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Black Hat/Defcon hackfests this week promise rollicking action
Newfound Evil Twin attacks against WLANs and compromising computers by taking advantage of software coding errors called ‘dangling
pointers’ are just a few of exploits to be divulged at the upcoming Black Hat/Defcon hackerfest
Cisco facing up to challenges
Cisco’s success means it must continually seek new markets.
Network-upgrade horror story
An IT executive learns key lessons during four-year effort to get network upgrade off the ground.
How to reduce hidden costs and find secret savings in a VoIP rollout
One of the key issues in implementing VoIP is cost. Savings exist, but so do additional costs, effectively negating any net
savings for the first 12 to 18 months.
Defining the next paradigm of IT outsourcing
In his book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn explained that a paradigm is a worldview that is vulnerable
to being displaced when new ideas render it obsolete.
Duke's iPhone wireless mystery sparks debate, rants, ponderings and Osmond Brothers nostalgia
When Apple's iPhone starting messing up parts of Duke University's wireless LAN, readers and bloggrer took note and gave voice.
FCC auction could mean more flexible broadband wireless services
The FCC auction of the 700MHz frequency ban could be a boon for wireless broadband competition or a solidification of the
current leading wireless carriers such as AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile and AllTel.
Hogwarts' ill-fated IT guy: Who was J.W. Coxrid?
Among the many mysteries, both great and small, surrounding the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is the attempt
to create a computer network in the mid-1990s.
BMC acquires RealOps
BMC Software acquires run-book automation vendor RealOps to add more capabilities around its business service management and
IT-process automation product suites.
Microsoft plans to host services, not become integrator
Services based on mashups, composite applications along with the required customer service, uptime and service-level agreements
will fall mostly to partners
The trials of the Hogwarts IT director
What if the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry had an IT department?
Study: Most antispam technology works poorly
Spam filters made by market leaders McAfee and Symantec – and most other spam filters – are not good enough to satisfy customers.
Challenge-response technology is leading the way toward a better spam approach.
Open source VoIP hits the Ivy League
University of Pennsylvania’s 15,000-seat VoIP deployment will hum along on open-source software: SIP Express Router and Asterisk.
Enterprise customer sees benefits in consolidating services under one platform
Switching from Oracle to SAP CRM gave Dow Corning the right tools to improve sales processes.
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