Database and Network Journal articles from December 2003

Database and Network Journal archives from December 2003

SSL VPN gateways: a new approach to secure remote access.
December 1, 2003... Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Virtual Private Networks (VPNS) are quickly gaining popularity as serious contenders in the remote-access marketplace. Analysts predict that products based on SSL VPN technology will rival--or even replace--IP...

Database Systems.
December 1, 2003... Paul Beynon-Davies, Palgrave Macmillan ISBN 1-4039-1601-2 The main aim of this work is to provide one readable text of essential core material for further education, higher education and commercial courses on database systems. The current...

Developing an e-Commerce site.(E-Commerce)
December 1, 2003... In this feature we are not considering business and strategic planning or financing explicitly--even though they are vitally important. Instead, we are assuming that these activities have been (are being) completed satisfactorily and that you...

Systems Building With Oracle.
December 1, 2003... William Smith, Palgrave Macmillan ISBN 1-6039-0169-4 This book comes from teaching introductory, intermediate and advanced level courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Much of the structure and content reflects support material...

Whose data?(Viewpoint)
December 1, 2003... Mention territorial dependencies to a Gibraltarian ex-pat and they'll smile knowledgeably and ask what you want to know. Mention co-dependencies to either half of a co-dependent/loving duo and they'll smile knowledgeably and ask you what...

Business data grows by 70 to 120 percent a year--are you prepared?
December 1, 2003... We find ourselves at the onset of a data explosion. As core business applications continue to iterate and multiply, the data that flows through them will grow exponentially. However, in an economy where the ability to manage the quality,...

Longhorn--RoadMap or decoy.
December 1, 2003... At this years Professional Developers Conference (PDC) Microsoft unveiled details of Longhorn, a replacement for XP. If Microsoft is to be believed it is going to deliver a host of services and applications as part of Longhorn, some bearing...

Four new 'critical' windows flaws.(Security)
December 1, 2003... Microsoft Corp. have warned users about four new flaws in its Windows software as they issue monthly alerts for serious problems that could allow hackers to break into computers. They have also acknowledged problems in authenticating software...

Proventia all-in-one protection.(Security)
December 1, 2003... Internet Security Systems, Inc. has announced the launch of the Proventia all-in-one protection appliance range to perform multiple security functions with a single engine, abolishing the need for stand-alone security products like firewalls,...

GFI DownloadSecurity for ISA Server 6.(Security)
December 1, 2003... GFI DownloadSecurity for ISA Server 6, is a content security product that handles the security risk of file downloads without resorting to blocking them all at firewall level. It t checks downloaded files for malicious content and viruses, and...

Anti spam tools.(Security)
December 1, 2003... GFI have alsso launched GFI MailEssentials for Exchange/SMTP 9, its server- based anti-spam tool that includes a Bayesian filter, which is able to adapt automatically to the latest spamming techniques and catch a record amount of spam. Current...

Digital signature tokens alternative to passwords.(Security)
December 1, 2003... VASCO digital signature technology provides secure online identification for applications where it is critical to identify accurately who is dialling in because they may, for example, be ordering expensive items, be dealing with very sensitive...

ASAP 7.0.(Security)
December 1, 2003... New HA capabilities of ASAP 7.0 include integrated load balancing, stateful user authentication failover, and centralised administration with synchronised policy and configuration management. This allows organisations to ensure that end-users...

Outsourced voice solutions to grow.(IT News)
December 1, 2003... A new report by Datamonitor (DTM.L) says demand for outsourced voice solutions amongst enterprises globally is set to rise considerably within the next two years. The report "Creating demand for outsourced voice services", predicts that by...

US download crackdown ripples to UK.(IT News)
December 1, 2003... LEGAL action in the United States to clamp down on people who download music from the internet, is being closely watched by lawyers in the UK, says Manchester law firm Rowe Cohen. A number of major US record labels have targeted people who have...

Watch the 'Chasers' in 2004.(IT News)
December 1, 2003... The First Edition 2004 Plimsoll Analysis on the UK Computer Software market has published an analysis of 2000 companies and highlighted the "Chasers' who are borrowing heavily to capture extra market share. Their high-risk approach to the...

