Fahmida Y. Rashid

In a rare bit of good news in the effort to reduce the relentless volume of junk e-mail, Spamit has closed its doors, dramatically decreasing global spam volumes, wrote a researcher on Cisco Systems security blog. “We don’t often hear about spam getting better,” IronPort Systems Senior Security Researcher Henry Stern said in a phone […]

Citrix Systems unveiled significant upgrades to its virtual desktop and virtual server at its Synergy conference in Berlin on Oct. 6. The launch of XenDesktop 5-with support for a wider range of devices, third-party products, as well as software-as-a-service applications and a slew of new features-was accompanied by the new release of XenServer 5.6. The […]

Index Engines announced performance enhancements that include deduplication to its large-scale data discovery platform on Oct. 5. Generally available immediately, the latest release allows users more control over the indexing and data deduplication processes, the company said in a statement. IT managers can search and extract data more efficiently during data discovery in case of […]

Hewlett-Packard rolled out new features Oct. 5 for its Converged Infrastructure portfolio to provide customers with integrated servers, storage, networking and software. The announcement introduced a series of offerings designed to simplify branch office management, a new HP TippingPoint security service to control application access, a new ProLiant server system and enhancements to HP POD […]

Oracle will buy single sign-on vendor Passlogix to boost its security portfolio, the company said Oct. 5. Expected to close by the end of this year, the financial terms were not disclosed. “Driven by regulatory mandates, organizations are being pressured to provide stronger authentication mechanisms while reducing the number of passwords required,” Amit Jasuja, an […]

Zero-day attacks on Internet Explorer, the Zeus Trojan and Koobface malware were some of the most significant cyber-crime threats during the first half of 2010, according to a report from Trend Micro released Oct. 4. Trend Micro analyzed data from the Smart Protection Network to compile the report. The Smart Protection Network sees 45 billion […]

With software veteran Leo Apotheker at the helm, Hewlett-Packard is poised to bring applications into its arsenal of PCs and servers. It took only 55 days, but the technology giant announced Sept. 30 that it had chosen Apotheker, who last sat in SAP’s top seat, to be the new HP CEO. Apotheker replaced Mark Hurd, […]

Federal prosecutors in New York City charged 37 people on Sept. 30 in connection with a cyber-crime ring that looted millions of dollars from victims’ bank accounts. The defendants, mostly in their 20s, are accused of using the Zeus Trojan to steal more than $3 million. The victims were primarily small businesses and municipalities, according […]

Despite their bosses’ insistence on strong cyber-security in government, federal officials find those measures get in the way of doing their jobs, according to the results of a Government Business Council survey released Sept. 30. Federal executives said cyber-security measures impacted “information access, computing functionality and mobility” and reduced their productivity, according to the Cybersecurity […]

Survey results reveal that businesses are overconfident in their business continuity and data recovery capabilities, despite all evidence to the contrary, CDW said on Sept. 29. In a poll of 200 IT managers at medium and large businesses who had experienced network disruptions in the past year, 82 percent said that prior to the outage […]

CA Technologies has acquired Hyperformix, a company that sells capacity management software for virtual environments. The move strengthens CA’s ability to build and manage internal cloud environments. CA Technologies officials announced the agreement on Sept. 28 but did not disclose any financial details. The deal is expected to close by the end of 2010. Capacity […]

Dell announced something old, something new and something to come for its Virtual Integrated System cloud platform on Sept. 29. The new tools add self-service automation, management and network monitoring to the company’s VIS architecture, launched in spring 2010. The announcement focused on enhancements to Dell’s Advanced Infrastructure Manager, a technology the company acquired as […]