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Implementing a PST Management Strategy With the Barracuda Message Archiver

PST files have become very common in today's email environment. Typically, when users send and receive email, they are stored on the email server and can be accessed at any time. Growth in usage of email means storage requirements on email servers is growing exponentially. To prevent costs associated with...

Tags: Strategy, Barracuda Networks, Server, E-mail, Online Communications

White papers 2009-07-01

Is Trend Micro-Barracuda case a hair on fire moment?

Matt Asay thinks so. He's certain of it in fact. (Picture from Learn-Shiatsu of the UK.) Matt says Trend Micro is making claims for its patent (number 5,623,600 if you're scoring at home) that make open source anti-virals illegal. He may...

Tags: Patent, Open Source, Trend Micro Inc., Barracuda Networks, Matt Asay, Register, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-01-29

Barracuda Networks Quashes Alarm Over Spyware at EMS

EMS provides state-of-the-art, wireless fire and security alarms. Re-occurring spyware infections across many user machines posed not only a potential data security threat, but was also slowing internal and external communications and jeopardising potential sales. The decision was made to implement a hardware-based solution. Although a number of products were...

Tags: Barracuda Networks, EMS, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms

Case studies 2007-10-29

The Barracuda Spam Firewall for Email Redundancy

This whitepaper describes how to use a Barracuda Spam Firewall to obtain a level of redundancy and high reliability for your email system without the complexity of setting up redundant email servers.

Tags: Firewall, Barracuda Networks, E-mail, Online Communications

White papers 2004-12-07

Using MX Records and Spam Firewalls

This whitepaper defines MX records and gives effective information about effectively using MX records in conjunction with an anti-spam solution.

Tags: Firewall, Anti-spam, Barracuda Networks, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing

White papers 2004-12-07

School District Controls Web Content and Stops Spyware With Barracuda Networks

Kingsville Independent School District, located in the southern Texas city of Kingsville, was established in 1909. The IT Department was not only dealing with the increasing need for aggressive Web content filtering to block access to inappropriate Web sites, but it was spending a large amount of time and money...

Tags: Web, School District, Barracuda Networks, Content Filtering, Content Management, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Channel Management, Viruses And Worms, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing

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Satisfied Barracuda Spam Firewall Customer Returns for Spyware Protection

North Central Kansas Technical College's first campus was established in Beloit, Kansas in 1964 and its second campus was founded in Hays in 1975. After successfully turning the tide against spam with the Barracuda Spam Firewall 300, the IT department at NCKTC turned its attention to fighting a new threat...

Tags: Firewall, Barracuda Networks, Spyware Protection, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security

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Synovis Life Technologies Eliminates Spam With Barracuda Networks

Synovis Life Technologies, Inc., is a diversified medical device company that develops, manufactures and markets specialty medical products for use in thoracic, cardiac, neuro, vascular and ophthalmolic surgery. With more than 400 employees depending on email for vital business communication the amount of spam bombarding the company inboxes was crippling....

Tags: Barracuda Networks, Medical Device, Synovis Life Technologies Inc., Healthcare

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IT jobs outlook for 2009: The good and the bad

A depressing string of layoff announcements across the corporate world has gotten 2009 off to an inauspicious start. So what do the trends mean for IT employment in 2009? Here’s a sober look at both the good signs and the bad. â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"- ...

Tags: Job, Layoff, Information Technology, Salary, Strategy, Recruitment & Selection, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Jason Hiner

Blog posts 2009-01-27

News to know: Macworld; Windows 7; Snow Leopard; Web 2.0 security; IT strategy

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ed Bott: Five things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7 Mary Jo Foley: Macs vs. PCs: Is it still a 'tax' if users happily pay...

Tags: Strategy, Security, Web, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows 7, Information Technology, Twitter, Web 2.0, Software As A Service (SaaS), Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Managed Hosting, Open Source, Internet, Emerging Technologies, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-06

What does the spam ISP shutdown really mean?

What does the spam ISP shutdown really mean?Spam VolumeWe use a Barracuda spam filter for our clients "As A service" and since that ISP went down.. our average amount of spam went down from around 120,000 messages a day to our client base to 80,000. It was a significant...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Cyberthreats, spam ISP, Internet Service Provider, spam, recipe, e-mail

Discussion threads 2008-11-19

News to know: Yahoo; Microsoft; Windows worm hole; Demo 08

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Vista and Windows Server 2008--an unbreakable couple? Microsoft seeks new Windows Media Center testers Microsoft makes Visual Studio 2008 more broadly available Larry Dignan: Yahoo lowers its outlook for 2008; Sees 'headwinds'; Restructuring in Feb. Techmeme eBay outlines...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Yahoo! Inc., VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Mesh Networking, Software, Networking

Blog posts 2008-01-30

Happy New Year - and a few tech resolutions

Happy New Year - and a few tech resolutionsResolutions?I thought resolutions were supposed to be challenging...At least they shouldn't all be fun ones. lolBe careful Adrian. The RIAA is now suing people who rip their legally purchased CDs.Why MP3? AAC is open, standard, smaller files, & sounds betterWhy...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Consumer electronics, DVD, RIAA, USB 1, MP3, AAC, CD

Discussion threads 2008-01-01

Is open source more secure?

Today we have another study claiming that open source is more secure. (Picture from the state of Kentucky.) This time it's an IDC survey taken in Asia, whose "results indicate that organizations perceived open source technology as providing better security compared to proprietary products," according to analyst...

Tags: Secure, Perception, Open Source, Security, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-10-02

Leaked - Skulltrail 8-core Penryn benchmarks at IDF

All sorts of things have been mysteriously falling in to my lap lately and IDF has been no different.  Someone who does not work for ZDNet or CNET Networks handed me a sheet of paper with some very interesting benchmarks for the newest "Skulltrail" enthusiast game/workstation.  Since I signed no...

Tags: Processor, NVidia Corp., Motherboard, CPU, Skulltrail, TMPGEnc, Processors, BIOS, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, George Ou

Blog posts 2007-09-20

Systems Integrator Has to Deliver Fast, Reliable Networks

Since its founding in 1987, Option+ supports the information technology needs of businesses and public-sector organizations. Many Option+ clients rely on RAID configurations to help protect their data and applications. The company always aims to supply them with the most reliable, fast and economical hard disk drives for these RAID...

Tags: Network, Seagate Technology LLC, Option+, RAID, Serial ATA, Storage, Hardware

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