Database and Network Journal articles from December 2005

Database and Network Journal archives from December 2005

The search engine--a history.(DEFINITIONS)
December 1, 2005... A search engine is a program designed to help find information stored on a computer system such as the World Wide Web, or a personal computer. The search engine allows one to ask for content meeting specific criteria (typically those containing...

Moodle.(DEFINITIONS)
December 1, 2005... Moodle is an open source e- learning platform with a relatively large user base. Moodle is a software package designed to help educators create quality online courses. Such e-learning systems are sometimes also called a Learning Management...

Ruby on rails.(open source web application framework)
December 1, 2005... Ruby on Rails, often called RoR or just Rails, is pen source web application framework written in by that closely follows the Model-ViewController (MVC) architecture. It strives for simplicity allowing real-world applications to be developed in...

What you should know about R on R and AJAX.(Ruby on Rails)(Asynchronus Javascript and XML)
December 1, 2005... I Wrote this article because it has become evident that there is a huge gap between the knows and the know-nots when it comes to Ruby, Rails and AJAX (Asynchronus Javascript and XML). This article provides a cursory look at three of today's...

MySQL--DBMS.(open source database management software)
December 1, 2005... MYSQL is a multithreaded, multi-user, SQL (Structured Query Language) Database Management System (DBMS) with an estimated six million installations. MYSQL is open source software available either under the GNU General Public License (GPL) or...

4c v 3.0s. Next generation preview technology.(DEFINITIONS)
December 1, 2005... An image says more than a thousand URLS, was the guiding concept for the development of the new browser add-on 4c. It shows website preview as thumbnail images, thus speeding up access to and the visualization of information about interact...

Why ISP's need LDAP.(Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)(internet service providers)
December 1, 2005... LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is a widely used Internet Standard Protocol for accessing a directory. It also defines the "information model" being accessed. The following feature looks at why an Internet Service Provider would...

MP3 players causing mayhem for company IT.(DATABASE TECHNIQUES)
December 1, 2005... Staff introducing gadgets such as MP3 players and smart phones to their office networks to download music, video and other personal content over the web are putting increasing pressure on company IT systems. 60 per cent of 100 IT directors...

Group publishes anti-spyware guidelines.(Security News)
December 1, 2005... A coalition of anti-spyware vendors and consumer groups have published guidelines to help consumers assess products designed to combat unwanted programs that sneak onto computers. The Anti-Spyware Coalition released the guidelines for public...

Skype huge threat for business.(internet telephony vulnerability)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... 'The vulnerability discovered in advisory by Secunia poses a much bigger security threat to businesses due to the homogeneous nature of the Skype environment, say SmoothWall. Comment "Skype's ubiquity and the closed nature of their...

FLEXnct.(Security News)
December 1, 2005... A recent annual software licensing study revealed that 72% of enterprises either manually track their license compliance, or do not do so at all. This study, sponsored by the Software & Information Association, the Centralised Electronic...

Spammers peddle drugs to combat bird flu.(Security News)
December 1, 2005... SophosLabs have warned internet users that spammers are putting the lives of innocent people at risk, by peddling drugs online that are said to combat bird flu. Sophos's spamtraps are picking up an increasing number of junk messages which claim...

IM blocked by IT departments.(Security News)
December 1, 2005... Independent research commissioned by Presence technology has shown that whilst employees are familiar with Instant Messaging (IM); corporate culture and compliance fears mean that IT departments are blocking access to these services. The...

OFT and EU host international spam summit.(European Commission Contact Network of Spare Enforcement Authorities)(UK Office of Fair Trading)
December 1, 2005... Government and business must work together and across borders to tackle spam, said the OFT at a summit of international spam enforcement agencies in London. The summit, hosted by the OFT and the European Commission Contact Network of Spare...

Skybox Assure.(Skybox Security launched data security device)
December 1, 2005... Skybox Security, have launched Skybox Assure, the first automated virtual staging environment for network change assurance. For the first time, it is claimed, organisations can predict the impact of network changes before implementing them...

FBI arrests 20 year old suspect zombie king.(Jeanson James Ancheta)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... The FBI has arrested a 20-year-old man suspected of running a zombie network. US Attorney spokesman Thom Mrozek said the prosecution was unusual because Jeanson James Ancheta, who lives in the Los Angeles suburb of Downey, was accused of...

