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- News to know: Jerry Yang, MLB.com, Mark Cuban, USB 3.0
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: Jerry Yang to step down as CEO, back to Chief Yahoo Larry Dignan: With Yang out as Yahoo CEO, Steve Ballmer licks chops ...
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- New carbon monitoring resources available via the Web
- If one of your near-year-end resolutions is to build out the carbon and greenhouse gas emissions reporting for your company, there are a couple of new resources that have been released in the past week. First off, Sun Microsystems has updated the tools that are available on...
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- i-Cards: the next SSN?
- When it comes to the new information cards - the digital wallet initiative backed by the likes of Google, Intel, Microsoft and Oracle - think of this as Phase 1, the information gathering phase This week, another partner in the effort - credit reporting agency Equifax - launched an online...
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- ITIL V3: Making Business Services Serve the Business
- ITIL V3, the latest version of the IT Infrastructure Library ITIL, represents a significant advancement for the practice of Business Service Management BSM. Changes in ITIL V3 include the restructuring of the library into a service lifecycle framework with lifecycle stages that include Service Strategy, Service Design, Service Transition,...
- White papers 2008-11-12
- BBC hit by a DDoS attack
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (bbc.co.uk) was hit by a DDoS attack on Thursday, according to a statement sent to the Inquirer : "In a statement to the INQ, the BBC said the attack originated in a number of different countries but didn't specify which. When the Beeb's techies blocked...
- Blog posts 2008-11-11
- Case Study: How a Pennsylvania School District Overcame its IT Asset Management Nightmare
- The School District of Springfield Township (Oreland, PA) was struggling with a common issue: too much IT stuff and not enough staff. They grew fast, with over 2,000 machines, and only 4 IT technicians. They needed a better way to manage inventory and software licensing issues. Read...
- Case studies 2008-11-11
- Kicking Internet pirates off the web
- We take having the Internet for granted. Wherever we go, whether we have our laptops or our tablet devices, even our mobile phones, we can connect to 'some form' of the world wide web. We can check Facebook on the Tube, we can send emails to our colleagues when we're...
- Blog posts 2008-11-09
- Free Undetectable Keylogger (exe)
- Free Undetectable Keylogger is an easy-to-use monitoring tool. It allows you to investigate everything that happens on your PC. Features: keystroke recording, passwords logging, Internet activity monitoring, hotkeys to bring up the application, logging warning option, stealth mode. The program works on all Windows systems.
- Software downloads 2008-11-07
- Live Webcast: Comprehensive Network and Systems Monitoring
- From the data center to the edge, today's enterprise is widely distributed, highly versatile and increasingly difficult to manage. The challenges for network administrators are considerable and the need for network visibility has never been greater. Welcome to the enterprise! The explosion of...
- Webcasts 2008-11-06
- WinHEC: Microsoft shows off Windows 7 fundamentals
- WinHEC: Microsoft shows off Windows 7 fundamentalsWhy the obsession over boot times?I shudder to think how many millions of dollars are being spent to shave seconds off something I do MAYBE once a month and I'm sure I'm not alone in my reboot frequency. Microsoft made the default power button...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-05
- Swiping a card to check your health
- U.S. researchers have developed a prototype device of a card-swipe for medical tests which could be used to check for hundreds of diseases simultaneously. It should act as 'a credit card-swipe machine to scan a card loaded with microscopic blood, saliva or urine samples.' The current prototype is about the...
- Blog posts 2008-11-05
- Exchange Observer (zip)
- AppAssure's free Exchange Observer is a lightweight widget for your desktop that continuously monitors the storage groups within an Exchange server, delivering real-time, proactive monitoring. With Exchange Observer at your fingertips, you'll be able to track the health of your storage groups at all times and ensure that your mission-critical...
- Software downloads 2008-11-05
- Microsoft: Third party apps killing our security
- Why would hackers target Microsoft directly when there is so much low hanging fruit hanging from the Windows operating system? The short answer is that hackers won't attack Microsoft directly because they have plenty of alternatives via third party applications such as QuickTime, RealPlayer and WinZip. That's...
- Blog posts 2008-11-03
- IBM's management and testing software updated with energy conservation in mind
- IBM has said and done plenty about tweaking its server and storage hardware for energy efficiency. Last week, it released some changes to its Tivoli management platform as well as its content management software designed with energy efficiency in mind. The company (finally!) has also started a new program that...
- Blog posts 2008-11-02
- The world's first optical firewall?
- According to ICT Results, researchers for a EU-funded project named WISDOM are developing an optical firewall which aims to clear Internet security bottlenecks. WISDOM is an acronym for 'Wirespeed security domains using optical monitoring.' The project started in June 2006 and should be completed in May 2009 for a total...
- Blog posts 2008-11-02
- Six tips when buying enterprise software
- Six tips when buying enterprise softwareGreat tips!I just ran across a great article that breaks down an emerging niche in enterprise software: Transaction Monitoring
- Discussion threads 2008-11-01
- SOA fear factor
- SOA fear factorSo good to see a refreshing look on SOA!I actually just came across a different article that also bring some light onto the field: Transaction Monitoring
- Discussion threads 2008-11-01
- Conversation with Stonesoft
- I had the opportunity to speak with Laurie Douglas, Stonesoft's VP of marketing, and Greg Mead, one of Stonesoft's Sr. Software Architects, about the release of a new product, Stonesoft IPS Intrusion Protection System. It was a fascinating discussion about how security can not be based upon a single point...
- Blog posts 2008-10-31
- Phishers apply quality assurance, start validating credit card numbers
- With the exact number of end users interacting with phishing emails by submitting bogus data still unknown, phishers are on the other hand continuing to apply basic quality assurance processes ensuring that they will be collecting only validated credit card details, and limiting the opportunity for researchers and end users...
- Blog posts 2008-10-30
- Extensions for Windows 64-bit (exe)
- Extensions for Windows (64-bit systems) is the first community driven, modular upgrade for Windows XP and Vista. It contains many new features, tools and apps seamlessly integrated with Windows. Extensions enhances the Windows Explorer with a two-panel interface and ability to group multiple folders, it enhances the Print Screen key...
- Software downloads 2008-10-30
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