Cameron Sturdevant

If you are thinking of replacing your organization’s Domain Name System)or if you have a DNS solution that you want me and the good folks at WiscNet to consider, then read on. Below, I’ve published the invitation I sent today to three DNS vendors. We have room for one more company or open-source project to […]

Upcoming federal deadlines for IPv6 implementation mean that core IP services including DNS will come under some scrutiny. In January, eWEEK Labs will go on-site at WiscNet to evaluate a DNS replacement project. DNS, the service that translates names into IP addresses, so you can type in www.eweek.com instead of 192.168.22.35, is a relatively distant […]

I got DNS in my anti-spam product. And I’ve got anti-spam in my DNS management. This all happened while working on my “Top 10 things you should know about spam” while also putting together an RFP (Request for Proposal) for a review on DNS service tools. DNS plays a big role in identification and verification […]

I was asked this morning if I would buy another Treo if I had the chance to pick a smart phone today. Here’s most of what I said: I love my Treo 650. The phone has to be charged nightly, but it never runs out of power. My 650 has more scars from being dropped […]

I spent four days attending the technical sessions at Oracle OpenWorld. Similarly, I spent two days at Salesforce.com’s Dreamforce conference held last month attending a variety of technical and application sessions. The bottom line from attending these sessions at both events is that while the executive level message is “faster, more flexible, more manageable,” someone […]

After three days at Oracle’s OpenWorld in San Francisco, (I’ve been at the show since Monday, Nov. 12) here are my key take aways: 1. “Virtual” and “open” are the key concepts for how the resources and riches of the IT world are being divided and re-divided and have passed from “emerging technology” to business […]

Vipin Samar, vice president of database security at Oracle, provided some candid information about when to use some of the new security features in Oracle Database 11g, which I reviewed in early October. In a session at Oracle’s OpenWorld titled “Oracle Database 11g: Secure Your Data Transparently,” Samar talked about how tablespace encryption now includes […]

Andy Mendelsohn, senior vice president of Oracle Server Technologies, talked again today about Oracle’s Teradata-killer, Oracle Optimized Warehouse for Dell and EMC. The name alone shows how Oracle is using integration—a theme of Oracle President Charles Phillips opening morning keynote—to fashion products out of mature technologies. Mendelshon spoke at Oracle’s OpenWorld conference in San Francisco […]

Here’s the last installment of my lost and found Treo 650 mobile phone story. Many of you wrote me about Butler. I was using a 2005 version of this Palm utility and, on your advice, I bought the newest version to get the remote data lock and wipe capabilities. But I was greedy. I got […]

When I thought I lost my (now found) Treo 650 mobile phone and all my personal data, I was a little panicked that I had put all of my data into the hands of a stranger. Several readers let me know about Butler, which has a facility to lock or erase data from a handheld […]