EEMA Web Services initiatives.(IT News)
December 1, 2003... EEMA has released the first three initiatives from its Web Services Interest Group, formed by members of the association after EEMA's conference on Web Services in June 2003 declared that the area needed industry clarification. The first comes...

Purchasing CRM software.(IT News)
December 1, 2003... Total DM has released a new research report investigating the relative influence of the IT and Marketing department in the purchase of CRM software. Recent figures show that UK companies have poured millions of pounds into various CRM systems...

31% of Computer Software industry upbeat on 2004.(IT News)
December 1, 2003... A recent survey from Plimsoll has found that 31% of 2000 companies surveyed are showing unprecedented confidence about their prospects in 2004. The latest study profiling the UK Computer Software Industry has looked at how each of the 2000...

New website for Oxford University Press.(IT News)
December 1, 2003... Ingenta plc, has designed and developed Oxford Scholarship Online (www.oxfordrdscholarship.~with Oxford University Press, new web resource that takes 700 of the most important humanities and social sciences scholarly books online for the first...

Jaws PDF Editor 2.0.(IT News)
December 1, 2003... Jaws PDF Editor 2.0 the latest version of the application which handles the manipulation and mark-up of Portable Document Format (PDF) files, from Global Graphics Software, is designed for business users familiar with Microsoft Office and...

New service helps UK access EU cash.(IT News)
December 1, 2003... A new Government initiative, FP6UK, has been launched to help UK organisations benefit from European Union funding for research and development projects. The Framework Programme is the EUs main way of providing funding for collaborative...

IT costs companies more than they think!(IT News)
December 1, 2003... A survey by, WTL pie, has uncovered a massive loss in productivity caused by office workers personal downtime, whilst fixing IT. The survey, based on telephone interviews with non-IT specific office workers, illuminated several worrying...

Beware metadata.(IT News)
December 1, 2003... Research by UK software company Workshare has cast light onto poor working practices in terms of how we create, work on, save, and distribute content. In particular, the survey illustrates the scale of a problem that we are all aware of but it...

LINX campaign to improve Internet.(IT News)
December 1, 2003... Europe's largest Internet exchange point has started a campaign to improve the speed and reliability of the Internet worldwide by attracting more members from overseas. The London Internet Exchange (LINX) is one of several exchange points...

Business process optimisation needs more than ERP.(IT News)
December 1, 2003... In a whitepaper entitled The Myth of Enterprise Applications'. Sterling Commerce perceives that although ERP offers businesses an efficient and data rich transactional system, many ERP packages require assembly, re-engineering and customisation...

Escaping the SPAM label.(IT News)
December 1, 2003... The EU Directive on privacy and electronic communications states that anyone found sending unsolicited emails, without first gaining consent from the recipient will be in breach of the law. Once in place, those of you, and it seems there are...

Email recovery? Don't rely on your backup!(IT News)
December 1, 2003... With each passing day we hear of more and more examples where an emall has been a critical part of an evidence trail. Have you stopped to think about what the implications would be for your organisation should you he required to produce email...

XML hindered by lack of data connectivity standards.(IT News)
December 1, 2003... Despite the widespread adoption of XML as the preferred method of displaying and exchanging data via Web-based applications, most developers fail to efficiently query their existing data and transport it directly as XML, instead spending...

Prosumer builder for free.(IT News)
December 1, 2003... Prosumer Solutions has announced version 2.2 of their web application development tool by offering prospective customers a downloadable evaluation free. Prosumer Builder is designed to allow analysts or developers to build and maintain any type...

Web Easy Pro 5 released in UK.(IT News)
December 1, 2003... Guildsoft Ltd, has today announced that Web Easy Professional 5 from VCOM, the web design studio for the PC, is now available in the UK. Web Easy Pro is a fully integrated Web creation solution that lets users create dynamic web sites without...

Twenty facts on PDA usage.(Security)
December 1, 2003... If one in three houses in your street were left with their front doors open at night would you think their owners were asking for trouble? One in three PDA users keep their PDAs unprotected by not bothering with passwords which could end with...

