Additional Resources
- Windows Vista: Is it secure enough for business?
- Five years after the release of Windows XP, Microsoft's primary stated goal with Windows Vista has been to reduce security vulnerabilities and overall susceptibility to malware and other threats. A number of new security features have been introduced in an attempt to reflect the heightened priority of security. This paper...
- Tags: Sophos Plc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Security, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2006-11-01
- Susceptibility of Wireless Devices to Denial of Service Attacks
- DoS is a real threat for wireless technologies and could become a show-stopper in some critical applications. In future standards more attention must be paid to DoS issues. Security should be firmly defined in standards and as little as possible should be left to the interpretation of the developer in...
- Tags: Denial Of Service, DOS, Wireless Device, Countermeasure, Quality, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Security, Business Operations
- White papers 2006-01-06
- South African Manufacturer Boosts Business and Thwarts Hackers by Implementing Robust Network Defences
- The company is a South African subsidiary of a global manufacturer of industrial solutions for the construction and building maintenance industry. The company wanted to grow its business. Its network security was rudimentary and it had legitimate concerns about its susceptibility to hackers. Symetrix, a Microsoft Gold Certified partner, recommended...
- Tags: Network, Microsoft Corp., Hacker, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Hacking, Manufacturing, Security, Networking, Servers, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware
- Case studies
- Is IEEE 802.11 Ready for VoIP?
- This paper empirically explores voice communication over IEEE 802.11 networks (VoWiFi). The objective is to understand the limitations of the current WiFi network for VoWiFi deployment. The experiment finds two major problems of VoWiFi: unstable and excessively long handoffs and unpredictable occurrence of bursts. This paper also discusses several other...
- Tags: Paper, IEEE 802.11, VoIP, Network, VoWiFi, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking
- White papers 2006-04-17
- Database Vulnerability Assessment by IPLocks: A Comprehensive Database Vulnerability Assessment Solution
- Security is a top concern in every enterprise. As companies are continually investing in traditional network, operating system, anti-virus, and anti-spam security solutions, the susceptibility of the database is often overlooked. Typically enterprises use a manual approach to discover and patch vulnerabilities. This process is impractical to do manually as...
- Tags: BMC Software Inc., Anti-spam, Security Solution, Storage, Security, Databases, Viruses And Worms, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2005-08-05
- Technology Upgrade Moves Turbine Leader Toward Its Goals
- Since the beginning of its official operation in 1958, Harbin Turbine Co., Ltd. has made an outstanding contribution to China's energy and power industry. The company wanted to increase presence in subcritical, supercritical and nuclear power industries. After determining that its traditional 2D design software was resulting in long design...
- Tags: Software, UGS Corp., Turbine, Siemens AG, Product Development, Tools & Techniques, Telecom & Utilities, Strategy, Research & Development, Business Operations, Management
- Case studies 2007-03-01
- High-Pinning Iridium-Manganese-Chromium (IrMnCr) Read Sensors for High Reliability & Stability
- To fuel the continued growth in areal density of hard drives, the physical dimensions of the read sensor have had to be significantly reduced to accommodate the smaller data bit size. This dramatic reduction of the read sensor - more than 10X in 10 years - has significantly increased the...
- Tags: Hitachi Ltd., Sensor
- White papers 2006-05-01
- The Repeat Offender Problem: A Mechanism for Supporting Dynamic-Sized, Lock-Free Data Structures
- A lock-free data structure is dynamic-sized if it can grow and shrink over time. Modern programming environments typically provide support for dynamically allocating and freeing memory (for example, the malloc and free library calls). A data structure is lock-free if it guarantees that after a finite number of steps of...
- Tags: Data Structure, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- White papers
- Tech Tip: Secure network shares/Mount a volume in an empty NTFS folder
- Windows 2000 Professional: Secure network shares Network shares are one of the mechanisms that worms and viruses use to spread. They often look for shares with no restrictive security and plant contaminated files in the shares to also infect the computers of users...
