Latest network applications news.
Podcast: Why Hackers Love Your Apps, 08/08/07: Custom-made applications are riddled with holes that hackers are discovering with glee. IT departments are spending too much time patching operating systems and not enough time looking for threats in their applications. Jack Danahy from Ounce Labs talks to Jason Meserve about who’s responsible and what can be done to shore up custom-code from a hacker attack.
If you want to eat an elephant, do it with a teaspoon: So says Microsoft Subnet collaboration expert, Sue Hanley, when teaching people how to change their corporate cultures.
Sendmail adds outbound compliance to messaging security appliance, 08/13/07: Sendmail has released a new version of its Sentrion messaging security appliance that adds protection for outbound e-mail.
XenSource unwraps virtualization platform, 08/13/07: XenSource Monday rolled out its XenEnterprise v4 virtualization software which includes major enhancements that make it a rival to VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3. For instance, it contains a feature called XenMotion that allows the live migration of guest virtual machines to new servers and a new API that lets software vendors and original equipment manufacturers such as Symantec develop software that works with XenEnterprise.
Linux looking to conquer apps, data center, edge, 08/13/07: Having secured mainstream acceptance, the Linux community now stands poised to take on its next challenge: complementing the operating system with the applications, data center technologies and edge devices desired by corporate customers.
Podcast: How to test WAN-optimization gear: Find out how Network World conducted its largest-ever test on WAN optimization products. Keith Shaw talks with Network Test’s David Newman about the challenges of creating a real-world enterprise test bed, the state of the WAN optimization market, and how enterprise IT managers can save lots of money through this class of equipment. (19:53)
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