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RSS €1Peter Cochrane's Blog: Can I become faster and smarter?
Comment Compiled on the M6 driving to Liverpool and dispatched to silicon.com a couple of weeks later via a free wi-fi connection in my hotel. I just cannot work any faster or smarter - I seem to have exhausted every degree of freedom, every... [30 Nov 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 27.11.09
Round-Up We've all made embarrassing mobile phone blunders as part of our busy modern lives. We've all done something with a mobile that has led to fingers pointed in mirth and mockery: a few years ago the Round-Up even had one of those Bluetooth... [27 Nov 2009]
Minority Report: Mac Mini - a real nowhere machine
Comment Apple's Mac Mini could really have become the "most important Mac", as Steve Jobs once called it. Seb Janacek explains what happened instead. As a Mac user it's not often I gaze admiringly at the product pages on Dell's website but this... [26 Nov 2009]
Virtualisation: Real-life tales of how to get it right
Comment Adoption rates of virtualisation have yet to match the hype surrounding it, here Andrew Donoghue hears from businesses who've already taken the plunge. Despite vendors touting the numerous benefits that virtualisation can bestow on... [20 Nov 2009]
Clouds clear as Microsoft gives Azure a January launch date
News Microsoft's cloud-based computing platform Azure has been given an official launch date. Azure will be made commercially available from 1 January, Microsoft's chief software architect, Ray Ozzie, announced yesterday at... [18 Nov 2009]
Ingersoll Rand Increases Business Agility With Microsoft Online Services
White Paper Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited is a $13 billion global diversified industrial corporation. The company conducts manufacturing and assembly operations in 29 plants in the United States; 31 plants in Europe; 14 plants in Asia; 6 plants in... [16 Nov 2009]
Check Point IPS-1: Dedicated Intrusion Prevention for Enterprise Networks
White Paper The wide range of threats that exist today requires a multi-layered defense that spans the perimeter as well as trust points within the corporate network. Intrusion prevention systems need to be able to accurately detect and prevent... [13 Nov 2009]
The Power-1 Performance Architecture: Delivering Application-Layer Security at Data Center Performance Levels
White Paper Companies have always faced a tradeoff with network security. Do they lock down the network and face performance issues? Or do they focus on a high level of performance at the expense of preventing possible attacks? [13 Nov 2009]
Getting the Most Out of Your Firm-Wide Risk Management
White Paper Recent events have highlighted the importance of a Risk Management framework which is able to deal with risk types beyond those included within Basel II Pillar 1. In the light of the Pillar 2 requirements, financial... [13 Nov 2009]
Reducing the Scope of Your PCI Audit: Innovative Network Segmentation Using Host Intrusion Defense
White Paper It has been more than three years since the first version of the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) was released. Multiple validation deadlines for Level 1 Merchants have passed, but in terms of... [13 Nov 2009]
Preventing Data Loss in Healthcare Organizations: Protect Your Patient Data Against Accidental or Intentional Data Breaches
White Paper Healthcare organizations have rich repositories of patient information and it is imperative that this data must be protected from both accidental and intentional disclosure. Gartner Research estimated more than 1 million... [13 Nov 2009]
Building a Foundation for PCI: Primer on PCI 1.1 Compliance With Check Point Solutions
White Paper Companies affected by the PCI standard - merchants, banks, and service providers - are required to conduct a variety of validation activities, including quarterly scans, a self-assessment questionnaire, and an onsite review, depending on... [13 Nov 2009]
Malicious Software Prevention for NERC CIP-007 Compliance: Protective Controls for Operating Systems and Supporting Applications
White Paper Utilities attempting to meet the North American Electric Reliability Corporation "Critical Infrastructure Protection" (NERC CIP) requirements have encountered an unexpected, but very serious conundrum in the cyber-security realm: should... [13 Nov 2009]
The ROI Case for Alternative Messaging Systems
White Paper This white paper, sponsored by Ipswitch, offers an overview of the key features that will meet the needs of smaller organizations, and it offers a compelling Return-on-Investment (ROI) model for smaller organizations. [13 Nov 2009]
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) and Application Security
White Paper The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) of 2002 has radically redesigned how public companies comply with federal regulations. The extensive corporate governance requires that executives, auditors, securities analysts and legal counsel be... [13 Nov 2009]