- Tags: Guest Contributor, Windows 2000 Professional Tips Newsletter, Folder, NTFS, Disk, Network, Volume, Virus, \Users, \Users Folder, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security
- Technical articles 2003-12-08
- Beyond Web Services: Towards On-Demand Complex Adaptive Environments
- Complex adaptive systems are dynamically assembled systems characterized by multiple competing stakeholders, fluid requirements, emergent behavior, and susceptibility to external pressures that can cause change across the entire system. Net centric operations for the US Department of Defense (DoD) can be considered a complex adaptive system, representing a shift from...
- Tags: Web, Environment, Mitre Corp., On-demand, Web Service, U.S. Department Of Defense, Web Services, Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing
- White papers 2005-06-21
- Electromagnetic Fields (GSM 1800) Do Not Alter BBB Permeability in Vitro in Models With High Barrier Tightness
- This authors previously reported on the influence of electromagnetic fields according to the GSM-1800 standard (Global System for Mobile Communications; 1.8 MHz) increasing the sucrose permeation across the Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB) in vitro. The cell culture model used in the previous study comprised rat astrocytes in co-culture with Porcine Brain...
- Tags: Barrier, Better Business Bureau, GSM
- White papers 2005-11-04
- Maximize It Service Uptime by Utilizing Dependable Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 Servers
- Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 servers provide excellent Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS) characteristics, ideal for maximizing the uptime of business-critical IT services. Highly reliable parts and a relatively low total component count minimize the opportunity for system errors. In addition, these servers include core and thread offlining capabilities,...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Uptime, Sun Sparc, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- White papers 2007-10-01
- Effective Virtual Desktop Deployment and Management Strategies from VMware and HP
- If you're involved with desktop deployment or management, you know there's one obstacle to successfully consolidating client workloads onto servers: resistance from the desktop user. There is a solution--the VMware and HP virtual desktop. Its centralized desktop management capabilities simplify software provisioning, upgrades, and patches, and...
- Tags: Strategy, Hewlett-Packard Co., VMware Inc., Desktops, Hardware
- Webcasts 2006-11-15
- Google's effort to tap knowledge -- knol
- Udi Manber, VP of Engineering at Google, announced another foray of the ever-surprising Web giant. The project termed knol, a short-form for knowledge, aggregates knowledge from leading experts on various topics, essentially creating a global-scale encyclopedia. An excerpt from The Google Blog: The key idea behind...
- Tags: Google Inc., Web, Knowledge, Blogosphere, Wikipedia, Strategy, Management, Arun Radhakrishnan
- Blog posts 2007-12-14
- Genomics goes commercial with online DNA decoding services
- Firms such as 23andme and deCODEme have announced services whereby users get to decode their whole genetic sequence, revealing information on ancestry and risks of various illnesses. An excerpt from Wired: Reading your genomic profile — learning your predispositions for various diseases, odd traits, and a...
- Tags: Google Inc., DNA, Genomics, 23andme, Biotechnology, Arun Radhakrishnan
- Blog posts 2007-11-19
- EMI Testing
- Hi,This is the first time I'm posting.I build computers locally for hobby and a small income supplement. I've been reading about EMI levels radiating from components. Can someone tell me (1) how critcal is EMI levels (2) what kind of equipment is used to test EMI levels and (3) symptoms...
- Tags: Desktops, EMI Group Plc.
- Q&A 2004-10-21
- Should online backups be a part of your disaster recovery plan?
- Last week, I took a look at the merits and pitfalls ofvarious backup media. The main area of concern was that some people may beusing unstable media like CD-R and DVD to back up important datathese mediacan be a tempting resource for backups smaller than 10 GB due to their...
- Tags: backup, disaster recovery, disaster recovery planning, media
- Blog posts 2006-06-12
- Additional thoughts on long-term digital storage
- After my post on the myth of perpetual digital storage, I received a few e-mail messages from TechRepublic members who specialize in the field of data management or digital archival. There are a few key areas that stand out, on which I will elaborate today. Populate...
- Tags: Disk, Media, Idea, Server, Brant Bady, MD5, BOS, Storage, Hardware, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-11-19
- Use an IT audit to justify additional resources
- With increasing pressure to reduce costs, most government IT operations are lucky to keep their budgets at operational levels. In light of the many demands placed on government IT shops, IT managers often relegate security and disaster recovery solutions—which much of the private sector has spent more on in recent...
- Tags: audit, information technology, IT Audit, Ramon Padilla Jr., security
- Technical articles 2003-07-30
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