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2009-06-18
In-house software installations are hard to deploy and even harder to manage. Software as a service, or SaaS, takes the burden off your IT department and enables your company to leverage the expertise of dedicated service providers whenever utility applications are needed. Hosted Microsoft Exchange from Intermedia, for example, lets you save money on server hardware and licenses, eliminate tedious backup and updating chores, and take full advantage of Exchange’s advanced features. SaaS lets you take a capital expense and move it to the operations column. It also brings peace of mind, because your critical data is stored securely in a fully redundant and world-class data center. Watch this video to learn more about Intermedia’s hosted Exchange and full Business Productivity Suite of office tools.
2009-06-08
Servers are perhaps the most boring type of computer; servers are only really relevant to IT professionals. Wrong!! Servers touch our lives every single day, and often in ways we're not even aware of. They are used to make many of the movies we love, they power the social networking sites that bring us together, and they make our cars cheaper and safer. Find out how in this fun look at why servers rock.
2009-04-15
Apple is close to hitting 1 billion downloads from its App Store and plans on a prize giveaway for whoever downloads the billionth application. A few of those prizes include a MacBook Pro and an iPod Touch.
Facebook now has 200 million users. Here to give us a little more insight is eWeek reporter, Nick Kolakowski.
Adobe Systems is offering free (Professional Version) Flex Builder 3 licenses to unemployed developers.
Twitter has grown exponentially since its creation, now hosting roughly 8 million unique users. Given such popularity, it’s almost inevitable that celebrities and luminaries would utilize it as a way of solidifying their brand and expanding their base of support. We’ll show you a list of the top 10 celebrities on Twitter.
The malicious worm affecting Twitter over the weekend has now mutated and continues to invade the popular micro-blogging network. We’ll show you what to look out for to avoid being affected.
2009-04-08
Data theft is on the rise, and so too are the penalties for exposing personal information. As such, companies need better data protection. To that end, Windows Server 2008 provides enhanced and new security features that protect information while simplifying security management.
2009-04-01
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has released a DHS-developed tool aimed at squashing the Conficker worm. The announcement followed similar news from the Honeynet Project and the Conficker Cabal, which worked over the weekend to develop a tool to scan for the worm. Intel is rolling out its new Nehalem processor. The new Xeon 5500 series touts new performance, energy efficiency and virtualization capabilities. IBM, HP and Dell are all rolling out upgraded lines of servers to coincide with Intel’s announcement of the Nehalem EP chip for two-socket systems. A new survey shows Internet voice services are topping the list of industries that are defying the recession. With a projected revenue growth of 20.1 percent, VOIP services easily outdistance e-commerce and online auctions, which placed second. The biotech industry finished third at 10.3 percent. Skype has released its Skype app for the iphone and ipod touch.
2009-02-18
eWEEK reporter Matt Sarrel gets a hands on look at Xiotech’s Emprise 7000 SAN solution. The new SAN combines high availability and fault tolerance with intuitive and powerful management capabilities. Enterprises can add storage capacity in a modular fashion, and as an added benefit, Virtual View management software vastly simplifies management of virtual machine storage.
2009-01-22
Back in 2008, CNN set a record of 5.3 million live video streams during the election night. That was shattered Tuesday as CNN served up more than 25 million live video streams globally. Akamai, which has about 2,800 enterprise customers, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Viacom Web sites, reported a peak of 7 million active simultaneous streams at the coverage's zenith. Just two months ago, Microsoft warned of the Conficker worm targeting a vulnerability in its Server service. A new variant of the worm is striking again. Companies such as Symantec and Kaspersky Lab are saying that the number of infections is in the millions, while F-Secure believes its near 9 million. Besides targeting the Microsoft flaw, which was patched in October, the latest variant is also spreading through removable media as well as by copying itself to network shares by guessing weak passwords. Sony is expected to announce a restructuring plan this week. The plan is likely to include $1,1 billion dollars in savings, which means Sony may cut thousands of jobs and close some of its plants. Microsoft, which is scheduled to release its fiscal second quarter results Jan. 22. They're expected to post a quarterly profit, but says the numbers are expected to be below expectations, which could mean that the software giant could begin cutting thousands of jobs as early as this week. In addition, financial analysts are expected to press Microsoft executives about the prospects of acquiring Yahoo to help expand Microsoft’s own search capabilities. Nokia, Sony Ericsson and other handset vendors are starting to cut the prices of their cell phones.
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Anti-virus systems: can't live with them, can't live without them. But that may all change with Windows 7, which improves on and streamlines security measures already baked into Windows operating systems.
With Qualys' new PCI Connect extension to its PCI Compliance solution, smaller retailers may have a newfound ability to build complete documents proving their compliance with the most recent PCI specification--provided they enlist the right products and services to cull the data.
Virtualization provides the opportunity for a security do-over.
With a suspected April 1 trigger, Conficker is set to rear its ugly head again. eWEEK Labs examines the worm's potential for problems, and why the vulnerability it exploits should cause IT managers to think twice about Windows upgrades--and alternatives to Windows.
TECH ANALYSIS: If IBM does acquire Sun Microsystems, what will become of the companies' respective directory platforms? It's likely that one would go, but that could be a good thing for all IBM and Sun customers in the long run, including from a security perspective, as the surviving directory is honed to compete with Microsoft Active Directory.
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