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In search of IT service assurance

Enterprise risk management: All systems go | Dell shows off first fruits of system management buy

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In search of IT service assurance
IT managers abandon the separate worlds of their past and embrace managing network, system and application elements as one cohesive service. Read More


E-GUIDE: Compuware

Perfecting Application Performance
The enterprise application scene has become increasingly complicated over the years. Things have changed with the rise of Web services, SOA, Virtualization and cloud computing. In this Executive Guide explore how to get the best performance out of today's application environments. Read Now.

WHITE PAPER: Emerson Network Power

The Four Trends Driving the Data Center Future
Does efficiency have to come at the expense of availability? Not according to this paper, which outlines the four data center infrastructure trends that are reducing design, operating and management costs while improving data center performance. Those trends are Infrastructure Management, Eco Availability, Flex Capacity and High Density. Learn more.

Enterprise risk management: All systems go
When Bill Badertscher arrived at Georgetown University three years ago, campuswide security was handled in several departments with little coordination among teams. It was time for a change. Badertscher is Georgetown's senior engineer for facility and safety control systems and leader of a new IT team that focuses on the same areas. The goal is to address enterprise risk management (ERM) by redefining it to include nontraditional systems. Understanding that security is mission-critical has led the University Safety and Information Services departments to work together in unprecedented ways. Read More

Dell shows off first fruits of system management buy
Systems management company Dell KACE has launched a new appliance. Read More

How to prepare the iPad for enterprise usage
After two months and 1 million-plus iPads sold, it's clear the Apple tablet is here to stay, not just for home use, but for the enterprise as well (48% of iPad users plan on bringing their tablet to work). For IT, this means preparing for additional network access, bandwidth management and security controls. Andrew Rubin, CEO of Cymtek Systems, chats with Keith Shaw about ways IT can get ready for and also benefit from the iPad. (20:05) Read More


WHITE PAPER: Adobe

Close the Web 2.0 Communications Gap
Web 2.0 tools have yet to reach critical mass and broad user adoption. This Forrester report identifies the key Web 2.0 gaps and offers advice to: Build a framework that extends email, Upgrade document-based data collection, and Improve email and document exchange security. Read More

Cisco issues advisory for building management systems
Cisco has issued a security advisory for its Network Building Mediator (NBM) and legacy Richards-Zeta Mediator products. The products allow different building systems to communicate with each other for facilities management. Cisco acquired Richards-Zeta last year. Read More

Dell adds document management features to printers
Dell is embedding document management features in multifunction printers as it tries to establish a foothold in the managed print services market, the company said last week. Read More

Chronicling the open source movement - one person at a time
Whether open source is a license, a community or more is debatable, but what's not is that none of it would be possible without the people behind it. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Fluke Networks

Troubleshooting Application Problems
This comprehensive 94 page guide is a how-to resource handbook for network engineers. Learn the fundamentals of how applications work, how they flow, where applications fail and best practices and methodologies for troubleshooting network and application problems. Click here!

Score one for the good guys
There's been much discussion on this blog about cyber crime and how it can be thwarted. Cyber crooks bounce around different servers around the world, surreptitiously hijack computers, steal money or identities and disappear without a trace. But every once in a while, the good guys catch a break. Read More

Task management made gamer-friendly
What's the difference, really, between shuffling off to the Xerox machine to make 50 copies of the TPS reports, and shuffling down to Un'Goro Crater to get 15 pieces of dinosaur meat for your Venomhide Ravasaur? Not much, except there's a more tangible reward for the latter. Gamer-friendly PIM QuestTracker (free/donationware) manages them both the same way. Read More

Office Tab makes it easier to manage open office docs
Office Tab ($25, 30-day free trial) solves one of Microsoft Office's shortcomings: How to handle multiple documents open in different windows. Unlike Web browsers, Office doesn't use tabs, so you can't see at a glance all the documents you're working on, and it's not easy to switch between them. Office Tab solves the problem by putting tabs on Office, Excel, and PowerPoint. Read More

Google Wi-Fi snooping should serve as security wakeup call
The continuing saga of Google's wireless snooping and the maelstrom it's generated won't end anytime soon. Peeved government officials in both Europe and the U.S. are pressing Google for more details on how the search company's Street View cars managed to cull personal data from Wi-Fi networks that weren't password-protected. Read More



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15 copies of CCNP ROUTE study kits available and 15 copies of Unix and Linux System Administration Handbook up for grabs, too.Deadline May 31.

