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  • VMware, Citrix users targetted by virtual PC start-up

    Unidesk recently secured $12 million in second-round venture funding from Matrix Partners and North Bridge Venture Partners.The virtual desktop market is expected to expand considerably over the next year or so, in part because desktop…
    11 March 2010
    Tags: Startup • Reduces • Deployments • Delivery • Data Center • Brodkin

  • Microsoft warns of zero-day IE hole

    Microsoft patched that vulnerability, and seven others, later in the month when it issued an emergency update, often dubbed an "out-of-band" update.As is its practice, Microsoft did not spell out a timeline for patching the latest IE vulnerability…
    10 March 2010
    Tags: Patched • Hackers • Fix • Explorer • Cycle • Browsers

  • Windows needs patching every five days

    The typical home user running Windows faces the "unreasonable" task of patching software an average of every five days, a security and vulnerability research company said. The typical home user running Windows faces the "unreasonable" task of…
    05 March 2010

  • Microsoft plans 8 Windows, Office fixes next week

    Last month was more OS related, this month they're patching some applications.March traditionally is a slow patch month for Microsoft, Storms noted, just as February has historically been big. Microsoft will ship two security updates on Tuesday to…
    05 March 2010
    Tags: Network Security • Excel • Editions • Bugs • Bug • Attackers

  • Microsoft plans 8 Windows & Office fixes next week

    Last month was more OS related, this month they're patching some applications.March traditionally is a slow patch month for Microsoft, Storms noted, just as February has historically been big. Microsoft will ship two security updates on Tuesday to…
    05 March 2010

  • IBM: Software bugs fall, but hackers target PDF, Flash, ActiveX

    While on average most vendors patch 66 percent of those outstanding vulnerabilities, Apple proved the worst, patching just 38 percent.IBM also looked at overall patching rates. The number of software vulnerabilities fell overall in 2009, but the…
    25 February 2010
    Tags: Unpatched • Sql • Multimedia • Microsoft Office • Bugs • Browsers

Latest Features

  • Google Apps backup is ideal for small business

    And it's available at a dramatically lower cost than the on-premises alternatives, without the usual hassles of upgrading, patching and maintaining the software.Granted, the fact that Google is synchronously replicating data in real-time to…
    08 March 2010
    Tags: Productivity • Messaging • Elements • Disaster Recovery • Apps

  • Five worst virtualisation speed traps

    In fact, you've probably increased the load on your power, network and storage resources.Five VMs on a physical host use the same amount of bandwidth and disk space as five physical servers, and require the same amount of configuration, security…
    14 January 2010
    Tags: Demands • Responsibility • Saving • Virtualization • Trouble • Demanding

  • Intel Larrabee was a casualty of Intel's legal battles

    Intel agreed to pay AMD $1.25 billion and the two entered into a long-term cross-licensing agreement, but patching things up with AMD hasn't eliminated any of the other ongoing legal battles facing Intel.Collateral damageIntel and Nvidia…
    08 December 2009
    Tags: Processing • Cpu • Lawsuit • Cited • Nvidia • Standalone

  • Snow Leopard vs Windows 7

    I know that patching vulnerabilities is crucial, and I applaud Microsoft for moving quickly on this front, but the fact that I am regularly informed of updates plants questions in my head over security and reliability.
    27 October 2009
    Tags: Folders • User Interface • Transparent • Usability • Tends • Noting

  • Windows 7 security: more of the same please

    On the other, Microsoft's mammoth patch of this month featured a raft of vulnerabilities Vista, and nine for Windows 7, an operating system not even launched.All of this convinces Amichai Shulman, a bug hunter at Israeli patching company Imperva…
    22 October 2009
    Tags: Sdl • Returns • Grip • Failings • Debugging • Amichai Shulman

  • Internal clouds: More than virtualising servers

    As the number of virtual machines per physical server continues to swell, it becomes very cumbersome for enterprise IT to manually manage processes such as installing and configuring the OS and doing patching and upgrades for ongoing support…
    15 October 2009
    Tags: Robust • Virtual Machines • Accessing • Workload • Dynamically • Additionally

