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US proposes DNS fix: digital signatures

US proposes DNS fix: digital signaturesGold mineExpect that if VeriSign has the key authority, they'll require VeriSign certificates. In effect, this will amount to VeriSign being paid for every domain, and considering the number of domains at stake and VeriSign's rates, that's a [b]very[/b] large sum of money that...

Tags: Domain names, NETWORKING, SECURITY, DNS, VeriSign Inc., e-mail, DNS machine, centralized authority, DNSSEC, digital signature

Discussion threads 2008-10-10

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Desktop Authority Image Center Version 3.0

Desktop Authority® Image Center reduces the cost and time required to provision and re-deploy desktops and servers by offering simple, centralized control over the capture, customization and deployment of disk images. Capture, customize and deploy images enterprise-wide from one location Deploy images in unicast or multicast...

Tags: Image, Computer, ScriptLogic Corp., Productivity, Desktops, Hardware

Download resources 2009-05-26

Chinese drywall: more than you paid for?

I blogged earlier about problems blamed on impurities in Chinese-made plaster board. Tests by the Environmental Protection Agency test results released today confirm those suspicions. Sulphur compounds are there. Also strontium and other unwanted impurities. The ironies here are immense. In political theory...

Tags: Sulphur Compound, Corporate Governance, Regulations, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Government, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-05-19

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Icloud?So does this mean that I will be able to run my Access 97 databases from the 'cloud', what about all the 100mb photos I have in PSD format, or how about the music files I'm working on on my mac using Logic Express? Where is all the versions of...

Tags: Thin clients, thin client

Discussion threads 2009-02-17

From Chapter Three: The Windows Culture

From Chapter Three: The Windows CultureInteresting that there is a Windows Cultureyet no Unix/Linux/Apple culture to speak of.Pretty much says that Windows allowed that opportunity for that desktop to reside in your house and business.Otherwise we would be faxing these post between ourselves, or gathered around some terminal in a...

Tags: Operating systems, Pretty Much, Unix, Wintel, Windows Culture, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-01-16

Educational Authorities Find Scalable, Flexible E-Learning Solution With EduWave Live

Software company ITG has developed EduWave Live, a K-12 e-learning solution that uses collaborative Microsoft products and is particularly appropriate for national educational reform initiatives. Few e-learning solutions are designed for nationwide K-12 deployment in countries with a central educational authority such as a Ministry of Education. An exception, EduWave...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., E-learning, Training And Certification, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2008-12-01

Alfresco Software Case Study: City of Lausanne

The City of Lausanne council is a Swiss local government authority. The city council comprises of forty-one departments, some of which had existing EDM and Records Management RM. However, many of these systems were proprietary and difficult to extend. The city council sought also to replace the use of a...

Tags: City Council, Alfresco Software, Records Management

Case studies 2008-11-01

The Value of Desktop Authority on the Well-Managed Network

Organizations of all sizes need a comprehensive solution to cope with the many challenges present in managing Windows desktops. Desktop configuration, software deployment, remote management, power management, patch application and asset management are all essential building blocks to maintaining a secure and consistent desktop. Many organizations have chosen vendors such...

Tags: Software, Network, Desktop Management, ScriptLogic Corp., Desktops, Hardware

White papers 2008-09-25

Spamming vendor launches managed spamming service

Spamming vendor launches managed spamming serviceGo into a little more detail on MX and Ptr...records being defined. There will have to be a domain registered pointing to a start of authority. DNS servers query for the SOA. Then proceed to the SOA to get the DNS records you are referring...

Tags: Spam, spamming, Spamming vendor launch, vendor launch, spamming service, e-mail server, e-mail

Discussion threads 2008-09-14

Curing what ails Microsoft

Curing what ails MicrosoftYou are the firstNTDid anyone ever tell you that you look a littlelike Tucker Carlson on MSNBC fromerly CNN?Pagan jimWhat you describe......is inherent in any large organization look at the US Government, but your suggestions are good ones, nonetheless. Any plans to fight unnecessary code duplication...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Quality, Microsoft Corp., Amiga, Commodore, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-08-15

Design of a Low Cost Radio Based Ad Hoc Communication System for Rural Areas

Mobile ad hoc network is a collection of wireless mobile hosts which are interconnected by a communication media like radio. The communication network is formed without the aid of any centralized authority or preexisting infrastructure. By its characteristic this type of network is self-starting and self-organizing. It has been observed...

