Database and Network Journal articles from June 2008

Database and Network Journal archives from June 2008

The good, the bad and the ugly of protecting data in a retail environment--Part 2.(DATABASE AND NETWORK INTELLIGENCE)
June 1, 2008... In part 1 of this article we looked at the requirements of the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard, examined the most prevalent data attacks used on retail systems, and discussed Cryptographic Algorithms and key management best...

Protegrity's Defiance Data Protection System For Teradata Warehouse.(DATABASE AND NETWORK INTELLIGENCE)
June 1, 2008... Protegrity Corporation and Teradata have announced new cryptography performance of over 6 million decryptions and over 9 million encryptions per second, enabling customers to maximise data protection while minimising impact on business...

Information modeling and relational databases.(DATABASE AND NETWORK INTELLIGENCE: NEW BOOK EXCERPT)
June 1, 2008... Chapter 1. Information Modeling It's an unfortunate fact of life that names and numbers can sometimes be misinterpreted. This can prove costly, as experienced by senior citizens who had their social security benefits cut off when...

Akamai report--inaugural "State of the Internet".(DATABASE AND NETWORK INTELLIGENCE)
June 1, 2008... Jun Akamai Technologies, Inc. have announced the release of its inaugural "State of the Internet" report available for download at www.akamai.com/stateoftheinternet. Beginning with the January to March 2008 time period, Akamai will be...

CPHC report--a study on the IT labour market in the UK.(DATABASE AND NETWORK INTELLIGENCE)( Council of Professors and Heads of Computing )(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... The Council of Professors and Heads of Computing in the UK (CPHC) announces the launch of a new report, entitled "A Study on the IT labour market in the UK", commissioned by CPHC through the British Computer Society (BCS) and carried out by...

Savvio[R] 10K.3 small form factor enterprise drive.(IT News and Products)
June 1, 2008... To meet the growing demand for higher-capacity, more efficient enterprise storage systems, Seagate have introduced the Savvio[R] 10K.3 hard drive--claiming to be the world's highest-capacity, small form factor 2.5-inch enterprise hard drive...

SAP press announces 7 new books.(IT News and Products)
June 1, 2008... All of these new titles have been released in May 2008 and are shipping now. 1. SAP DATABASE ADMINISTRATION WITH ORACLE: The authors of this extremely comprehensive reference show you how to analyze and optimize the performance of...

Apple 'to launch solar-powered phones'?(IT News and Products)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... This month's press is full of stories about how Apple is planning to introduce solar power in its mobile devices. MacRumors broke the story, which wasn't in fact a rumour at all. The online newsletter simply checked patent records and found...

Sybase new analytic appliance.(IT News and Products)
June 1, 2008... Sybase, Inc. have announced the new Sybase[R] Analytic Appliance configured and tuned to provide extreme analytics and alleviate overburdened enterprise data warehouses, data marts and reporting systems. Combining category-leading technologies...

Citrix and Akamai collaborate.(IT News and Products)
June 1, 2008... Citrix Systems, Inc. and Akamai Technologies, Inc. have announced an agreement that will make it easier for customers and integration partners to combine each company's web application delivery offerings into integrated solutions that enhance...

Tibco expands.(IT News and Products)
June 1, 2008... TIBCO Software Inc. has announced it is expanding its support for customers in the Middle East with the opening of a new regional office in the emirate of Dubai. Tibco first established a presence over five years ago and has continued to grow...

Free dashboard services.(IT News and Products)
June 1, 2008... PRELYTIS[TM] has released LiveDashBoard 4Team[c], a free service of interactive web dashboards based on Google Does[TM]. LiveDashBoard 4Team[c] and is now available in beta version on the basis of a sponsorship agreement on the...

Harte-Hanks and Trillium Software delivers.(IT News and Products)
June 1, 2008... Trillium Software, a business of Harte-Hanks, Inc. have delivered the latest version of its enterprise data quality software solution, the Trillium Software System version 11.5. The software now offers an expanded, fully-integrated set of data...

Digital Realty Trust announces lease agreement with Yahoo!(IT News and Products)
June 1, 2008... Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has completed a Turn-Key Datacenter(TM) lease agreement with Yahoo!, Inc. As part of the agreement, Yahoo! will establish an advanced corporate datacenter in a Digital Realty Trust Turn-Key Datacenter(TM) facility and...

SoftwareMining helps US tax office modernize.(IT News and Products)
June 1, 2008... A project which involved the translation of five million lines of COBOL code to Java has been completed in less than 14 months, thanks to technology which enables automatic computer language translation. The language modernisation of a US State...

The IT sector and Globalisation: trouble in paradise?(IT News and Products)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... IT executives are less likely to take advantage of the business strategy opportunities created by globalisation than that c-suite counterparts according to the recent findings of an in-depth study by leading business process and IT advisory...

Maximizer Software announces support of Jigsaw's open data initiative.(IT News and Products)
June 1, 2008... Maximizer Software Inc., provider of (CRM) solutions, announced its support for the Open Data Initiative unveiled by Jigsaw, provider of business information and data services. Advancing an open-source approach to company data, Jigsaw's Open...

