Database and Network Journal articles from June 2007

Database and Network Journal archives from June 2007

The underutilised security bulwark: database logs.(VIEWPOINT)
June 1, 2007... As security breaches like that of TJ Maxx grab headlines and as corporate regulations like Sarbanes-Oxley and PCI continue to emphasize preserving and securing data and assurance of IT controls, organisations are increasingly turning to log...

Seven myths about data warehouse appliances.(DATABASE AND NETWORK INTELLIGENCE)
June 1, 2007... 'Things you should know about data warehouse appliances but that other vendors are afraid to tell you' 1. Openness--data warehouse appliances force users into vendor lock-in as the vendor's software only runs on the hardware they select....

Today's biggest IT security menace ... and 6 ways companies can fight it.(DATABASE AND NETWORK INTELLIGENCE)
June 1, 2007... What is today's biggest IT security threat? IT itself, according to recent reports from IDC and Carnegie Mellon/DOD. To begin with, IDC research finds that enterprise companies rank insider sources as their top security threat (Source:...

Viewpoint--OpenForum Europe claim.(DATABASE AND NETWORK INTELLIGENCE)
June 1, 2007... Following Microsoft's claims of patent violation by the open source community, it is not surprising that industry and commentators are crying foul and requesting that Microsoft make their claims specific and detailed. At a time when industry is...

The challenge of supporting new technology adoption By SMBs.(DATABASE AND NETWORK INTELLIGENCE)
June 1, 2007... Research shows that many owners of small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) are baffled by technology and failing to benefit from the competitive advantages offered by a raft of new technologies. In this article, Terry Riches, Comunica's Senior...

StoneGate intrusion prevention system.(DATABASE AND NETWORK INTELLIGENCE)
June 1, 2007... Stonesoft Corporation have introduced StoneGateIPS 4.0 for intrusion prevention and detection. StoneGate IPS offers protection against denial of service (DOS) attacks, intranet protection with Windows network protocol analysis and VoIp traffic...

Rise in multi-channel retailing drives growth of SOA deployment in retail sector.(DATABASE AND NETWORK INTELLIGENCE)
June 1, 2007... Retailers face increasing pressure to offer customers a fully-integrated multi-channel experience where products can be bought online and collected in store, for example. Traditional IT integration can provide this service but the evolution of...

ISPs on front line as spam arms race escalates.(internet service providers)
June 1, 2007... The reason for the rise in "pump and dump" spam is that it does not require a link back to a Web site or ordering system, making it harder to trace its origins. Furthermore, the authorities have so far not caught any perpetrators. The messages...

Barracuda IM firewall.(DATABASE AND NETWORK INTELLIGENCE)
June 1, 2007... Barracuda Networks, Inc., have announced Barracuda IM Firewall enhancements, which include the ability to monitor and record public IM traffic out-of-band using a span port, hub, or Ethernet tap. "The Barracuda IM Firewall was the first of...

Storage Expo 2007.(DATABASE AND NETWORK INTELLIGENCE)
June 1, 2007... A selection of papers from exhibitors at Storage Expo 2007 the UK's largest event dedicated to data storage. Now in its 7th year, the show features a comprehensive FREE education programme and over 90 exhibitors at the National Hall, Olympia,...

CollabNet extends investment.(IT News and Products)
June 1, 2007... CollabNet, have announced the continued rapid adoption of Subversion among enterprise developers, including the launch of an early adopter program for Subversion's upcoming Merge Tracking capabilities, as well as new investments in the...

Dell joins Microsoft and Novell collaboration.(IT News and Products)
June 1, 2007... Microsoft Corp. and Novell Inc. recently announced that Dell Inc. is the first major systems provider to join the business collaboration that was formed by Microsoft and Novell in response to customer demand for greater interoperability and...

Companies further relationship to offer long-term support.(IT News and Products)
June 1, 2007... SAP AG and Novell have announced that they have extended their relationship to offer a new joint support solution for customers who run their SAP applications on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server from Novell. With this announcement, customers who...

Serena release Mariner.(IT News and Products)
June 1, 2007... Serena Software, Inc. have introduced Serena Mariner, a solution to integrate Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) into a single Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) offering. By integrating Mariner with Serena Dimensions and Serena...

SAP expands document management capabilities.(IT News and Products)
June 1, 2007... SAP AG and Open Text Corporation have announced a joint worldwide offering to help companies efficiently manage the growing amount of data and documents crucial to effective business operations. SAP is reselling solutions from Open Text, the...

Unicredit and Datasynapse partnership.(IT News and Products)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... DataSynapse recently announced that UniCredit, one of Europe's largest banking and financial services companies, has completed implementation of DataSynapse GridServer software for use by the Capital Allocation Unit of its Italian operating...

Wax Digtal survey.(IT News and Products)
June 1, 2007... Findings from research conducted by Wax Digital, the spend management software company, shows that where organisations are still relying on manual processes to drive indirect spend control typically 41% of all transactions are 'maverick...

