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Internet NetScreen Technologies on Monday unveiled a software upgrade to its intrusion-detection and prevention product line. The upgrade addresses vulnerabilities in instant messaging and peer-to-peer file sharing applications. The latest version of the NetScreen IDP software, available for the NetScreen-IDP 10, 100, and 500, includes attack detection and prevention for instant messaging and file exchange […]

PHOENIX—Networked-attached gateways using SAN infrastructures are now available from Hitachi Ltd., officials said Tuesday. The new hardware is the result of Hitachis recent partnership with Network Appliance Inc., said Hu Yoshida, chief technology officer of the Tokyo companys Hitachi Data Systems division, at the Storage Networking World show here. Models available now are the GF940, […]

PHOENIX—Storage administrators at Storage Networking World here Tuesday saw a new SAN encryption option, Assurency SecureData, announced by Kasten Chase Applied Research Ltd. Assurency SecureData uses a 2U rack-mounted server, agent software and PCI cards in a storage area networks servers, and agent software in switches, said Hari Venkatacharya, senior vice president of the Mississauga, […]

Now that the dust is starting to settle over all the initial Centrino notebooks, you may be surveying the field to have a ready response to the question, “If you were buying a notebook today, which would it be?” This question hasnt actually come up for me yet, but maybe I need to go on […]

The worlds largest network equipment maker, Cisco Systems, Inc., has been bloodied by the industry downturn over the past three years. Now the company has regrouped, recently resuming its practice of acquiring companies, including Linksys Group, Inc. and SignalWorks, Inc., which it acquired last month. Attempting to engineer Ciscos rebound is John Chambers, president and […]

Clarke Warns Lawmakers of a Security Void Former presidential cyber-security adviser Richard Clarke warned lawmakers last week that there is no top-level administration official dedicated full time to the safety of the nations IT infrastructure. Clarke and other IT experts cautioned that the newly created Department of Homeland Security is not yet prepared to handle […]

Companies ranging from QLogic Corp. to Cisco Systems Inc. are readying infrastructure and data-protection hardware to help users take advantage of future standards-based management software and utility computing concepts. The products, which include Fibre Channel- and IP-based switches, larger and faster tape libraries, and host bus adapters with increased interoperability, will be unveiled this week […]

September 2003 BiometricsWorld Conference & Expo UKSeptember 3-5, 2003Birmingham, England (Co-located with LinuxWorld)The BiometricsWorld global series of events is the worlds leading biometrics event brand offering a consistent, recognizable sales and educational vehicle across the globe. The series of events is designed to offer the highest quality conference content, exhibit floor and peer-to-peer networking opportunities […]

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PHOENIX—Microsoft Corp. will help customers secure storage networks by sharing its RADIUS client with switch makers, officials said Monday. The software enables a storage area network to have a central authentication layer. As SAN installations get more complex and begin to use technology such as IP networking, security will become harder to administer, experts say. […]

In Lisa Vaas column, Perils of Going Offshore, she details the conundrum of the tech industry: loss of little over a half-a-million tech jobs, more companies outsourcing their tech departments and the inability of many people to find jobs in the field. The notion that government must “protect” the industry is a dangerous one. This […]

IEEE Plots Speedier WLAN The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is working on a revision to the 802.11 specification that will ramp up the speed of the WLAN standard to at least 108 Mbit/s. The high-speed revision is expected to be designated as 802.11n, although it hasnt officially been given that appellation yet. Stuart […]