Intel Virtualization Journal

CSR plc (LSE:CSR) (NASDAQ:CSRE) and the CTO Forum are pleased to announce that Dr. Steven D. Gray, Chief Technology Officer for CSR, has been appointed to the CTO Forum’s executive board. The CTO Forum brings together senior technology executives within the U.S. to discuss and collaborate on key technology issues facing the industry and to accelerate innovation across organisations. "We are very honoured to welcome Steven Gray to our executive board,” said Basheer Janjua, founder and chairman of the CTO Forum and CEO of Integnology Corporation. “Steven brings broad experience in developing and commercialising advanced and innovative technologies at CSR, Huawei, Marvell Semiconductor, Intel and Nokia. His knowledge and expertise will be a huge asset for the CTO Forum.” In his role at CSR, Steven Gray is responsible for creating advanced technologies, expanding new ... (more)

ICASI Releases Update to Its Standardized XML Framework for Reporting IT System Vulnerabilities: CVRF Version 1.1

The Industry Consortium for Advancement of Security on the Internet (ICASI), a nonprofit association dedicated to enhancing global IT security by proactively driving excellence and innovation in security response, today announced the publication of the latest version of its Common Vulnerability Reporting Framework (CVRF), Version 1.1. Enhancements in CVRF 1.1 offer users a more comprehensive and flexible format, while reducing duplication and the possibility of errors. CVRF is an XML-based framework that enables stakeholders across different organizations to share critical vulne... (more)

Urban Airship Unveils Next-Generation Infrastructure for Real-Time Push Notifications

PORTLAND, OR -- (Marketwire) -- 05/17/12 -- Urban Airship, the leading platform provider for high-performance push messaging, today detailed significant performance improvements to its infrastructure to be released with Urban Airship Segments this quarter. An initial test of the new system delivered both broadcast and segmented push notifications at a throughput of more than 100,000 messages per second, with a 90th percentile latency of two seconds to first message delivery. As the company experiences exponential growth in push notification volume and approaches a billion mobile ... (more)

Intel Announces Results of Stockholders Vote

Intel Corporation today announced the results from votes at the company’s annual stockholders meeting. Stockholders approved the following proposals: The re-election of Charlene Barshefsky, Andy D. Bryant, Susan L. Decker, John J. Donahoe, Reed E. Hundt, Paul S. Otellini, James D. Plummer, David S. Pottruck, Frank D. Yeary and David B. Yoffie to the board of directors. Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for 2012. The advisory vote to approve executive compensation. Stockholders rejected a stockholder proposal that asked for an annual ... (more)

Cloud API Standardization – It’s Time to Get Serious

Okay – this is easy… or is it? Lots of people continue to perpetuate the idea that the AWS APIs are a de facto standard, so we should just all move on about it.  At the same time, everybody seems to acknowledge the fact that Amazon has never ever indicated that they want to be a true standard.  Are we reallyIn fact, they have played quite the coy game and kept silent luring potential competitors into a false sense of complacency. Amazon has licensed their APIs to Eucalyptus under what I and others broadly assume to be a a hard and fast restriction to the enterprise private cloud ... (more)