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Beijing 2008 Olympics IT gets ready for the big freeze

News He also points to the security monitoring as one area where the IT systems are particularly advanced: "The Olympic Games is a very visible event so security is taken very seriously from the beginning of the project.

Tags: software, games, beijing, olympic

[13 May 2008]

University Protects Vital Data With End-to-End Cisco Data Center Architecture

whitepaper The University installed redundant Storage Area Networks (SANs) based on Cisco MDS 9216i Multilayer Fabric Switches, moved mission-critical applications to highly available, reliable SAN and Cisco-based SAN adds to data protection provided by...

Tags: switching

[13 May 2008]

State of Indiana Saves $14 Million, Boosts IT Reliability, Offers New Services for Residents

whitepaper And software deployments, security updates, asset inventory, and remote help-desk support were enabled by a move from Altiris Notification Server to Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007.

Tags: monitoring systems

[13 May 2008]

UK companies: Leaking like a sieve?

News Full Disclosure campaign silicon.com is aiming to make businesses and government take data security more seriously. Network downtime occurs in 24 per cent of companies, application crashes in 30 per cent and slowing of applications in 27 per cent...

Tags: data breach, security, data loss

[12 May 2008]

Vulnerability Assessment: The Right Tools to Protect Your Critical Data

whitepaper VA tools are designed to detect and report on security holes within various software applications, allowing organizations to take corrective actions before a devastating attack occurs. Unfortunately, the environment in which software applications...

Tags: security tools

[11 May 2008]

The SecureSphere Web Application Firewall

whitepaper Defending Web applications is one of the most challenging aspects of information security. Because Web applications constantly change to meet business requirements, the security model must adapt as changes are made to the applications.

Tags: firewalls

[11 May 2008]

Cisco Unity Unified Messaging: Voice and Unified Messaging for Today's Business Workspace

whitepaper Cisco Unified Communications is part of a comprehensive solution that includes network infrastructure, security, wireless, management applications, lifecycle services, flexible deployment and outsourced management options, and third-party...

Tags: voip - ip telephony

[11 May 2008]

CODO: Firewall Traversal by Cooperative On-Demand Opening

whitepaper CODO allows applications authorized through strong security mechanisms to traverse firewalls/NATs, while blocking unauthorized applications. This paper also formalizes the firewall/NAT traversal problem and clarifies how a traversal system fits in...

Tags: firewalls

[11 May 2008]

Architecting on Demand Solutions, Part 21: J2EE Security and Event Patterns - Use Model-Driven Development (MDD) to Create and Submit Events With Rational Software Architect Patterns

whitepaper In this paper one will use two J2EE Security Patterns to configure Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) security policies and an event pattern to create and submit events. This paper extends Part 8 of the series, where one uses Enterprise Patterns to quickly...

Tags: software engineering

[11 May 2008]

Health Sciences Center Integrates Critical Applications, Saves More Than $1 Million

whitepaper The center can also deploy and integrate applications rapidly and strengthen data security. University of Utah Health Sciences Center (U of U HSC) wanted to integrate critical business applications. The center was using manual procedures to enter...

Tags: monitoring systems

[11 May 2008]

Australian University Stays Ahead in Technology With Expert Help

whitepaper The University of Queensland Information Technology Services (UQ ITS), for example, must ensure the security and reliability of a sprawling infrastructure while providing academic and teaching staff with enough flexibility to use different desktop...

Tags: monitoring systems

[11 May 2008]

TechNet Webcast: Moving to the Managed Desktop Environment (Part 1 of 2) (Level 200)

whitepaper These heterogeneous systems are having an adverse effect on costs, productivity, and security at the fictional company, Contoso. To address these issues, the company's IT group has defined standard desktop images with standard applications for...

Tags: monitoring systems

[11 May 2008]

Network Firewall Policy Tries

whitepaper These critical devices filter traffic by comparing arriving packets to a list of rules, or security policy, in a sequential manner. This paper introduces a new technique for representing a security policy in software that maintains policy integrity...

Tags: firewalls

[11 May 2008]

Trie-Based Policy Representations for Network Firewalls

whitepaper These critical devices filter traffic by comparing arriving packets to a list of rules, or security policy, in a sequential manner. This paper introduces a new technique for representing a security policy that maintains policy integrity and...

Tags: firewalls

[11 May 2008]

Intrusion Detection and Security Auditing in Oracle

whitepaper Monitoring should never replace other layers in the security stack, instead it should complement the existing pieces. Database intrusion detection and security auditing continues to grow in importance because of the rising volume of successful...

Tags: security tools

[11 May 2008]

A Distributed Firewall for Multimedia Applications

whitepaper Firewalls are a widely used security mechanism to provide access control and auditing at the border between "Open" and private networks or administrative domains. As part of the network infrastructure they are strongly affected by the development...

Tags: firewalls

[11 May 2008]

TechNet Webcast: Agility Now (Part 04 of 10): Moving to the Managed Desktop Environment (Level 200)

whitepaper These heterogeneous systems are having an adverse effect on costs, productivity, and security at the fictional company, Contoso. To address these issues, the company's IT group has defined standard desktop images with standard applications for...

Tags: monitoring systems

[11 May 2008]

German Bank Solves IT Problems Quickly With Expert Dedicated Support

whitepaper Microsoft Services, by establishing individualized support contracts, helped VW Bank to optimize development in terms of security, availability, and power. When the solution no longer met the increased demands for scalability and availability, the...

Tags: customer support services

[11 May 2008]

Advantages of a Personal Workstation in Financial Services IT Environments

whitepaper For organizations to compete in this marketplace, they must make use of information technology effectively to ensure accuracy and security as well as to drive down operating costs. IT managers are sometimes tempted to use low-cost PCs as a hardware...

Tags: workstations

[11 May 2008]

Metro Ethernet Technology on Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switch

whitepaper Ethernet switches, too, have evolved with advanced capabilities; notably, advanced Quality of Service (QoS) and security, which previously were available only for other more expensive media. By offering cost effective bandwidth, Ethernet has made...

Tags: ethernet

[11 May 2008]

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