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NAS gateway specifications

  • News
  • Date: 09 August 2007
A NAS gateway offers file-based accesses to external storage on a disk array -- or a SAN, where users can take advantage of superior performance and reliability while maintaining a level of simplicity. Since storage is moved off of the NAS device, interoperability and connectivity are crucial issues, and virtualization is increasingly important for superior scaling and utilization of the storage resources. The product snapshots in this chapter highlight key specifications for a cross section of major NAS gateway products.

UK plc not ready to comply with PCI DSS or MiFID

Less than half of UK companies are ready to comply with information security measures such as the Payment Card Industry's Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) and the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid), according to a survey of more than 200 chief information security officers.

Taylor Woodrow uses Google to ensure compliance

Taylor Woodrow Construction is using hardware and software from Google to ensure the company intranet delivers the most up-to-date information to staff.

Corporate use of virtual worlds needs careful evaluation, says Gartner

In its latest media advisory, Gartner warned that companies are exposing themselves to five major security and risk-management issues if they allow users to access uncontrolled virtual worlds.

Mobile device strategy: A reflection on what I use to succeed

  • In Depth
  • Date: 07 August 2007
Craig Mathias, principal with Farpoint Group, specialising in wireless networking and mobile computing talks about mobile strategy, and the tools to implement it

IBM to acquire Princeton Softech

IBM is to buy data management company Princeton Softech.

Subpar security compromises compliance

  • News
  • Date: 07 August 2007
Pressure to keep trading applications available has nudged security to the back of the development line.

GAO slams insecure government information systems

More than half of US government offices have weak security over their information systems, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO).

Microsoft picks nCipher for authentication solution

All future Microsoft software is to use nCipher's hardware security modules (HSMs) and time stamping technology to protect and authenticate it. Software developers who use Microsoft system-building products will also find it in the Microsoft Authenticode protocol.

Banks save with passport ID check call centre

The Identity and Passport Service has said it is saving financial institutions hundreds of thousands of pounds through its Passport Validation Service.
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