Database and Network Journal articles from August 2008

Database and Network Journal archives from August 2008

Payment card data--know your defense options: choosing and successfully deploying the right security solution.(DATABASE AND NETWORK INTELLIGENCE)
August 1, 2008... With the advent of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), protecting stored credit card numbers is no longer optional. Any company that stores, processes, or transmits credit card information--regardless of size or volume...

"Self-service" storage: has its moment arrived?(Storage Expo 2008)
August 1, 2008... Today, most of us buy fuel for our cars at so-called "self-service" stations. We pull up to any platform, select whichever variety of fuel we want (leaded, unleaded, diesel), and securely process our own electronic payments (debit or credit)....

The green data centre.(Storage Expo 2008)
August 1, 2008... Data centres are among the most power-hungry and energy-wasteful of all the IT components under a chief information officer's purview. Typically formed from the integration of different silos of applications and departmental systems, they...

How to multiply the uses of your business continuity infrastructure.(Storage Expo 2008)
August 1, 2008... Business continuity (BC) infrastructure is typically thought of as a means to get data offsite. IT managers don't necessarily realise that the BC infrastructure they are building can provide much more. A well thought through deployment can...

Deduplication, reduction and compliance--backup your data.(Storage Expo 2008)
August 1, 2008... Rapid storage growth across the enterprise, both inside and outside the data centre, has challenged traditional backup approaches. Looking into these challenges, and examining the symptoms that often precede larger data protection problems,...

IT as a weapon: how to determine the value of virtualisation.(Storage Expo 2008)
August 1, 2008... Although many data centre and storage managers are looking for solutions such as storage virtualisation to simplify operations and streamline the infrastructure, I am finding that most are having a difficult time in figuring out how to qualify...

Virtualisation is here to stay.(Storage Expo 2008)
August 1, 2008... As IT managers face increased pressure to meet the changing demands of an IT infrastructure, supporting a growing number of applications on desktops from deployment through to retirement, as well as coping with the daily deluge of software...

Beating the data deluge with storage virtualisation.(Storage Expo 2008)
August 1, 2008... As data volumes explode, businesses face the daunting prospect of unmanageable storage growth. Steve Murphy, UK Managing Director for Hitachi Data Systems reveals how organisations can use storage virtualisation to consolidate their systems,...

Think again about your disaster recovery strategy.(Storage Expo 2008)
August 1, 2008... Secondary sites for business continuity and disaster recovery have been part of the enterprise computing equation for decades, but only recently has their importance commanded top-line visibility. Specifically, in the Summer of 2006, the UK...

Governments increasing spend on customer relationship management solutions.(DATABASE AND NETWORK REPORT)
August 1, 2008... Driven by the need to improve its management of constituent relationships, a new report from Datamonitor, "CRM and the Move to Constituent-Centric Government", predicts that government spending on customer relationship management (CRM)...

The bad guys are out-running the good guys--can compliance stop them?(DATABASE AND NETWORK SECURITY)
August 1, 2008... Judging by the number of public breaches that we keep hearing about, it looks like the bad guys are far outrunning the good guys. We know it s a big problem because as a company we get called in to sort out the problems most often once the...

Know your cybercrime enemy--Finjan unveils the latest cybercrime organizational structures and modus operandi: in its Q2 2008 Web Security Trends Report, Finjan outlines the latest developments.(DATABASE AND NETWORK SECURITY)
August 1, 2008... Finjan Inc. have announced the latest findings by its Malicious Code Research Center (MCRC). In its latest trends report for Q2 2008, the MCRC identifies and analyzes the latest Crimeware business operations, and provides a first-of-its-kind...

The secret of effective data protection.(DATABASE AND NETWORK SECURITY)
August 1, 2008... Recent security breaches in both the private and public sector have highlighted the need for organisations to ensure personal information is processed and stored securely. Ever growing collections of personal data, more remote access and the...

New portal from original software.(IT News and Products)
August 1, 2008... Original Software have announced the launch of Original Software Manager, a test-asset management portal, providing a single point of entry to the complete Original Software product set. Using a simple file structure within Windows Explorer,...

Coradiant end-user visibilty.(IT News and Products)
August 1, 2008... Coradiant, Inc. have announced the availability of Coradiant TrueSight[TM] Edge. TrueSight Edge claims to be the first end-user experience management solution available that can enable organizations to see the benefits provided to each...

LogMeIn enables integration.(IT News and Products)
August 1, 2008... LogMeIn have announced the release of a standardized set of web services that provide support technicians with the ability to streamline processes and increase their speed and effectiveness. The release of this Application Programming...

Microsoft and BearingPoint solution.(IT News and Products)
August 1, 2008... Microsoft Corp. and BearingPoint, Inc. recently announced the BearingPoint Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance (EGRC) solution. With Microsoft, BearingPoint has created a risk-based compliance solution based on Microsoft technology that...

