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9th October 2006 Archive

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  • Vendors support VMware consolidated backup

    Show of faith

    Earlier this year VMware announced the release of VMware Infrastructure 3 Enterprise Edition, the company's flagship virtualization software for x86 architecture platforms. Among the new features in the release, perhaps the most interesting is VMware Consolidated Backup. This week VMware announced that many of the leading …

    Enterprise 9 Oct 2006, 08:46

  • Securing your corporate database

    Spotting and blocking potential abuse

    Much is written about network security. There are many classes of product that have been developed to manage network access and to inspect traffic in order to identify anomalous behaviour. This approach starts from the outside of the network and moves inwards. With security at the gateway delivered by a variety of appliances …

    Software & Security 9 Oct 2006, 09:41

  • Salesforce ups developer tools

    Demand for on-demand...

    Salesforce.com wants developers to create more online business applications using its AppExchange platform. The company makes its revenue from offering Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software as a web-delivered service rather than an application. It hopes developers will use the platform to create other business …

    Software & Security 9 Oct 2006, 10:04

  • Chinese crackers attack US.gov

    Incoming!

    Chinese hackers have launched a sustained attack against the web systems of the US Department of Commerce. Security experts reckon attacks originating from computer crackers largely located in China's Guangdong province are aimed at extracting sensitive information from targets such as the Commerce Department's technology …

    Software & Security 9 Oct 2006, 10:50

  • Patentmeister weighs in on Euro IP system

    EPLA just the ticket, says Pompidou

    The European Patent Office (EPO) is ramping up its PR activity ahead of this week's parliamentary vote on proposals to harmonise patent litigation across Europe's states. EPO president Alain Pompidou addressed the annual EPO online services conference in Lisbon today, arguing for an "enhanced patent culture" in Europe. "If …

    IT Channel 9 Oct 2006, 11:05

  • Microsoft Vista final beta released

    Get 'em while they're hot

    Microsoft is making the last trial version of Vista available to developers and beta testers before it releases the finished product. RC2 version of Vista can be downloaded by TechNet and Microsoft developer network members. A letter from Jim Allchin, platform and services co-president at Microsoft, posted on a Microsoft forum …

    Software & Security 9 Oct 2006, 11:58

  • RFID software market 'poised to explode'

    There's gold in them there chips

    The market for business software to handle data generated by RFID (radio frequency identification) chips is predicted to reach $192m in 2010, a big increase from the $24m the nascent market generated last year. A study by analyst Venture Development predicts that IT giants such as Cisco and IBM will adapt their technologies to …

    Software & Security 9 Oct 2006, 13:26

  • Internet crime: scarier than mugging?

    Gis your e-wallet or the WeeMee gets it

    The British public fear phishing and 419 scams more than car theft, burglary, and even mugging, according to figures unveiled by government-backed campaign Get Safe Online. Speaking at the London launch of its first annual report, Get Safe Online MD Tony Neate told The Register: "It's bizarre, but it's what we've got to work …

    Software & Security 9 Oct 2006, 13:43

  • BusinessSolve hotdesks into the channel

    Roll up resellers

    In a bid to get its Hotdesk Manager software onto more business desktops, BusinessSolve is after resellers to help build a global channel. Partners in Europe, America and Australasia are all sought by the British firm. Its programs are aimed at making remote working and hotdesking easier with management tools. Its clients …

    IT Channel 9 Oct 2006, 14:20

  • Microsoft enters the anti-virus bear-pit

    Analysis Plus ça change

    Microsoft is setting the cat among the pigeons at this year's Virus Bulletin conference, the big chinwag for the security software industry. Ordinarily, blame for the lamentable state of awareness of internet security has fallen on Redmond, alongside clueless end-users and over-sensationalist journalists. Lately, though, …

    Software & Security 9 Oct 2006, 18:16

  • Oracle buys hetero data specialist

    Here comes the Sunopsis

    Oracle has continued to stock up on acquisitions ahead of its developer fest this month by hovering up data integration firm Sunopsis. The database giant said it would use Sunopsis’ to add even more spice to its Oracle Fusion Middleware offerings, citing the target firm’s Extract Load Transform technology and its support for a …

    Software & Security 9 Oct 2006, 18:20

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