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Photos: Qualcomm's Snapdragon-powered Android smartbook on show
Photo The operating system market is uncertain," he said. This week saw chipmaker Qualcomm taking the wraps off a range of hardware powered by its Snapdragon platform. Among the devices on show was this Lenovo... [20 Nov 2009]
The Gold Standard for Operating System Security: SKPP
White Paper The operating system bears a tremendous burden in achieving security. Because the operating system controls the resources (e.g.memory, processing time, devices) of the... [13 Nov 2009]
Solving the Top IT Security & Audit Issues
White Paper The scrutiny is translating into tougher IT audits, especially in server operating system services, data, and business applications security. There is increased scrutiny of how business applications, and... [13 Nov 2009]
A Risk-Based Approach to Segregation of Duties
White Paper Segregation of Duties (SoD) remains elusive for many organizations even though its operating principle is quite simple: no individual should have excessive system access that allows them to commit fraud... [13 Nov 2009]
Centralizing Identity and Access Management in Unix/Linux Environments: Using BoKS to Overcome the Inherent Security Gaps of NIS
White Paper Tools like 'Sudo' introduce yet another layer of user management and authorization on top of the operating system. User administration in a large Unix/Linux domain is a complex task since each host... [13 Nov 2009]
IP Security Management (IPSM): BLC 6000 Multi-Service Access Platform
White Paper These value-added software enhancements, which are embedded in the Occam Operating System (OS), are standard with all BLC 6000 equipment and include this paper's topic: IP Security Management. Occam... [13 Nov 2009]
Malicious Software Prevention for NERC CIP-007 Compliance: Protective Controls for Operating Systems and Supporting Applications
White Paper All solutions must focus on meeting the true intention of the NERC CIP requirements - the same goal that has driven investments since the dawn of the electric infrastructure: protecting the reliability and availability of the Bulk... [13 Nov 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 13.11.09
Round-Up In other words, iPhones that have been hacked by their owners using unofficial code permitting the customisation of the operating system and the loading of unapproved apps. Such lack of understanding... [13 Nov 2009]
Patching. Is It Always With the Best Intentions?
White Paper Over the years malicious software has attempted every trick in the book when it comes to hooking into an operating system not only to remain persistent at the time of execution but also beyond... [12 Nov 2009]
On Dynamic Resource Provisioning for Consolidated Servers in Virtualized Data Centers
White Paper Server consolidation based on Operating System (OS) virtualization technologies aims to increase the total resource utilization in data centers. However, efficiently capitalizing on the available... [12 Nov 2009]
Trend Micro Web and Email Security Solutions on Crossbeam X80 Platform
White Paper The largest is the X80 platform, a 14-slot chassis running Crossbeam's own network operating system with high availability, load balancing, dynamic routing, and package management built into the platform. [12 Nov 2009]
PDF Security - A Brief History of Development
White Paper Information security (in the sense of access controls, and continuing use controls) was not provided in earliest versions of PDF documents, simply because the most important feature of Adobe PDF was to ensure that what was shown... [12 Nov 2009]
Revealed: Your favourite Windows operating system
News But after all these years of development, which operating system software do silicon.com readers rate as their favourite? Wonder no longer - in a poll of more than 350 silicon.com readers who were asked... [09 Nov 2009]
PTC Windchill PDMLink Version R8.0: Architecture and Sizing Guide for HP Enterprise Servers
White Paper As changes occur in software, such as a new release of Windchill or a new release of the HP-UX operating system, the paper will be updated to reflect the most recent performance improvements. The second... [09 Nov 2009]
Does fragmentation affect SANs, NAS, and RAID?
White Paper This white paper explains the relationship between the logical disk with which the operating system interacts and the physical drive array, and shows why arrays are just as prone to fragmentation as a... [06 Nov 2009]
