DALLAS, Oct. 13, 2008 - HP today announced new disk encryption features and improvements to key management for tape libraries, enhancing the security of business-critical data and simplifying the management of compliance-related operations for midsize to enterprise customers. Introduced at Storage Networking World, the new hardware encryption features, added to the HP StorageWorks XP24000 and XP20000 Disk Arrays, reduce the risk of security breaches by protecting the data stored on each disk drive in the array. This is done without degrading the XP array's high performance – a problem for competing solutions. The encryption enhancement for disk arrays, combined with effective key management, strengthens the HP Secure Advantage portfolio of hardware, software and services designed to protect data and resources, from the desktop to the printer and the data center. By encrypting data on both disk and tape, customers can be confident that "data at rest" – information not traversing the network – is secure and easily accessible. If disks are removed or stolen, the encrypted data is inaccessible and, therefore, protected. This encryption safeguards against loss of intellectual property and private information, and helps to protect corporate revenue and reputation. The XP array's redundant hardware platform with data replication capabilities ensures business continuity in case of disaster. The XP array also includes storage virtualization and thin provisioning capabilities that let customers improve the utilization of their storage capacity, the accessibility of their data, and the scalability of their storage environment. The emphasis on storage security is largely a response to increased demands for decades-long access to archives. Tightening regulations and the increased use of content-rich applications are causing the volume of stored data to grow at an exponential rate. This makes securing archived data much more challenging. "As regulatory compliance and privacy re
Oslo, Norway — October 8, 2008 Opera Software today launched Opera 9.6, the newest version of Opera's award-winning Web browser. Opera 9.6 enhances the performance and flexibility of Opera's built-in e-mail client, while adding new features to Opera's free browser-synchronization service, Opera Link. Opera 9.6 is available as a free download from http://www.opera.com/. What's new in Opera 9.6 • Expanded Opera Link Opera lets you take your favorite search engines and the browser history you enter wherever you go. Opera Link also synchronizes notes taken in your Opera browser, your bookmarks, Speed Dial and personal bar. • Optimized Opera Mail Stuck with a slow connection? Our built-in e-mail client, Opera Mail, now includes "low-bandwidth mode" to retrieve mails even faster when bandwidth is limited. • Prioritized e-mail Opera Mail has two new ways to manage e-mail conversations. Keep an eye on important threads and contacts by following them, or ignore less important threads and contacts with a single click. • Increased speed: Opera 9.6 improves the quick responsiveness and page loading of Opera 9.5. • Previewed feeds Look before you feed. Now you can see an RSS feed's content before subscribing to it or even bookmarking it. Opera gives you a clean, multi-column preview for each RSS feed so you know what to expect before you subscribe. • Improved fluency Opera is pleased to add support for Indonesian, Ukrainian, Estonian, Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil languages. "We believe in making the Web available for people everywhere," said Jon von Tetzchner, CEO, Opera Software. "The people who use Opera need it to adapt to their needs and we're proud to continue that tradition today. Our improved e-mail client is now the ideal communication tool. Opera Link gives you more flexibility to take your personal browsing identity with you to any computer. The new Opera 9.6 gives more people around the world new reasons to choose Opera." Of course, Opera 9.6 incl
Amazon published a notification announcing the availability of Microsoft Windows Server and Microsoft SQL Server as part of their Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) service. EC2 is a computing cloud service available from Amazon. EC2 provides simple scalable infrastructure for application deployment. Users can rent any number of servers in the cloud to match their requirements. Feel free to visit the announcement page to request additional features and provide feedback: http://aws.amazon.com/windows/
Executive summary: Companies must weigh the trade-off of purchasing and using genuine, fully licensed software versus using unlicensed software. This paper explores this trade-off and concludes that companies with unlicensed software do not have lower IT spend, but may incur far greater risk of system failure, data loss and employee discontent. In this paper, we explore the differences between mid-market companies (organizations with greater than 24 PCs and less than 500 PCs) that are committed to using genuine, fully licensed software to those that allow unlicensed software to play a role in their firm. We explore the differences in IT system failure rates, IT spending, perceived risks of counterfeit software, and fundamental company success metrics. To capture a strong cross representation of large markets, we included the United States, the United Kingdom, China, and Brazil, each equally represented here. The findings outlined below are consistent across the emerging and developed markets tested. You can download the whitepaper from this URL: http://download.microsoft.com/download/D/C/5/DC503630-3EDD-455D-B155-4FCCA6FCCEA3/TCO%20Global%20Final%20Whitepaper.pdf
It was announced that the second part of "Iceberg Incorporated - A Peek Under the Surface of the Criminal Enterprise" talk on T2´08 conference was replaced with a new talk: "Jack C. Louis and Robert E. Lee from Outpost24 will divulge new technical details about TCP state table manipulation vulnerabilities that affect availability." You can read details here: http://www.t2.fi/2008/08/27/jack-c-louis-and-robert-e-lee-to-talk-about-new-dos-attack-vectors/ Schedule: http://www.t2.fi/schedule/2008/