Sunday | 12 October, 2008
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Stories by: Wayne Rash

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    HP delivers another server workhorse 29/12/2005 11:52:04

    You know a product is good when you keep trying to think of ways not to send it back to its maker. Hewlett-Packard's HP ProLiant DL380 G4 is one of those products. It arrived in time for a test of desktop encryption solutions and then stayed around for a few other projects.
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    IBM unleashes 3U power on the enterprise 02/08/2005 07:58:36

    IBM continues to produce new servers that deliver greater value. The new xSeries 365 is clearly the next step in IBM's strategy, offering more performance, convenience, and scalability in a smaller package than its predecessor. The result is a server that can meet nearly any imaginable departmental need and fit well into many enterprise applications that once required more expensive servers and more resources to operate.
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    Software tightens loose network endpoints 14/12/2004 12:32:41

    If you manage IT for a government organization -- be it federal, state, or local -- you don't have the luxury of waiting to harden your network defenses, unlike IT managers of commercial enterprises. Public agencies are legally accountable for safeguarding the information they have on their computers, so you must protect that information to avoid serious consequences.
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    Securing Windows 17/03/2004 10:31:05

    As director of product management in the Security Business and Technology Unit at Microsoft, Amy Carroll is responsible for making sure that new enhancements to Windows and new versions of Windows are very secure. Carroll spoke to Wayne Rash about the company's approach to security and commitment to improving the overall security of its operating system.
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    Worm warfare 02/02/2004 15:55:25

    In the middle of last year it seemed the onslaught would never end. One after another, a progression of worms and other malware threatened to bring down systems as enterprises floundered in a morass of unpatched vulnerabilities and malicious e-mails opened by unwary employees.
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    What, me vulnerable? Check your OS for surprises 13/01/2004 13:34:49

    Anyone who has ever run Windows update is well-aware of the frequent security issues with Microsoft Corp.'s OS. Some of those issues make Windows more open to hackers, others simply make DoS attacks easier. Fortunately, Microsoft provides patches for the flaws it can control -- but not everything is Redmond's fault. Some of it is yours.
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    Technology doesn't have all the security answers 29/07/2003 11:26:47

    The company CTO sighed after looking over his logs. Clearly, his company's Web servers had been the victim of a DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack, and his servers had been able to handle the extra load, but the router that gave him Internet access had not. For six minutes of the 15-minute attack, his Web servers were inaccessible.
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    Put the pedal to the metal 26/05/2003 13:31:56

    The astonishing throughput of 10GbE (10 Gigabit Ethernet) can solve many problems in your enterprise. You can use the same 10GbE switch (but with different optics) for local data centre use or for metropolitan-area distances. If you have the fibre available, then real-time off-site backup becomes feasible. Likewise, if you’re simply running out of backbone capacity, 10GbE can provide the bandwidth you need — and then some.
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    Hah! You're wrong! 15/04/2003 10:04:07

    "I couldn't disagree with you more!" I glanced to my left as two members of the panel I was chairing at InfoWorld's CTO Forum in Boston loudly disagreed with each other. It wasn't the first time this had happened, and if the session went on much longer, it wouldn't be the last. The panelists calmed down and explained their reasoning, showing that they weren't as far apart as it had originally seemed.
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    The cyberwar begins 08/04/2003 09:49:36

    Predictions of some sort of cyberwar have been floating around for months now, with security experts suggesting that if war actually broke out, a series of cyberattacks was sure to follow. However, there hasn't been much evidence of anything devious happening in cyberspace beyond attacks by isolated groups of criminals and vandals -- until now.
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    Does your network leak? 25/02/2003 10:32:28

    I was sitting in an undistinguished meeting room in the middle of nowhere, talking about leaking networks. Well, to be more precise, I was talking to Bill Cheswick, and we were at the Foxwoods casino in the middle of the Pequot Indian Reservation, where the CyberCrime 2003 conference is held. This actually is in the middle of nowhere, otherwise known as "Connecticut." A look outside the Foxwoods' windows would convince you that glaciers would arrive in an hour or two and wipe out all forms of life.
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