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Flash Player 9 stats released, penetration at 90%+: Over the weekend it looks like we officially announced the penetration numbers for Flash Player 9 and right now we're at 90.3% for mature markets defined as US, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Japan. Over 90% penetration in 12 months is pretty impressive and this version of the Flash Player is...; Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Macromedia Flash Player, Penetration, JIT, Flex 2, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2007-09-04
Penetration Testing: Taking the Guesswork out of Vulnerability Management: It is no longer good enough to simply identify potential problems on the network and systems. Security professionals must now know the real risks and implications of vulnerabilities and regularly test the effectiveness of network defenses. This white paper from IDC demonstrates how penetration testing software efficiently and...; Tags: Network, Penetration, Security, Networking; White papers 2007-01-01
Hack your way to system security: Internet penetration testing: Professional consultants hired to perform penetration testing need a well-defined methodology to systematically check for known vulnerabilities and identify potential security holes in a limited time frame. A single methodology also helps ensure a consistent level of reliability in results across multiple engagements. This sample chapter from Hack I.T.: Security...; Tags: Methodology, Penetration, Internet, Security; Download resources 2006-05-30
Hack your way to system security: Internet penetration testing: This sample chapter from Hack I.T.: Security Through Penetration Testing describes a consistent approach to penetration testing that involves three steps: network enumeration, vulnerability analysis, and exploitation. Professional consultants hired to perform penetration testing need a well-defined methodology to systematically check for known vulnerabilities and identify potential...; Tags: Network, Penetration, Addison-Wesley, Internet, Security, Networking; Book chapters 2006-05-30
Penetration Testing: In this white paper, Paul Midian explains the methodology and ethos behind penetration testing. He discusses why penetration testing is not merely the serial execution of automated tools and generation of technical reports that it is frequently viewed as. Paul also illustrate why professional penetration testing can provide substantial value...; Tags: Insight Consulting Ltd., Penetration, Productivity; White papers 2002-03-14

Tool Talk: Go Hack Yourself! See How Automated Penetration Testing With CORE IMPACT Can Make Your Network More Secure: By performing a penetration test, one can identify which vulnerabilities are critical, which are insignificant, and which are false positives. This allows intelligently applying patches and allocating security resources when and where they are needed most. Penetration testing offers many benefits, allowing intelligently managing vulnerabilities, avoiding the cost of network...; Tags: Network, Penetration, Tool, Security, Networking; Webcasts
CORE IMPACT: This webcast will explain a sample penetration test using CORE IMPACT version 5.0.; Tags: Webcast, Penetration, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology; Webcasts
TechNet Webcast: Assessing Network Security (Part 2 of 2): Penetration Testing (Level 200): How do you know whether your network is secure? And how do you know how to find out? This session shows how to implement penetration testing for intrusive network attacks, presents checklists that will help identify and remediate common issues, the tools and processes for scanning systems for vulnerabilities, and...; Tags: Webcast, Network, Network Security, Penetration, Microsoft TechNet, Networking, Hacking, Security; Webcasts

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Users gravitating to lower-priced Office SKUs: Users gravitating to lower-priced Office SKUsIt's not surprising.The increased cost of the premium Office doesn't provide much that corporations need. Also, as linked, Vista Home Basic is not viable either, so they must, if they go Vista, get the premium product.I do think a clarification is needed. [B]He...; Tags: Elop, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office 2007; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?: Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?Microsoft Search sucks.Now they are hijacking your PC to gain search share. Vista, XP, and anything else Microsoft is leaving this organization at every chance.RE: Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?This studies almost alway fail to note that XP's business penetration was no better after...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Forrest; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
323 mln broadband users in 2007, 499 mln by 2012: Worldwide consumer broadband connections will grow from 323 mln connections in 2007 to 499 mln in 2012, according to Gartner. Worldwide consumer broadband connections penetrated 18% of households in 2007, and by 2012, households with a broadband connection will reach 25%. Five countries exceeded 60% broadband penetration into the home...; Tags: Broadband, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, AM; Blog posts 2008-07-24
