Wireless access is quickly becoming essential in enterprise networks. With the arrival of 802.11n and its capacity of hundreds of …
Mobile browsers bring new security headaches
The new generation of mobile Web browsers is going to introduce for enterprise IT departments a rash of security challenges. …
Security needs to be ‘baked in’ say experts
A panel of security experts agreed that security needs to thought of a lot earlier in the software development lifecycle, …
Selecting an UTM
While information security has became the most important aspect for any form of business process, the mushrooming of vendors in …
Cloud computing not ready for critical apps
Educational Testing Service (ETS), developer of the SAT and other tests, runs applications on software-as-a-service platforms such as Salesforce.com. And …
Juniper introduces Adaptive Threat Management
Juniper is this week introducing software that lets security platforms – even those made by other vendors – share and …
Economic crisis means hard times, hard decisions for IT
As the economic news continues to get bleaker, double-digit budget cuts are becoming a fact of life in many IT …
Microsoft confirms IE8 kill switch in Windows 7
Microsoft Corp. confirmed that users will be able to remove Internet Explorer 8 (IE8), as well as several other integrated …
Sun’s stellar NAS in a can
Not so long ago, we tested the Sun Fire X4500 Storage Server, aka Thumper, which was a dual-CPU, dual-core Opteron-based …
The promise of desktop virtualisation
What is desktop virtualisation? The use of software to abstract the operating system, applications and associated data from the user's …
Users gain options for mobile voice encryption
U.S. President Barack Obama's dilemma over the security of his BlackBerry has given rise to an increased interested in systems …
Microsoft: Enterprises will be able to self-host Windows Azure
Future versions of Windows Server will enable companies to efficiently manage and provide virtualized applications through the Web just like …
Sybase unveils SMS services for mobile location and advertising
Sybase has announced two new mobile services based on SMS messaging, one for phone users to get turn-by-turn directions, another …
Corporate SaaS considerations myriad, complex
Amid the growing popularity of software-as-a-service, IT managers are faced with a sometimes monumental task of developing big-picture strategies and …
Patching it up
By all accounts, patching software is a disruptive, time-consuming process requiring IT departments to test any new software patch before …
Virtualisation: What are the key steps?”
For those of us who grew up praying in the temple of the mainframe, the concept of virtualization is nothing …
Alcatel-Lucent unveils a broad services portfolio
Alcatel-Lucent’s launch of a broad array of services, comes at a time when more organisations are turning to outsourced or …
Security Implications of the Humble Computer Clock
Is the clock on every computer system in your organization set to the correct time? If your answer is no, …
Mozilla patches eight Firefox bugs, six critical
Mozilla Corp. patched eight security vulnerabilities in Firefox, half of them critical memory corruption flaws in the browser's layout and …
Vendors see future in iPhone business applications
The iPhone may generally be considered a consumer device, but several vendors at the Cebit trade show this week are …