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B-Source Provides Banking Clients With Secure Remote Access to Outsourcing Services With F5 FirePass SSL VPN

The demand for secure, remote access to applications and resources has grown continuously in recent years. Many of B-Source's clients have remote workers that need secure network access to applications, and these needs are increasingly applicable in the end-user environment as well. B-Source recognized the need to find a solution...

Tags: SSL VPN, F5 Networks Inc., Banking, Outsourcing, B-Source, FirePass, Ssl/Tls, VPNs, Network Security, Remote Access, Security, Telecommunications, Networking

Case studies 2008-04-08

Tackling Generali Insurance's Email Challenges With Symantec

One million emails every month, saved in personal folders by 2,500 users. This combination of factors was placing excessive strain on the mail server at Generali Switzerland Holding, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. Trieste. B-Source is responsible for the insurance company's decentralized infrastructure and with support from its...

Tags: Symantec Corp., E-mail Archiving, B-Source, E-mail, Security, Online Communications

Case studies 2007-11-08

Additional Resources

Purported aluiminum MacBook leak video

Unlike previous blurry pictures of the new MacBooks, there's a new video of Tuesday's upcoming MacBook revision. It's very clear in spots and, if real, provides new angles at the unannounced machine. The video ("New Aluminum MacBook Ver. 1") clocks in at about 2 minutes and takes...

Tags: Apple MacBook, Video, Machine, Power Button, Corporate Communications, Notebooks, Marketing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-10-11

Is Google working on the synchronization problem?

ReadWriteWeb has a post up about the fact that Zoho has added offline access to Zoho Mail using Gears. Zoho continues to do a really good job of innovating when it comes to Ajax-based RIAs. They were very early to the game in creating offline support for Zoho Docs before...

Tags: Google Inc., Rich Internet Application, Microsoft Corp., ReadWriteWeb, Zoho Mail, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-10-10

Open source is about belief in code

The code will make you free. It's free code. Build something with it. Add to it and (if it's GPL code) bring those enhancements back so can build the stack higher. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-10-10

Netbook returns blamed on Linux 'teething problems'

Higher return rates for Linux-based netbooks don't necessarily reflect badly on the open-source operating system, according to Ubuntu backer Canonical. The return rate on Linux-powered netbooks may be higher than that for Windows netbooks, but this isn't necessarily a bad thing for Linux, according to Canonical. ...

Tags: Ubuntu, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Software, Matthew Broersma ZDNet.co.uk, netbook, Windows XP, MSI Wind, Asus Eeee

News items 2008-10-10

News to know: Apple's $800 laptop; MS and Mac Patch Days; Vista Home for business

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Mac OS X Patch Day: 40 security flaws fixed MS Patch Tuesday heads-up: 11 bulletins, 4 critical Ed Bott: Look who's buying...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, H-1B, Notebooks, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, David Grober

Blog posts 2008-10-10

Pheedstorm (zip)

An open-source Delphi program that monitors web sites and RSS or Atom feeds for keywords and pops up alerts when match is found. It also learns over time about the kind of content that interests you and will alert you when it sees an article you may find interesting. This...

Tags: Web Site, Wuul, Web Site Development, Web Technology, RSS, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Internet, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2008-10-10

Nobel Laureate is the father of Kevin Mitnick investigator

We tend to say that information security is a small world. Conferences quickly become real-life demonstrations of the principle of six-degrees-of-separation. After a few years working in this industry, you either meet all or are within one hop of all the major players in the space; there just...

Tags: Information Security, Kevin Mitnick, Nobel Laureate, Osamu Shimomura, Productivity, Security, Adam O\'Donnell

Blog posts 2008-10-09

MS Patch Tuesday heads-up: 11 bulletins, 4 critical

It will be a very busy Patch Tuesday for administrators managing Microsoft Windows computer systems. According to Microsoft's advance notice mechanism, 11 security bulletins will drop next Tuesday (October 14, 2008), covering a wide range of serious vulnerabilities. Four of the 11 bulletins are...

Tags: Vulnerability, Exploit Code, Microsoft Corp., Bulletin, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-10-09

Where open source will be sucked into the downdraft

Where open source will be sucked into the downdraftPure play open source is not going away ...... bad business models are.I've run a pure play open source company for seven years and expect to be around for many more. We have a unique business model called "spend less than you...

Tags: Pure-play open source, open source, downdraft, economic downturn

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

Bureaucracy and open source: Do they mix?

Another high-profile departure from Sun, this time MySQL's David Axmark is taking wing -- citing a dislike for working in a large organization: I have thought about my role at Sun and decided that I am better off in smaller organisations. I HATE all the rules that I need...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Open Source, Joe Brockmeier

Blog posts 2008-10-09

Where open source will be sucked into the downdraft

Google will survive, albeit in a much smaller form. IBM will survive, and be ready to thrive when this is over. Everything else will consolidate. Bye-bye Sun. Red Hat, find a buyer. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-10-09

The five products Apple must make

What ought to be Apple's next leap of faith? Here are a few ideas for where Apple should go next. What are your ideas? Apple made its latest big move into new territories last year with the launch of the now ubiquitous iPhone, expanding beyond the desktop and...

Tags: Touch Screen, Apple iPhone, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Keyboards, Games, Monitors & Displays, Desktops, Hardware, Peripherals, Personal Technology, Components, Apple, iPhone, video games, tablet, Jo Best, Silicon.com

News items 2008-10-09

Apple's $800 notebook - Winners and losers

Apple's $800 notebook - Winners and losersYou left out Apple as a choiceI think this will appeal more to the people who where allready going to purchase an Apple laptop then a less expensive Dell or HP.It may hurt Apple a bit in that the margins I would imagine, will...

Tags: Notebooks, Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, Apple Inc., notebook, OEM, Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

Making money on open source

Making money on open sourceLower expenses, increased profitsThe Comment confirms that open source may be used to reduce expenses while obtaining profits from other products.Quoting:IBM has used Linux to unify its product lines, it has used open source to deliver services, and it has continued to get top dollar for...

Tags: open source

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

(Gallery: Touchy, feely BlackBerry Storm)

(Gallery: Touchy, feely BlackBerry Storm)After reading the specs...Why only 1GB of onboard memory? Why only 128MB Flash ROM? This is inadequate for today's user and I bet this thing will cost twice as much as the iPhone and I still have to buy additional memory (MicroSD which pales in performance...

Tags: Handhelds, Flash memory, Apple iPhone, BlackBerry Storm, RIM BlackBerry, Gallery

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

Making money on open source

IBM has used Linux to unify its product lines, it has used open source to deliver services, and it has continued to get top dollar for the time of its people despite their using open source tools. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-10-09

WiMax - the technology, devices and momentum - finally arrives.

WiMax - the technology, devices and momentum - finally arrives.Great NewsI've been reading a of articles about wimax and the buzz is all the same...excitement. This is evidence enough for me that it's time to buy a new laptop :)No information?Coverage where? Fixed or Mobile? Reception distance?ANSWERS:Coverage...

Tags: Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, WiMAX

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

IBM: Beats earnings target but...

IBM said that it will beat Wall Street's earnings estimates for the third quarter, but there were enough nuggets disclosed to raise a few eyebrows. First, the headlines. IBM statement said it would report earnings of $2.05 a share, a good 3 cents better than estimates. Revenue,...

Tags: Revenue, Earnings, IBM Corp., Thomas Weisel, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-09