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• August 27, 2004 27 Aug'04

  Over-specify when buying low cost replacement for Frame Relay

  A project manager reveals how a VPN saved £275,000 a year

• August 24, 2004 24 Aug'04

  Latest worm uses IM to lure victims

  A version of the worm which spread from infected Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) web servers in June has been...

• August 03, 2004 03 Aug'04

  Apple's SAN file system turns heads

• July 28, 2004 28 Jul'04

  Automated SQL injection: What your enterprise needs to know

  The second of a two-part interview with SPI Dynamics CTO Caleb Sima tells what you should fear, why and what you can do to mitigate your risk.

• July 27, 2004 27 Jul'04

  New attacks and vulnerability trends highlighted at Black Hat

  Presentations beginning today will analyze vulnerabilities, zero-day code, phishing and secure wireless deployment, among many other topics.

• July 26, 2004 26 Jul'04

  Fewer IT supplier conflicts are going to court

  Law firms have reported a sharp fall in the number of IT disputes reaching the courts over the past 12 months as more users turn...

• July 25, 2004 25 Jul'04

  Know Your Enemy -- Learning about Security Threats: Chapter 8, Legal Issues

  Find out more about the legal issues swirling around the use of Honeypots.

• July 25, 2004 25 Jul'04

  Learning about Security Threats: Profiling

  A look at what it means to be a hacker.

• July 18, 2004 18 Jul'04

  Debian fixes multiple flaws

  Denial-of-service, buffer overflow and format string vulnerabilities in Debian GNU/Linux that an attacker could use to remotely execute malicious code has been fixed.

• July 18, 2004 18 Jul'04

  Enterprise-class RAID functions, part 2: N-way mirroring, splitting and more

  With the convergence of RAID and lower-priced storage technologies, advanced RAID functions can be enjoyed by any small-to-medium sized organization with critical data.

• July 14, 2004 14 Jul'04

  Continuous backup gains traction

  For continuous backup technology, 2004 is the year that vendors have moved from promises to actual products. Although the market is still small -- inhabited by startups such as Revivio, Mendocino Software, Alacritus and XOsoft -- the buzz is ...

• July 09, 2004 09 Jul'04

  Old Mutual rolls out web reporting software to meet new regulations

  Financial services group Old Mutual has rolled out web-based reporting software across its business worldwide to consolidate data...

• July 07, 2004 07 Jul'04

  Deals abound for high-end storage

  Think high-end storage is out of your reach? Maybe not. Conversations with several storage buyers recently suggest that vendors are scrambling to give buyers the best possible deals.

• June 21, 2004 21 Jun'04

  Users at risk after web host attack

  Users have been warned to brace themselves for attacks on sites which provide patch downloads and web hosting services.

• June 01, 2004 01 Jun'04

  Startup steals a win with thin provisioning

  The Allant Group chose 3Pardata for its thin provisioning software, while dirty sales tactics kept EMC out of the deal.

• June 01, 2004 01 Jun'04

  From exposition to exploit: One security book's story

  A new manual that discloses vulnerabilities may have had a hand in compromises at supercomputing centers this spring.

• June 01, 2004 01 Jun'04

  Ex-helicopter chief says pilot verdict is 'ridiculous'

  A former director of helicopter procurement at the Ministry of Defence has described the blaming of the pilots for the crash on...

• June 01, 2004 01 Jun'04

  Report finds computer system likely culprit in Chinook crash

  A former air commodore - one of the highest ranks in the RAF - has questioned the airworthiness of the Chinook Mk2 helicopter...

• June 01, 2004 01 Jun'04

  Chinook 10 years on

  This week sees the 10th anniversary of the Chinook ZD576's crash, as former top military officers cast doubt on the finding that...

• May 28, 2004 28 May'04

  Ex-RAF chief says no to blame on Chinook

  A former RAF air commodore has questioned the integrity of systems and the airworthiness of the type of Chinook helicopter which...

• May 23, 2004 23 May'04

  Hacking for Dummies: Chapter 10 -- Wireless LANs

  Read Chapter 10, Wireless LANs, from the book "Hacking for Dummies" written by Kevin Beaver.

• May 19, 2004 19 May'04

  LAN-free, serverless and domino backups, oh my.

  In case you've missed anything, here's a roundup of some of the best original technical content that appeared on SearchStorage.com the week of May 10-14. Tips and Ask the Experts Q&A's cover LAN-free, serverless and domino backups.

• May 19, 2004 19 May'04

  IT experts not losing sleep over code theft

  Days after Cisco acknowledged someone may have stolen source code from its network, IT experts said they doubt it will amount to anything catastrophic. After all, source code has made it onto the Internet before, and there's no proof it has ever led...

• May 16, 2004 16 May'04

  Consequences of Cisco source code theft unclear

  Opinions are divided on the impact of stolen data now circulating on the Internet.

• May 13, 2004 13 May'04

  Hacking For Dummies: Chapter 7 -- Passwords

  In his latest book, "Hacking For Dummies," Kevin Beaver takes the reader into the mindset of a hacker in order to help admins fend off vulnerabilities and attacks.