SLIDESHOWS

40 days of summer (gadgets)
Summer's here and the time is right for looking at gadgets to make the summer days and nights go by easier or more fun at least. If you're going outside to enjoy the sun, hitting the road for a long road trip to a vacation destination, or just staying at home for the perfect "staycation", here are 40 devices or apps we think you'll like.

What if tech companies owned the Wonders of the World?
In this slideshow, we'll take a look into a future where broke governments are forced to sell their most treasured landmarks to the world's richest nerds.

MOST-READ STORIES

  1. Verizon's tiered LTE plans fuel 'bill shock' debate
  2. How to foil Web browser 'tabnapping'
  3. Google is no competitor for Skype - yet
  4. 10 essential BlackBerry apps for travel
  5. New undersea cable feeds African botnets
  6. 10 most controversial technology stories of 2010 - so far
  7. Treasured toys, early technology: Worth more than memories?
  8. Alleged $100M scareware sellers facing charges
  9. Ballmer: 'I'm not going to WWDC'
  10. SQL Server 2010? ... I don't think so ...

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The Best Switch for the CCNP? Cisco gains back switching share

Cisco gaining back switching share lost in 2009 | Quick look at AirHORN, an affordable Signal Generator

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The Best Switch for CCNP Prep in 2010
Wendell Odom: Is there a single best switch model series to buy to build a CCNP lab in 2010? Let's compare four model series: 2950, 3550, 2960, and 2900XL. Read More


WHITE PAPER: MessageLabs

Ensure 360-Degree Border Security
Managing the security and availability of Web, email, and IM is complex. This paper will discuss the modern threat of blended attacks from web, email and IM. and highlight how a comprehensive hosted solution by Symantec Hosted Services can secure your networks from these threat vectors. Read Now

WHITE PAPER: Adobe

Close the Web 2.0 Communications Gap
Web 2.0 tools have yet to reach critical mass and broad user adoption. This Forrester report identifies the key Web 2.0 gaps and offers advice to: Build a framework that extends email, Upgrade document-based data collection, and Improve email and document exchange security. Read More

Cisco gaining back switching share lost in 2009
Cisco Subnet blog: The Layer 2/3 switching market is on track to approach $17 billion this year, having grown almost 11% sequentially in Q1 to over $4.8 billion. Cisco gained share across all segments. Read More

Quick look at AirHORN, an affordable Signal Generator
Erik Parker: Nuts about Nets, LLC has a dual band signal generator available for Windows based workstations with USB support for under $300. I would consider a small part of this price the hardware and the larger part the easy to use software. Read More

Cisco looking at two acquisitions?
Cisco Subnet: Cisco is sizing up two possible acquisitions in the mobile Internet space, according to an analyst's report. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Riverbed

Overcome Two Key Challenges with Virtualization
How do you accelerate virtualization for your enterprise - and take IT flexibility and cost savings to the next level? Start by downloading this whitepaper from Riverbed. WAN optimization is a class of technology that has rapidly been adopted across enterprises in order to address the challenges of bandwidth limitations and latency over the WAN. Click here!

Why Cisco users need to know Tcl
Mike Sheldon: The following is a guest post written by Jeff Hobbs (pictured), director of engineering for a company called ActiveState. ActiveState offers developer tools for writing, managing and distributing dynamic language scripts written in Perl, Python and Tcl. Read More

When In Doubt, Capture Packets
Jerold Swan: While NetFlow--the subject of my last three posts--is a tool that I use constantly for getting visibility into network traffic, sometimes you need to look at complete packet contents. I have a saying at work: "When in doubt, capture packets." Read More

Layer-0 Page for Network Design Templates
Michael Morris: Proper Network Design Templates are one of the pillars of a written network architecture. If you work on a network engineering and architecture team, Network Design Templates should be seen as your product line. Read More


WHITE PAPER: HP

SMB: Strategy Guide to Risk Mitigation
This strategy guide offers concrete risk mitigation techniques specifically designed for midsize organizations. Learn how to proactively manage physical and virtual systems and see the early signs of infrastructure trouble to avoid outages. Read Now!

