traffic a-z
RSS traffic a-zPhorm defends 'traffic-analysis' methods
News The Home Office] gave an opinion, not a legal opinion, of their understanding of how the law was [to be applied] - it was essential to get opt-in permission from people whose outgoing traffic was being intercepted. [11 Apr 2008]
Storm botnet 'services' for hire?
News Stewart has claimed in a blog post that the latest Storm variants now use a 40-byte key to encrypt their peer-to-peer traffic, meaning each node will only be able to communicate with nodes that use the same key. [17 Oct 2007]
Network optimisation market speeds up
News One of the key additions is the fact Riverbed's WAN optimisation controller, called the Steelhead, is now able to optimise Microsoft Exchange 2007 traffic. Riverbed claims Office 2007-based email traffic can now be delivered in one-tenth of the... [26 Feb 2008]
Gambling site brought to its knees by 'unstoppable' botnet
News Attackers disguised the build up of traffic from up to 30,000 PC and Apple Mac botnet computers during the attack by analysing and reproducing the browsing habits of the sites' typical users. Peter Bassill, information security officer with Gala... [06 Mar 2008]
iPhone, Gmail and blogs - a corporate security nightmare
News Gartner advises organisations to configure content management and data loss prevention tools to monitor and block the release of sensitive content over HTTP and peer-to-peer network traffic and also configure the web gateway to block any services... [15 Jun 2007]
3.5G laptops to overwhelm mobile networks?
News Then it will not do to offer 14.4Mbps which is actually 1Mbps or unlimited data traffic which is in reality limited to a few gigabytes per month. Mobile data traffic - generated by USB-sticks and dongles and PC-cards - already exceeds mobile voice... [20 Jun 2008]
Warning: Web will run out of space by 2010
News Although Cicconi's speech did not explicitly refer to the term "net neutrality", some audience members tackled him on the issue in a question-and-answer session, asking whether the subtext of his speech was really around prioritising some kinds of... [21 Apr 2008]
'Unlimited broadband' thing of the past?
News Speaking to silicon.com sister site ZDNet.co.uk, Armstrong said the iPlayer service had "gone from zero per cent of [UK traffic] to five per cent in two months", and this explosion in high-bandwidth usage meant ISPs would have to either explicitly... [17 Mar 2008]
Tennis federation rallies web presence
Case Study One of the big challenges was to find a delivery on the internet that could cope with traffic. To cope with the increase in internet traffic the ITF has been using NTT Europe Online's Smart Content Delivery system which manages large volumes of... [12 Mar 2008]
FirstMerit Enhances Customer Web Banking and Increases Account Traffic With Scalable Service-Oriented Architecture
White Paper Shadow z/Services Distributed provides FirstMerit with the ability to withstand heavy traffic loads, due to the increasing use of its online banking service. FirstMerit Corporation is a full service financial services company headquartered in Akron... [04 Apr 2007]
Applied Expert Systems Case Study: CLEVER cTrace
White Paper The question they faced was how to manage the evolving hybrid network of HPR and TCP/IP connectivity and rapidly expanding session traffic and report on its performance. Since the vast majority of the Business Service applications remained z/OS... [10 Jan 2008]
The Managewise Advantage
White Paper From that one point, you can perform NDS monitoring, NetWare® and Windows NT server management, network traffic analysis, desktop management, virus protection, network inventory, network health reporting, and get early-warning alarms. [24 Feb 2004]
Getting to the meeting - without the journey
Comment Would you rather sweat in a traffic jam, anxious about running late for a meeting with your boss, or sit in a comfortable, air-conditioned room with mood lighting talking to the big cheese without the motorway misery? [30 Jun 2008]
SMS gets Oxfordshire residents out of deep water
News Oxfordshire County Council has been using text alerts since 2003 to warn of severe weather, road traffic accidents and terrorist alerts at a charge of £1.50 per year. Wireless from A to Z Oxfordshire County Council is rolling out a mobile text... [26 Feb 2008]
Nationwide WiMax in next two years?
News On the subject of the sudden increase in 3G dongle usage in the UK, Patel said the trend "validates the market for mobile data" but said he was "convinced that, at some point, 3G will not be able to cope from a backhaul [and general traffic... [09 May 2008]