Serena Software joins Valtech.(IT News and Products)
August 1, 2008... A new partnership between application lifecycle management (ALM) company Serena Software and Valtech, promises to usher in a new era of Agile software development in the enterprise. Building on its commitment to support the exponential growth...

TestBench for Oracle v6.3.(IT News and Products)(Original Software)(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... Original Software have announced the release of the latest version of TestBench for Oracle which includes an intelligent data scrambling module, protecting companies from data exposure and satisfying audit and compliance requirements, as well...

The Open University launches OUView on YouTube.(IT News and Products)
August 1, 2008... The Open University has launched a YouTube Channel with over 300 videos to extend its commitment to broadening access to education. YouTube is the leading online video community that allows people to discover, watch and share originally created...

Sybase and QlikTech combine.(IT News and Products)
August 1, 2008... Sybase, Inc. have announced that Sybase and QlikTech, will deliver an analytics solution that enables user-driven dashboards, ad-hoc analysis and reporting. "Business intelligence is no longer just the domain of trained information...

Toshiba unveils USB 2.0 HDDs.(IT News and Products)
August 1, 2008... Toshiba Europe Storage Device Division have launched three new external and fully portable HDDs. The new external devices are Toshiba-built throughout, aiming to withstand the demands of being constantly in transit, the products feature a 2.5...

Rascom turns up data capacity.(IT News and Products)
August 1, 2008... Rascom has unlocked the multi-terabit capacity of their long haul optical network with Nortel's 40G Adaptive Optical Engine making it one of the largest data pipelines in Eastern Europe, delivering 40G connectivity among sites in Moscow, St....

NX appliances verified.(IT News and Products)
August 1, 2008... Silver Peak Systems have announced that the company's NX appliances have been verified by Brocade Communications Systems Inc. for compatibility with Brocade-based Storage Area Networking (SAN) infrastructure, according to the testing...

Mobile research.(IT News and Products)(Report)(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... A new analysis of the global mobile payments opportunity forecasts that 2.1 bn mobile subscribers will "pay by mobile" for digital goods downloaded to their mobile phones by 2013. Juniper Research defines digital goods as music (ringtones and...

Actuate previews Actuate 10.(IT News and Products)
August 1, 2008... Actuate Corporation have announced that the beta milestone builds of Actuate 10 are now available for preview and download at www.birt-exchange.com. Actuate 10 has been designed to fulfil the needs of a new generation of Rich Internet...

Wireless broadband to exceed two billion customers by 2015.(IT News and Products)
August 1, 2008... Wireless broadband services will create significant opportunities for revenue growth, and cellular technologies will take the largest share, according to the latest report from Analysys Mason, the premier advisers on telecoms, IT and digital...

OOXML will take second place.(IT News and Products)
August 1, 2008... The recently standardised OOXML format will now take second place to Open Document Format (ODF), according to Dr Alex Brown, director of Griffin Brown, and an industry leading data quality specialist who has been closely involved in the...

Not quite as 'Cuil' as hoped--but just what will it take to outsmart Google?(Opinion)
August 1, 2008... This month saw the launch of new 'Google killer' search engine, Cull.com. Simon Norris of search specialist Periscopix (www.periscopix.co.uk) has the following comment. To give credit where it's due, Cull is a worthy attempt to crack the...

Nominum DNS protects over 120 million Internet users.(Security News and Products)
August 1, 2008... Nominum, provider of network naming and addressing technologies have announced that more than 120 million broadband Internet users are protected against the new DNS vulnerability as it helped its carrier and Internet Service Provider customers...

Anti-spam gets a makeover.(Security News and Products)
August 1, 2008... Anti-spam products have become must have commodity items for all organisations; but now a new generation of email management solutions is emerging that do much more than simply block unwanted spam. That's the view of PineApp, which has...

Hackers charged.(Security News and Products)
August 1, 2008... It is already being called the single largest and most complex hacking and identity theft that has ever been prosecuted. The US Department of Justice have announced that they have charged 11 men, for their alleged involvement in a heist...

Ad-Aware release.(Security News and Products)
August 1, 2008... Lavasoft have announced the launch of their Ad-Aware 2008 Pro and Plus version. By combining a comprehensive anti-virus engine, Ad-Adware 2008 promises the addition of live threat detection while boosting the effectiveness of its award-winning...

IBM X-Force report.(Security News and Products)
August 1, 2008... IBM recently released results from its X-Force 2008 Midyear Trend Statistics report that indicates cyber-criminals are adopting new automation techniques and strategies that allow them to exploit vulnerabilities much faster than ever before....

ArcSight appoint Wick Hill.(Security News and Products)(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... Wick Hill has been appointed the first UK distributor for US company ArcSight, a leading provider of security and compliance management solutions that help organisations comply with regulatory policies and control security risks. This...

Information security forum lays out vision.(Security News and Products)(Report)(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... Information security professionals believe they are moving towards a more pro-active, risk-based approach to securing their organisations and away from just IT and technology-related activities. This is one of the key findings in a study by the...