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    Security experts from Defence have been called in to assist agencies that were targeted by last night's attack on the Prime Minister's and other agency websites. More attacks are expected, according to sources.

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    America Online on Monday said it is blocking malicious links tied to a recently discovered bot that uses encryption to increase the range of its targets and make eradication more difficult.

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    A security organisation published its fourth annual list of the most vulnerable software on Wednesday, putting network administrators on notice that they need to check their systems.

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    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?

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    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.

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    Seeing this week's Crate Tetris public art piece on the Wooster Collective Web site, installed next to a Melbourne highway as a sequel to Crate Man in Richmond, put me in mind of an old article written for infamous computer game site Old Man Murray.

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    The volunteer army of Web 2.0

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  • Security group names top software risks

    A security organisation published its fourth annual list of the most vulnerable software on Wednesday, putting network administrators on notice that they need to check their systems.

  • Top 10 Linux, Unix threats

    The FBI and SANS have released an updated list of the most exploited threats in Linux/Unix systems.

  • Sanity about SANs: What you should know

    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?

  • Building high-capacity backups on a limited budget

    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.

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    SCVMM 2008 R2 is a very competent product, neatly bringing Microsoft's virtualisation management offering in line with the competition at the same time as offering management of disparate platforms in the one product. The integration with the rest of the Systems Center suite makes the overall management and monitoring experience better than its rivals.

  • What's the best blade server?

    Blade servers were once the saviours of the datacentre. Expandability was king. But do blade servers still make sense today? We find out if they're still worth it.

  • HP ProLiant ML370 G5

    It can handle a wide range of backend business applications, but HP's Proliant ML370 G5 is over-specified for organisations with more modest requirements.

  • Dell PowerEdge 1950

    With computing power to burn, the PowerEdge 1950 is ideal where high performance is required, such as clustering and Web front-end duties. However, the ramped format does make life more difficult when it comes to database hosting and other backend deployments.

  • Acer Altos R520

    Acer has taken standard Intel OEM components to put together a highly configurable and very scalable 1U server, capable of handling a variety of tasks. It's more than a match for similar products from the big-name vendors.

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