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Tips used for Top Tips come from the ExtremeTech forum and are written by our community. Question from xactlywhatisaid “Whats a virtual private network and when would you need to use one?” Answer from Krapitino “In oversimplified terms, its an encryption “tunnel” through the internet to create a secure connection from LAN “A” to LAN […]

Enterprise Storage Arkivio Storage Management Software Bolstered for Unix Software vendor Arkivio updated its storage management software for Unix networks. Arkivio auto-stor, which allows IT administrators to manage the growth and storage of data, now works with Unix servers in heterogeneous direct-attached, network-attached and storage area network environments. Users can monitor total capacity and utilization […]

Viruses The growth of malicious code slowed between July 2001 and the end of last year, but new viruses pose a more constant threat and last longer than in previous years, according to the Virus Prevalence Survey, conducted by ICSA Labs, an independent division of TruSecure. The prevalence of mass mailing viruses and Internet worms […]

Every so often, enterprise networking companies buy into the promise of the digital domicile and make some overture to wire, or as is now the case, unwire the home. The last time this happened (to disastrous effect) was when 3Com brought a bevy of home-networking products, including the much-maligned Audrey Internet appliance, briefly to market […]

Microsoft is back-pedaling over Senior VP Brian Valentines statements to the press that Microsoft is planning on doing a server version of Longhorn, its next-generation Windows release. Valentine made the comments to various news organizations during interviews at Microsofts Management Summit conference in Las Vegas this week. Read Valentines Latest Comments on Longhorn “Brian was […]

Intersil, Proxim Resolve 802.11b Patent Spat Proxim and Intersil said they resolved on Tuesday all pending patent-related litigation between the two companies that pertain to their involvement in WLAN. Under the terms of the agreement, Proxim and Intersil agreed to dismiss all claims against each other, including lawsuits before the International Trade Commission and Delaware […]

Tips used for Top Tips come from the ExtremeTech forum and are written by our community. Question from THEWIZ “How can you repair a bad patitition table ,formating hard drive will not do it .Use IBM disk it will not erase the boot paratition . Is there anyway to repair it ? “ Answer from […]

While the storage industrys iSCSI and Fibre Channel over IP protocols finally reached standardization earlier last month, additional drafts may be needed to clarify wide-area networking connectivity, leaders of the Internet Engineering Task Forces IP Storage Working Group said. The possible upcoming work has no effect on commercial products debuting now that use iSCSI and […]

In a class action suit against Sun Microsystems Inc., a former Sun employee claims the company discriminated against him and other employees when it layed off about 2,500 workers in 2001. Former Sun software engineering manager Walter Kruz, in his suit filed March 17 in Santa Clara County (Calif.) Superior Court, claimed that Sun engaged […]

Former Vice President Al Gore has joined the board of directors of Apple Computer, the company announced today. Apple marks the second technology company the former vice-president has involved himself with. Gore already serves as a senior advisor to Google.com. He is also a visiting professor at the University of California Los Angeles, Fisk University […]

Enterprise Storage Adaptec Unleashes Serial ATA RAID Controllers Adaptec this week launched a family of Serial ATA (SATA) products, including logic board solutions and RAID cards. The company said it is working with major disk drive makers, resellers and original equipment manufacturers to drive the adoption of the Serial ATA interface. Adaptec Serial ATA RAID […]