October 2007
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October 21, 2007
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Brocade talks 8Gbit, but it is mum on new director
Brocade says it has 8Gbit blades for its SilkWorm 48000 director switches sampling with OEM partners, but it declines to give details on an all-new 8Gbit director. Continue Reading
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October 21, 2007
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Oct'07
Fibre Channel over Ethernet takes its next step
At Storage Networking World, QLogic, NetApp and startup Nuova demo Fibre Channel over Ethernet, but the race to 10 Gigabit Ethernet is far from over. Continue Reading
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October 21, 2007
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Oct'07
Hosted VoIP service unifies communications for SMBs
A hosted VoIP service for SMBs is aiming to unify phone, fax, mobile devices and email communications and offer calling from mobile, home and office phones. Continue Reading
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October 21, 2007
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Oct'07
Data deduplication explained
This report provides an extensive overview on data deduplication, the white hot technology storage managers are deploying as we move towards 2008. Continue Reading
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October 21, 2007
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Oct'07
DreamWorks draws on storage for animation
DreamWorks' senior technologist says it takes a lot of emerging storage technologies to make an animation movie. Continue Reading
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October 21, 2007
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Oct'07
VoIP certification credentials
Many certifications touch on voice over IP topics tangentially, but numerous credentials now focus a fairly substantial portion of their coverage on this subject matter. In this certification survey, we take a look at available certifications, ... Continue Reading
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October 21, 2007
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Oct'07
NAS upgrades buying guide: chapter 2 -- NAS management software
You asked for it, so here it is -- a printable version of our NAS buying guide. Continue Reading
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October 21, 2007
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Oct'07
Microsoft pumps up Data Protection Manager
A more scalable version of Data Protection Manager is coming, but it's still missing policy-based backup management features and granular recovery capabilities. Continue Reading
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October 21, 2007
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Oct'07
NAS upgrades buying guide: chapter 3 -- NAS gateways
You asked for it, so here it is -- a printable version of our NAS buying guide. Continue Reading
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October 21, 2007
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Oct'07
Intellectual property lawsuits dog storage industry
The proliferation of patent litigation among data storage companies could stifle technological innovation and drive up costs to the user. Continue Reading
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October 21, 2007
21
Oct'07
Will Microsoft Office Communication Server change unifed comms market?
Microsoft Office Communication Server officially into business applications and hinting that software-based telephony could mean the demise of the IP PBX. Continue Reading
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October 21, 2007
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Oct'07
E-mail archiver forgets to mention free services
At first glance, an independent survey commissioned by Mimecast appears to shoot itself in the foot. The firm, which sells web-based e-mail, found that 63% of the UK's IT managers have more than one e-mail system within their company - presumably ... Continue Reading
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October 21, 2007
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Oct'07
Use Netstat to determine which ports to open on a Windows firewall
Learn how to use Netstat to determine which firewall port to open when troubleshooting a Windows XP firewall. Continue Reading
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October 21, 2007
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Oct'07
USB storage devices: Two ways to stop the threat to network security
USB storage devices pose a significant threat to network security. This tip discusses some basic strategies for blocking unauthorized USB device use. Continue Reading
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October 21, 2007
21
Oct'07
More on ROI
I wanted to follow on the same theme as my previous blog and look more at issues of justifying spending on information security. One of the difficulties might come from whether your organisation ... Continue Reading
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October 21, 2007
21
Oct'07
Counting the Threats from Intelligence Services
CNN’s web site has an interesting item on the nature of the foreign intelligence hacking threat to US interests. It reports Joel Brenner, National Counterintelligence Executive, as saying that it’s ... Continue Reading
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October 21, 2007
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Oct'07
DPM's Diary 23 October 2007
The reverberations from last week's Asslic conference continue Continue Reading
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October 21, 2007
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Oct'07
HP will give you your old, broken disk
If the disk in your laptop dies, HP want to give it back to you ... for a price. Continue Reading
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October 20, 2007
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Oct'07
ROI of IPS
I thought it would be interesting to look more closely at the TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) and ROI (Return on Investment) associated with an IDS/IPS and see whether or not we can realistically ... Continue Reading
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October 19, 2007
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Oct'07
Disaster recovery plans fail
Some interesting statistics reported here in Computer Weekly relating to disastar recovery planning.According to the research findings, 48% of organisations have had to execute their disaster ... Continue Reading