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  • Zeus malware weakens as ISP support is choked

    But it's unknown what sort of business arrangement Troyak may have with SAINTVPN, Nazario said.It's an incredibly fluid situation," he said.According to Armin, the other networks that are still actively hosting core Zeus command-and-control…
    18 March 2010
    Tags: Researchers • Infected • Experts • Carrying • Carry • Action

  • IBM says less software security vulnerabilities found in 2009

    Since security awareness goes both ways, Bradley said it's natural that malware creators will strive to exploit the very same vulnerabilities that the security industry tries to stop.It's like a game of cyber cat and mouse, now that the mouse is…
    15 March 2010
    Tags: Vulnerabilities • Sql • Malicious • Decline • Cent • Categories

  • PayPal users close accounts after Cryptome attack

    The spat between Microsoft, Cryptome and PayPal has led to some PayPal users withdrawing their accounts PayPal users have reacted angrily to the suspension of Cryptome's account by the e-payment company and are using Cryptome's website to display…
    12 March 2010
    Tags: Restored • Paypal • Cryptome • Action • Accounts • Account

  • Mozilla Jetpack ripped off our design, says MetaLab

    When someone takes your images from the server hosting them, that's crossing the line.Mozilla apologised to MetaLab Wednesday. A Canadian interface design firm accused Mozilla of stealing user interface (UI) elements for a development tool in the…
    12 March 2010
    Tags: User Interface • Mozilla • Elements • Charges • Blog Post • Addon

  • Fasthosts offers virtual server range

    Fasthosts has introduced a range of virtual servers, based on Microsoft Hyper-V, that allows customers to configure a server by choosing capacity, processor power and control settings that meet changing business needs.The Gloucester-based hosting…
    11 March 2010
    Tags: Virtual Server • Hyperv • Hosting • Firms • Dedicated • Configure

  • Internet Explorer 6 buried in funeral

    Internet Explorer Six, known to friends and family as 'IE6,' is survived by son Internet Explorer Seven, and grand-daughter Internet Explorer Eight.The Google and March 1 references came from the search giant's recent announcement that it would…
    08 March 2010
    Tags: Mix • Microsoft Windows • Friends • Explorer • Event • Browsers

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  • Overlooked online threats

    Admins should update to the most recent version of BIND, which is much more skeptical about the data it receives and performs more thorough cross checking to prevent poisoning.If you have doubts about the validity of your DNS hosting, you can test…
    05 March 2010
    Tags: Race • Mechanisms • Inhouse • Danger • Addons • Ad

  • Microsoft vs. Google: The empire strikes back

    What is new, however, is that Microsoft will offer the Office Web Apps in three configurations: an ad-supported version available free of charge to anyone, an ad-free hosted service for businesses, and an enterprise version that can be hosted…
    23 February 2010
    Tags: Redmond • Flagship • Cloud Computing • Argue • Architect • Apis

  • Start your virtualisation project right

    If you have internal firewalling between applications, and between network segments, and you start virtualising applications and network segments or even collapsing data centres as some of the hosting companies are doing, then you need to take all…
    16 February 2010
    Tags: Virtualised • Server Virtualisation • Implications • Game • Breaches • Appliances

  • Flash storage fixes data centre bottlenecks, for a price

    The company had invested in a caching infrastructure at its managed hosting provider, but that wasn't helping much because there was no way to predict what needed to be in the cache.Take a page about a particular restaurant in Singapore, for…
    15 February 2010
    Tags: Tier • Struggling • Storing • Hard Drives • Data Center • Accessed

  • Wikileaks project to make Iceland free information host

    The purpose of the draft law is not to tailor a solution for Wikileaks: it must be of benefit to all press activity, Schmitt stressed.However, if the law is approved by Iceland's parliament, Wikileaks will certainly look at opportunities for…
    12 February 2010
    Tags: Regulations • Press • Laws • Draft • Country • Countries

  • Managing networks is still about problem solving

    Mike Crews, director of IT, said ADS has virtualized its servers in-house using VMware, adding it's made configuration for data centre disaster recovery easier.ADS also teams with hosting provider Host.net to upload data from healthcare…
    12 February 2010
    Tags: Records • Perspective • Hosting • Firewalls • Faced • Automated

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  • How to protect your banking online

    Dedicate specific machines or facilities to hosting your Internet banking activities, and harden their defences to external attack. Don't transact financial business on machines hosting non-transactional systems or applications, such as web…
    09 March 2010
    Tags: Victim • Transfers • Transactions • Procedures • Assume • Alerts

  • How to contract your network privacy on the cloud

    In a number of cases, the Justice Department is asserting that data help by a third party, such as a mobile service provider or a hosting provider, can be demanded by government agents without a warrant.
    19 February 2010
    Tags: Party • Law • Hosting • Department • Demand • Agents

  • How to move your small business to the cloud

    After all, Gmail, a popular cloud-based e-mail service that has endured some high-profile outages, didn't earn the nickname "Gfail" for nothing.Before you dismiss the cloud as a lot of vapour, though, listen to what three small-business people…
    01 February 2010
    Tags: Transition • Small Businesses • Small Business • Microsoft Office • Founder • Cloud Computing

