Friday | 5 September, 2008
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Cheaters: Inside the hidden world of IT certification fraud 05/09/2008 09:22:00
Industry launches counterattack using forensics, biometrics, analytics to weed out cert cheatsFor the first time ever, companies that develop and administer IT certification exams are working together to combat a problem that has largely been swept under the rug for years: certification fraud. - +
Confessions of a cert cheat 05/09/2008 09:56:00
Inside the hidden world of IT certification fraudA member of the Exam Security Team from a major IT solutions vendor recently received an e-mail from an IT professional who owned up to the fact that he had inadvertently cheated to prepare for his certification exam. - +
Plan rolling to improve vehicle-based Wi-Fi nets 05/09/2008 10:14:00
Improving interactive Wi-Fi connections for moving vehiclesYou could think of this as the Tarzan protocol for Wi-Fi. The goal is to improve interactive Wi-Fi connections dramatically for moving vehicles. - +
How to prepare for certification legitimately 05/09/2008 10:15:00
The ITCC strongly urges candidates to know and follow the certifying agencies' security policiesWith the crackdown on certification cheaters, the ITCC strongly urges candidates to know and follow the certifying agencies' security policies. They are posted online and must be acknowledged when a candidate wants to take a test. - +
Why we need a strong IT certification system 05/09/2008 10:08:00
The integrity of IT certification is vitally important to everyoneThe integrity of IT certification is vitally important to everyone. IT, as an industry and a profession, is largely unregulated. There are no government standards that define the qualifications of any level of IT professional. There is no licensing process or required educational background. In essence, anyone can declare himself a "network engineer" or a "systems analyst." It's the Wild West of professions. - +
How to keep your tech career afloat 03/09/2008 07:55:00
As outsourcing and downsizing continue, find out what skills and certifications will make you an IT survivorAnyone who has worked in IT for more than five minutes knows that the field has been in a dramatic transformation for the past 10 years, invading and conquering other organizational domains such as communications and security, while also wrestling with the new issues that technology has wrought such as employee mobility. In most organizations, IT has had to transform itself from a bunch of techies installing and troubleshooting equipment to a key enabler of business strategy and competitiveness. - +
10G Ethernet: can copper cut the mustard? 02/09/2008 10:37:00
Copper's coming, but fibre's here already.If 10Gigabit Ethernet has a problem, it's multiple personalities. 10G over fibre is well established as a network backbone technology, but in past generations it's been Ethernet over copper - and especially telephone-style twisted pair cabling - that has brought the big upsurge in usage and sales. - +
Wireless LANs face huge scaling challenges 01/09/2008 08:34:00
802.11n is no silver bullet either, university WLAN managers warnPhilippe Hanset is wondering about the intersection of the Slingbox and the campuswide wireless LAN at University of Tennessee at Knoxville, where he's senior networking engineer. - +
Wireless LANs face huge scaling challenges 29/08/2008 12:13:00
802.11n is no silver bullet either, university WLAN managers warnPhilippe Hanset is wondering about the intersection of the Slingbox and the campuswide wireless LAN at University of Tennessee, where he's senior networking engineer. - +
Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 has nifty features 28/08/2008 09:12:00
Microsoft's IE8 now includes better tab management, services such as Web Slices and Accelerators, and the new 'porn mode.'Those who expect Internet Explorer 8 to be a warmed-over version of IE7 or a me-too response to Firefox 3 will be surprised by the just-released Beta 2 of IE8. It offers a well-thought-out set of features that makes Web browsing faster and more intuitive, including more intelligent tabs, a much improved Address Bar, and new tools designed to deliver information from other Web pages and services. - +
Beyond Phelps: The Olympics' big high-tech winners 25/08/2008 09:24:00
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Wednesday 20th, August 2008
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Computerworld Live Podcast #97: The Future of Enterprise Networking 25/07/2008 09:45:36
This week CW Live chats with Mark Thompson, global sales and marketing manager for HP ProCurve, on the future of the enterprise networking. Mark discusses the trends we can expect to see in the near future and how the right infrastructure can ensure your enterprise network is secure. - +
Computerworld Live Podcast #96: Security at the Edge 11/06/2008 09:22:22
CW Live speaks with Amol Mitra, HP ProCurve Director of Marketing for Asia Pacific and Japan. Today's topic: how enterprises are starting to shift away from simply controlling security via server logins, firewalls and moving to more adaptive security frameworks. - +
Data Management Edition #10: Multi-Petascale Systems 02/05/2008 09:12:33
This week we look at sustainability and the development of multicore technologies to build multi-petascale systems. - +
IT Security Edition #11: How to poison the Storm botnet 01/05/2008 08:51:55
This week CW Live presents a case study on how to poison the notorious Storm botnet . Plus we take a look at Cisco's plans for Ironport. - +
IT Security Edition #10: Cyber-battles fought and won 24/04/2008 11:09:47
Vendors bow to end user pressure to improve product security, and we take a look at the latest concepts shaping the cyber-battlefield of the future.
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