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How-Tos

  • Security tips for large and small businesses

    It's amazing to have to say this, but the first thing to check--right now--is whether you are up to date on all your patching. Whether your business is a big fish or a small-fry home office, you can get hacked just the same, and the stakes are…
    24 February 2010
    Tags: Unpatched • Small Businesses • Enterpriseclass • Clicking • Bob • Active Directory

  • How to backup an open file

    Of course, it can't keep patching the file forever. How does a program handle a file that's changing? How does Mozy backup open TrueCrypt vault files. I'll give you a more general answer, applicable to anyone who uses backup software, followed by…
    15 February 2010
    Tags: Vault • Programs • Mozy • Lincoln Spector • Handle • Backs

  • How to fix cloud security

    For example, at Logiq, Westgate decided to let BlueLock handle patching and configuration management because he was familiar with the software BlueLock was using, a tool from Shavlik Technologies.The division of labor between Logiq and BlueLock…
    02 February 2010
    Tags: Responsibility • Iso • Incident • Cloud Computing • Agent • Access Control

  • How to avoid joining a botnet

    They might not realize the importance of working with IT to ensure they are up to date with patching and software upgrades. There are so many machines without updated AV on it.If your patching system isn't automated, your users need to be made…
    20 November 2009
    Tags: House • Steve • Patching • Compromised • Banks • Attachment

  • Developing a plan for network security

    However, many of them can have a role in shaping your policy if you use them that way.Vulnerability scanners - these scanners can help you determine patching policy. Once you know what vulnerabilities are exposed, you can make decisions about what…
    13 October 2007
    Tags: Loss • Implemented • Administrator • Motion • Agents • Nodes

  • Patching an entire server farm

    A mish-mash of servers, new and old, some Internet-connected, some not, needs patching. Unfortunately, patching servers to keep them current and avoid problems is a cost of doing business. You should have some type of Internet connectivity to do…
    23 April 2007
    Tags: Commercial • Active Directory • Patches • Patch • Date • Patching

Reviews

  • Lumension application control review

    Its one noteworthy shortcoming is the inability to create whitelisting rules based on the digital signatures of application publishers.Lumension, which is the product of the marriage of PatchLink and SecureWave, is the parent of several security…
    05 November 2009
    Tags: Unauthorised • Events • Endpoint • Adobe • Signatures • Execution

  • Bit9 Parity Suite

    In Block s ePolicy Orchestrator administrative console, and it works with multiple patching products.Software can be pre-approved in the same four ways shared by most competitors: Trusted Directories/Paths, Trusted Users, Trusted Publishers, and…
    05 November 2009
    Tags: Category • Metrics • Alerts • Trust • Identified • Trusted

  • CoreTrace Bouncer application control review

    For example, administrators could trust the Windows Update service, Microsoft's Systems Management Server or System Center Configuration Manager, or their regular controlled patching program. Bouncer is the only product in our review that…
    05 November 2009
    Tags: Active Directory • Events • Rogue • Trusted • Preventing • Buffer

  • Microsoft Windows 7 review - First look at the new OS

    There's no reason to believe that Windows 7 will require less patching than earlier versions of the OS. The verdict? A mixture of the good and bad, jumbled up with the unknown. For most people who are considering moving to Windows 7, 22 October is…
    09 August 2009
    Tags: Installing • Folders • Folder • Libraries • Stage • Tray

  • Microsoft Exchange 2010 beta review

    Automatic page patching repairs corrupted database pages from copies.In addition, Microsoft Exchange 2010 is becoming much easier to manage and more compliant with regulatory and legal requirements. The last big release of Microsoft Exchange…
    16 April 2009
    Tags: Continuous • Exchange Server • Night • Outlook • Pick • Usability

  • VMware ESX Server 3.5

    Greater scalability, more RAM for hosts, tools for capacity planning, VM patching, VM storage migration Obtuse error reporting and logging, over-complex database migration and networking, VM renaming problems
    11 February 2008
    Tags: Handy • Vm • Scalability • Wizard • Shops • Hosts

White Papers

  • Cisco Network Admission Control for Wireless LANs

    These security threats disrupt business, causing downtime and continual patching. Networks must be protected from security threats, such as viruses, worms, and spyware. Endpoint visibility and control is needed to help ensure that all wired and…
    27 February 2007
    Tags: Policies • Wired • Protected • Wireless Lans • Policy • Appliance

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