Harte-Hanks expands in Europe.(Harte-Hanks Trillium Software's reseller agreement with Visual Management Ltd., Nodes s.r.l. and Aseen Sp. z o.o)
June 1, 2007... Harte-Hanks Trillium Software enabler of Total Data Quality solutions have announced that under its global reseller partner programme, it has expanded its European coverage by appointing Visual Management Limited of Helsinki in Finland, Nodes...

Pricing Appliance.(IT News and Products)
June 1, 2007... Kognitio and RateIntegration have announced the general availability of Pricing Appliance v2.0, the enhanced, telecom operator-focussed version of the sophisticated rules-based pricing engine. Pricing Appliance v2.0 is a flexible...

Tricon Geophysics deploys Isilon IQ.(IT News and Products)
June 1, 2007... Isilon Systems recently announced that Tricon Geophysics, Inc. has deployed Isilon IQ to power new breakthroughs in seismic data processing. Using Isilon IQ, powered by Isilon's OneFS operating system software, Triton Geophysics has unified...

Z-Wave converges with TCP/IP.(IT News and Products)
June 1, 2007... Zensys have announced the Z/IP program to drive convergence of Z-Wave and TCP/IP while simultaneously beginning to license Z-Wave to other chip manufacturers. By converging Z-Wave with TCP/IP, Zensys will enable standard based end-to-end...

Juniper Networks advances channel program.(IT News and Products)
June 1, 2007... At the Juniper Networks, Inc. annual J-Partner Summit in Las Vegas, May 21-22, the company today unveiled a full suite of solution enablement tools and five new programs to make it easier and more profitable for channel partners to do business....

Aperture partners with ESD.(IT News and Products)
June 1, 2007... Aperture Technologies Inc. has announced a formal partnership with engineering and consulting specialist Environmental Systems Design Inc. (ESD Inc.). Under the partnership, ESD will apply the technical engineering data encapsulated in...

Glocalnet and Proxim launch Sweden's first outdoor internet.(IT News and Products)
June 1, 2007... Proxim Wireless Corporation, a global pioneer of end-to-end solutions in Wi-Fi mesh, WiMAX, WLAN, and wireless backhaul and wholly owned subsidiary of Terabeam, Inc. have announced that Swedish residential broadband provider Glocalnet, a...

Quantel's newsroom systems move from tape to digital video.(IT News and Products)
June 1, 2007... MySQL AB have announced that Quantel, a UK-based company has selected the MySQL database server as a critical component in its 'Enterprise sQ' product line. In the highly-competitive broadcasting industry, improving time-to-air for...

Software as a solution.(IT News and Products)
June 1, 2007... Exinda Networks, provider of Unified Performance Management (UPM) solutions, have announced its new Service Delivery Point (SDP), an invaluable tool for centralized management of Exinda's wide area networks (WAN) optimization solutions. SDP...

Capscan promotes public sector efficiency benefits.(IT News and Products)
June 1, 2007... Capscan showed visitors at GC 2007 expo, how its data cleansing software and services can be used throughout the public sector to meet compliance standards, reduce mailing costs, improve communications and ultimately provide a better service to...

The Planet private rack portfolio.(The Planet contracts with Network Appliance Inc.)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... The Planet has expanded its private rack portfolio with the addition of storage area network (SAN) capabilities. The new storage solution from Network Appliance provides The Planet's customers with maximum data availability and protection,...

Network Instruments GigaStor.(IT News and Products)
June 1, 2007... Network Instruments have announced the release of its GigaStor Portable appliance, a self-contained mobile forensics system for troubleshooting intermittent network, application, and security problems wherever they occur. The GigaStor...

C2C unveils enhanced email archiving solution.(IT News and Products)
June 1, 2007... C2C have released the company's latest version of its award-winning Archive One solution, which helps organizations comply with industry regulations and minimize mailbox size, now fully supports Exchange 2007 and Windows Vista. Email...

IDC's 17th European ICT-Berlin.(IT News and Products)
June 1, 2007... IDC have announced the launch of its flagship European event, the ICT Forum, which moves from its former home in Paris to the Maritim Hotel in Berlin, and takes place on September 10 and 11, 2007. Titled "Enterprise 2.0--Capitalizing on...

Dassault Systcmes announces new SIMULIA.(IT News and Products)
June 1, 2007... Dassault Systcmes have announced the availability of a new SIMULIA direct coupling interface that allows third-party physics codes developed by partners or customers to communicate directly with its Abaqus FEA software for high-performance...

DS2 in Taiwan.(customer service and technical support center)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... DS2 have announced a dedicated customer service and technical support office in Taiwan that will provide a high level of value-added services for its OEM and ODM customers in Taiwan and the greater Asian market. The new service recognises...

