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  • July 17, 2009 17 Jul'09

    Apollo 11: 40 years on, where is software engineering today?

    The Apollo 11 lunar landing would have been impossible had it not been for software engineering.

  • June 15, 2009 15 Jun'09

    Final cockpit moments with blocked pitot sensors

    Two fatal crashes of passenger aircraft show that it is dangerous for pilots to have conflicting information and warnings in the cockpit.

    The recovered...

  • June 12, 2009 12 Jun'09

    Crash One: Birgenair Flight 301

    This is the extraordinary story of an aircraft which was in good flying order except for a blocked pitot tube which caused multiple problems.

  • February 10, 2009 10 Feb'09

    Added critical data protection for SMBs

    New technology aiming to solve small and medium size businesses’ perennial problems with protecting business critical data

  • August 21, 2008 21 Aug'08

    Microsoft and Novell expand Windows/Linux integration deal

    Microsoft and Novell are extending their interoperability agreement to tie Windows closer to Novell's SUSE Linux in the enterprise.

  • January 07, 2008 07 Jan'08

    Fire IT project two years late and £70m overbudget

    A government IT project aiming to centralise fire control rooms is two years behind schedule and more than 50% overbudget, according to a report from the Communities and Local Government Committee.

  • December 07, 2007 07 Dec'07

    EC to use mobile phones to track carbon footprints

    New application allows users to see how their daily choices impact climate change in terms of the major greenhouse gases

  • November 06, 2007 06 Nov'07

    Users leaving Fibre Channel for iSCSI Sans find pros, cons

    Users who recently updated aging Fibre Channel equipment with new iSCSI San products have found ease of use can be a double-edged sword.

  • November 06, 2007 06 Nov'07

    Adaptec reports losses

    Adaptec's revenue was down year over year, as well as sequentially; DataDirect says the InfiniBand business is booming.

  • November 06, 2007 06 Nov'07

    CommVault revenues spike after update of Simpana backup app

    CommVault attributes a spike in sales to the integration of features such as archiving, replication and search into its backup products.

  • October 21, 2007 21 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.

  • October 21, 2007 21 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, ...

  • October 14, 2007 14 Oct'07

    SNW Preview: Data protection makes a stand

    Led by EMC's integration of data deduplication and CDP into its backup software, data protection products are prominent at Storage Networking World.

  • October 14, 2007 14 Oct'07

    VMware takes on data migration

    VMware supports migrating data between disc arrays with Storage VMotion, changing the equation between server and storage virtualisation devices.

  • October 10, 2007 10 Oct'07

    Unified communications new priority for HP

    Unified communications is a confusing area with a number of vendors in the mix. HP has launched new services to help ease companies into unified communications and help them determine which integrated tools will best fit their business goals.

  • October 07, 2007 07 Oct'07

    IP telephony adoption rising, quality sagging

    IP telephony adoption continues to grow, but service quality is lagging behind, according to a user survey from Psytechnics.

  • October 05, 2007 05 Oct'07

    Podcast: the true cost of IT security

    In this interview, Cliff Saran speaks to Martin Sadler, director of HP's Trusted Systems Lab, about how much should we be expected to spend and how much security is enough. Hackers are getting smarter and Martin believes newly trained IT ...

  • October 04, 2007 04 Oct'07

    Pillar announces support for 1 TB SATA drives

    Pillar is one of the earliest to announce 1 TB SATA drives in an enterprise array. IBM's SVC becomes the first storage virtualization product certified with VMware.

  • October 02, 2007 02 Oct'07

    Web 2.0 strategies for SMBs

    Web 2.0 technologies are catching on at companies of all sizes. Find out how to make them work for your SMB with SearchSMB.com's top five Web 2.0 tips.

  • September 26, 2007 26 Sep'07

    Microsoft releases Windows Server 2008 RC0

    Windows Server 2008 Release Candidate 0 (RC0) is now available for customer review.

  • September 25, 2007 25 Sep'07

    How to purchase a data encryption product

    Data security is now a critical problem for every company, regardless of size. This buying guide explores the factors involved in purchasing data encryption hardware and software products.

  • September 24, 2007 24 Sep'07

    PCI council adds Pin security to remit

    The PCI Security Standards Council has added Pin Entry Device (PED) security technology to its payments industry testing portfolio to streamline standardisation.

