Monthly Archives: September 2008
Standards Group to Release Metrics for Internet Information Security
The nonprofit Center for Internet Security plans to release a set of IT security metrics soon based on input from more than 80 security...
Pump-and-Dump Hacker Gets 2 Years
One of the three men charged in 2007 with masterminding an international "hack, pump and dump" scheme to hijack brokerage accounts was sentenced Sept....
Trend Micro Targets Enterprise Messaging Security with New Suite
Trend Micro has bundled together some of its messaging security products to bolster enterprise defenses using its cloud-based Smart Protection Network.Dubbed Trend Micro Communication...
HP, Mozilla Create Virtual Browser to Secure Corporate Desktops
NEW YORK-Hewlett-Packard is teaming up with Mozilla and Symantec to create a more secure Web browser that will add an extra layer of security...
Oslo: How ‘Easy’ Is Easy?
Microsoft's Connected Systems Division is working on giving users a less complicated experience when it comes to distributed computing.I had an opportunity to spend...
Red Hat’s Jim Whitehurst: The Challenges of Competing with Free
Red Hat, which bills itself as the world's leading open-source solutions provider, has managed to make free software pay by gathering, extending and packaging...
The Origins of Microsoft’s Oslo Software Modeling Platform
Microsoft set out to create Oslo, its general-purpose software modeling platform, back in 2003 in an attempt to make software development more accessible to...
Microsoft’s Distributed Destination: Oslo
When John Shewchuk, Robert Wahbe and Brad Lovering met for grilled steaks at Lovering's Seattle-area home in 2000, lutkefisk (Norway's most famous dish) might...
Microsoft’s Platform Strategy Is ‘Open’ to Interpretation
Sam Ramji is focused on Linux and open source, which is more significant when you consider that he works for Microsoft.Ramji leads Microsoft's platform...
Direct-Attached Storage Coming of Age in Web 2.0 World
Good old direct-attached data storage, the original digital storage model that dates back to IBM's original spinning desk platter in the mid-1950s, doesn't make...