Database and Network Journal articles from December 2008

Database and Network Journal archives from December 2008

Format preserving encryption: www.voltage.com.(DATABASE AND NETWORK INTELLIGENCE: WHITE PAPER)
December 1, 2008... ABSTRACT Encrypting Personally Identifiable Information (PII) in large databases has historically been difficult, because encrypting information typically implies expanding data and changing its format. Previous attempts to encrypt PII...

UK IT departments confident despite 'reality gaps' in key technology projects.(DATABASE AND NETWORK INTELLIGENCE)
December 1, 2008... Information Technology (IT) departments nationwide are confident about the delivery of their projects over the next 12 months despite the economic challenges ahead, according to the findings of a survey announced today by Cisco. Cisco...

Bringing data into service: the role of a data services layer in service oriented architectures.(DATABASE AND NETWORK INTELLIGENCE)
December 1, 2008... Nearly every company with a sizeable IT organisation is embracing some form of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) as an important enabler of business transformation. SOAs are being implemented for purposes such as using Enterprise Service...

Top 10 ways to save an hour a day.(COMPANY OPINION)
December 1, 2008... For those in the data management community, including roles such as database administrators (DBA's), data architects and data stewards here, there has never been a more challenging period to effectively manage data assets within organisations....

Asking the tough questions in downturn driven sourcing.(COMPANY OPINION)
December 1, 2008... What's the common kneejerk reaction to a downturn? Keeping costs down is a necessary evil of all business. In times of financial turmoil, when the CFO is on the warpath, the urgency of this unfortunate business reality is felt ever more keenly....

Lies, damned lies and statistics.(SECURITY OPINION)
December 1, 2008... I would never make disparaging comments about my wife, especially since she's smarter than me and has a lot more letters after her name than I do but she's driving me crazy with the weather. Ever since she discovered the weather forecast...

Spam--so what have we learned?(Infosecurity Europe 2009)
December 1, 2008... Earlier this year, McAfee asked 50 people from ten countries around the world to spend a whole month living with spare with the aim of understanding what the impact of 30 days of unprotected surfing would be. During this time, the brave...

Viewpoint: welcome to your new job! First things first, let's get everything set-up for when you leave....(Infosecurity Europe 2009)
December 1, 2008... The process of ensuring that a company's security is not compromised by the departure of staff needs to begin on an employee's first day in the job. Although this may seem to paint a bleak picture about a company "s ability to retain and...

Avoiding a 'keys to the kingdom' attack without compromising security.(Infosecurity Europe 2009)
December 1, 2008... In Europe, very few people have heard of Terry Childs. In California, everyone has. Childs is the City of San Francisco's disgruntled network manager who reset all administrative passwords to the routers for the city's Fibre-WAN network and...

World's largest data centre planned for Scotland.(IT News and Products)
December 1, 2008... Plans to create the world's largest data centre near Lockerbie have been unveiled today by Scottish firm, Lockerbie Data Centres Ltd. The 800 million [pounds sterling] Peelhouses Data Centre and Sustainable Village will make the town a...

UK retain strong presence on European software stage.(IT News and Products)
December 1, 2008... British firms make up 15 per cent of the top 100 software companies in Europe as compiled by representatives of the following software associations (European Software Association, AFDEL, BASDA) and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. With worldwide...

Embarcadero ER/Studio 8.0.(IT News and Products)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Embarcadero Technologies is providing data management professionals with a model-driven approach to discovering and communicating the traceability of data in the enterprise from its source to its target destinations with the recently released...

Demand for low-latency infrastructure.(IT News and Products)
December 1, 2008... The growth in algorithmic trading, the proliferation of trading venues and the resulting fragmentation of liquidity, as well as regulatory requirements to demonstrate best execution are some of the trends driving an ever increasing need for...

Corizon boosts Siebel implementations.(IT News and Products)
December 1, 2008... Corizon, a developer of enterprise mashup software have announced Corizon for Siebel to reduce the cost and time needed to integrate applications into Siebel. Corizon for Siebel is designed for organisations that need to bring together...

eVergance and Confirmit partnership.(IT News and Products)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Evergance and Confirmit have announced they have partnered to deliver best-of-breed Enterprise Feedback Management solutions. The collaboration between eVergance and Confirmit has already resulted in the award of a new contract to deliver an...

