Checksum: IT Execs Must Back Open Standards
Active participation in the open standards movement is what will drive change in the IT industry. |
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Lab Tested: ConSentry CS4024 A Smarter Smart Switch
Robust endpoint health-check capability stands out. |
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Preamble: Network Computing Re-emerges As Practical Voice In IT
"For IT,by IT" is more than just a tagline -- it's the overriding principle of the publication. |
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Rolling Review: Windows 2008 Server PowerShell
We set out to determine whether PowerShell is usable, and learnable, for the masses of Windows admins who prefer to point and click their way through daily tasks. |
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Oracle Database Susceptible To Rare Attack
"A lateral SQL injection" attack that can be placed by an outsider in a database application using Oracle's extended PL/SQL query language can be prevented, security experts say. |
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Sony Pictures Uses 'Green Power' For Data Center
Sony Pictures Entertainment is the first customer of data center operator 365 Main to sign up for a new reusable energy program. |
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Microsoft: 'We've Moved On' From Yahoo
"Yahoo would have been an accelerator, but we've moved on and now we're focused on how fast we can grow organically," Windows Live general manager Brian Hall said. |
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VMware: Virtualization Offers A Way To Recover From Disaster
The company touts its newly released Site Recovery Manager as an automation agent that takes over to shift workloads with existing data to the recovery site. |
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SOA Can Deliver On Promise With Right Strategies In Place
Insurers are discovering that a service-oriented architecture -- guided by the right governance and cultural change management strategies -- can deliver on SOA's promise of a more agile IT organization. |
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Clearwire: Mobile WiMax Before The End Of The Year
CEO Benjamin Wolff reports gains in subscribers and revenues in its first quarter but also greater losses on the way to its national wireless rollout. |
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IT Spending May Not Be So Recession-Proof, After All
In contrast to its prior survey, Astaro found that the bleak economic outlook is likely to decrease spending on IT security. |
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Rolling Review: Layer 7 SecureSpan XML Networking Gateway
The first entry in our all-in-one SOA appliance review shows that increased competition means lines between product categories are blurring -- and IT is benefiting. |
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Citrix Shifts Virtualization Spotlight To Desktops
Citrix Systems is changing its emphasis to focus on delivering virtual services to user desktops, it will tell attendees at its Synergy 2008 user group meeting. |
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HP Edges Up To Virtual Desktops With Mobile Thin Client
HP's 2533t is a mobile thin client with Windows XP Embedded and a gigabyte of flash memory inside. |
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Rolling Review: Patch Up Your Windows
Kaseya targets Microsoft shops that need reliable patch management but are on tight budgets. |
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Rollout: Prism EventTracker Log Management System
We put version 6.0 of EventTracker to the test and found it on par with rivals in ease of use, and ahead in scalability. |
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Metastorm Upgrades BPM Suite
Version 7.6 of the Metastorm BPM strengthens the company's use of Microsoft desktop technologies, including Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Office 2007. |
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E-Commerce Sites Need A Wireless Selling Strategy
Cisco finds that using cell phones as a purchasing point offers a major growth opportunity for retailers. |
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Rolling Review: Windows Server 2008 Server Core
Server Core provides a stripped-down and secure Windows build. |
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Apple Previews Its Next Mac OS 'Snow Leopard'
When released in about a year, Mac OS X 10.6 will be optimized for multicore processors and will focus more on speed and stability than new features. |
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