Friday, January 1, 2010

IT News HeadLines (NetworkComputing) 01/01/2010



Manufacturing sector to increase IT spend, to focus on improving efficiency
Facing intense competition from global manufacturers, Indian manufacturers are cutting costs while simultaneously seeking to improve their market share. For this sector, technologies in demand are BI and virtualization
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CA Unveils its Upgraded Enterprise Security Portfolio
The company has enhanced versions of its Access Control, DLP and GRC Manager solutions along with improved integration capabilities of Identity Manager and Compliance Manager offerings
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EMC Outlines USD 1.5 billion India Investment Plan
To focus mainly on RD and Global Services. Opens state-of-the-art facility in Bengaluru. Takes education initiatives to the next level through partnerships with IIIT-B and JA World Wide
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Oracle Launches Database Security and Compliance Solution for Banks
Oracle says this solution will enable Indian banks to meet RBIs IT compliance guidelines with less administrative and IT integration expenditure
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Google Urges Cooperation Against Bad Ads, Malware
A malicious ad surfaced in Google search results just as Google called for a more concerted industry effort against such scams
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Think Your Anti-Virus is Working? Think Again
Web users probably think they're in good shape if they simply keep their anti-virus systems up to date. Reports published by NSS Labs dispel any such notion
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Cyberoam Develops Open Source Logging and Reporting Solution
Called Cyberoam-iView, the solution gives organizations centralized visibility across multiple devices
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Google Groups Used To Direct Trojan Malware
Malicious software has been found looking to Google Groups for instructions on how to behave badly
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How to Secure Your Firewall
Firewall analysis helps you understand how your firewalls have been programmed. This task, which is too complex for manual execution, helps you detect accidental exposures caused by poor programming of these devices. Learn how your critical assets and access to these assets can be secured by ensuring that your firewalls have the right security policy in them
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SafeNets New Solution to Prevent Unauthorized Access to SaaS Based Applications
Called the HASP SRM SaaS Pass, the offering is designed to help SaaS providers prevent revenue loss due to sharing of subscription information by customers
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Microsoft Fixes Eight Flaws, But Three Remain Open
The September patch set from Microsoft has fallen a bit short, leaving three zero-day vulnerabilities open to be exploited
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SQL Vulnerability Leaves Passwords In The Clear, Researchers Say
With no patch forthcoming from Microsoft, Sentrigo launches workaround for flaw
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Top 10 E-Threats August 2009
Conficker gains a position, while Trojan.Clicker.CM tops the list for the second month in a row by bypassing popup blockers
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Microsoft IIS Zero-Day Vulnerability Reported
Exploit code affecting the FTP module for certain versions of Microsoft IIS has been posted online. US-CERT recommends taking countermeasures
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Social Networkers Risk More Than Privacy
Facebook and Twitter users post personal information that could be used by professional home burglars looking for targets, says a U.K. study
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At Your Own Risk
KPMG report says that security implications of deploying non-genuine software are multi-dimensional
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Tech Insight: SQL Injection Demystified
Attackers are using the old standby SQL injection en masse—a look at the attack and how to protect your applications from it
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PandaLabs: 35 Million Computers Infected With Rogueware Each Month
Rogueware is being distributed through Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Digg, and targeted blackhat SEO attacks
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Hacker Indicted For Stealing 130 Million Credit Cards
A Miami resident and two unnamed co-conspirators have been indicted for hacking major retailers and stealing credit card data
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Will Twitter's Business Tools Be Safe and Secure?