Informatica launches new services.(IT News and Products)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... Informatica Corporation has announced three new services to help customers and partners maximize the value of their investments. Enhanced "Self-service" Support platform for online health checks Informatica has launched a self-service...

Customers seek secure banking with Web 2.0 tools.(DATABASE AND NETWORK INTELLIGENCE)
June 1, 2008... Research released by WorkLight indicates a strong desire for Web 2.0 banking tools among customers. The company, which enables secure use of consumer Internet tools for business, revealed that a staggering 1 in 4 Facebook users would consider...

SophosLabs maps malware and spam with Google Earth.(Security News and Products)
June 1, 2008... Every day SophosLabs receives millions of pieces of data from around the globe about the latest malware and spam campaigns. Their worldwide network of spamtraps and honeypots as well as other sources provide them with second-by-second...

Kaspersky virus top 20 for May.(Security News and Products)
June 1, 2008... Kaspersky Virus Top 20 for May 1. Email-Worm.Win32.NetSky.q 23.12 2. Email-Worm.Win32.NetSky.y 9.70 3. Email-Worm.Win32.Scano.gen 9.63 4. Email-Worm.Win32.Nyxem.e 6.75 5. Email-Worm.Win32.NetSky.d 6.27 6....

WatchGuard network security appliance.(Security News and Products)
June 1, 2008... WatchGuard[R] Technologies recently claimed that its WatchGuard Firebox[TM] family of unified threat management (UTM) network security appliances can protect networks from the latest Adobe Flash vulnerability as businesses need not wait for a...

Webroot launches new Web Security Service.(Security News and Products)
June 1, 2008... Webroot has announced the release of Webroot[R] Web Security Software as a Service (SaaS) and an enhanced version of Webroot E-Mail Security SaaS for advanced content filtering, data leakage prevention and compliance. Webroot Web Security...

Unified management with intuitive graphical monitoring.(Security News and Products)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... Stonesoft have introduced StoneGate Management Center 4.3 for advanced unified management claiming enhanced visibility and control over network security in both traditional and virtual network environments. Management Center offers a fully...

Attack on over half a million Web pages worldwide.(Security News and Products)
June 1, 2008... Trend Micro has identified over half a million Web pages that have been compromised by a Web attack. Affected websites are injected with a malware script (JS_SMALL.QT) resulting from a poor PHP Bulletin Board (aka, phpBB, a popular Internet...

YouGov/Trend Micro survey.(Security News and Products)(Survey)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... A new You Gov survey into British UK small business attitudes to operational business anxieties reveals that technology not working (42% of all respondents) is the number one work issue that causes anxiety, alongside with difficult clients and...

Steganos Password Manager 2009.(Security News and Products)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... Security company Steganos has recently launched Steganos Password Manager 2009. This application for privacy protection has been rebuilt from the ground up and includes new features to enhance ease of use and improve the portability of...

Boldon James announces Secure Information Exchange solution.(Security News and Products)
June 1, 2008... Boldon James recently announced the availability of its Version 3 Secure Information Exchange (SIE) architecture, comprising an integrated suite of high security Microsoft plug-in functionality for email, instant messaging, video conferencing...

nCipher partners with Jack Henry & Associates.(Security News and Products)
June 1, 2008... nCipher pie and Jack Henry & Associates Inc.[R] have announced a partnership in which Jack Henry & Associates' subsidiary, Symitar, will resell nCipher's CryptoStor product as part of its solution offering. Symitar, which supplies credit unions...

Apani EpiForce VM security solution.(Security News and Products)
June 1, 2008... Apani have announced that EpiForce VM is now shipping EpiForce VM which claims to be the industry's first software-based solution that secures corporate networks, containing both physical and virtual servers, from a single platform. EpiForce VM...

Secure Computing survey.(Security News and Products)
June 1, 2008... Secure Computing Corporation have announced the results of an IT Director survey that uncovers a rising concern of insider threats and widespread acknowledgement of being unprepared for emerging Web-based attacks. When asked whether they...

Barracuda Spam Firewall 1000.(Security News and Products)
June 1, 2008... Barracuda Networks Inc. recently launched the Barracuda Spam Firewall 1000 for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and other large organisations with up to 100,000 concurrent email users and 5,000 domains in a single appliance. Available at...

Sourcefire protects users from microsoft vulnerabilities.(Security News and Products)
June 1, 2008... Open source innovator and SNORT[R] creator, Sourcefire, Inc. Has announced that the Sourcefire[R] Vulnerability Research Team (VRT) has delivered rules to protect Sourcefire customers and Snort users from two Microsoft vulnerabilities recently...

SonicWALL sports new SSL VPN look.(Security News and Products)
June 1, 2008... SonicWALL, Inc. have announced the release of flexible new enhancements to its SSL VPN product line, making it easier for small to mid-size businesses to use and manage their secure remote access and technical support. The new 3.0 firmware...

Juniper Networks first to achieve TL 9000 certification.(Security News and Products)
June 1, 2008... Juniper Networks, Inc. have announced it is the first company to achieve the prestigious TL 9000 certification for Network Security Devices, category 6.6, by the Quality of Excellence for Suppliers of Telecommunications (QUEST) Forum. Through...