The disclosure of critical vulnerabilities in voice-over-IP products from several major vendors shows why companies need to pay close attention to security when deploying IP telephony technologies, analysts said.
Zero-day attacks that take advantage of software vulnerabilities for which there are no available fixes are emerging as a major threat to corporate security.
In his recently released book, Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World, security guru Bruce Schneier argues for a more commonsense and less technology-centric approach to both IT security and physical security. In this interview with JAIKUMAR VIJAYAN, Schneier shares his views on IT security.
Microsoft has released seven patches - five of them for critical vulnerabilities - as part of its recently announced plan to move to a monthly security update schedule.
This week's Fizzer worm appears to have had little impact on corporate networks, according to users and analysts. But with a growing number of users logging into corporate networks from home and other relatively insecure remote locations, the malicious code and spyware that such viruses leave behind on unprotected systems could prove to be a long-term headache for companies.
Sun Microsystems will soon announce two low-end Solaris servers featuring integrated software stacks that it plans to position as low-cost alternatives to Intel servers running Linux.
IBM will deliver its next-generation Power5 RISC microprocessor architecture sometime in mid-2004, according to company officials at the IBM PartnerWorld event in New Orleans.
IBM is set to roll out new hardware, pricing and upgrade options for users of its iSeries systems as part of a $US500 million effort to revitalize the 25-year-old mid-range server line.
Last week's demonstration of HP's Itanium 2-based Superdome server takes the company a step closer to its long-term goal of moving users of its high-end systems to Intel's processor technology.
IBM has released the latest version of its AIX Unix operating system, with new functionality aimed at addressing some crucial gaps in the technology.
Worldwide server revenues declined for the sixth quarter in a row to $US10.5 billion in the second quarter, down 17 per cent from $12.6 billion in the same period last year, according to IDC.
Nearly two years after IBM announced a new pricing model aimed at making mainframe hardware upgrades cheaper, the company is urging users to be careful about how and where they apply it.
CSC is offering a voluntary extended leave program under which employees can take at least six months leave with 20 per cent pay.
Gartner is cautioning NCR's Teradata customers against overpaying for some recently introduced hardware, in response to what the research firm is calling "illogical pricing practices".
Hewlett-Packard will focus on delivering a wide range of IT consulting and business process services as part of its post-merger strategy, a senior executive said last week.
