Monthly Archives: November 2005
Vulnerabilities Are Everywhere
Two of every three computers are running software that contains a critical security hole, according to statistics released by vulnerability scanning company Qualys Inc.
The...
Navigating the Backup and Recovery Maze
Backup systems have come a long way from the days when they were seen merely as expensive insurance policies for data. During the past...
CA Suite Merges Security and Backup Management
Computer Associates International Inc.s Business Protection Suite r2 merges security with backup management in a neat suite—sought-after functionality that should help IT managers at...
Backup Solutions Sample RFP
eWEEK Labs strongly recommends that IT managers closely examine their current environment and size up their goals before shopping for a backup solution. A...
Unitrends DPU Solution Provides Fast Backup
Unitrends Software Corp.s Unitrends Data Protection Unit 2000 is a complete disk-based backup solution that should be a good fit in most small and...
Highly Critical Flaw Found in Google Mini Search Appliance
Search engine darling Google Inc. has issued a patch to cover a range of potentially dangerous security flaws in the enterprise-facing Google Mini search...
Tough Decisions: Heuristics and Threats
I only partly agree with Bruce Schneier when he criticizes the anti-virus industry for not finding the Sony rootkit for all the months before...
Microsoft Live Gets Another Widget
Microsoft Corp.s Web site Live.com has over the past few days added a new feature aimed at owners of Internet domains.
The new facet can...
Intel Starts an Apple Group
Industry analysts and others have confirmed that Intel Corp. has formed an internal "Apple group." This group, formed in the wake of Apple Computer...
EFF Takes Action Against Sony BMG
The Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a class-action lawsuit against Sony BMG Entertainment on Monday through which it is demanding that the company further address...