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 The Five Top Reasons Why IT Doesn’t Innovate
By Laurent Duperval -
Published November 20, 2008
Here’s a hint—it has nothing to do with technology, writes CIOUpdate columnist Laurent Duperval of Durperval Consulting. [more from www.cioupdate.com]
EMC Retools Backup for Virtualization, Dedupe
By Paul Shread -
Published November 20, 2008
EMC has overhauled its backup product line to better protect virtual server environments and to capitalize on the fast-growing market for data de-duplication. [more from www.enterprisestorageforum.com]
Besides Free Security, Microsoft Pulls Live OneCare
By Richard Adhikari -
Published November 20, 2008
Buffeted by strong competition from existing antivirus vendors, the Redmond software giant offers an olive branch. [more from www.esecurityplanet.com]
Cybercrime as Destructive as Credit Crisis: Experts
By Reuters -
Published November 20, 2008
Cybercrime is likely to wreak as much havoc as the credit crisis in the coming years if international regulation is not improved. [more from www.esecurityplanet.com]
Review: PC Fixer 2.6
By Joseph Moran -
Published November 20, 2008
PC Fixer is a free (but ad-supported) utility that goes spelunking in the Registry to find and fix PC problems. [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
Is Virtualization the Future of Supercomputing?
By Amy Newman -
Published November 20, 2008
Virtually Speaking: SC08 kicks off, and the virtual presence is strong. [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
Virtual Memory Management
Published November 20, 2008
In a virtualized environment, persuading an OS to believe it has a machine all to itself takes some doing. [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
Security Watch: Problems with Penetration Testing
By Kenneth van Wyk -
Published November 20, 2008
Security experts conduct countless “pen tests” to secure application systems, yet several problems limit their effectiveness. [more from www.esecurityplanet.com]
Sun Expands MySQL With Closed Source
By Sean Michael Kerner -
Published November 20, 2008
MySQL Enterprise gets new Query Tool -- but it'll cost you if you want it. [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
CA's Debuts 'Mainframe 2.0' for Big Iron
By Richard Adhikari -
Published November 20, 2008
Mainframe sales are up, but the number of skilled administrators and managers is down. CA thinks it has part of the solution. [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
McColo and the Difficulty of Fighting Spam
By Ray Everett-Church -
Published November 20, 2008
In a world full of spamming, phishing and other fraudulent behavior, even the most battle-tested spam investigators are hard-pressed to assess who’s to blame and who’s been framed.
[more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
Building the Perfect Portable Eclipse Workbench
By Scott Nelson -
Published November 20, 2008
Increase your productivity when developing in Eclipse with plug-ins that reduce the number of applications open on your desktop and make those infrequent tasks easier with wizards. [more from www.developer.com]
Ethernet Alliance Welcomes 100GbE Into the Fold
By Sean Michael Kerner -
Published November 19, 2008
Vendors are lining up behind Ethernet's next frontier, even as standards remain to be settled. [more from www.opticallynetworked.com]
Satellite Radio Is Dead
By Mike Elgan -
Published November 19, 2008
Satellite radio is nothing more than an insanely expensive, limited, proprietary content delivery system that competes head-to-head against the Internet itself. Oh, and Howard Stern gets paid $100 million a year. [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
Server Virtualization Breathes New Life Into DAS
By Paul Shread -
Published November 19, 2008
Server virtualization is creating a new market for an old storage technology, as HP's latest products show. [more from www.enterprisestorageforum.com]
Hacker Dshocker Headed to Prison
By External Link -
Published November 19, 2008
Boston Business Journal: "The Massachusetts-based computer hacker operating under the pseudonym “Dshocker” pled guilty Tuesday to “computer intrusion, interstate threats and wire fraud” and will do time in prison, according to the U.S. attorney’s office in Boston."
Complete story
[more from www.esecurityplanet.com]
Answers Trickle Out as Spammer Networks Remain Compromised
By External Link -
Published November 19, 2008
Washington Post: "Confronted with information that one Silicon Valley computer firm was hosting organizations that controlled the distribution of much of the world's spam, Internet service providers pulled the plug and McColo Corp., the hosting firm, went dark."
Complete story
[more from www.esecurityplanet.com]
Shifting Security Market Poses Risks For New Symantec CEO
Published November 19, 2008
CNN: Symantec is grappling with a shift in the computer security market it helped create, both at the top and bottom ends of the market.
Complete story
[more from www.esecurityplanet.com]
Shifting Security Market Poses Risks For New Symantec CEO
Published November 19, 2008
CNN:"Computer security giant Symantec Corp. (SYMC) might be feeling a little insecure these days. On Monday, 10-year veteran John Thompson, who transformed the Cupertino, Calif., company from a midsize maker of antivirus products for consumers to a broad-ranging computer security firm, announced he would retire as chief executive, making way for Chief Operating Officer Enrique Salem." [more from ]
Microsoft to Offer Free Security Software
By Reuters -
Published November 19, 2008
Microsoft Corp said Wednesday it will discontinue sales of its subscription PC security service and instead offer free software to help protect computers from viruses, spyware and other threats. [more from www.esecurityplanet.com]
Roundup: The Best iPhone Apps of the Week
By Troy Dreier -
Published November 19, 2008
Our weekly roundup of the best free and paid applications available for the iPhone and iPod touch. [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
Techology for Tough Times
By Gerry Blackwell -
Published November 19, 2008
Can spending money on technology help your small business survive the economic crunch? Let the debate begin. [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
Further Notes on proc
By Juliet Kemp -
Published November 19, 2008
Tip of the Trade: Learn more about proc, how it works and how to get the most out of it. [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
Picking the Right Apple: A Guide to Apple’s Mac Lineup
By Ryan Faas -
Published November 19, 2008
An overview of the Mac line, from the MacBook Air to the Mac Pro desktop. What’s your best choice? [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
Microsoft OCS: The next step
By Gerry Blackwell -
Published November 19, 2008
Release 2 fills many of the feature gaps that customers noted in the initial release, but is this the end of the evolutionary road? [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
Major League Baseball to Silverlight: You're Out
By Stuart J. Johnston -
Published November 19, 2008
A year and a half after Microsoft proudly claimed baseball games nationwide would be streamed using its Silverlight streaming media player, Adobe's Flash gets to pinch hit. [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
Performance or Power: Which Will Nehalem Use?
By Andy Patrizio -
Published November 19, 2008
Intel obsessed over power efficiency in the Nehalem line. So what's it doing with all the power savings? Increasing performance of course. [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
Automating Software Testing with Microsoft Hyper-V
By Jani Järvinen -
Published November 19, 2008
Testing software applications can be hard. You might already be using virtual machines to test your applications, but chances are you are still doing this manually. Learn how to automate your testing procedures with Microsoft's new Hyper-V virtualization technologies. [more from www.developer.com]
Yuuguu Readies Enterprise Web Conferencing
By Vangie Beal -
Published November 18, 2008
Yuuguu provides real-time Web conferencing that's simple to set up and IM network agnostic. Look for enterprise-ready versions in 2009. [more from www.instantmessagingplanet.com]
Heroic Turnarounds: The US as a Template for Yahoo
By Rob Enderle -
Published November 18, 2008
Both the US and Yahoo have been fortunate, in a way, to receive a massive slap on the face before they were in danger of complete failure. [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
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