Cisco releases new AnyConnect SSLVPN Client
Jamey Heary: Cisco recently released version 2.5 of its AnyConnect SSLVPN thick client. This release brings with it two new innovative features called Always-on VPN and AnyConnect Secure Mobility. Read More

Inline Power, POE or POE+ -- which do you need?
Cisco Inline Power, POE, and the new POE+ While the IEEE was dragging its feet settling on 802.3af, Cisco and PowerDsine released their own lower power standards (3com used PowerDsine). Read More

The Other Side of the Symantec/Verisign Deal
Jon Oltsik: I am pretty bullish on the upside of Symantec's acquisition of Verisign. Frankly, I don't understand why Gartner is such a downer and focused on SSL alone. Oh well, to each his own. Read More

Visit the Cisco Subnet home page for more Cisco news
The Cisco Subnet community features industry-expert bloggers, giveaways and all the top news of interest to network professionals. Check out the Cisco Subnet home page for details on 15 copies of CompTIA A+ study kits up for grabs. http://www.networkworld.com/subnets/cisco Subscribe to our bloggers via RSS http://www.networkworld.com/community/blogs/cisco/feed Follow us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/ciscosubnet Read More



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Today from the Subnet communities

15 copies of CCNP ROUTE study kits available and 15 copies of Unix and Linux System Administration Handbook up for grabs, too.Deadline May 31.

SLIDESHOWS

40 days of summer (gadgets)
Summer's here and the time is right for looking at gadgets to make the summer days and nights go by easier or more fun at least. If you're going outside to enjoy the sun, hitting the road for a long road trip to a vacation destination, or just staying at home for the perfect "staycation", here are 40 devices or apps we think you'll like.

What if tech companies owned the Wonders of the World?
In this slideshow, we'll take a look into a future where broke governments are forced to sell their most treasured landmarks to the world's richest nerds.

MOST-READ STORIES

  1. Scientist 'infected by computer virus' catches publicity fever
  2. Six misconceptions about cloud apps
  3. WWDC Preview: Apple waging three big fights
  4. Sneaky browser 'tabnapping' phishing tactic surfaces
  5. Winner and still champ, DoNetNuke
  6. Wi-Fi vendors face off
  7. Cisco powers up router, switches for smart grids
  8. 44 million stolen gaming credentials found in online warehouse
  9. The 10 best hacks of 2010 (so far)
  10. Steve Ballmer as emoticons

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WindowSecurity.com - Monthly Article Update

WindowSecurity.com - Monthly Article Update

Hi Security World,

New articles added to WindowSecurity.com last month:

Title: Windows 7 Security Primer (Part 2)
Author: Robert J. Shimonski
Link: http://www.WindowSecurity.com/articles/Windows-7-Security-Primer-Part2.html
Summary: The fundamental information you need to know to secure Windows 7 correctly, alongside some of the lesser known security functionality it provides.

Title: AccessPatrol - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers' Choice Award Winner - Endport Security
Author: The Editor
Link: http://www.WindowSecurity.com/news/WindowSecurity-Readers-Choice-Award-Endpoint-Security-AccessPatrol-Apr10.html
Summary: AccessPatrol was selected the winner in the Endpoint Security category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers' Choice Awards. USB CopyNotify! and GFI EndPointSecurity were runner-up and second runner-up respectively.

Title: Desktops: Local Rights and Privileges
Author: Derek Melber
Link: http://www.WindowSecurity.com/articles/Desktops-Local-Rights-Privileges.html
Summary: Defining, describing and solving a few of the security issues that seem to confuse desktop users. This article will tackle user rights, local group membership, protecting data and least privileges.

Title: Securing DNS Connections with Windows Server 2008 R2 DNSSEC
Author: Deb Shinder
Link: http://www.WindowSecurity.com/articles/Securing-DNS-Connections-Windows-Server-2008-R2-DNSSEC.html
Summary: A high level overview of DNSSEC and the reasons why securing your DNS infrastructure is important to your organization.

Title: Understanding Man-In-The-Middle Attacks - Part 3: Session Hijacking
Author: Chris Sanders
Link: http://www.WindowSecurity.com/articles/Understanding-Man-in-the-Middle-Attacks-ARP-Part3.html
Summary: Taking a look at session hijacking; the theory behind it and a demonstration of it in practice, discussing its detection and prevention tips.