253 mln Chinese Internet users, 214 mln of them use broadband: There were 253 mln Chinese Internet users in June 2008, China Internet Network Information Centre reported. Internet penetration in China is still at 19.1%. 214 mln, or 84.7% of all users, are connecting via broadband. by AM; Tags: Broadband, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Internet, Telecommunications, Networking, AM; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Is open source hurt by piracy?: Is open source hurt by piracy?Only hurts Open Source if proprietary is seen as "better"Sounds like what you are saying is for example, that the competition in the office suite space is Open Office Vs MS Office Vs pirated MS Office. Those willing to pirate see both Open Office...; Tags: Operating systems, open source, piracy, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Linux, software; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Parallels releases Parallels Server for Mac: I almost missed Parallels' announcement of Parallels Server for Mac. I didn't speak with company representatives. All I saw was a press release. It was nearly lost in a huge pile of other mail in my inbox. Although there are several virtual machine software products that support...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Operating System, Virtual Machine, Parallels Server, Parallels Management Console, Toolset, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, Desktop Virtualization, Operating Systems, Servers, Hardware, Software, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-24
My Awesome IT Job: Senior security engineer, VoIP carrier: Hey, we all complain about work from time to time; we've all had lousy jobs. But before you call it a day and head off to the support group that meets at the bar, here are a few words from IT pros that love their work. "I...; Tags: Network, Information Technology, Hobby, Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Security, Networking, Deb Perelman; Blog posts 2008-07-18
A super-resolution x-ray microscope: Swiss researchers have developed a very-high-resolution x-ray microscope. Their approach combines two well-known microscopy techniques, coherent diffractive imaging CDI and scanning transmission x-ray microscopy STXM. As a result, the new system offers both the high penetration power of x-rays and high spatial resolution. This method will allow other scientists to...; Tags: Method, Microscope, Researcher, Imaging, Image, Scanning Transmission X-ray Microscopy, X-ray, EPFL, Document Management, Semiconductors, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-07-18
eBay beats expectations; calls PayPal a "gem" and Skype a "killer" app: Updated: eBay reported second quarter earnings today, beating Wall Street's expectations with revenues of $2.2 billion, up 20 percent from the second quarter of 2007. It reported non-GAAP profits of $568 million, or 43 cents per share. GAAP profits were $460 million, or 35 cents per share. Wall Street...; Tags: Revenue, Skype Technologies S.A., Quarter, PayPal, eBay Inc., GAAP, Operational Accounting, Financial Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz; Blog posts 2008-07-16
New hybrid delivery security architecture: Secure Computing's Ken Rutsky tells how to integrate Software-as-a-Service SaaS, virtualization and appliance security offerings to let users get exactly what they want. “In the past, CIOs deployed their own self-contained application architectures on their own servers and storage systems. This old model is giving way to a hybrid...; Tags: Appliance, Software, Software-as-a-service, Platform, Information Technology, Advantage, Hardware, Model, Service, Architecture, Organization, Delivery Security Architecture, IT Security Professional, Delivery Platform, Software As A Service (SaaS), Tools & Techniques, Cloud Computing, Security, Emerging Technologies, Management, CIO, SaaS, virtualization, IT appliances, service delivery, IT management, Ken Rutsky, Secure Computing; News items 2008-07-16
Research Shows iPhone Penetration to Grow by 164 Percent: Research Shows iPhone Penetration to Grow by 164 PercentiPhone- leading way to true broadbandIf iPhone can deliver security and management required by IT, then it will be a contender against both Windows Mobile and RIM in enterprise. But there's more in this story.http://blog.tmcnet.com/the-hyperconnected-enterprise/mobility/iphone-leads-way-to-true-broadband-experience.asp; Tags: Operating systems, Research Shows iPhone Penetration, Research Shows; Discussion threads 2008-07-16
Kaminsky to discuss DNS flaw at Black Hat sponsored webcast: The Black Hat group on Twitter provided a message today alerting people to a webcast to be put on by Dan Kaminsky on the DNS vulnerabilities that I've heavily covered as follows: Dan Kaminsky breaks DNS, massive multi-vendor patch coming, details at Black Hat Vegas '08 ...; Tags: Black Hat, Webcast, DNS, Flaw, Domain Names, Networking, Internet, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-15