for-IT-consolidation.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology The bleak state of Massachusetts' finances is forcing state agency information technology departments to lay off staff, put off infrastructure spending and renegotiate equipment and services contracts. But it is also providing an opening to push through long-awaited consolidation projects that will help the state save money. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/11/02/daily22-MassTLC-merges-MassNetComms-into-the-fold.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology Mass Technology Leadership Council Inc. reports it is merging with the Massachusetts Network Communications Council, making a super-group of tech boosterism that now combines consumer and enterprise software, hardware, robotics, Internet commerce, network devices, network management and security software, and mobile software and hardware. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/10/19/daily36-Rapid7-buys-open-source-platform-Metasploit.html Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology IT security testing and management technology developer Rapid7 announced Wednesday it has acquired Metasploit, which is developing an open-source attack testing platform and is expected to boost the capabilities of Rapid7’s network vulnerability monitoring software. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/10/19/weekly2-Harpers-angling-skills-handy-as-Abt-Associates-CIO.html Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology Mary Harper recently was named CIO of Cambridge-based Abt Associates Inc., a global firm that offers a number of consulting services to social, economic and health policy research. Her fishing hobby — mostly catch-and-release for bass and trout — is good practice for her day job, she says. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/10/12/daily50-Data-Logix-quietly-lands-15M-in-first-funding.html Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology Stealthy Cambridge startup Data Logix Inc. has taken in $15 million of a planned $18 million first financing round. While little is known about the company, it seems to be based on technology related to focusing marketing messages to appropriate consumers or households. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/10/12/daily37-PlumChoice-expands-to-Maine.html Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology PlumChoice Inc. has brought its remote IT help-desk business to Scarborough, Maine — the company’s first expansion beyond Massachusetts. PlumChoice plans to add another 125 employees by the end of 2009 and could potentially add more in 2010. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/09/28/daily2-Xerox-to-pay-64B-for-Affiliated-Computer-Services.html Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology Xerox Corp., which has branded itself as “The Document Company,” has taken a massive step in expanding that image with the $6.4 billion purchase of Dallas-based Affiliated Computer Services Inc., a company that specializes in information services around paper-based business processes, such as invoices. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/09/14/daily14-BeyondTrust-acquired-by-Symark.html Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology Portsmouth, N.H.-based IT access management software firm BeyondTrust has been purchased by Symark International and the combined company will be known as BeyondTrust, the companies announced Monday. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/09/07/weekly5-PepperDash-codes-its-way-to-growth.html Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology PepperDash Technology Corp. is changing up its successful recipe of custom programming of controls systems for audiovisual and IT systems. After years of customer requests, the Allston-based company has begun developing software to help control all of a building’s systems to rein in energy use. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/08/24/focus4-Cloud-computing-concerns-remain-despite-growing-acceptance.html Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology While there has been hype surrounding cloud computing, how quickly it will see widespread adoption and what actual benefits will be realized, there are downsides too. Performance and availability can be problematic, it often can be difficult to integrate with in-house IT infrastructures, and security remains a big issue.