Few customers of network access control use it for what it was intended, preferring instead to deploy the security technology …
WhiteHouse.gov gets quick overhaul
While Barack Obama was being sworn in as president last week, his administration was unveiling a redesigned WhiteHouse.gov Web site …
How to cut IT costs without hemorrhaging
With no fat left to trim, how can IT managers keep cutting costs without damaging core services? Many industry professionals …
Ballmer provides grim outlook as economy ‘resets’
Speaking to financial analysts on the heels of Microsoft's announcement of layoffs and a disappointing second quarter, CEO Steve Ballmer …
Heartland data breach could be bigger than TJX’s
A data breach disclosed Tuesday by Heartland Payment Systems may well displace TJX Companies' January 2007 breach in the record …
Intel to shut four plants, lay off 6,000
Amidst a bevy of bad news in the PC market, Intel Corp. took two corrective steps this week, aggressively slashing …
Battle brewing over next-generation private clouds
Enterprises could make their datacenters more efficient by turning them into private computing clouds — but the biggest winners could …
Striving for best possible outcome
Forget “doing more with less” — that's the IT mantra of yesteryear. Now IT departments are making better use of …
Open networks remain a distant nirvana for mobile users
The push for open wireless networks that can accommodate all manner of mobile devices and applications grabbed a lot of …
A bumpy ride ahead
Enterprise IT executives are taking the economy's downturn in stride. This not being their first time at the rodeo, they …
Auditing security
NWME: How is Emitac looking at security audit as an area of focus? EJ: We give the security audit area …
IronPort offers new e-mail security appliances
The new IronPort C-Series and IronPort X-Series e-mail security gateways, as well as the new IronPort M-Series security management appliances, …
A buyers’ guide to IP surveillance cameras
Network cameras for IP-based video surveillance systems have been around since 1996. These are attached directly to the network and …
Wanted: A long-term data centre strategy
Although trends point to industry-wide consolidation of data centres, many businesses find themselves with more then they used to have …
Nokia and IBM join forces for mobile e-mail
Nokia and IBM are linking mobile phones to Notes, the companies announced recently. Nokia S60 3rd Edition devices can connect …
Virgin to have in-flight Wi-Fi
Virgin America's in-flight Wi-Fi service will launch on Monday for a beta test that is intended to last just one …
Getting secured in tight budgets
A few years back, most organisations big or small tended to adopt a reactive response to dealing with security breaches …
Cloud vendors forecast rapid adoption
That was the prediction from Patrick Harr, founder and CEO of online storage vendor Nirvanix, one of several speakers at …
Brave new world
NWME: Most enterprises still don’t seem to understand the real benefits of the Unified Communications technology. Bayer: That’s because unified …
Estimating the vulnerability
Microsoft called its first month of predicting whether hackers will create exploit code for its bugs a success — even …