IT managers are being warned of the threats that are likely to keep them awake nights in 2007, with laptop security, VoIP and the contentious issue of mobile phone viruses all featuring on one organisation's 'hit-list'.
More than 422 new Internet security holes were found during the second quarter, according to data released by the SANS Institute.
Two new security flaws have been discovered in Microsoft's Internet Explorer, one of which could be replicated in Mozilla's Firefox, security experts have warned.
With industry analysts predicting an annual growth rate of 50 to 150 percent for corporate data, it is a safe bet that the majority of businesses will require additional storage. What are SANs and how can they assist?
Internet sensor networks such as the SANS Internet Storm Center rely on their own invisibilty to be effective, but researchers now say it is possible to map their locations
Brisbane-born start-up Particls promised a better way of organising information from the web. Now, however, it appears to have given up the battle, with both the Particls website and that of its parent company Faraday Media disappearing from the web.
The global financial crisis might have tarnished some of Silicon Valley's lustre, but for many Australian technology entrepreneurs who have migrated to the US, it hasn't lost its bright shiny status.
If you're heading to the Beijing Olympics to cut deals, schmooze and booze, don't leave your laptop and mobile with your hosts for a second and watch your gadgets very, very carefully. Of course, it might cost you a deal because you're acting weird, but your data will be safe.
Mammoth growth in storage volumes is a fact of life, but even so it's helpful to pause occasionally and try and work out whether our information strategies have fallen hopelessly out of step with the pace of technological growth and changes in costs.
Pronouncing that a given device doesn't need any more storage is a near-foolproof recipe for looking stupid somewhere down the line. However, I'm sceptical that many people need a 16GB mini-SD card for their phone.
With industry analysts predicting an annual growth rate of 50 to 150 percent for corporate data, it is a safe bet that the majority of businesses will require additional storage. What are SANs and how can they assist?
Easily exploited vulnerabilities are a hackers favourite target. Use this updated SANS/FBI list of the top threats to Windows to find out where the hackers may be lurking.
One of the most prevalent security problems with Linux/UNIX is outdated software that works great but contains flaws. See which programs represent the most serious security threats.
When faced with high-priced options from vendors, one IT team decided to develop its own high-speed backup network. Find out how they did it.
Even though the upfront costs are likely to be steep, a SAN can actually save you money. Find out if it's the best long-term solution for your storage environment.
At Oracle's OpenWorld conference in San Francisco, CEO Larry Ellison previews the company's Exadata Version 2 computer. He says the new database computer is designed for online transaction processing and data warehousing. He adds that Exadata 2 can do faster processing at a much lower cost than its biggest competitor, IBM.
At the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in San Francisco, Lucasfilm's director of IT operations, Kevin Clark, spoke about the difficulties in networking and providing data storage for their large collection of companies--including locations in Singapore and the remote Marin Headlands. He discusses how they managed to move to a new...
At the RSA 2008 conference in San Francisco, Microsoft Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie describes a new plan for Internet security that includes the creation of a trusted stack. Each element can be authenticated, from the operating system to applications, people, and data.
Australian mobile carriers have failed to educate the public on the possible uses of mobile data services, resulting in 'disappointing' take up of most mobile data services, according to analyst group Frost & Sullivan.
Optus' combo PC Card ticks every box on the wireless menu, including 3G, GPRS and Wi-Fi, to serve road warriors with a smorgasbord of connectivity.
Secrecy seems to shroud the data centre arena -- all well and good for security's sake, but not so great when trying to pick a provider. We pull back the curtains to find what data centre options exist in Australia.
It's official: backup software packages have the longest product names in the business. We evaluate three leading packages to find out which suits the medium-sized business.
Everyone needs backups, but how do you recover a server quickly? We look at some of the options available for snapshot backup and other disaster recovery techniques.
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