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CIOs, CSOs struggle with conflicting roles
CIOs and CSOs have fundamentally conflicting roles. Compromise is essential, but the chain of command can supersede security
concerns.
Attack of the killer bots
Organized criminals are hijacking millions of computers and using them as zombies that spew spam and malware across the Internet.
But there are ways to fight back against the invasion of botnets.
Network General tool peers inside virtual machines
Network General has added modules to its NetVigil monitoring product, which let IT personnel peer into the workings of two
popular virtualization products: VMware's ESX and Microsoft Virtual Server.
Cooperative optimization
In modern MPLS networks with any-to-any connectivity, competition for network resources is fierce, not only among applications
and users within each site but also among sites themselves. As a result, the challenge of providing critical application-performance
guarantees is growing ever more daunting.
Nortel plans wireless product line
Nortel will challenge Cisco by designing and building its own line of 802.11n wireless LAN access points and controllers,
and tying these into its Wi-Fi mesh nodes and WiMAX wide-area gear.
Six burning VoIP questions
VoIP is hot. The Gartner Group predicts that by 2008, VoIP-enabled systems will account for some 97% of all systems sold.
But all that heat can raise some issues. We resolve to answer some of the more pressing questions you might be facing.
FastSoft speeds up WAN with FastTCP technology
Using FastTCP technology, start-up FastSoft claims to speed up IP WAN links using appliances at one end of connections, unlike
competitors Riverbed, Juniper, Cisco and Expand, which have two-ended WAN-optimization gear.
Integration key issue in Massachusetts review of Open XML
The decision by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to consider adopting a second open document format could lead to integration
issues but could also help revive similar legislation in other states.
Organized, financially driven online criminals a main corporate threat, IBM security exec says
Web 2.0, Internet technologies pose a security threat to businesses and consumers as motivation for cyber crime shifts from
notoriety to financial gain.
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