CeBIT 2009.(IT News and Products)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... The countdown has begun: In about 100 days, CeBIT will once again be opening its gates in Hannover, Germany. In March of 2009, the world's largest trade fair for the world of IT and telecommunications will be specially featuring California as...

New management system.(IT News and Products)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Sorrento Networks is equipping its customers with more advanced WDM (Wavelength Division Multiplexing) management capabilities with the new release of its GigaMux 6400 Management System. The version 1.5 release enables customers to better...

Brocade Network Monitoring Service.(IT News and Products)
December 1, 2008... Brocade[R] have announced the next-generation Brocade Network Monitoring Service (NMS), which provides organisations with an end-to-end remote monitoring, alerting, and reporting service for their data centre fabrics. Brocade NMS now provides...

SANAKO establishes Beijing office in China.(IT News and Products)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... SANAKO has established a Beijing office to strengthen the company's presence in the populous Chinese capital. The tactical location of the Beijing branch will allow SANAKO's China Representative Office to focus on forging and strengthening...

RCN Metro Optical Networks deploys Ciena.(IT News and Products)
December 1, 2008... Ciena[R] Corporation have announced that RCN Metro Optical Networks has deployed Ciena's CN 4200[R] FlexSelect[TM] Advanced Services Platform family to enable the delivery of assured, high-capacity transport services in managed optical...

China Telecom selects Nortel.(IT News and Products)
December 1, 2008... Nortel has been selected by China Telecommunications Corporation (CTC(2)) as a key vendor in the evolution of its CDMA network in seven provinces. CTC is one of China's largest state-owned mobile network operators. Powered by Norters CDMA...

Actuate's BIRT products complement IBM.(IT News and Products)
December 1, 2008... Actuate Corporation and an IBM have announced that Actuate's commercial BIRT product line can now extend IBM Rational ClearQuest reports to improve collaboration, creating better visibility and control between software development teams and...

New release of Caplan[TM].(IT News and Products)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Neptuny has recently released Caplan[TM], providing Capacity Management solutions for large data centres and networks. In reviewing their Technology Audit of this new version of Neptuny product, Butler Group deemed Caplan[TM] as "the future in...

Variant of RSPlug Trojan horse discovered.(Security News and Products)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... A new variant of the RSPIug Trojan horse has been found on several pornographic web sites. This new variant is similar to the RSPIug.D Trojan horse2, in that its installer is a downloader, which contacts a remote server to download the files it...

Webroot launches Go Green initiative.(Security News and Products)(Centillion)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Webroot have announced the launch of "Go Green," a global program which offers businesses free, earth-friendly recycling of legacy security hardware. In partnership with Centillion, Webroot will properly dispose of any legacy security hardware...

IBM warning: Christmas season to bring blizzard of new attacks on consumers.(Security News and Products)
December 1, 2008... Based on both current and historical security trends, IBM Internet Security Systems (ISS) recently announced five major areas of Christmas security risk for consumers and businesses, along with four suggestions for avoiding these risks during...

Finjan warns users.(Security News and Products)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Finjan has warned Internet users to be on their guard, following an apparent compromised web page on one of the sub-domains on the CBS.com portal. "The cybercriminals, who compromised one of the sub-domains under CBS.com, appear to have added a...

Increased fraud concern this holiday season.(Security News and Products)
December 1, 2008... 41st Parameter[R] Inc. have announced survey results from a recent event sponsored by the Merchant Risk Council (MRC). Findings indicate fraud and risk management experts from leading e-commerce companies believe current economic conditions...

When data goes missing.(Security News and Products)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... FAST IiS has launched a new special interest group with the remit to deliver expert knowledge of data management products and services to its members, as well as the wider IT and business user audience in general. This announcement comes...

BitDefender detection.(Security News and Products)
December 1, 2008... A new type of malware designed to harvest web passwords has been detected in-the-wild by BitDefender's antivirus research labs. This latest e-threat--called Trojan.PWS.ChromeInject.--is intended to be delivered onto a compromised computer...