• May 10, 2004 10 May'04

  'Whispering keyboards' could be next attack trend

  An IBM researcher's found a way to lift passcodes and other sensitive data by recording the sound of keystrokes.

• May 02, 2004 02 May'04

  Return to sender?

  Several researchers have identified a new e-mail attack that can be used to swamp enterprise e-mail servers, as well as some secondary systems.

• April 27, 2004 27 Apr'04

  Backup school: Quiz two, answer six

  Here is the answer to Backup school quiz two, question six.

• April 21, 2004 21 Apr'04

  Startup offers fixed-content archive for multiple applications

  Former CTO of the New York Times has started Archivas, a company that archives fixed content from different applications in a single, centralized repository for half the price of EMC's Centera.

• April 20, 2004 20 Apr'04

  Cisco SNMP flaw allows for DoS attacks

  A coding flaw in Cisco's IOS software for certain routers and switches could leave networks vulnerable to denial-of-service attacks.

• April 19, 2004 19 Apr'04

  UK clearing house joint venture to provide online payment service

  UK clearing house Bacs has embarked on a joint venture with a US software company to provide an online bill presentation and...

• April 15, 2004 15 Apr'04

  Bacs launches online billing service

  UK clearing house Bacs has embarked on a joint venture with a US software company to provide an online bill presentation and...

• April 11, 2004 11 Apr'04

  IBM and Cisco battle remote attack vulnerabilities

• March 28, 2004 28 Mar'04

  Software Forensics: Chapter 2 -- The Players: Hackers, Crackers, Phreaks, and Other Doodz

  Read Chapter 2, Players: Hackers, Crackers, Phreaks, and Other Doodz, from the book "Software Forensics" written by Robert M. Slade.

• March 17, 2004 17 Mar'04

  Best practices for enabling and maintaining compliance

  As part of our Storage Decisions conference preview series, Shaun Mahoney, senior storage engineer for Citigroup, Randy Wilson, assistant vice president of IT at Essex Investment Management Company and Enterprise Storage Group's Peter Gerr discussed...

• March 01, 2004 01 Mar'04

  There's no government like no government

• February 24, 2004 24 Feb'04

  Exploiting Software: How to Break Code, Chapter 7 -- Buffer Overflow

  This excerpt is from Chapter 7, Buffer Overflow of Exploiting Software: How to Break Code written by Greg Hoglund and Gary McGraw.

• February 23, 2004 23 Feb'04

  Somerfield speeds up product development with online system

  Supermarket chain Somerfield will this week go live with the first stage of an initiative to computerise its new product...

• February 15, 2004 15 Feb'04

  Seagate touts SAS drives as faster alternative to SATA

  Seagate is set to demonstrate a 2.5-inch hard drive based on the serial-attached SCSI interface. The company says the product will fill the need for a smaller, faster and more reliable alternative to serial ATA disks.

• February 09, 2004 09 Feb'04

  More questions and answers from SAN School lesson # 5

  Here are additional questions and answers from SAN School Lesson 5: Designing a SAN. The questions cover topics ranging from how to determine an effective SAN design to meet your needs, to the differences between fabric switches and loop switches.

• February 09, 2004 09 Feb'04

  More questions and answers from SAN school lesson # 8

  Here are SAN School Professor Chris Poelker's answers to more user submitted questions from SAN School Lesson 8, "Tying your SANs together." Q&A's cover topics ranging from what causes SAN problems, to preventing equipment problems.

• January 23, 2004 23 Jan'04

  Banks turn to alert systems to fight back against phishing attacks

  UK banks and retailers are investigating e-mail monitoring services that could offer early warning of “phishing” attacks by...

• January 15, 2004 15 Jan'04

  Resource guide to disk-based backup

• January 04, 2004 04 Jan'04

  Security legislation: Where's the breach?

  Security legislation isn't all that it's cracked up to be. Find out how California's SB 1386 is letting some breaches fall through the cracks.

• December 15, 2003 15 Dec'03

  IT staff predict e-government success despite councillors’ doubts

  Tony Blair has failed to convince councillors in almost half of the UK’s local authorities of the value of e-government.

• November 11, 2003 11 Nov'03

  MPs slam Libra as one of UK's worst PFI deals ever

  Costs more than double and Whitehall shoulders risk on magistrates IT.

• November 10, 2003 10 Nov'03

  NHS IT plan risky but will not fail, says OGC

  The £2.3bn national programme to modernise health service IT systems is "risky and ambitious" but it has sufficient safeguards in...

• October 27, 2003 27 Oct'03

  Council migrates to web enabled benefits system

  Liverpool City Council has completed a six-week data migration project to get its £5m housing benefit and council tax system up...

• July 28, 2003 28 Jul'03

  Court blocks former ICL solicitor's Pathway claim

  Fujitsu has won a court ruling to stop a former solicitor for the company pursuing allegations about the government's disastrous...

• February 10, 2003 10 Feb'03

  UK firms are offered help to migrate to open source

  Companies are being given help to migrate to free-license software by a joint initiative from OpenForum Europe and the National...