InfoWorld articles from July 2003

InfoWorld archives from July 2003

Cybersecurity eyes data-sharing improvements.(Cyber Security Information Sharing Project)(Brief Article)
July 28, 2003... Vendors are stepping up security management in an effort to help organizations better share information and respond more effectively to computer attacks. This week, ArcSight will unveil a partnership with the Computer Emergency Response...

DDR, Pentium 4: Performance power play.(Intel's 875P and 865 chip sets)
July 28, 2003... When Intel first announced its support of DDR (Double Data Rate) SDRAM for desktop PCs, it signaled the beginning of the end for the company's often tumultuous marriage to Rambus. After nearly three years spent singing the praises of the...

Meet the new JBoss.(JBoss 4.0)(Software Review)(Product/Service Evaluation)
July 28, 2003... JBoss 4.0 is remarkable in a number of ways. Not only is it an open source, platform-independent, full J2EE application server but its installation (on Windows 2000, the OS I tested it on) is ridiculously simple. JBoss includes a Web...

SpamAssassin takes aim at e-mail.
July 21, 2003... Unfortunately, InfoWorld is not immune to spam. When seeking solutions to our spam problem, we wanted a product that would easily integrate into our existing environment while offering the flexibility to modify filtering rules and score...

Throwing the book at spam.
July 21, 2003... There ought to be a law. E-mail users, besieged by a vast array of fraudulent and/or obscene junk messages, often wonder why our lawmakers can't put a stop to it. It's not that there are no laws against spam. Some states have had...

Blacklists: The new neighborhood watch.
July 21, 2003... The dnsbl (DNS-based blacklist) concept is simple. By default, mail servers are configured to accept all incoming connections; DNSBL- enabled mail servers can put each connection on hold and consult one or more blacklists. If the sender's IP...

The best way to can spam.
July 21, 2003... Spontaneous end-to-end communication used to be the Internet's magic ingredient. But scarcity of IPv4 address space and legions of vandals resulted in NATs and firewalls. Now, unfiltered end-to-end communication happens, for the most part, by...

Riding the SATA wave.
July 21, 2003... InfoWorld's recent review of SATA (Serial ATA) controllers concluded that those cards are ready for enterprise deployment, although there are differences among different vendors and models (infoworld.com/125). Can we say the same for SATA...

Looking ahead to serial SCSI.
July 21, 2003... Over the years, disk drives have gone through numerous changes in their size, reliability, recording technology, and connectivity interface. SATA (Serial ATA) adds yet another interface to the existing list of parallel ATA, SCSI, and FC...

Content security made simple.
July 14, 2003... Some IT directors and CTOs make a common mistake in assuming that a well- maintained protocol-filtering firewall is enough protection for a Web server. But firewalls are merely a first line of defense against attackers. Although useful...

McAfee chases IPS prize.
July 14, 2003... Network Associates is setting the table to make a run at fellow large-scale security vendors by marrying intrusion detection systems to intrusion prevention systems. On Monday, Network Associates will unveil McAfee IntruShield 1200....

IBM, Microsoft advance Web spec.
July 14, 2003... Building on previous efforts to create a framework for secure and interoperable Web services, IBM, Microsoft, and several other companies last week detailed a specification to simplify identity management. The proposed WS-Federation...

ID management sparks Catalyst.(Burton Group Catalyst Conference )
July 7, 2003... Identity management and the growing importance of directories in that paradigm will underpin new vendor products being unveiled at this week's Burton Group Catalyst Conference in San Francisco. As Microsoft kicks its ID management efforts...

REALITY CHECK: Is BAM a scam or a score? More than just another acronym, business activity monitoring will make its presence felt.(business activity monitoring)
July 7, 2003... You have to give credit to Gartner. It continually coins phrases that capture the attention and often the imagination of big thinkers in the business world. Memorable examples from the past range from ZLE (zero-latency enterprise), which...

Entry-level SAN arrays square off.(Dell/EMC CX200 and VisualSAN and HP SA1000)(Hardware Review)(Product/Service Evaluation)
July 7, 2003... The days of adding a local disk to every server are waning. With the rise of the storage SAN, it's no longer necessary to make an educated guess on future storage needs when you spec server hardware. In a SAN environment, servers deliver data...

Pipelining the Web - An architecture of Web services pipes and filters puts streamlined, flexible application and process integration within your grasp.
July 7, 2003... When I was first learning to program, I used Software Tools by Kernighan and Plauger. The book describes a programming style that relies on creating simple, modular programs strung together using "pipes," connections between one program's...

Active intermediaries can halt the finger-pointing - Active intermediaries, XML data flows fundamentally alter the IT political landscape.
July 7, 2003... Most people agree that two unifying principles make Unix great: Everything looks like a file, including programs and devices, and everything can be pipelined by connecting the output of one thing to the input of another. These principles...