Proventia all-in-one protection.(Security)
December 1, 2003... Internet Security, Systems, Inc. has announced the launch of the Proventia all-in-one protection appliance range to perform multiple security functions with a single engine, abolishing the need for stand-alone security products like firewalls,...

Digital signature tokens.(Security)
December 1, 2003... VASCO digital signature technology provides secure online identification for applications where it is critical to identify accurately who is dialling in because they may, for example, be ordering expensive items, be dealing with very sensitive...

Sobig wins 2003 war of words.(Security)
December 1, 2003... Sophos has revealed that the Sobig-F worm has accounted for almost a fifth of all reports to Sophos during 2003, making it the hardest hitting virus of the year. The mass-mailing Sobig-F worm shrugged off stiff competition for the top spot from...

Anti-Virus secures WinGate proxy server.(Security)
December 1, 2003... Kaspersky Labs and Qbik New Zealand Limited (httpJ/www.qbik.coml), a developer of Internet connectivity and security software, announce the release of an integrated anti-virus system for WinGate, one of the most popular products for managing...

Adult Mimail worm attacks anti-spam websites.(Security)
December 1, 2003... Sophos has revealed that a new variant of the infamous Mimail worm attempts to knock anti-spam websites off the internet, and may have been written by a spammer. The W32/Mimail-L worm spreads as an attachment to a pornographic email claiming to...

Standard of good practice.(Security)
December 1, 2003... The Information Security Forum (ISF) has released its latest international industry benchmark, the 'Standard of Good Practice for Information Security.' The Standard is designed to help any organisation--irrespective of market sector, size or...

RealSecure Server Sensor 7.0 Windows cert.(Security)
December 1, 2003... Internet Security Systems, Inc. (ISS) RealSecure Server Sensor 7.0 intrusion protection software has received six Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 Server certifications through VeriTest, the testing division of Lionbridge Technologies which...

Bugged by spyware?(Security)
December 1, 2003... Websense Inc According to a recent survey conducted by UKsecurity consultancy PanSec, more than 90% of all company PCs are infected with so-called ."spyware". This is the term given to software that gets installed without the user's...

'Spyware' tricky to outlaw.(Security)
December 1, 2003... CDT Inc Lawmakers have yet to get a handle on the best way to combat computer spyware that tracks Internet users' online activity. Rather than drafting narrowly targeted legislation to outlaw specific snooping tactics, Congress should...

DynaComm i.mail v 4.0.(Security)
December 1, 2003... FutureSoft, have announced DynaComm i:mail version 4.0 which includes anti-spare enhancements designed to reduce the quantity of unwanted e-mail arriving at users' inboxes. In addition to blacklist support, content filtering and heuristic...

2003 risk impact report.(Security)
December 1, 2003... Internet Security Systems, Inc. Internet Risk Impact Summary Report (IRIS) for the third quarter of 2003 reveals a 15 percent increase in the number of security incidents over the second quarter of 2003. The increase in security incidents,...

File and email security.(Security)
December 1, 2003... A new version of FileAssurity OpenPGP is available from ArticSoft. FileAssurity provides integration with Windows Explorer so that users need only 'right-click' to encrypt, sign, decrypt, verify, email, create secure notes and securely delete...

Security Event Log Monitor (S.E.L.M.) 5.(Security)
December 1, 2003... GFI LANguard S.E.L.M. enables administrators to automatically monitor critical servers in real time as it immediately notifies them of problems, permitting them to take instant corrective action. The solution, continuously scans the event...

Goldensoft's Recovery Series in UK.(Security)
December 1, 2003... Waycam Technologies has introduced the Goldensoff Recovery Series range of data recovery and rollback solutions for home, business and public-use PCs to the UK. The Recovery Series includes Recovery Genius and Time Tracer, system and data...

Cyber crime conference.(Security)
December 1, 2003... Computer and ]nternet Crime 2004 (CIC 2004) takes place on 30131 March at the London Novotel West. It will be the first major exhibition and conference dedicated to helping senior IT professionals combat the problems of cyber crime. The...

