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2009-09-29
Downtime is the bane of any organization. The cost of unplanned downtime can be astronomical, and in many industries there are hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost revenue during any event. And the single biggest cause of downtime, according to Gartner Group, is human error. A substantial number of these "errors" occur as data center technicians or contractors make mistakes when they are working on non-standard physical infrastructure that has little documentation and often no plans or "as-builts". APC offers an important solution to this problem, by replacing unique, one of a kind racks that demand guesswork with standard, consistent APC Infrastructure solutions.
2009-09-15
Sources say the president has his eye on Clinton-era defense official Frank Kramer to fill the newly created role of cybersecurity coordinator. However, some industry watchers have voiced criticism that the coordinator post will be ineffective, falling short of the hoped-for position of "cybersecurity czar," with policy-making powers and the authority to enforce those policies.
2009-09-02
A former Department of Homeland Security official is warning that the nation’s energy grid could be opening itself up to crippling cyberattacks. Greg Garcia, former Assistant Secretary of Cyber Security for Homeland Security, told Ziff-Davis Enterprise in an exclusive video interview that the energy industry’s move to embrace so-called "smart grid" technology could allow hackers to disrupt our critical infrastructure in new and very dangerous ways.
2009-08-10
Apple fixed 18 security flaws in the latest update to its Mac OS X operating system. Several of the bugs are tied to the handling of images. Researchers have uncovered numerous vulnerabilities in popular XML libraries from Sun Microsystems, Python and the Apache Software Foundation. And developers who use the libraries are advised to take action as soon as possible. Twitter was shut down for hours Thursday morning by what it described as an "ongoing" denial-of-service attack, silencing millions of Tweeters. The U.S. Marine Corps announced it banned the use of social networking websites on all Marine Corps-owned PCs and notebooks. Sprint and Samsung are joining forces on the green trail, announcing Aug. 6 the Samsung Reclaim. It’s the first phone in the U.S. constructed from eco-friendly, bio-plastic materials.
2009-07-27
Yahoo has new look, feel and user experience. Programmers basically turned the left-hand rail into an RSS feed of many of Web users' favorite Web services and destinations, such as Facebook, Gmail, Twitter and MySpace. And what’s more is that there are no installations or application searching required. Microsoft is planning to release Windows 7 to developers on Aug. 6th. They will also be offering a "family pack" version of Windows 7, Home Premium which will allow installation on up to 3 PCs. Apple is all over recent headlines. Apple is reporting quarterly profits and revenue exceeding Wall Street analyst predictions, however Apple is coming clean with reports that they have not been able to meet the demand of the iPhone 3GS. For BlackBerry-toting Apple users, a BlackBerry Desktop for Mac Software will be available this September. Anyone interested in being alerted to the software’s availability can head to blackberry.com and register to be updated. On July 21st, Zoho integrated its Zoho Mail application and Zoho CRM business application in an effort to improve productivity for users of the SAAS provider's collaboration and enterprise applications. Security researchers have their eyes on the electric grid at the upcoming Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas. In separate talks, researchers will highlight some of the threats and concerns facing plans to deploy smart grid technology.
2009-07-14
In an interview with Ziff-Davis Enterprise Contributing Editor Steve Kovsky, Sourcefire Director of Vulnerability Research Matt Watchinski cites evidence of poorly written code, low bandwidth, and a general lack of sophistication as indications that the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that disrupted U.S. government and private sector Websites over the Fourth of July holiday weekend were perpetrated by amateurs and not the North Korean government. Watchinski, who heads up the Vulnerability Research Team at Sourcefire, purveyor of the open-source intrusion detection engine Snort, says that if the attacks had been a state-sponsored act of cyberwarfare, "I would expect far more sophistication in the tools and the amount of data they could actually generate."
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.
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The Dell R710 PowerEdge 2U rack-mount server is a worthy combination of compute and performance power, and the first system I've seen that provides an alternative to BIOS for power-on system setup and configuration. Many of the Dell R710 PowerEdge's most compelling characteristics are driven by the need to optimize the data center for virtualization tasks.
The Crossbeam X-Series Platform is a modular Ethernet switch targeted at the enterprise and carrier market. eWEEK Labs tested the the Crossbeam X80 model, and found that it will be a good bet for businesses that need a flexible, high-speed security switch. The $500,000 price tag is well worth it given the ability of the platform to consolidate many security functions and still push traffic at 40G bps.
SocialPET is a SAAS application that tests end users' ability to discern dangerous e-mails by sending fake phishing messages and reporting on users' actions. The app is useful for pointing to security weak links, but it is currently pretty bare-boned.
Providing stiff competition in its market space, Sun Microsystems' Intel "Nehalem"-based Sun Fire x4170 packs generous amounts of compute power, local storage, network bandwidth and PCIe expansion capability into a small footprint.
The free Microsoft Security Essentials anti-virus solution, formerly known as Morro, works but won't blow your mind. With it, Microsoft is raising the security bar--albeit the lowest rung on the ladder--but integration with third-party solutions could result in something big.
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