Friday, 20 July 2012
Interesting Snippets from 2012-07-20
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An IPS For SAP Apps
Boston-based Onapsis, which has been at the forefront of ERP security research, now offers a subscription-based IDS/IPS signatures for SAP that run atop Snort and other perimeter detection devices. "There is a big problem in this ERP security space: More security breaches are being reported and customers need patches to protect themselves from them, but most do not patch their ERP systems enough," says Mariano Nunez, CEO at Onapsis.
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Do-it-yourself apps: Make your own Angry Birds | The Economist
DIY is hot. In May Research in Motion, the maker of the BlackBerry, unveiled a kit that allows people with no programming skills to create a working app within minutes. Apple, too, has applied for a patent indicating it is also building a DIY tool for iOS, its mobile operating system. And in March the Massachusetts Institute of Technology released a beta version of App Inventor, which allows even simpletons to make apps for Android phones.
Several start-ups already offer DIY app services. Conduit, a firm which was valued at $1.3 billion after J.P. Morgan acquired a 7% stake for $100m earlier this year, allows people to build mobile apps themselves with a simple graphical interface. AppMakr, a similar service, has helped to create some 10,000 apps. Users include individuals, small businesses and the Harvard Business Review. AppMakr also offers its users help in bringing apps up to standard before submitting them to Appleās picky App Store. Other services publish to Android and Windows, or bypass Apple altogether by creating web apps.