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10 useful Firefox-based apps

Apple sells 2 million iPads in under two months | Intel unveils new server chip with 32 cores

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10 useful Firefox-based apps
Here are 10 useful desktop programs that run on the open-source Web browser's native technology. All of these applications are free for you to download and use -- and only one is a Web browser. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems

How Does Your IT Organization Measure Up?
IDG has made it easy for you to benchmark your IT efforts in key areas of performance. Just click below and take a 5-minute assessment using a global benchmark tool that will rank your organization against the best practices and high priorities of some 350 high-performing IT organizations surveyed by IDG Research. Learn More Now

WEBCAST: Actuate

Solve Data Needs: BIRT Defined
This webcast will give you a primer on BIRT including the technology and the community. BIRT can help you overcome the challenge of delivering accurate and meaningful data to users while minimizing IT development efforts. Learn more today!

Apple sells 2 million iPads in under two months
Apple has now sold more than two million iPad tablets, it said Monday, less than two months after the iPad's April 3 U.S. launch. Read More

Intel unveils new server chip with 32 cores
Intel announced a new 32-core server chip based on a new high-performance computing server architecture that mixes general x86 cores with specialized cores for faster processing of highly parallel scientific and commercial applications. Read More

$100 million 'scareware' CEO was already a fugitive
The CEO of a company accused of making more than US$100 million selling harmful "scareware" antivirus products was already a fugitive from U.S. authorities, following his arrest in 2008 on criminal counterfeiting charges. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Riverbed

Overcome Two Key Challenges with Virtualization
How do you accelerate virtualization for your enterprise - and take IT flexibility and cost savings to the next level? Start by downloading this whitepaper from Riverbed. WAN optimization is a class of technology that has rapidly been adopted across enterprises in order to address the challenges of bandwidth limitations and latency over the WAN. Click here!

Score one for the good guys
There's been much discussion on this blog about cyber crime and how it can be thwarted. Cyber crooks bounce around different servers around the world, surreptitiously hijack computers, steal money or identities and disappear without a trace. But every once in a while, the good guys catch a break. Read More

Will an open-source alternative to Facebook actually work?
The anti-Facebook movement has created a level of interest in open-source solutions to the privacy issue where virtually none has existed before. Read More

Woman Sues Google Because of Bad Directions
One day I was using my cell phone's GPS service to find the nearest Target. I was driving down the road when suddenly my cell phone piped up, "Turn right here." I looked to the right. There was no road, just a tree and some grass. I chalked it up to a GPS glitch and turned right at the next corner. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Aerohive

Understand the network impact of 802.11n
This paper describes the drawbacks of centralized controller-based approaches and how they will provide unavoidable roadblocks when faced with the increases in bandwidth provided by 802.11n. Read More

10 Types of Coworkers No One Would Miss
Hit TV show "The Office" works for one good reason: Every office has a few crazy characters. Here's a look at the 10 types we could do without, from the etiquette-challenged to the lunch-crazed. Hey, if you're going to eat like that, Mr. Seagull, you're gonna have to live with the reputation. Read More

Chronicling the open source movement - one person at a time
Whether open source is a license, a community or more is debatable, but what's not is that none of it would be possible without the people behind it. Read More

Microsoft admits Windows Phone 7 slide was wrong
Microsoft acknowledged on Friday that it used an inaccurate number to represent research company IDC's sales forecast for the upcoming Windows Phone 7 platform. Read More

Google Apps gets serious about moving data from Microsoft Outlook
Google has taken various approaches to marketing Google Apps to current users of Microsoft Office products. Google often touts its cloud-based email and collaboration service as a full replacement of Microsoft, while at other times telling customers that it can simply enhance current Microsoft deployments. Read More



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Today from the Subnet communities

15 copies of CCNP ROUTE study kits available and 15 copies of Unix and Linux System Administration Handbook up for grabs, too.Deadline May 31.

SLIDESHOWS

40 days of summer (gadgets)
Summer's here and the time is right for looking at gadgets to make the summer days and nights go by easier or more fun at least. If you're going outside to enjoy the sun, hitting the road for a long road trip to a vacation destination, or just staying at home for the perfect "staycation", here are 40 devices or apps we think you'll like.

