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Is Your WLAN Putting Your PCI Compliance at Risk?: The Payment Card Industry PCI Data Security Standard was created in 2004 by major credit card companies - American Express, Discover Financial, JCB, MasterCard Worldwide, and Visa International - to provide security and privacy of customers' credit card data and personal information. The PCI standard sets specific guidelines for the...; Tags: Credit Card, WLAN, Colubris Networks Inc., PCI Compliance, Sales Channel, Financial Services, PCI, Retail, Sales, Storage, Hardware; White papers 2007-04-12
Colubris TriPlane Architecture: Unprecedented WLAN Scalability: IT Managers want to extend WLAN support to include more users, more locations, more applications and more types of wireless devices. These growing demands, however, are too much for today's "Switch-centric" WLANs. The monolithic design of these systems doesn't scale - up or down - cost-effectively, and their outdated architecture...; Tags: WLAN, Colubris Networks Inc., Wireless LANs, LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking; White papers 2005-08-12
Colubris Networks Case Study: Beacon Wi-Fi: Founded in 2002, Beacon Wi-Fi has quickly become the largest provider of marina-based Wi-Fi systems and services currently operating in the U.S. When selecting a WLAN system partner, Beacon Wi-Fi required a solution that would meet their commitment to quality, performance, and ease of use across a growing number of...; Tags: Colubris Networks Inc., Wireless LANs, Business Structures, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Finance; Case studies
Colubris Networks Case Study: Connexion by Boeing: Connexion by Boeing is globally recognized as the industry's first and foremost provider of secure, high-speed in-flight Internet access for commercial and executive aircraft operators. In creating the Connexion by Boeing service, the company quickly recognized that a Wi-Fi solution providing a natural fit to airline customer requirements. They selected...; Tags: Boeing Co., Colubris Networks Inc., Connexion, Wireless LANs, Aerospace & Defense, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking, Manufacturing; Case studies
Colubris Networks Case Study: Best Western Europa: Best Western Europa, located in the heart of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, is ideally positioned to serve both corporate and leisure travelers. Because they operate one of the older properties in Montreal, wireless networking was targeted early on as the technology that would best enable property-wide guest access. They rapidly realized...; Tags: Colubris Networks Inc., Wi-Fi, Wireless LANs, Wireless, LANs, Enterprise Software, Networking, Software; Case studies

Colubris Networks Case Study: Northumbria University: Northumbria was one of the first UK universities to adopt Blackboard - one of the leading educational enterprise software suites. If Northumbria University was to make the best use of the IT-based learning resources, students would need to have internet access in their accommodation. The university IT department identified some...; Tags: Internet Access, University, Colubris Networks Inc., Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Human Resources, Gender And Diversity; Case studies
University Takes to the Air: Montreal's McGill university originally planned to install network-connectivity jacks in the walls, so that students could plug in their laptops while in public areas. Students, however, did not want to wait in line for computer jacks, and they were not wild about always being tied to a wall. So, McGill...; Tags: Solution, McGill University, University, WLAN, Colubris Networks Inc., Montreal, LANs, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Construction, Networking; Case studies
Colubris Networks Case Study: Trapp Family Lodge: The Trapp family first started welcoming guests to their 27-room lodge in the summer of 1950. Thirty-three years later the family opened its doors to a new 93-room resort with the same Vermont country charm of the original lodge. As part of their commitment to providing all the services guests...; Tags: Colubris Networks Inc., Wireless LANs, LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking; Case studies
Colubris Networks Case Study: Madejski Stadium: Madejski Stadium, home to the Championship Reading Football Club and London Irish Rugby Club, sits on the outskirts of Reading, Berkshire in England. In keeping with its reputation as a premiere championship stadium, The Madejski elected to provide public Internet access for its fans, visitors, and business/corporate clientele. Madejski Stadium...; Tags: Colubris Networks Inc., Stadium; Case studies