Spyware interceptor.(Security News)
December 1, 2005... Blue Coat Systems, Inc. have announced a new version of software for Spyware Interceptor, the anti-spyware appliance for networks of up to 1,000 users. The appliance now expands protection against phishing. The Spyware Interceptor upgrade is...

Infosecurity Europe 2006 25th-27th April 2006: Grand Hall at Olympia, London.
December 1, 2005... Infosecurity Europe, the dedicated Information security event is now in its 11th year, the show continues to provide an education programme, new products & services, over 260 exhibitors and 10,800 visitors from every segment of the industry....

Safe Professional 2006.(Security News)
December 1, 2005... Steganos has launched Safe Professional using the most advanced encryption algorithm, AFS with 256-bit keys, This enables an unlimited number of encrypted drives to be created. In contrast to the consumer version of Steganos Safe, it's possible...

MXtreme 6.0.(Security News)
December 1, 2005... BorderWare Technologies, Inc. have announced MXtreme Mail Firewall version 6.0. This new version of MXtreme combines next-generation threat prevention with a privacy and compliance solution enhancing its ability to prevent threats, control...

Six years for 'Weasleboy' scammer.(Peter Francis-Macrae has been sentenced to six years in prison for computer crimes and fruad)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... Sophos have welcomed the news that British spammer Peter Francis-Macrae has been sentenced to six years in prison for fraud and other crimes. 23-year-old Francis-Macrae, who went by the online moniker of 'Weaselboy', is said to have earned...

Unencrypted backup tapes 'still the norm'.
December 1, 2005... Almost a year of new-continuous warnings about the vulnerability of backup tapes has gone unheeded, results from a survey showed today. Less than a quarter of companies currently encrypt their backup tapes, closely matching results of a...

Sophos and Internet Watch foundation fight illegal net Content.(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... Sophos has announced its membership of the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), the authorised UK Organisation that combats illegal interact content. As the number of computer users continues to rise, so does the variance and quantity of...

Trojan horse exploits Sony DRM copy protection vulnerability.(Security News)
December 1, 2005... SophosLabs have detected a new Trojan horse that exploits the controversial Sony DRM (Digital Rights Management) copy protection included on some of the music giant's CDs. The Stinx-E Trojan horse appears to have been deliberately spammed...

98% of business PC users say DRM copy protection is security threat.(Security News)
December 1, 2005... A web poll of more than 1,500 business PC users, conducted by Sophos, has revealed that 98% believe that Sony's controversial digital rights management (DRM) software, which can introduce a 'cloaking' vulnerability onto PCs which play some of...

Mobile security shambles due to sloppy handheld habits.(Security News)
December 1, 2005... A third of professionals using mobile devices such as PDAs and Smartphones don't use passwords or any other security protection and yet three out often of these sloppy handheld happy users store their PIN numbers, passwords and other corporate...

PixAlert blurs pornographic pics while you watch.(Security News)
December 1, 2005... Innovative new technology from PixAlert completely prevents pomgraptic images being displayed and viewed on computer screens in the workplace, schools and colleges or public areas such as libraries. Using advanced high-speed image analysis...

Computer Assisted Translation (CAT).
December 1, 2005... Communication with speakers of other languages has become much easier thanks to new Computer Assisted Translation (CAT) technology. The new software, from Translation, means that anyone wanting to write an email in English to work colleagues in...

Top ten viruses in November.(Security News)
December 1, 2005... Sophos reports the highest ever record of new malware, also new Sober worm shoots to number one. The report, compiled from Sophos's global network of monitoring stations, reveals that, despite being detected very late in the month, the...

Top five virus groups and spam stopped by SoftScan in November 2005.(Security News)
December 1, 2005... SoftScan, Scandmavia!s leading supplier in the hosted antivinis and spam filter market, reports that despite widespread news coverage of Sober being the biggest outbreak of the year that Netsky, Phishing and Mytob still remain the top 3 virus...

Sunbelt Top Ten spyware threats for November.(Security News)
December 1, 2005... Sunbelt System Software, the leading provider of Windows system administration tools and enterprise security solutions, today announced the Top Ten most prevalent severe spyware threats for the month of November' The percentage is based on the...