Tags: Advertisement, Mobile, Network, Wireless Sensor Network, Radio, Wireless, Communication Network, Advertising & Promotion, Networking, Marketing

White papers 2008-07-18

Continental's TSA Airport Security is decidedly Un-CLEAR

As some of you may know, my job as a systems architect for one of the world's largest systems integration firms requires that I do a large amount of travel. Typically, I'm away from home about four days out of the week. Naturally, this results in going through a lot...

Tags: Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-06-12

Salesforce.com's bold development platform vision [includes executive podcast]

Note: Click the player to listen to my podcast interview with Steve Cakebread, President and Chief Strategy Officer of Salesforce.com. Steve comments on his company's strategy, discusses on-premises software, and presents Salesforce.com's vision for mobile devices. Salesforce.com's Tour de Force roadshow is traveling around the world...

Tags: Software, Salesforce.com Inc., Developer, Podcast, Outsource, Vision, Force.com, On-premises, Sales Force Management, Sales, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-04-23

A thought about Utility Computing

A thought about Utility ComputingThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Data Center.Nicholas Carr is Earth's answer to Oolon Colluphid. Everywhere he looks, IT is dying. I expect him to release his new book, "Well, That About Wraps It Up For IT" any day now.Of course, centralized processing is not the entire...

Tags: Hitchhiker, IT IS, utility computing, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-02-06

An EFSM-Based Intrusion Detection System for Ad Hoc Networks

Mobile ad hoc networks offer very interesting perspectives in wireless communications due to their easy deployment and their growing performances. However, due to their inherent characteristics of open medium, very dynamic topology, lack of infrastructure and lack of centralized management authority, MANET present serious vulnerabilities to security attacks. This paper...

Tags: Advertisement, Intrusion Detection System, Routing Protocol, Attack, Intrusion Detection, Network Security, Security, Networking

White papers 2008-01-01

Centralizing Identity and Access Management in Unix/Linux Environments: Using BoKS to Overcome the Inherent Security Gaps of NIS

User administration in a large Unix/Linux domain is a complex task since each host potentially serves as an autonomous authority. It authenticates and authorizes its users based on local settings. Furthermore, services such as SSH represent trust domains of their own. Tools like 'Sudo' introduce yet another layer of user...

Tags: Security, Environment, Administration, Auditing, Access Management, Domain, Identity, Norton Internet Security, Fox Technologies, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software

White papers 2007-08-20

County Council Improves Internet Security With Integrated, Easy-to-Manage Solution

Warwickshire County Council provides a range of services for the citizens of Warwickshire, a county in central England. The ICT Development Service of the Warwickshire Local Authority provides IT solutions to the 250 schools in the county. In 2006, the national government asked all local authorities to improve Internet monitoring...

Tags: Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Internet Security, Information And Communication Technology, County Council, Warwickshire County Council, Internet, Strategy, Network Security, Security, Management, Networking

Case studies 2007-08-08

The middle road between Service-Oriented Anarchy and Soviet-Oriented Architecture

I got some interesting feedback on my recent post on bottom-up (or should that be "bottoms-up") SOA, and wanted to surface some of the discussion.The gist of my original post was based on Nick Malik's observation that bottom-up SOA approaches are “actively harmful to the enterprise as a whole and...

Tags: General, Business ROI

Blog posts 2007-07-16

Saugatuck: SOA adoption 'continues to crawl'

A year after Saugatuck wrote about SOA's relatively slow growth despite its exceptional potential for user and vendor business flexibility and growth (see SOA: IT Means to a Business End , RA-247, 06Jun06), SOA adoption continues to crawl. Saugatuck research indicates that relatively few user enterprises worldwide have deployed SOA...

Tags: Links

Blog posts 2007-05-30

Schmidt says YouTube 'very close' to filtering system

Schmidt says YouTube 'very close' to filtering systemNearer than, say,an MS operating system is to secure?Just askin':o)YouTube Just Plain STINKS NowUsed to be you could watch funny comedy clips, short bits from shows, etc...then YouTube got gobbled up by Google and is just a bunch of wannabe idiots posting their...

Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), NOW HERE, MS Operating system, YouTube Inc., Google Inc., P2P

Discussion threads 2007-04-16