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Hitting The Books for Security+

First study guide available for new security certification

Comeback for PGP?

The popular encryption format gets a new lease on life, but can it finally reach critical mass in the enterprise?

Economic Downturn Dampens Salary Increases

Study finds professional certifications more likely to bring larger raises

IBM Tries to Do More With Less

Big Blue to push small servers as alternatives to competitors' larger SMP systems

News in Brief

Outsourcing IP VPNs, IBM's Rational Software acquisition, and BEA's updated Tuxedo for Web Services

Data Center Embraces Voice over IP

A spring storm forced the state of Connecticut to undergo a $15 million move to a new data center with Voice over IP, improved network performance, and better mainframe and server maintenance.

HP, Cisco Partner for Utility Computing

HP, IBM, and Sun market competing infrastructures for utility computing



The Bell Tolls For BMC Storage Management

After assuming the mantle of “mind share leader” in application-centric storage management, BMC After assuming the mantle of “mind share leader” in application-centric storage management, BMC Software has pulled the plug on its storage business unit. Lamentations aside, the company is owed a few parting kudos for steering the storage industry a couple of degrees toward the direction of end user requirements.

Mammoth Servers in the Offing

HP and IBM separately disclosed chip technologies that will double the capacity of their current server offerings

Microsoft Patches Broken Patch

Botched IE update disrupted browser authentication and help

Security Battle Lines for 2003 - Test doc

This year, as security incidents meet last year's level, e-mail administrators will finally fight back against spam and companies will kiss their first-generation intrusion detection systems (IDS) goodbye. Those are just a few of the trends in Boston-based analyst firm Aberdeen Group's security predictions for 2003.

Zip It Shut: New Enterprise-level Encryption Tools - Test doc

IT managers craving a simple way to trade compressed and encrypted files usable on almost any platform, take note. PKWare Inc. recently announced a range of compression products that can trade “zipped” files with 256-bit AES (Advanced Encryption Standard)—an encryption algorithm—across a range of operating systems, including Windows, Unix, MVS and AS/400.

BIOS-Maker Phoenix Enhances Laptop Security, Recoverability

"Pre-OS environment" can launch security and recovery applications that boot before Windows

Top Ten Web Application Weak Spots - test doc

Avoid these weak spots in your Web applications.

Companies Nervous as First HIPAA Deadline Approaches

Automated monitoring key to HIPAA compliance; Symantec fields questions from worried users

Data Junction Unveils EAI Development Environment

Integration Architect builds upon Data Junction’s ETL expertise

Instant Messaging for iSeries?

Big Blue unveils instant messaging community service for iSeries users

U.S. Market for Web Services to Hit $21 Billion by 2007

IDC predicts that growth will peak at $27 billion in 2011

Case in Point: Charting a Course for HIPAA Compliance

The University of Michigan Healthcare System leverages an IBM solution to ensure HIPAA compliance

Microsoft Touts .NET Development Tools, Success Stories

Next revision of its flagship IDE announced at Visual Studio .NET conference; development tools vendor FMS and publisher Sybex announce .NET products