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GMail adds "https:"-only connections but still not by default: Google has added a new "Browser Connection" feature to GMail to allow users to force e-mail sessions to always use the more secure "https:" protocol but, strangely, this is not turned on by default. In the Settings tab, at the very bottom, GMail users can now select...; Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, HTTP, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Internet, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Click fraud in 2nd quarter of 2008 more sophisticated, botnets to blame: Whereas the overall click fraud rate isn't increasing, it's not decreasing either, remaining flat for the first two quarters of 2008, according to data gathered from the Click Fraud Network, consisting of more than 4,000 online advertisers and agencies. Click Forensics report for the second quarter of 2008, indicates that...; Tags: Click Fraud, RK West, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-07-25
10 essential gadgets for students: I chose these from personal experience, but also from asking many friends from around the world who are involved in technology and study at the same time. Some gadgets come with a recommendation, whereas others don't; things like laptops and cell phones can't be selected for everybody, it'd be ridiculous...; Tags: Headphone, Phone, Cell Phone, Laptop Computer, Lecture, Notebooks, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Mossberg: MobileMe Is Far Too Flawed To Be Reliable: Mossberg: MobileMe Is Far Too Flawed To Be ReliableWow, you know it is bad when...You know it is bad when one of your most fervent fanboys tells you to stay away from an Apple service![i]The planned iDisk File Sharing featured was delayed[/i]More vaporware from Apple. Sounds like once again, they've...; Tags: Desktops, Groupware, MobileMe, Mossberg; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Childs rigged crazyquilt private network: Childs rigged crazyquilt private networkBut who is monitoring the monitor?Gartner's statement not worth quoting. They are the most worthless thing to hit IT.Was Childs the only IT person on staff that knew anything about computers? That's what it sounds like. But this isn't that hard to believe. Most IT...; Tags: NETWORKING, Most IT department, private network, network, information technology; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Qualcomm, Nokia deal ends long legal battle: Qualcomm and Nokia late on Wednesday settled a 3-year, three-continent legal battle over patent licenses and royalties for the next 15 years. NEW YORK--Qualcomm and Nokia late on Wednesday settled a 3-year, three-continent legal battle over patent licenses and royalties for the next 15 years. ...; Tags: Patent, Nokia Corp., Qualcomm Inc., Reuters, Nokia, Qhalcom, patents, legal, cellphones; News items 2008-07-24
Ballmer does Windows; Johnson joins Juniper: Update: Microsoft had its annual management shakeup--these things tend to happen at the end of the fiscal year--and Kevin Johnson is leaving as head of the company's platform and services division. As a result, Johnson's unit is split into two--Windows and online services--and CEO Steve Ballmer becomes the primary advocate...; Tags: Juniper Networks Inc., Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-24
News to know: DNS flaw; Amazon; Microsoft shakeup; Facebook: Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Researchers borrow from Google PageRank for network defense service Attack code published for DNS flaw Nate McFeters: |)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploit 'Spam King' escapes from federal prison iPhone vulnerable to phishing,...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Facebook, DNS, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Flaw, Game Players, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-24
iPhone vulnerable to phishing, spamming flaws: Security researcher Aviv Raff left has discovered a pair of basic design flaws that could turn your iPhone into easy bait for malicious phishing and spamming attacks. According to an advisory from Raff, the iPhone's Mail and Safari applications are susceptible to a URL Spoofing vulnerability which...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Safari, Vulnerability, Spamming, Flaw, Aviv Raff, Phishing, Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Researchers borrow from Google PageRank for network defense service: Using a link analysis algorithm similar to Google PageRank, researchers at the SANS Institute and SRI International have created a new Internet network defense service that completely revamps the way network blacklists are formulated and distributed. The service, called Highly Predictive Blacklisting (.pdf), will be unveiled next...; Tags: Google PageRank, Attacker, Network, DShield, Highly Predictive Blacklist, Internet, Networking, Security, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Inside the mind - and config - of Terry Childs: Inside the mind - and config - of Terry ChildsGuilty of Incompetency in Office Politics, Being a JerkThe word is that Childs was the sole keeper of the passwords for months if not years, and management was aware of the situation during this period.The new director of security took a...; Tags: Workforce management, IT Field, Terry Childs; Discussion threads 2008-07-23