Phishers send email posing as IRS tax refund.(Security News)
December 1, 2005... SophosLabs, have warned internet users of a phishing email which aims to steal from American taxpayers by posing as notification of a refund from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The phishers are taking advantage of a an apparent security...

CPM suites leaders.(corporate performance management software)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... Hyperion announced that it has been placed in the Leaders Quadrant in the firm's Magic Quadrant for Corporate Performance Management (CPM) Suites, published 4 November 2005. Hyperion was evaluated on 'completeness of vision" and its "ability to...

Plasmon extends OTry and Buy free trial programme.(IT News)
December 1, 2005... Plasmon has announced that it has extended its OTry and Buy' free 14-day trial programme to include the Raidtee FS3102. This follows a successful period running the same programme for the Raidtee CS3102. The OTry and Buy I programme...

QlikView 7.2.(IT News)
December 1, 2005... The latest release of QlikView, Version 7.2, allows organisations to address analysis challenges previously reserved for specialised and complex enterprise BI software. The new release allows organisations to gain business value from analysis...

Registration for Language Standards for Global Business Summit.
December 1, 2005... Global Meeting Services, Inc. has opened registration for "Language Standards for Global Business Summit," taking place on December 12-13, 2005 in Berlin, Germany. Summit will be non-commercial with no sponsors and no exhibitors....

Average UK business suffers 235 hours of downtime ever year.
December 1, 2005... Less than half (48%) of large UK companies have a formal policy in place to measure the quality of internal IT operations service and delivery, says new independent research' published by Dimension Data. Furthermore, half of IT executives...

Licensing study shows compliance a major challenge.(IT News)
December 1, 2005... The second annual study on software pricing and licensing trends reveals that compliance with software license agreements is a major challenge for enterprises increasingly faced with regulatory pressures in the post Sarbanes-Oxley era. The...

FLEXnet Publisher.(IT News)
December 1, 2005... Macrovision's FLEXnet Publisher lets software vendors automate, customize and manage product pricing, licensing and protection to quickly enable new revenue opportunities. As a part of Macrovision's Software Value Management platform, FLEXnet...

Beta availability of AppSight 6.0.(IT News)
December 1, 2005... Identify Software, have, announced the beta availability of AppSight 6.0 for Microsoft environments. AppSight automates and accelerates the tasks of application problem resolution--one of the most time-consuming and costly processes of...

Developers sceptical of senior management's commitment to software quality.(IT News)
December 1, 2005... A survey into attitudes to software quality, has revealed that the development community is disbelieving of senior management's concern for software quality. While 64% felt that senior managers should share the responsibility for ensuring...

Power Center 8.(IT News)
December 1, 2005... Informatica Corporation have introduced informatica PowerCenter 8, which offers near-universal access to all enterprise data, advancements in enterprise scalability and performance, and capabilities delivering greater developer productivity....

Alpha Five V7.(IT News)
December 1, 2005... Alpha Software Inc. has announced a major new upgrade to its database application, Alpha Five. Alpha Five V7 continues the practice of allowing users to create and deploy sophisticated desktop and web-based applications without having to...

Ten steps to enterprise performance testing.(IT News)
December 1, 2005... Facilita, the UK-based supplier of IT performance and load-testing solutions, has identified what it believes are the ten key requirements organisations should consider when they are looking for an enterprise IT performance and load testing...

Code quality cause for concern among development managers.(IT News)
December 1, 2005... Clear Horizons surveyed 216 Java software development managers, who oversee teams of five or more developers, and found the overriding issue with code quality is the inability to minimize bugs before the code is released. The study,...

Director crimes could bar companies.(IT News)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... A new piece of European legislation due to become law by 31 January 2006 could bar companies, and potentially their parent groups, from tendering for major public sector contracts if one of their directors, or others exercising authority, is...

TestTrack Pro 7.5.(IT News)
December 1, 2005... TestTrack Pro enables defect tracking and issue management in software development projects. Version 7.5 features new cross-platform user and administrator clients, full Unicode character support, and expanded workfiow functionality. Unicode...

What employees talk about on work email.(IT News)
December 1, 2005... More than 90% of employees use work email to organise their social life and send jokes, according to a survey released by Cryoserver, the forensic email archiving and compliance company. Cryoserver surveyed a selection of UK employees from...