  • September 16, 2007 16 Sep'07

    3PAR adds tiered storage management tool

    The new version of the System Reporter management tool for 3PAR's high-end arrays now includes monitoring for tiered storage environments.

  • September 09, 2007 09 Sep'07

    Virtual appliance lets users convert DAS to iSCSI San

    LeftHand Networks has released an edition of its SaniQ iSCSI San software that will convert locally attached disc to networked storage.

  • September 07, 2007 07 Sep'07

    Microsoft update to patch critical Windows flaw

    Microsoft plans to patch a critical flaw in Windows and plug holes in MSN Messenger, Visual Studio, and Windows services for Unix.

  • September 07, 2007 07 Sep'07

    Government warns of dangerous QuickBooks Online flaw

    Attackers could exploit two flaws in the popular Intuit QuickBooks Online Edition to cause buffer overflows and download or upload files in arbitrary locations, US-CERT warned.

  • September 07, 2007 07 Sep'07

    Cybercriminals employ toolkits in rising numbers to steal data

    The market is increasing for crimeware toolkits that help cybercriminals avoid detection and exploit flaws, according to new research from security vendor, Finjan.

  • September 05, 2007 05 Sep'07

    NAC switches, appliances help track users, malware

    Some vendors are offering switches and appliances to monitor traffic for malware and unauthorized access, as the NAC market including Cisco NAC and Microsoft NAP sorts itself out.

  • September 05, 2007 05 Sep'07

    Firefox security issues persist despite update

    Despite Mozilla's recent Firefox security update, researchers say there's another way attackers could exploit the browser for malicious purposes.

  • September 05, 2007 05 Sep'07

    Critical flaw discovered in IBM DB2

    IBM's DB2 database management system contains a flaw that could be exploited remotely by an attacker to take control of a system.

  • August 30, 2007 30 Aug'07

    Flaw found in MSN Messenger

    Attackers could exploit a flaw in MSN Messenger to run malicious code on targeted machines, according to Danish vulnerability clearinghouse Secunia.

  • August 30, 2007 30 Aug'07

    Critical flaw found in Oracle developer tool

    A popular tool used by Oracle developers contains a critical flaw that could be used by an attacker to compromise a system.

  • August 29, 2007 29 Aug'07

    Rootkit found in older Sony USB device

    F-Secure says it discovered rootkit technology in Sony's Micro Vault USM-F fingerprint reader software. The find comes two years after controversy over Sony's DRM technology.

  • August 28, 2007 28 Aug'07

    Data archives overview

    When a file is lost due to user error, or data is corrupted because of system problems, the affected data can be restored from a backup. An archive is different from a backup because the data may not be used for months, even years, but must be ...

  • August 28, 2007 28 Aug'07

    SANS: Attackers may be attempting Trend Micro exploits

    The SANS Internet Storm Center (ISC) warns that attackers may be attempting to exploit flaws in Trend Micro products to hijack computer systems.

  • August 26, 2007 26 Aug'07

    IBM back in iSCSI SAN fray

    IBM is looking to take on HP's MSA and EMC's AX150, as well as EqualLogic and LeftHand, with a new iSCSI SAN product OEMed from LSI.

  • August 22, 2007 22 Aug'07

    Trend Micro fixes flaws in ServerProtect, PC-cillin

    Attackers could tamper with servers and run malicious code by exploiting flaws in Trend Micro's ServerProtect, Anti-Spyware and PC-cillin products. But fixes are available.

  • August 22, 2007 22 Aug'07

    Microsoft adds CA vets to anti-malware team

    Microsoft has hired Jakub Kaminski, one of CA's more talented and well-regarded antivirus researchers, and three of his colleagues from CA's Australian lab.

  • August 22, 2007 22 Aug'07

    Attackers target two Microsoft security flaws

    Symantec warned customers about attacks targeting two Microsoft security flaws -- an unpatched DirectX Media vulnerability and the XML Core Services flaw patched in MS07-042.

  • August 20, 2007 20 Aug'07

    Sourcefire acquires open source ClamAV

    Sourcefire, maker of the popular Snort open source IDS tool, has acquired ClamAV, an open source email gateway scanning tool.