Monthly Archives: September 2006
Itanium Consortium Looks to Ease SPARC/Solaris Migration
The consortium of vendors working to increase the reach of Intels Itanium architecture is kicking off a program aimed at enticing software vendors to...
Security: The Final ISP Frontier
The role of ISPs in security is one of the great neglected topics in our industry, and one of my favorite subjects back to...
Readers Respond: Sandia’s Red Teams: On the Hunt for Security Holes
Chris Preimesberger's Sept. 4 story "Sandia's Red Teams: On the Hunt for Security Holes" referred to "systems created in the 1950s and 1960s."I...
Readers Respond: A Black Belt in IT
I just wanted to say that I loved Jim Rapozas Sept. 11 column, "A Black Belt in IT" .I have one certification, Microsoft Certified...
Apple Releases Aperture Update
Apple has released the latest of its Aperture imaging software.
The Cupertino, Calif., computer maker announced Aperture 1.5 at the 2006 Photokina trade show in...
Study: Apples Exposure to Net Threats Rises
As part of its current ad campaign, Apple suggests that Macs arent vulnerable to the same Internet security problems PCs are.
But according to a...
Torvalds Sings Praises of GPLv2
When many of the top Linux developers announced their disapproval of the GPLv3 draft, there was one major name conspicuously missing: Linus Torvalds.
On September...
Cisco Locks Down Physical Security Partnership
Networking market leader Cisco Systems announced a new partnership with Assa Abloy, a company specializing in physical security technologies, to help companies pull together...
Voltaire, uXcomm Look to Streamline Provisioning, Management
Grid product vendor Voltaire and uXcomm, which develops systems management platforms for systems and device manufacturers, are introducing new products designed to create a...
Theres a Reason Why Were Called Coders
The paradox of programmers tools is aptly captured by a passage from Neal Stephensons 1992 novel, Snow Crash, in a scene where a hacker...