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January 18, 2007 18Jan2007 News

How can click-to-dial (click-to-call) be enabled at remote offices?

We've just installed Mitel 3300's across three sites and are looking to complete click-to-dial (click-to-call) for users utilizing Outlook 2003. The calls will then be pushed out via a 5340 handset. We can achieve this locally from our main site, ... Continue Reading

January 18, 2007 18Jan2007 News

WAN/WAFS platform specifications

Product snapshots highlighting key specifications for a cross section of WAFS and WAN optimisation products intended for small, medium, and large organisations. Continue Reading

January 17, 2007 17Jan2007 In Depth

TJX gets little sympathy from blogosphere

TJX is taken to task by security bloggers for waiting until after a massive data breach to take steps to bolster its security. Continue Reading

January 17, 2007 17Jan2007 News

Companies take IM threats seriously

Wesabe is a brand new money management community. It takes threats to IM as seriously as those targeting email and web applications Continue Reading

January 17, 2007 17Jan2007 News

Did TJX take the right steps after data breach?

Security experts are mixed on whether TJX acted properly following a massive data breach last month. One expert says potential victims should have been notified sooner. Continue Reading

January 17, 2007 17Jan2007 News

Data breach at TJX could affect millions

Retailer TJX Companies said a hacker gained access to its systems exposing the credit card data of millions of customers. Continue Reading

January 17, 2007 17Jan2007 In Depth

TJX breach: There's no excuse to skip data encryption

Companies complain that database encryption products are too expensive and difficult to manage, but customer loss and breach notification costs outweigh encryption expenses. Continue Reading

January 17, 2007 17Jan2007 News

Reasons why enterprise networking and security roles must stay separate

Enterprise network managers are responsible for configuring and managing network devices, but should they be accountable for tasks that are typically handled by the information security team? Contributor Shon Harris examines why networking and ... Continue Reading

January 17, 2007 17Jan2007 News

VoIP security testing fundamentals

VoIP security testing fundamentals are discussed in this guide -- how to test a VoIP system, what tools to use, how to use fuzzing to test VoIP security. Continue Reading

January 16, 2007 16Jan2007 In Depth

EqualLogic CEO says IPO on the way

EqualLogic's CEO talks about the company's plans to go public, its intent to add 10 GigE to its products and why he thinks not all iSCSI products are created equal. Continue Reading

January 16, 2007 16Jan2007 News

Fortify Software to acquire Secure Software

The acquisition of Secure Software will allow Fortify to expand into the requirements and design phases of the software development lifecycle, the company said. Continue Reading

January 16, 2007 16Jan2007 News

Routing: Five common, easily avoided errors

Router configuration errors don''t have to take down your network. Learn five common routing mistakes -- and how to avoid them -- in this tip. Continue Reading

January 16, 2007 16Jan2007 News

Network security threats and answers, by industry

Michael Gregg offers network pros in various industries security advice and step-by-step solutions to help lock down the network. Continue Reading

January 15, 2007 15Jan2007 In Depth

PatchLink offers solid flaw management

PatchLink Update 6.3 is a solid solution to the enterprise patch management problem and demonstrates its true power in a Windows environment. Continue Reading

January 15, 2007 15Jan2007 News

Core Security offers powerful testing tool

We highly recommend Core Impact 6.0 to security engineers to verify the vulnerability of their networks. Continue Reading

January 15, 2007 15Jan2007 News

Apere's IMAG 500 a tough sell

Product review: Apere says many of the issues we encountered are addressed in its next release, but mid-enterprise businesses may not have the tolerance for this product. Continue Reading

January 14, 2007 14Jan2007 News

EMC, NetApp execs debate future of iSCSI

A discussion between an EMC and NetApp executive, via their blogs, has users and analysts debating: Will the "Year of iSCSI" ever really happen? Continue Reading

January 14, 2007 14Jan2007 News

Storage management software finalists

Find out who was selected as finalists in the storage management software category for our storage products of the year Continue Reading

January 11, 2007 11Jan2007 News

Oracle emulates Microsoft with advance patch notice

Oracle will patch 52 security flaws across its product line Tuesday, according to its inaugural CPU advance notification bulletin. Continue Reading

January 11, 2007 11Jan2007 News

Network security -- Taking the layered approach

Network security is tricky business. In his new book Hack the Stack, author and security expert Michael Gregg outlines how to secure the network using the OSI model. Continue Reading

January 10, 2007 10Jan2007 News

Out-of-cycle Microsoft patch likely, experts say

Patch specialists and IT administrators were surprised Microsoft didn't fix much-publicised Word zero-day flaws Tuesday. But they don't fault the company for holding back. Continue Reading

January 10, 2007 10Jan2007 In Depth

WiMax clearing path to mainstream

A number of industry moves have made WiMax almost ready for the mainstream. But there's good news and bad news to consider before making the move. Continue Reading

January 10, 2007 10Jan2007 News

Colonial Williamsburg virtualizes with Acopia

The living history museum is designed to show customers the 18th century, but behind the scenes, the business is implementing tiered storage using 21st-century file virtualization. Continue Reading

January 10, 2007 10Jan2007 News

Sophos acquires Endforce to add NAC

Antivirus vendor Sophos is rounding out its email Web and desktop security software with Endforce's network access control (NAC) software. Continue Reading

January 10, 2007 10Jan2007 News

Critical Apple flaw discovered in Mac OS X

Attackers can exploit the flaw remotely to compromise a user's system via the Safari Web browser. Continue Reading

January 09, 2007 09Jan2007 News

More users increase risk for Volkswagen AG

With 1.5 million users on the network, Volkswagen AG depends more than ever on strong ID and access management to safeguard intellectual property, according to its CISO. Continue Reading

January 09, 2007 09Jan2007 News

Remote flaw in Vista could earn finder $8,000

VeriSign Inc.'s iDefense Labs is offering an $8,000 bounty to any researcher who finds a remotely exploitable flaw in Windows Vista. Continue Reading

January 09, 2007 09Jan2007 In Depth

Federal government pushes full-disk encryption

Businesses need to follow the federal government's lead in reducing data breaches by holding employees responsible and examining full-disk encryption (FDE) products. Continue Reading

January 09, 2007 09Jan2007 News

Network configuration management key to VoIP success

While companies spend millions on upgrading infrastructure for VoIP, little attention is given to solving the largest source of downtime – configuration-related outages due to human error. Continue Reading

January 09, 2007 09Jan2007 News

Network configuration management key to VoIP success

While companies spend millions on upgrading infrastructure for VoIP, little attention is given to solving the largest source of downtime â€“ configuration-related outages due to human error. A well-defined change management process built around a ... Continue Reading

January 09, 2007 09Jan2007 News

EMC restructures SMB storage division

EMC's Insignia group, originally a separate business unit, has seen layoffs and a restructuring, but EMC says it has no plans to discontinue its SMB products. Continue Reading

January 08, 2007 08Jan2007 In Depth

Inside MSRC: Microsoft updates WSUSSCAN issue

Christopher Budd of the Microsoft Security Response Center is urging customers to deploy the latest versions of the Systems Management Server Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates or Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer to receive all the current ... Continue Reading