Anti-Virus for Lotus Notes/Domino. v 5.0.(Security)
December 1, 2003... Kaspersky Labs, have released a new version of Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Lotus Notes/Domino. The 5.0 version includes changes to raise effectiveness and ease-of-use. The solution provides centralised protection from malicious programs for...

Kaspersky Labs opens European Virus Research Centre.(Security)
December 1, 2003... Kaspersky Lab have opened a European Computer Virus Research Centre in Paris to he headed by Mare Blanchard, a leading European computer virus expert. The new centre will be in involved real-time monitoring of the virus situation in Europe, and...

Anti-Virus 5.0 for Novell NetWare.(Security)
December 1, 2003... Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.0 for Novell NetWare offers from preceding versions in managing server protection based on the creation of tasks for anti-virus functions. When managing the system, administrators can indicate locations and types of...

Kaspersky labs virus top twenty for November 2003.(Security)
December 1, 2003... 1 I-Worm.Mimail.e 34.57% 2 I-Worm.Mimail.g 15.16% 3 I.Worm.Swen 13.01% 4 I-Worm.Sober 12.14% 5 I-Worm.Mimail.a 4.95% 6 I-Worm.Klezh 2.18% 7 I-Worm.Lentin.m ...

Top ten viruses reported to Sophos in November.(Security)
December 1, 2003... The report, which examines virus and hoax reports in the month of November 2003 shows that a new email aware worm stormed to the top of the charts, whilst an existing hoax had a new burst of life. The top ten viruses in November 2003 were...

Awareness of denial of attacks grow.(Security)
December 1, 2003... Entanct, one of the leading providers of business lntemet services, says that the awareness that the number of denial-of-service attacks on major Interact sites is growing and warns that service providers need to be extra vigilant and use their...

Mimail dupes users with credit cards.(Security)
December 1, 2003... Sophos is warning of a new variant of the Mimail worm, which is spreading in the wild. The new worm, named W32/Mimail-I arrives in an email with a subject line of 'YOUR PAYPAL.COM ACCOUNT EXPIRES", and asks recipients to provide detailed...

New worm targets Internet Explorer.(Security)
December 1, 2003... Anti-virus companies have warned of a new computer worm circulating through e-mall that pretends to be security software from Microsoft Corp. but actually tries to disable security programs already running. The worm, dubbed "Swen" or "Gibe,"...

How the Internet Works. Millenium Edition.
December 1, 2003... Gralla, Preston Que Publishing 1999 ISBN 0-7897-2132 21.99 [pounds sterling] An illustrated book in large type. We would call this an easy leafing book. It does cover everything which means that it covers technical things until you have...

Programming Internet Email.
December 1, 2003... Wood, David 0Reilly 362 pages 1-56592-479-7 1999 Email systems consist of many component parts which interwork. Starting from what an email message should consist of, this book goes on to consider each of the component of an email...

Internet Email Protocols: a Developer's Guide.
December 1, 2003... Johnson, Kevin Addison-Wesley 2000 ISBN 0-201-43288-9 478 pgs 34.99 [pounds sterling] Starting from a simple ernail message this book builds in all the detail needed for a complete email system. Each dement is discussed together with the...

Voice over IP Fundamentals.
December 1, 2003... Davidson, Jonathan & Peters, James Cisco Press ISBN 1-57870-168-6 373pg 2000 46.50 [pounds sterling] The key to this book is the fundamentals in its title. Largely the book deals with switching i.e. setting up calls over both existing...

Implementing Ipv6, Second Edition: Supporting the Next Generation Protocols.
December 1, 2003... Miller,Mark A IDG 2000 ISBN 0-7645-4589-2 xxvi+402pgs 42.99 [pounds sterling] Internet Protocol version 6 is slowly coming in to replace the Internet Protocol version 4 that is now over 20 years old. The book contains a full...

Big Book of Internet Host Standards.
December 1, 2003... Loshin, Pete Morgan Kaufman 2000 ISBN 0-12-455844-5 iii+45+21+85+8 +12+18+17+116 +98+20+10 Internet host requirements are specified by the Internet Engineering Task Force 0ETF). Published online as RFCs (Request for Comments), these...