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- On the Effectiveness of Automatic Patching
- This paper studies the effectiveness of automatic patching and quantifies the speed of patch dissemination required for worm containment. The paper focuses on random scanning as this is representative of current generation worms, though smarter strategies exist. The paper finds that even such "Dumb" worms require very fast patching. The...
- Tags: Dissemination, Association For Computing Machinery, Subnet
- White papers 2005-11-11
- Information Dissemination in Power-Constrained Wireless Networks
- Dissemination of common information through broadcasting is an integral part of wireless network operations such as query of interested events, resource discovery and code update. This paper characterizes the behavior of information dissemination in power-constrained wireless networks by defining two quantities, i.e., broadcast capacity and information diffusion rate and derived...
- Tags: University Of Houston, Dissemination, Network, Wireless Network, Wi-Fi, Wireless
- White papers 2005-07-21
- Handling Client Mobility and Intermittent Connectivity in Mobile Web Accesses
- Wireless devices are being increasingly used to access data on the web. Since intermittent connectivity and client mobility are inherent in such environments, this paper examines the impact of these factors on coherent dissemination of dynamic web data to wireless devices. The paper introduces the notion of eventual-delta consistency, and...
- Tags: Web, Dissemination, Mobile, University Of Massachusetts, Mobility, Evaluation, Client Mobility, Channel Management, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Marketing
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- Autonomy CEO: Web 2.0 'under all the hype, there is something there...'
- An intriguing article by 'meaning based computing' company Autonomy's CEO Mike Lynch in today's Financial Times: Embracing the friend, taming the beast – Web 2.0 in the enterprise. Autonomy are mature and stable (with a 4 billion market capitalisation), rapidly becoming the second largest pure software company...
- Tags: Web, Autonomy Corp. Plc, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- Overly restrictive A.P. quoting guidelines risk winning battles at the war's expense
- Overly restrictive A.P. quoting guidelines risk winning battles at the war's expenseThe AP Deserves Some ProtectionWhen you consider how much $$ the AP spends to collect the text and photos it distributes, it's hard to argue with the fact that they want bloggers who don't pay for it to be...
- Tags: Blogging, restrictive A.P., A.P.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-16
- Spike in enterprise 'events' spurs debut of Event Processing Technical Society
- The recent growth -- and expected spike -- in business event data in enterprises has led a group of IT industry leaders to form the Event Processing Technical Society EPTS, designed to encourage adoption and effective use of event processing methods and technology in applications. Among the...
- Tags: Event, Podcasts, Utility Computing, Internet, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-06-03
- Judge: Possible 'manifest error of law' in Thomas case
- In a huge break in the Capitol v. Thomas case – in which Jammie Thomas right was hit with a $220,000-plus verdict for copyright infringement – the judge in the case said he may have made a "manifest error of law" in his instructions to the jury. ...
- Tags: Distribution, RIAA, Judge, Mr., Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Questioning IT
- Questioning ITThick vs Thin.The essence of what you're saying here is that thin client is better than thick client. You don't exactly use those terms and you throw in a bit of anti-Microsoft rhetoric, but focusing on the underlying principals as you correctly recommend, this is a thick vs thin...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Thin clients, Servers, Sun Microsystems Inc., software, thin client, security
- Discussion threads 2008-05-02
- The end of RIAA litigation
- I spent this morning on the phone with Ray Beckerman of the Recording Industry v The People blog, who laid out why the decision is pretty much the touch of death for the RIAA's litigation strategy. Here's the scenario: The entire litigation model is based on the...
- Tags: Damage, RIAA, Reproduction, Litigation, Business Operations, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- Will Internet-borne threats influence the 2008 presidential race?
- Political candidates are increasingly turning to the Internet to communicate their positions and gain voter support. But the same attack vectors that already pose a risk to consumers and enterprises can be used to influence elections in a number of ways. This sample chapter from Crimeware: Understanding New Attacks and...
- Tags: Addison-Wesley, Phishing, Internet, Domain Names, Cyberthreats, E-mail, Security, Viruses And Worms, Spam And Phishing, Online Communications
- Book chapters 2008-04-29
- Sears and the dishwasher that didn't
- Sears and the dishwasher that didn'tI figured it out right away....I saw "Sears" and "Dishwasher" and pretty much figured out that it had nothing to do with virtualization. I also figured out that it's Dan's blog and that he can write about whatever the hell he wants to write...