  • How to avoid joining a botnet

    We've seen a number of cases recently where people have gone to a legitimate website and there is an advertisement up there hosting some kind of malicious code.That is where the latest safe browsing technologies can help, said Santorelli.
    20 November 2009
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  • How to manage multivendor virtualisation

    He notes, however, that he plans to evaluate Hyper-V Release 2 upon its availability for possible use in testing and development.Go below the surfaceA tool vendor's support of multiple hypervisors isn't enough, says Kelly Beardmore, CTO of Tenzing…
    14 October 2009
    Tags: Virtual Machine • Infrastructures • Hypervisor • Virtual Machines • Virtualization • Server Virtualisation

  • How to Compare VMware and Amazon Cloud Services

    Terremark, one of the launch service providers (here in the US, the others are BlueLock and Hosting.com), notes in its specification pages that its VCE offering is based on Cisco and fibre channel SAN storage.So, how does the pricing break down?
    23 September 2009
    Tags: Apis • Service Providers • Data Center • Cpu • Vm • Amazon

Reviews

  • VMware View 4 review

    VMware View 4 review Tom Henderson Superior speed, management features review,reviews Despite occasional buggy behavior, the administrative ease of VMware View was strong, even if it's captive to VMware's comparatively expensive VM hosting platform.
    13 January 2010
    Tags: Vm • Transport • Pool • Hosted • Agent • Active Directory

  • Promise vTrak E610f and DataCore SANMelody 3.0 SAN review

    The process of coalescing multiple snapshots into a single new volume, which took from a few seconds to about a minute with the other systems I tested, took nearly 20 minutes for this system to complete.I expect that SANmelody's volume unification…
    08 October 2009
    Tags: Sas • Fibre Channel • Invest • Boot • Budget • Western

  • Opera Unite review

    Meanwhile, if you want to share files but you don't want to use a third-party service, go to a web hosting company and set up your own website. Opera Software's announcement that it's going to bundle Opera Unite, an easy-to-use web server with…
    19 June 2009
    Tags: Music • Bundle • Third Party • Opera • Discussion

  • 1&1 MyBusiness Site review

    1&1 MyBusiness Site - the website builder and hosting service from 1&1 - is open for business. MyBusiness Site - the website builder and hosting service from 1&1 - is open for business.The past few years has seen a mini-revolution taking place in…
    17 June 2009
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  • SafeHouse Explorer review

    In that way, you have access to the secured information, but hackers can't use any of the various recover schemes to extract your data from its original location on your drive.When SafeHouse Explorer is installed on portable media, such as a USB…
    28 April 2009
    Tags: Volume • Portable • Explorer • Volumes • Secured • Eyes

  • Mr Site Takeaway Website Version Two review

    Mr Site Takeaway Website Version Two promises to make website creation and hosting a simple and painless affair. Mr Site Takeaway Website Version Two promises to make website creation and hosting a simple and painless affair.Mr Site Takeaway…
    07 April 2009
    Tags: Domain • Menus • Pages • Creating • Hosting • Creation

White Papers

  • Business case for adopting HP integrity server blades in the data centre

    Hosting a range of applications from core infrastructure to multi-tiered enterprise applications, Blade architecture allows businesses to not only consolidate their applications through virtualisation but also enhance IT business agility that…
    30 March 2009
    Tags: Enhance • Blades • Blade • Data Centres • Data Centre

  • Avoiding Data Centre Costs through Managed Application Delivery Services

    Tough times call for creative solutions.Faced with conflicting needs to enhance application performance without significant investment, IT departments are looking beyond traditional data center options and considering managed application delivery…
    27 February 2009
    Tags: Compare • Investment • Capital • Delivery • Data Center • Data Centre

  • Network firewall protection is not enough

    Many hosting companies rely on a firewall to protect their customers' servers and websites from security breaches. The defences you need to protect yourself against web application level attacks. Website owners are vulnerable to unwanted…
    12 February 2008
    Tags: Hackers • Protect • Breaches • Firewall • Vulnerable • Malicious

  • Harnessing internet marketing

    Generate leads to feed your sales pipe by hosting targeted web seminars. Generate leads to feed your sales pipe by hosting targeted web seminars. Harnessing internet marketing WebEx Get your message to more people faster with compelling online…
    21 May 2007
    Tags: Leads • Targeted • Hosting • Seminars • Pipe • Feed

  • Linux Performance and Tuning Guidelines

    However, calculating a global weather forecast and hosting a database impose different requirements on the operating system. Getting the best out of Linux in the datacentre. Over the past few years, Linux has made its way into the data centers of…
    27 April 2007
    Tags: Datacentre • Firewalls • Cell • Embedded • Guidelines • Tuning

  • SuperGrids Selects LSI Logic Storage Adapters

    As a previous user of LSI Logic's products on a 4,000-server, 6 country, 7 data center footprint at his former company, Conxion, an Internet hosting, server management, and network provider for very large companies such as Microsoft, Oracle, Intel…
    17 April 2007
    Tags: Provider • Adapters • Hosting • Logic • Raid • Lsi

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