April 2007

• April 19, 2007 19 Apr'07

  Securing Communications Day Three - What the vendors say

  How does VoIP get hacked? And how can you prevent it? Read on to learn this and more in part two of our feature on securing communications.  Continue Reading

• April 18, 2007 18 Apr'07

  How do I calculate the time taken for a file to be transferred over a WAN link?

  Calculate the time it will take for a file to transfer over a WAN link with the help of Dr. Hughes in this expert response.  Continue Reading

• April 18, 2007 18 Apr'07

  Convergence certification provides evaluation standard

  Voice and data convergence are more prevalent and enterprises are looking for certified professionals to administer the combined networks -- leading CompTIA to develop its Convergence+ certification, designed to validate qualified convergence ...  Continue Reading

• April 18, 2007 18 Apr'07

  CA offers new database management tool

  CA has introduced a performance analysis and diagnostic tool for its Database Management system that enables administrators to monitor both real-time and historical performance metrics for all databases distributed across the enterprise.  Continue Reading

• April 18, 2007 18 Apr'07

  Finjan offers free website browser security tool

  Finjan has made available a free website browser security tool for users.  Continue Reading

• April 18, 2007 18 Apr'07

  Deutsche Bahn rolls out all IP call centres

  Germany’s rail company Deutsche Bahn has adopted an all IP customer contact system at six major call centres to take advantage of voice over IP.  Continue Reading

• April 18, 2007 18 Apr'07

  Barclays leads way with card reader roll-out

  Barclays Bank is set to roll out handheld chip-and-pin card readers to 500,000 of its two million online banking customers by the end of the year to protect them against fraud  Continue Reading

• April 18, 2007 18 Apr'07

  HP targets mid-market with new storage management system

  Hewlett-Packard has announced a new version of its storage resource management software that allows midsize businesses of up to 1,000 employees to gain better control over their rapidly expanding storage environments.  Continue Reading

• April 18, 2007 18 Apr'07

  College secretary wins spying damages against employer

  A college secretary from Wales has won a legal battle against her employers and the UK government after a senior member of staff at the college secretly monitored her personal communications for up to 18 months without her consent.  Continue Reading

• April 18, 2007 18 Apr'07

  Oracle upgrades JD Edwards World platform

  Oracle has announced general availability of JD Edwards World A9.1, delivering more than 1,250 enhancements to improve operations and reduce integration costs.  Continue Reading

• April 18, 2007 18 Apr'07

  P&O Ferrymasters streamlines e-mail management to improve operations

  P&O Ferrymasters has reduced e-mail administration by 90% and improved order processing and just-in-time sales opportunities to boot.  Continue Reading

• April 18, 2007 18 Apr'07

  Royal & SunAlliance pulls outsourcing double

  Royal & SunAlliance (R&SA), the UK’s second largest commercial lines insurer, has today announced two major outsourcing extensions covering network and IT infrastructure.  Continue Reading

• April 18, 2007 18 Apr'07

  Security SaaS offering a first for Symantec

  Symantec has launched a beta of the Protection Network, a software-as-a-service platform for SMBs  Continue Reading

• April 18, 2007 18 Apr'07

  Sourcefire seeks fresh security approach

  Sourcefire is launching Enterprise Threat Management. Sourcefire says the open source tool Snort is the backbone of the new strategy.  Continue Reading

• April 18, 2007 18 Apr'07

  Users thrash out green storage

  Power and cooling concerns, once the province of server administrators, are on the rise among storage users.  Continue Reading

• April 18, 2007 18 Apr'07

  Avaya intros VoWLAN, IP DECT devices for 'campus nomads'

  VoWLAN and IP DECT devices, released this week by Avaya, help connect the latest mobile worker: the campus nomad.  Continue Reading

• April 18, 2007 18 Apr'07

  Business intelligence applications

  Read this excerpt from "Business Intelligence: The Savvy Manager's Guide" to learn about the various applications of business intelligence and how you can use information strategically to help your business.  Continue Reading

• April 17, 2007 17 Apr'07

  SNW: Users wary of outsourcing backup

  Symantec unveiled plans for outsourced, online data backup services this week, but users at Storage Networking World are more cautious than ever about letting go of their data.  Continue Reading

• April 17, 2007 17 Apr'07

  NTFS and the Registry in Vista packaged up

  The Registry and NTFS functions in Windows Vista are now packaged up, or transaction based, and transaction failure is no longer a problem. See an example of this new feature in this book excerpt by Mark Minasi.  Continue Reading

• April 17, 2007 17 Apr'07

  Storage consolidation: Disks and disk subsystems overview

  Any storage consolidation effort must involve a serious consideration of disk subsystems and the specific disk types that those systems will contain  Continue Reading