The main question that Twitter aficionados must ask concern the capacity of a micro blogging platform to deliver safe and secure applications, especially since stats and data that could affect business are involved
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Prepare To Patch
If you are a Microsoft Windows user, chances are there's a patch waiting for you tomorrow
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Denial-Of-Service Attacks Hard To Kill
While tweets went silent last week, hundreds of other DDoS attacks were under way around the globe—and several more powerful ones
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Tech Insight: Taking the Right Steps in Vulnerability Management
Overwhelmed with warnings about new threats and vulnerabilities? Here's a quick guide to managing the deluge
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Virtualization And The New Application Landscape
Kumar Mitra, Country Manager India, Blue Coat Systems, shares his view on the impact of virtualization on the application landscape
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Oracle Patches 36 Bugs
Three of the fixes with the highest vulnerability rating are for the core Oracle Database Server itself
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16 Percent of Workloads Are Running in Virtual Machines Today, Says Gartner
Only 16 percent of workloads are running in virtual machines today, but Gartner predicts that this will rise to around 50 percent of x86 architecture server workloads by the end of 2012
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IBM Introduces New High-end Storage Array
Claims that the new product will deliver performance improvement of over 150 percent
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IBM Announces VM Management System
VMControl seeks to combine management of virtual machines on servers with virtualized storage and virtual networking
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IBM Hopes to Redefine Storage Space with XIV
Built using standard Intel and Linux components and backed with advanced capacity-optimization tools, IBM is betting big on the XIV to lead the company to new levels of growth
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NComputings Virtual Desktop Sales Surpass Two Million Seats
The company has observed a high rate of adoption for its $70-$200 virtual desktops among the government, education sectors and budget-strapped businesses
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Netmagic Targets Tape Backup Market with Cloud-based Petavault
Targeting enterprises which are looking at replacing their tape-based backup systems, Netmagic has launched a pay-per-use electronic data vault service
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Virtualization: The Weapon of Choice Against Data Center Challenges
The session on Virtualization on day two of Interop Mumbai 2009 suggests that the benefits virtualization offers in terms of cost savings, management and performance should have more Indian organizations looking at this approach to resolve their Data Center related issues
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Tame the DR Tiger
Munish Mittal, Executive VP for Information Technology, HDFC Bank believes it is almost impossible to tame the DR tiger, but that you need to make an attempt to do so
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EMC Outlines USD 1.5 billion India Investment Plan
To focus mainly on RD and Global Services. Opens state-of-the-art facility in Bengaluru. Takes education initiatives to the next level through partnerships with IIIT-B and JA World Wide
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Intel Overclocks to Go Beyond the PC
As the future dims for PCs and servers, Intel is setting its sights on developing processors for smartphones and consumer electronics
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Open Source can Help India Save 10,000 crore, says IIM-B Study
By replacing just 50 percent of proprietary software with open source in desktops and servers in 2010, India can save close to Rs 10,000 crore, says a recent research report by IIM Bangalore
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Dell to Buy Perot Systems for $3.9 Billion
Deal would make PC manufacturer an instant player in lucrative tech services market
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IBM Develops Denser, Faster Chip Memory
The embedded memory is integrated on the same die as a multi-core processor, instead of using external modules, resulting in better performance, IBM says
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HP Leads Overall Server Market in Q2 2009
The latest IDC India IDC India Q2 2009 Server tracker has declared HP as the leader in the Overall server market, with leadership across x86 Servers, Non x86 Servers and Unix Server Markets
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IBM India Ranks No 1 in x86 Blade Server Revenues in Q2 2009
Garners a huge 50.9 percent market share in Q2 2009
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EMC Rides on Deduplication Wave
With storage too coming under the efficiency lens of Indian enterprises, EMC is finding huge growth for its deduplication solutions
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AMD Helps Raymond Speed up IT, Communication
When the limitations posed by a legacy infrastructure prevented Raymond from bettering its business, the company chose to upgrade to an infrastructure running on AMDs latest processor family. This move helped Raymond improve its IT performance, communication and increase the overall productivity, while keeping operational costs in check
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EMC to Invest USD 1.5 Billion in India
The announcement also marks the opening of the companys largest RD center outside U.S in Bangalore, India
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Intel Launches Core i7, Xeon 3400 and Core i5 Processors for Mainstream PC Users
Formerly codenamed Lynnfield, Intel Core i7, Core i5 and Xeon 3400 chips are designed for consumers who need top-notch performance for digital media, productivity, gaming and other demanding applications
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Tata Communications partners with NetApp to provide Cloud Services
Using solutions from NetApp, Tata Communications will provide cloud-based services aimed at SMBs
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