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	Future of directories in question My dear fiend Vikas Mahajan (he's the manager for Enterprise Identity Management at AARP), a former colleague on Compuserve's NetWire, has always been available to talk over IdM issues with me since before it was IdM (we go back 20 years, it seems). He chimed in to me about the recent "Relational database: An ongoing debate" issue with some important points that I think are worth sharing with you. Edited only for clarity (and to fit the size of your screen, as the TV movies say), this is what he had to say. Read More E-GUIDE: Force10 Networks Inc. Examining Nuances of the Cloud Choosing the best cloud strategy means understanding the promises and pitfalls of each approach. This Network World eGuide provides expert articles on the nuances between different cloud strategies, best practices on building a hybrid cloud and making sure you have an exit strategy in case the cloud does not work out. Read More Now In this Issue Honeypots for hacker detection Secrecy of cloud computing providers raises IT security risks The low-down on NAC, Windows-style Suspicious Facebook app attracts nearly 300,000 fans Angry researchers disclose Windows zero-day bug You want Microsoft product tests? We've got loads of them. WHITE PAPER: Diskeeper Corporation A New Look at Defragmenting While advanced storage infrastructures add additional layers of abstraction between applications and devices, they do not eliminate the need to solve fragmentation. This paper reviews different strategies for eliminating fragmentation and details a new approach that prevents fragmentation from occurring in the first place. Read Now Honeypots for hacker detection Most corporate networks lack serious oversight, that is, no one is really watching. Watching the network and computer systems is expensive, overwhelming and fraught with false positives. No wonder then that insider attacks go undetected for months, malware proliferates stealthily and hackers can spend their time gradually infiltrating deeper and deeper, undetected. Read More Secrecy of cloud computing providers raises IT security risks Despite how attractive cloud computing can sound as an outsourcing option, there's widespread concern that it presents a security and legal minefield. Cloud service providers often cultivate an aura of secrecy about data centers and operations, claiming this stance improves their security even if it leaves everyone else in the dark. Read More WHITE PAPER: ArcSight Building a Successful Security Operations Center This paper outlines industry best practices for building and maturing a security operations center (SOC). For those organizations planning to build a SOC or those organizations hoping to improve their existing SOC this paper will outline the typical mission parameters, the business case, people considerations, processes and procedures, as well as, the technology involved. Building a Successful Security Operations Center The low-down on NAC, Windows-style Network World has completed a massive test of 12 network access control systems including the one from Microsoft known as Network Access Protection. NAP is certainly not the most functional NAC implementation we tested, says tester Joel Snyder, "but it has a huge advantage over every other strategy: it's built-in to Windows. Read More Suspicious Facebook app attracts nearly 300,000 fans A suspicious application circulating on Facebook has attracted nearly 300,000 fans whose profiles could be used as launching pads for spam, according to a security analyst. Read More DOWNLOAD: Brocade Communications Inc. 802.11n and Higher Education WLAN Opportunities The introduction of 802.11n provides a holistic opportunity for universities to upgrade the network edge. Discover how higher education institutions can: * Maximize the value of their wireless networks. * Significantly reduce CapEx and OpEx. * Remain confident in their wireless LAN performance, security and reliability Read more! Angry researchers disclose Windows zero-day bug An anonymous group of security researchers last week published information about an unpatched Windows bug, saying that they were disclosing the vulnerability because of the way Microsoft treated a colleague. Read More You want Microsoft product tests? We've got loads of them. We've put together a nifty package of all of our product tests of critical new Microsoft software. All of it is freely available to you and you have two choices for access: 1) click through and read each individual story on our site; 2) Download a 10-page PDF with all the tests bundled together, though for the effort of creating the PDF for you, we ask for registration before we hand it over (just... Read More
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