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15th May 2007 Archive

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  • NetApp offers de-dupes with less hoops

    Releases A-SIS as stand-alone offering

    Network Appliance will soon be offering its data de-duplication technology for corporate storage systems, regardless of the data management software being used. NetApp Advanced Single Instance Storage (A-SIS) software will allow block-level de-duplication for NearStore R200 and FAS storage systems. Previously A-SIS has only …

    Enterprise 15 May 2007, 00:41

  • No end in sight for Vista's Long Goodbye

    Looking for yet another reason to hold off buying Vista? Read on

    Seven weeks ago, when we first reported Vista was causing many machines to stall indefinitely while deleting, copying and moving files, we were sure the problem was caused by a bug that would be fixed relatively quickly. After all, Vista is Microsoft's flagship product. It's also an operating system. And everyone knows deleting …

    Software & Security 15 May 2007, 00:49

  • Green issues overlooked in IT procurement, survey says

    Green evangelism not translating into action

    Most large companies ignore environmental issues when buying IT solutions, according to research. While 85 per cent of IT buyers say green factors are important in planning IT operations, only 25 per cent have written green criteria into their puchasing processes. The findings from Forrester Research are based on a survey of …

    IT Channel 15 May 2007, 08:02

  • Dataupia: a utopian vision for databases?

    MPP offering could give vendors no place to hide

    Over the course of the last few months I have written a couple of times speculating on the development of appliances that might be more generally deployed than the very specific products we have seen to date. In particular, in my last article on this subject I discussed the scope for improving the performance of merchant …

    Enterprise 15 May 2007, 09:13

  • Intel to revamp Core 2 Duo processors on 22 July?

    Price cuts on same the day, it seems

    Intel's next big round of desktop price cuts will come on 22 July, a day that will see the debut of revamped Core 2 Duo processors and a faster four-core Core 2 Quad, it has been claimed. A report on Chinese-language site HKEPC, citing motherboard-maker sources, claims the 2.66GHz Core 2 Quad Q6700 will go on sale on 22 July …

    Reg Hardware 15 May 2007, 09:24

  • PePWave links LANs to city Wi-Fi

    Extending the reach of public wireless mesh nets

    Hong Kong-based Wi-Fi developer PePWave claims that its two new pieces of hardware will enable service providers to cover areas they couldn't cover before because of access control and cost issues. The first is Mesh Connector - a Wi-Fi repeater system which extends the coverage of a public mesh but is cheaper than doing it …

    PC Builder 15 May 2007, 09:39

  • Spammers stuff PlusNet email accounts (again)

    New email platform fails to stop the rot

    Gaffe-prone ISP PlusNet has had its email database stolen and its users' accounts bombarded by spammers. The attack first surfaced yesterday, when PlusNet punters reported that previously spam-free email addresses were being filled with unsolicited discount pharmacy marketing. Some forum posters report that a few of their …

    Software & Security 15 May 2007, 10:38

  • Gone in 120 seconds: cracking Wi-Fi security

    Interview WEP is dead

    WEP is dead - and here's the proof. Cracking the Wi-Fi security protocol WEP is a probability game. The number of packets required to successfully decrypt the key depends on various factors, luck included. When WEP was compromised in 2001, the attack needed more than five million packets to succeed. During the summer of 2004 …

    Software & Security 15 May 2007, 10:48

  • Software piracy rates remain stubbornly stuck

    BSA calls for bigger stick to beat pirates

    Use of unlicensed software by UK businesses remains stuck at around 27 per cent, according to the latest study by the Business Software Alliance (BSA). Worldwide piracy rates are also steady at a higher rate of 35 per cent. UK figures have remained the same for the last three years prompting the BSA to call for tougher …

    Software & Security 15 May 2007, 11:26

  • Former Oracle VP pays $200K to settle insider dealing rap

    Pillow Talk

    A former Oracle vice-president has stumped up $200,000 to settle insider trading charges. Christopher Balkenhol, 40, of San Mateo, California, allegedly learned about secret merger negotiations from his wife, the lead executive assistant to Oracle chief exec Larry Ellison and two co-presidents, before buying stocks in Oracle …

    IT Channel 15 May 2007, 17:02

  • Sun warns Microsoft - 'You'd be wise to listen to your customers'

    Lessons learned the hard way

    Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz has blunted whatever public niceties existed between his company and Microsoft with a revealing attack on Redmond's lawsuit threats around open source software. In his post, Schwartz recounts struggles to deal with defectors from Sun's Solaris operating system to the open source Linux. " …

    Software & Security 15 May 2007, 17:03

  • SAP and Novell cosy up on support

    Mutual assistance

    SAP and Novell have expanded their relationship in a deal expected to benefit both companies attract and retain cost-conscious enterprise customers. The companies have signed a support and development agreement in a move that sees Novell subsidiary SUSE provide priority support for SAP users through the SAP Solution Manager …

    Software & Security 15 May 2007, 18:06

  • Force10 barks at Cisco's Cat 4500

    New midrange chassis offers Cat 6500 performance at Cat 4500 price

    Force10 Networks has introduced a midrange chassis switch, called the C300, which it is pitching against Cisco's popular Catalyst 4500. The C300 is in effect a cut-down version of Force10's high-end Terascale E-series, but with many of the same high reliability features, such as the same modular FTOS operating system and the …

    PC Builder 15 May 2007, 18:07

  • Vista goes gangbusters

    40 mil and counting

    Windows Vista is out-shipping Windows XP, with 40 million copies hitting the streets so far, Bill Gates told hardware engineers today. Opening Microsoft's annual Windows Hardware and Engineering Conference (WinHEC) extravaganza in Los Angeles, Gates claimed Windows Vista is shipping twice as fast as Windows XP, the operating …

    PC Builder 15 May 2007, 18:45

  • Half of stored files will never be accessed

    Waste of space

    Research released Tuesday by email archiving firm Waterford Technologies has shown that over 50 per cent of files stored by companies are never accessed again. The figures highlight the growing - and often unnecessary - cost of storage for firms, according to Gary Cosgrave, sales director of Waterford Technologies, a provider …

    Enterprise 15 May 2007, 20:41

  • IBM courier crashes. Sensitive tapes go AWOL

    Can we have them back, please

    Add IBM to the growing list of ostensibly tech-savvy organizations that has been bitten by its failure to encrypt sensitive information. A company spokesman has confirmed that computer tapes containing personal information on former employees has gone missing. An outside vendor was transporting them from one IBM facility to …

    Software & Security 15 May 2007, 21:56

  • Torvalds weighs in on Microsoft's patent dance

    Nyaah, nyaah, nyaah

    Linus Torvalds has reportedly piled into Microsoft after its senior legal eagle after claimed the Linux operating system violates hundreds of the company's patents. Torvalds, the Linux trademark holder, told InformationWeek's Charlie Babcock it's more likely Microsoft is a violator of patents given most work on operating …

    Software & Security 15 May 2007, 23:28

  • Alcatel-Lucent wants more Microsoft money

    $1.5bn is so two years ago

    Alcatel-Lucent is not satisfied with the $1.5bn Microsoft has been ordered to pay for violating two MP3 patents, and is seeking additional damages. Alcatel-Lucent claims damages awarded by a San Diego US District Court in February only cover the bill for patent infringements through November 2005. The company seeks a recount …

    PC Builder 15 May 2007, 23:41

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