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Express Planner 2.1.0 (Windows)

Obtain a realistic schedule in seconds. With the Express Planner, you follow a simple workflow to obtain, in a few seconds, a realistic schedule for your tasks and resources. You create your projects with all the requirements (resources, calendars, predecessors), constraints earliest start date or latest end date and goals....

Tags: Resource, ISC, Process Improvement, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Quality, Business Operations, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-09-03

MapDotNet UX 7.0 (Windows)

MapDotNet UX is the next generation of the leading .NET developer mapping platform. With a focus on user experience, MapDotNet UX is the toolkit for GIS integration with consumer-based mapping platforms. The MapDotNet UX product line includes: MapDotNet UX Studio Freeware: the first application created for designing interactive maps in...

Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Microsoft Windows, ISC, MapDotNet UX, MapDotNet UX Product Line, GIS, AJAX, Cloud Computing, Web Services, Channel Management, Software, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Enterprise Software, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-12-11

The Need for Secure Software

While security awareness, training, and education, are, in and of themselves, powerful in influencing people's behavior and giving them the knowledge to be and stay secure, a stunning combination of software assurance is achieved when these things are combined with a professional certification. Secure software certification has become a necessity,...

Tags: Information Security, Software, Certification, ISC, Tools & Techniques, Quality, Training And Certification, Security, Management, Business Operations

White papers 2008-08-16

Cache poisoning flaw is death knell for BIND 8

The Internet Software Consortium has pulled the plug on support for Version 8 of the BIND Berkeley Internet Name Domain DNS implementation after the discovery of a serious vulnerability that could lead to cache poisoning attacks. The flaw, publicly discussed in a paper by Trustee's Amit...

Tags: BIND, Internet Software Consortium, Flaw, ISC, BIND 9, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2007-09-04

Vista's Windows Mail vulnerable to file-execution attack

Vista's Windows Mail vulnerable to file-execution attackDon't consider it aloneIf there's any vulnerabilities that allow dropping of files, then this is easily exploited.I already thought about thatA UNC can point to any machine on the internet.The attacker could set up a SMB share which allows anonymous access on a hacked...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), ISC, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2007-03-23

Microsoft-sponsored lobbyist to the EU: It's a mistake to floss us

TechWorlds Matthew Broersma writes:A leaked letter to the European Commission has revealed the extent of lobbying by proprietary software groups to prevent the widespread adoption of open-source software....Sent in response to a recent report on the role of open-source software in the European economy, Microsoft-funded pressure group, the Initiative for...

Tags: software, FLOSS, ISC

Blog posts 2006-10-19

Internet Schedule Communicator 3.2 (Windows)

ISC is the smartest tool to publish staff-schedules and messages on the Internet. In less than an hour you ll be up and running. No prior knowledge assumed. Your employees only need a standard Internet-browser and a logon password to view their schedule. Helpdesk support English and Dutch and manual/tutorial...

Tags: Netscape Communicator, SAJ, ISC, Internet, Help Desk, Call Centers, Microsoft Windows, E-mail Clients, It Operations, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2003-11-24

Additional Resources

Open source needs successful champions

Open Source powers the Internet period!Open_Source powers the ENTIRE Internet withrouters/switches/servers you name it like Microsoft sitting behind caching Linux distroname servers.Now you tell me what does it need now???It is the FUTURE of smart devices, appliancedriven infrastructure, just like VMware using a Linux derived kernel and it is #1...

Tags: Linux, software cost, Linux Distro, open source, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

BIND is not just legacy freeware

DNS in the cloud isn't new either...Sounds like they are trying to copy OpenDNS!They are already old tech compared to what's out there...RE: BIND is not just legacy freewareI just remember when Verisign started that program where it hijacked mistyped domains and broke a lot of Internet functionality. Suddenly,...

Tags: Domain names, BIND, legacy freeware

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

News to know: Intel's IDF; Google; Microsoft; Yahoo

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ryan Naraine: Critical iTunes flaw exposes Mac, Windows to hacker attacks Sam Diaz: Otellini at...

Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., Cloud Computing, Data Centers, E-mail Providers, Microsoft Windows, Smart Phones, Corporate Communications, Linux, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-23

Microsoft buys desktop parallel-computing software maker ISC

the regulators should stop this dealM$ is an evil monopoly and should not be allowed to buy any company.Sounds great! NT.Hoping this brings massively multi-cpu/gpu supportThis is a technology area they badly need to boost. The future lies with massive numbers of CPU and GPU cores. Bringing in some expertise...

Tags: Processors, Operating systems, desktop, CPU, Microsoft Corp., operating system, software, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Microsoft buys desktop parallel-computing software maker ISC

Microsoft has purchased the assets of Interactive Supercomputing ISC, a desktop parallel-computing vendor, according to a blog post on the Windows Server Division Weblog. The move fits in with Microsoft's continued efforts to build up its high-performance server capabilities so as to better take on Linux in that market. by...

Tags: Desktop, Blog, High-performance, Microsoft Corp., Leadership, Blogging, Linux, Management, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-09-22

Microsoft WINS vulnerability under attack

Just one week after Microsoft issued a fix for a worm hole in the Windows Internet Name Service WINS, malicious hackers have started launching attacks against unpatched systems. The attacks, first spotted by the SANS Internet Storm Center, are hitting Microsoft Windows users who have not yet...

Tags: Vulnerability, WINS, Microsoft Corp., Attack, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-08-19

One-year-old (unpatched) Windows 'token kidnapping' under attack

Exactly one year after a security researcher notified Microsoft of a serious security vulnerability affecting all supporting version of Windows (including Vista and Windows Server 2008), the issue remains unpatched and now comes word that there are in-the-wild exploits circulating. The vulnerability, called token kidnapping (.pdf), was...

Tags: Attacker, Server, Microsoft Corp., Attack, Microsoft Windows, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-03-16

Targeted malware attacks exploiting IE7 flaw detected

Researchers at TrendMicro have detected a targeted malware attack exploiting last week's patched critical MS09-002 vulnerability affecting Internet Explorer 7.  Upon opening the spammed Microsoft office document, vulnerable users are automatically forwarded to a Chinese live exploit site which still remains active. The attack has also been...

Tags: Trend Micro Inc., Flaw, Vulnerability, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Malware, Hacker, Exploit, Attack, MS09-002, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-02-17

Is your Java up to date?

For a long time, the experience of patching Sun's Java software has been less than pleasant. The updates were huge and time consuming, the patching instructions were a mess and, even worse, Sun never removed older, vulnerable versions from the patched machine. Now it appears that things...

Tags: Environment, Sun Microsystems Inc., Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-02-14

US-CERT warning: Windows does not disable AutoRun properly

US-CERT warning: Windows does not disable AutoRun properlyXP may be supersededBut there is still going to be a hell of a lot of it out there for a long time to come yet so this really does need patching and fairly urgently if this is truly the case, in the...

Tags: Operating systems, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows, arbitrary code, malware

Discussion threads 2009-01-21

The 10 best IT certifications

Guest post from TechRepublic's 10 Things blog: IT pros tend to have strong opinions when debating the value of professional certification â€" and views become even more polarized when it comes down to a discussion of which certs are meaningful. TechRepublic's Erik Eckel put together a list of the accreditations...

Tags: Project Management, Security, Expertise, Certification, Skill, Exam, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., MCITP, Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist Certification, Project Management Professional Certification, Quality, Training And Certification, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-11

Mapping-Solution Developer Embraces Built-in Vector Graphics Engine to Drive Sales

ISC, a software products and consulting firm that specializes in mapping solutions, has seen increasing demand for the ability to run its software on the desktop. However, until recently, the company had no good way to meet that demand. MapDotNet UX, the new version of ISC's flagship product, takes advantage...

Tags: Developer, Graphics Engine, Sales, Graphics, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Case studies 2008-12-05

Rigged PDFs exploiting just-patched Adobe Reader flaw

Just three days after Adobe shipped a patch with fixes for a critical Adobe Reader vulnerability, hackers are using booby-trapped PDF files to fire exploits against Windows users. [ SEE: Heads up: Patch your Adobe Reader now ] The in-the-wild attacks, first spotted by...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PDF, Flaw, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Microsoft Windows, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-11-07