- Tags: Financial services, Sears Roebuck & Co.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-10
- Sagem Communications Optimizes Its Sales Representatives Training Throughout the World
- Sagem Communications SAFRAN Group is a major player in the communications industry, having achieved a worldwide presence thanks to its strong capacity for innovation. Sagem Communications SAFRAN Group wanted to facilitate the dissemination of the company's knowledge and culture among travelling sales representatives and provide follow-up refresher courses after traditional...
- Tags: Training, Sales, Workforce Management, Human Resources
- Case studies 2008-04-01
- Biscom Delivery Server and HIPAA Compliance
- The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HIPAA, also known as the Kennedy-Kassebaum Act, was enacted by the US Congress in 1996 to enable better access to health insurance, reduce fraud and abuse, and lower the overall cost of health care in the United States. Title II of HIPAA, the...
- Tags: Health Care, Server, HIPAA Compliance, Biscom, Hipaa, Regulatory Compliance, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Regulations, Healthcare, Government, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2008-03-28
- illumin8-ing improvements for knowledge workers?
- The printing press was a pretty pivotal invention, challenging artificial limitations on the dissemination of ideas maintained by scriptoria and opening flood gates to the vibrant philosophical, social and technological innovations of the Renaissance, Reformation, and beyond. From those early innovations, we entered a long period in...
- Tags: Journal, Elsevier, Illumin8, Productivity, Product Development, Research & Development, Business Operations, Paul Miller
- Blog posts 2008-03-26
- MPAA: Net neutrality an assault on creativity
- MPAA: Net neutrality an assault on creativityI think you made a typo in the title.It says "creativity" where it really meant to say [b]"PROFITS."[/b]You should read Blender's [u http://www.blender.com/articles/default.aspx?key=18696&pg=3]20 Biggest Record Company Screw-Ups of All-Time[/u] and pay particular attention to #1.YawnSome members of the MPAA sell DVDs for $3 in...
- Tags: Government, Network technology, Broadband Internet, MPAA, Net Neutrality, assault, piracy
- Discussion threads 2008-03-13
- Vicomsoft Internet Gateway X (tgz)
- Vicomsoft Internet Gateway is an integrated suite of extended Internet connectivity modules. It incorporates a large range of functions, including NAT Network Address Translation for Internet connection sharing, an industrial-strength TCP/IP router, a high-performance Web caching server for accelerated throughput, connection teaming to make the best use of any available...
- Tags: Vicomsoft Ltd., Vicomsoft Internet Gateway, Servers, Networking, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-03-05
- Paper Manufacturer Uses Software to "Go Green" Through Reduced Energy Consumption
- Mohawk Fine Papers makes premium papers that are used by major corporations and institutions. Recently Mohawk has seen increased demand for papers that are produced with minimal environmental impact. To meet this demand, Mohawk is implementing a new Enterprise Asset Management EAM solution from Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Infor to...
- Tags: Software, Microsoft Corp., Energy Consumption, Manufacturing
- Case studies 2008-03-01
- University Builds Universal Access With Learning Portal
- Ma Chung University, a recently established Indonesian tertiary institution, wanted a digital gateway to facilitate state-of-the-art eLearning and resource sharing among its administration and teaching staff. Its goal was to have a single, easy-to-use, customizable information gateway. It decided to deploy Microsoft Learning Gateway with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007...
- Tags: Microsoft Access, Microsoft Corp., Portals, E-learning, Web Technology, Workforce Management, Microsoft Office, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Office Suites
- Case studies 2008-02-20
- The First Amendment and Wikileaks
- To clarify some things I misunderstood about this story this morning. Dynadot is Wikileaks' domain registrar, and it was Dynadots not Wikileaks who stipulated to blocking the domain. Which explains why there was a stipulation at all. And why Wikileaks was so outraged by the court's action. ...
- Tags: Restraint, First Amendment, Information, Dynadot, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-02-19
- Judge+orders+WikiLeaks+offline%2C+then+backs+off
- Judge+orders+WikiLeaks+offline%2C+then+backs+offAren't the alleged "trade secrets" illegal?I'm sure that's not what the law says, but I don't think that "trade secrets" involving illegal conduct should be legally enforcible.RE: Judge orders WikiLeaks offline, then backs offShould be titled "Corrupt U.S. judge scared straight"Looks offline to me...NTRE: Judge orders WikiLeaks offline, then backs...
- Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., Wikileaks
- Discussion threads 2008-02-19
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