What if tech companies owned the Wonders of the World?
In this slideshow, we'll take a look into a future where broke governments are forced to sell their most treasured landmarks to the world's richest nerds.

MOST-READ STORIES

  1. Verizon's tiered LTE plans fuel 'bill shock' debate
  2. How to foil Web browser 'tabnapping'
  3. Google is no competitor for Skype - yet
  4. 10 essential BlackBerry apps for travel
  5. New undersea cable feeds African botnets
  6. 10 most controversial technology stories of 2010 - so far
  7. Treasured toys, early technology: Worth more than memories?
  8. Alleged $100M scareware sellers facing charges
  9. Ballmer: 'I'm not going to WWDC'
  10. SQL Server 2010? ... I don't think so ...

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WindowsNetworking.com - Monthly Article Update

WindowsNetworking.com - Monthly Article Update

Hi Security World,

New articles and tutorials added to WindowsNetworking.com last month:

Title: Product Review: Syncplicity
Author: Deb Shinder
Link: http://www.WindowsNetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Product-Review-Syncplicity.html
Summary: Deb Shinder reviews Syncplicity's synchronization, collaboration and backup solution.

Title: Cisco Unified Communications Manager - Voted WindowsNetworking.com Readers' Choice Award Winner - IP PBX Servers
Author: The Editor
Link: http://www.WindowsNetworking.com/news/WindowsNetworking-Readers-Choice-Award-IP-PBX-Servers-Cisco-Unified-Communications-Manager-Apr10.html
Summary: Cisco Unified Communications Manager was selected the winner in the IP PBX Servers category of the WindowsNetworking.com Readers' Choice Awards. Asterix and 3CX Phone System for Windows were runner-up and second runner-up respectively.

Title: Internet Routing: More Complicated Than You Thought
Author: Russell Hitchcock
Link: http://www.WindowsNetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Internet-Routing-More-Complicated-Than-You-Thought.html
Summary: Taking a deep dive into internet routing.

Title: Deploying Windows 7 - Part 24: Managing Drivers – Issues and Approaches
Author: Mitch Tulloch
Link: http://www.WindowsNetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Deploying-Windows-7-Part24.html
Summary: This series of articles on deploying Windows 7 continues by describing issues and approaches for managing drivers for deployment.

Title: Using BitLocker to Encrypt Removable Media (Part 4)
Author: Brien M. Posey
Link: http://www.WindowsNetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Using-BitLocker-Encrypt-Removable-Media-Part4.html
Summary: This article concludes the series on BitLocker To Go by demonstrating the process of recovering BitLocker keys from the Active Directory.

Title: The Forefront Unified Access Gateway DirectAccess Wizard – Part2: Examining the UAG DirectAccess Wizard Options
Author: Deb Shinder
Link: http://www.WindowsNetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Forefront-Unified-Access-Gateway-DirectAccess-Wizard-Part2.html
Summary: Taking a look at the UAG DirectAccess wizard.

Title: Deploying Windows 7 Part 23: Managing Drivers – Introduction
Author: Mitch Tulloch
Link: http://www.WindowsNetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Deploying-Windows-7-Part23.html
Summary: This series of articles on deploying Windows 7 continues by showing how you can inject boot-critical device drivers using MDT 2010.

Title: Using BitLocker to Encrypt Removable Media (Part 3)
Author: Brien M. Posey
Link: http://www.WindowsNetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Using-BitLocker-Encrypt-Removable-Media-Part3.html
Summary: This article explains how you can store BitLocker Recovery keys in the Active Directory database.

Title: Deploying Windows 7 - Part 22: Bulk Populating the MDT Database Using PowerShell
Author: Mitch Tulloch
Link: http://www.WindowsNetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Deploying-Windows-7-Part22.html
Summary: This series of articles on deploying Windows 7 continues by showing how you can use Windows PowerShell to bulk populate the MDT database.

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WindowsNetworking.com - Windows 7 Compatibility Testing (Part 5)

WindowsNetworking.com - RealTime Article Update

Hi Security World,

Title: Windows 7 Compatibility Testing (Part 5)
Author: Brien M. Posey
Link: http://www.WindowsNetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Windows-7-Compatibility-Testing-Part5.html
Summary: This article continues the series on Windows 7 compatibility testing by discussing the importance of classifying the applications that are in use within your organization.

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