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Monday, March 01, 2010

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New zero-day involves IE, puts Windows XP users at risk | FTC P2P data leak alarm could give law-makers big stick

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RSA Conference 2010 product highlights (slideshow)
A range of vendors chose RSA Conference 2010 to unveil their latest products Read More


WHITE PAPER: Qwest

Connecting to Better Customer Service
Less than a third of surveyed IT executives believe their companies are "highly effective" at adapting to changing customer needs and priorities. Businesses that build a robust voice and data network infrastructure can achieve a high level of responsiveness, and transform customer information and feedback into actionable results. Click here.

WHITE PAPER: Splunk

Make IT Data a Strategic Asset
This paper outlines the struggles organizations face managing silos of IT data and how, using Splunk, users are changing the way they do their jobs and elevating the role of IT in their organizations. Learn More!

New zero-day involves IE, puts Windows XP users at risk
Microsoft on Sunday confirmed it's investigating an unpatched bug in VBScript that hackers could exploit to plant malware on Windows XP machines running IE. Read More

FTC P2P data leak alarm could give law-makers big stick
The FTC said companies and institutions of all sizes are vulnerable to serious P2P-related breaches, placing consumers' sensitive information such as health-related information, financial records, and drivers' license and social security numbers at risk for identity theft. Read More

Passlogix announces V-GO Universal Authentication Manager
I once called Passlogix' V-GO Simplified Signon product "a venerable SSO application" -- and that was over six years ago. Yet it's still going strong, with more licensees then ever. I also once referred to the company as the perfect example of a vendor that does only one thing, but does it very well. So well, in fact, that the list of other vendors that license the product reads like a "who's who" of the identity market. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Riverbed

WAN Optimization Can Multiply IT Efficiencies
Data center consolidation, regulatory compliance and a more distributed environment are some of the IT initiatives making a comprehensive and robust disaster recovery plan more important than ever before. The Enterprise Strategy Group highlights trends in DR, the role of virtualization and the impact of WAN optimization. Learn more.

EMC expands RSA consulting services
EMC is expanding its security consulting services to help enterprises tackle the complexities of securing their data and complying with regulations in virtualized computing environments. Read More

Cleversafe expands its dispersed storage network system
Cleversafe today announced upgrades to its storage servers and management appliances as well as a bundled product that offers up to 432TB of capacity in a single, preconfigured cabinet. Read More

Security B-Sides: Rise of the 'Anti-conference'
Next week's RSA 2010 conference will have some nearby competition. Here's the story of Security B-Sides as the conference alternative. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Microsoft

Direct Access and UAG Better Together
Direct Access (DA) is a game-changing technology for remote access in your company; removing the need for a VPN all together. Within Microsoft, we've seen great productivity benefits to end users. We surveyed users from our DA pilot and over 87% saw instant productivity gains, overall resulting in net benefit of ~1 hour each day for users. Furthermore, Microsoft operations is saving costs by things such as not having to convert internet connected sites to dedicated lines. For more information on the business value of DA and Microsoft's implementation, watch the Direct Access MSIT video. Learn More Now

Glitch hits PlayStation Network users worldwide
Sony's PlayStation Network has been hit by a glitch that has left users on all continents unable to connect to the online service, the company said Monday. Read More

Ultra-secure Firefox offered to UK bank users
UK users are being offered a 'hardened' version of Mozilla Firefox that can secure access to online bank accounts, maker Network Intercept has announced. Read More

People, groups flock to the Web after Chile earthquake
After Chile's massive earthquake and potential Pacific Rim tsunami damage, relief organizations, government agencies, corporations and throngs of people are on Google, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other services to seek and provide information and help. Read More



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