Daily news beat for March 18, 2008

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Mar 18, 20081 min

Cybercriminals got away with an estimated 4.2 million credit and debit card records in one of the largest reported data heists from a retailer in U.S. history.

Sybase adds support for the iPhone to its Information Anywhere Suite, thereby enabling businesses to securely push Lotus Notes messages to iPhone users.

Intel says it will shrink Nehalem chips for laptops after initially targeting the architecture at servers and high-end desktops.

Toshiba and Samsung, meanwhile, rank atop Greenpeace’s latest environmental report, which rates consumer electronics companies based on recycling practices and the toxic content of products.

JasperSoft claims to be the most widely-deployed BI tool, at least among open source offerings.

And experts speaking at the CSO Perspectives conference in Atlanta say that building an IT security team that stays focused on your organizations’ top priorities demands a mix of hiring, promoting, and training employees to maintain a desired level of corporate protection, all of which requires year-round attention.