LinuxIT Support for Red Hat Enterprise.(IT News and Products)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... LinuxIT have announced the launch of its new Support Service for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, completing the company's portfolio of support offerings specifically tailored to Linux operating systems RHEL, SuSE, Ubuntu and CentOS. Professional...

Open Text's Hummingbird Connectivity suite certified for Windows Vista.(from Microsoft Corp.)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Open Text Corporation, independent provider of enterprise content management (ECM) software and solutions, have announced that its Hummingbird Connectivity division has received certification for Windows Vista from Microsoft for its family of...

StoneGate secure connectivity solution.(Security News and Products)
June 1, 2007... Stoncsoft Corporation have introduced a secure connectivity solution for the demands of distributed organisations with remote offices. The solution comprises of the StoneGate FW-300 firewall and IPS-400 intrusion prevention system, providing...

Symantec files piracy suits.(Security News and Products)
June 1, 2007... Symantec Corp. have announced that it has filed a series of eight civil lawsuits against distributors of counterfeit Symantec software, seeking a total of more than $55 million in damages from the cases involved. In the filings, Symantee...

RSA advances its RSA enVision platform.(Security News and Products)
June 1, 2007... RSA have announced the advancement of its information management platform for compliance and security, the RSA enVision solution, through new integration, features and capabilities that will help customers accelerate their businesses by solving...

Secure Computing launches health check.(Security News and Products)
June 1, 2007... Secure Computing Corp. an enterprise gateway security company, have announced the launch of Domain Health Check, a free web service that provides users with a behavior-based view of the messaging and web reputation of their domains. This is a...

Coverity prevent SQS deployed by Aerosystems International.(Security News and Products)
June 1, 2007... Coverity, Inc. recently announced that Aerosystems International has chosen Coverity Prevent SQS to automatically discover software defects in complex battle-critical Java applications as the software is being built. Aerosystems...

Be wary of Microsoft Office attachments.(Security News and Products)
June 1, 2007... IBM have announced its Internet Security Systems (ISS) X-Force research and development team has provided customers with protection for several serious flaws announced by Microsoft. The most significant Microsoft disclosure this month is a...

Hybrid SSL/keylogger malware surfaces.(Security News and Products)
June 1, 2007... Tier-3 have announced that a highly dangerous hybridised version of the Russian Gozi virus has surfaced that not only features an integrally-coded keylogger, but has the ability to steal data from an SSL stream. Sunday newswire reports suggest...

Consumer confidence in the Internet is growing.(Security News and Products)
June 1, 2007... Trend Micro Incorporated announced this May the results of its second Internet Confidence and Safety Survey which is carried out twice a year and provides an overall measurement of consumers' confidence and perceived safety of the Internet. ...

Foundry Networks and Lancope demonstration.(Security News and Products)
June 1, 2007... StealthWatch and Foundry Networks, Inc. have jointly demonstrated Closed Loop Threat Mitigation through integration of StealthWatch and IronView Network Manager (INM) at Interop in Las Vegas. Delivering more precise threat mitigation...

Sunbelt Software adds IDS/IPS functionality to CounterSpy Gateway SDK.(Security News and Products)
June 1, 2007... Sunbelt Software have announced that the company's CounterSpy Gateway Software Development Kit (SDK) now includes a SNORT-compatible engine that provides inbound and outbound intrusion detection and prevention functionality. This addition...

Criminal ring continues exploits.(MessageLabs Inc. prevented the attack by Taiwan hackers using Microsoft Powerpoint exploit)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... MessageLabs, provider of integrated messaging and web security services to businesses worldwide, today revealed new data on the levels, victims and sources of targeted email attacks in April 2007. Last month MessageLabs intercepted 595 emails...

Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Microsoft ISA Server.(Security News and Products)
June 1, 2007... Version 5.6, is now compatible with Microsoft ISA Server 2006 Enterprise Edition. Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Microsoft ISA Server provides antivirus protection for all files transferred using the HTTP and FTP protocols via Microsoft Internet...

IBM Internet Security Systems accelerates network performance.(Security News and Products)
June 1, 2007... IBM have unveiled an intrusion prevention appliance that is designed to transmit and protect network traffic at core network speeds. The new Proventia Network Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) GX6116 supports throughput of up to fifteen...

Infosecurity Europe breaks all records.(Security News and Products)
June 1, 2007... Infosecurity Europe is now firmly established as the largest information security exhibition in Europe, with 6172 square metres of stand space (approx 68,500 sq ft) and 311 primary stand holders (compared to 280 in 2006) and over 360 exhibitors...

EMEA server revenues growth.(DATABASE AND NETWORK DIGEST)(Financial report)
June 1, 2007... The EMEA server market continued to exhibit healthy growth in sales in the first quarter of 2007, after increasing factory revenue by 11%, compared to the same quarter of the previous year, to more than $4.2 billion, with a corresponding rise...