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21st May 2007 Archive

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  • Zeus virtually ports traffic manager to Windows

    Wrapped app conceals its Penguin nature via Virtual Server

    Load balancing specialist Zeus Technology has ported its ZXTM traffic manager to Windows - by the simple expedient of wrapping its Linux software up as a Microsoft Virtual Server package. The wrapped app also includes management tools that make it look just like native Windows software, said Zeus product manager Owen Garrett …

    Enterprise 21 May 2007, 09:58

  • Microsoft vouchers undercut patent claims

    No best before date on Novell vouchers

    Novell's deal with Microsoft (on behalf of its customers, of course) could end up benefiting everyone in the open source community after all, thanks to a missing expiration date and a nifty little clause in GPLv3. Microsoft announced last week that it holds exactly 235 patents which are infringed by Linux source code. It wasn …

    Software & Security 21 May 2007, 10:18

  • Symbian malware escapes Russia

    Cash from chaos

    Malware profiteers have created a trio of smartphone Trojans that send out premium-rate SMS messages from infected Symbian S60 devices. The Trojans, all members of the Viver strain, pose as utility programs for Symbian phones and have been uploaded to at least one popular file sharing site, anti-virus firm F-Secure reports. …

    Software & Security 21 May 2007, 10:40

  • Phoenix maintains gentle ascent

    Continuity business

    The disaster recovery business has been keeping Phoenix IT Group heading skyward. Revenues were up overall by 16.3 per cent to £126.7m, which included five months of sales from Servo Computer Services, the SME IT services and product sales business that Phoenix acquired in November 2006. Excluding the Servo figures, "the …

    Enterprise 21 May 2007, 12:57

  • Alltel in multi-billion dollar buyout

    TPG Capital and GSCP tag-team mobile operator

    TPG Capital and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners (GSCP) have agreed a deal to purchase US mobile operator Alltel in a $27.5bn deal. The agreement will see the investment firms acquire all outstanding Alltel stock for $71.50 per share, which represents a 23 percent premium on Alltel's closing price prior to the first time it was …

    IT Channel 21 May 2007, 14:42

  • Italians sink Ellison's America's Cup bid

    'Hurts big time' admits BMW Oracle team

    Larry Ellison's ambitions to lift the America's Cup have sunk beneath the Med after his BMW Oracle Racing Team went down 5-1 to Italian sail worriers Luna Rossa Challenge in the waters off Valencia, InfoWorld reports. BMW Oracle were soundly beaten in the best-of-nine semis of the Louis Vuitton Cup, despite the on-board …

    Software & Security 21 May 2007, 15:35

  • Norton's firewall not fiery enough

    Pegasus takes fright

    Users of Norton Personal Firewall have been urged to update their software following the discovery of a serious vulnerability in the security package. A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability involving ActiveX controls creates a means for hackers to inject hostile code onto vulnerable systems, Symantec warns. The security …

    Software & Security 21 May 2007, 16:05

  • IBM grills HP with 4.7GHz Power6-based box

    But BBQ starts in November

    IBM's protracted Power6 dance ended today with the revelation of a midrange server that shows blistering benchmark numbers. Big Blue has announced a revamped version of its p 570 system that can hold one to eight of the new 4.7GHz dual-core Power6 chips. When running the TPC benchmark, an eight-way version of the p 570 reached …

    Enterprise 21 May 2007, 17:01

  • MySpace to turn over sex-offender data after all

    The Complying Game

    Under growing pressure to do more to protect underage members, MySpace has agreed to give state authorities details about registered sex offenders known to have been users. The decision, announced Monday, resolves last week's standoff in which the News Corp.-owned site refused to turn over the data because law enforcement …

    Software & Security 21 May 2007, 19:56

  • Symantec and Huawei partner to secure and store China

    Joined at the venture

    Symantec and Huawei have concocted a rather fascinating arrangement to go after the security and storage markets in China. The vendors today revealed that they will, as rumored, create a joint venture to sell appliance-like systems based on Huawei's hardware and Symantec's software. Symantec tends to stay away from direct …

    Enterprise 21 May 2007, 22:58

  • EMC announces data protection house party

    Rocking with the VTL in the VIP costs you plenty

    EMC released a smörgåsbord of data protection products at the EMC World conference today, including a new virtual tape library line starting at *pinky to lip* one million dollars. Disk Library 6000 The company claims its EMC Disk Library (DL) 6000 line is the largest and fastest virtual tape library available on the market. …

    Enterprise 21 May 2007, 23:29

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