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Best Practice for achieving Risk Reduction in the overall IT environment
Talkback We now live in an environment where compromised applications have become a delivery mechanism for additional downloaded and executed malware such as key-loggers and rootkits. In doing so, you can check on the latest security vulnerabilities that...
About: Adobe patches zero-day bugs in Reader, Acrobat
[May 16, 2009, 13:49 by lumension]
Fly me and hang the environment
Blog IT people don't care about the environment apparently, at least according to the annual survey by the Chartered Management Institute. Only 12 percent of managers in the sector intend to offset the carbon footprint created by long-haul flights...
[July 3, 2007, 15:44 in News Blog by Colin Barker]
Increasing security in a wireless environment
Talkback Basicly this sums up good symptom fighting. As usual functionality comes at a (security) price. The trick is to identify at which point too much functionality needs (or wants) come with too much (labour intensive or error prone) maintenance and...
About: Increasing security in a wireless environment
[November 7, 2005, 22:58]
RE: Sod the environment - free cabs on Microsoft!
Blog Comment I thought it was a wind up when I got the email. We've been pondering exactly how many taxis are Microsoft-branded and how likely it will be to pick one up. Widely publicised?
[April 21, 2007, 10:49 by Cattykins]
Microsoft: 'Harden your environment'
Talkback While I agree partly with what is said in this article - it IS the responsibility of the end user to satisfy themselves as to the security of their own systems - I believe that Microsoft have consistently failed consumers with the security of...
About: Microsoft: 'Harden your environment'
[March 31, 2006, 14:30]
Microsoft: 'Harden your environment'
Talkback "He admitted older Windows operating systems did not have the level of security necessary to counter cybercriminals. The problem is that Microsoft keep pushing the release date of a newer Windows into the future.
About: Microsoft: 'Harden your environment'
[March 30, 2006, 22:49]
Microsoft: 'Harden your environment'
Talkback All the while Microsoft products, unlike their competitors', have been unable to operate safely in a networked environment. Product recall? Class action suit? Use of Explorer, Outlook, and even Windows cause these problems due to unaddressed...
About: Microsoft: 'Harden your environment'
[March 30, 2006, 13:10]
Microsoft: 'Harden your environment'
Talkback If you buy Win XP and then have to turn around and buy more software to try and secure the windows environment, you are wasting your time and money. The way Windows OS is designed is the root cause of security breeches.
About: Microsoft: 'Harden your environment'
[March 30, 2006, 17:36]
Microsoft: 'Harden your environment'
Talkback Well funded criminal organizations are out there trying to get a hold on your environment one way or another. Bull. The problem is with Microsoft and not with the fact that WIndows is out their in great numbers.
About: Microsoft: 'Harden your environment'
[April 9, 2006, 23:28]
Sod the environment - free cabs on Microsoft!
Blog Microsoft has come in for some criticism over the environmental impact of Vista which some studies have shown to be the most resource hungry operating system the software giant has ever shipped. Then there is the issue of all the existing machines...
[April 19, 2007, 11:42 in News Blog by Andrew Donoghue]
Living in a bubble environment
Talkback The civil servant enters and lives in an introverted closed world, even those who have regular contact with "customers". They live an orderly life that runs in fairly slow motion, any attempts to accelerate or change that way of working being...
About: Civil servants 'lack security awareness'
[February 6, 2007, 11:01 by 1000215420]
Gates' interoperability claim 'is nonsense'
Talkback Interoperability is better with both Hardware & Software when the vendor has a closed environment. For the same reason, that Linux will eventually become the dominant environment. Apple is an example of Gates' comments.
About: Gates' interoperability claim 'is nonsense'
[February 10, 2005, 7:43]
The Manx turn from Unix to Windows
Talkback A total migration project from a best fit environment to a one size fits all environment. And in the future all together all at once thanks to opting for a highly integrated and centralized environment.
About: The Manx turn from Unix to Windows
[December 3, 2004, 21:39]
Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers
Talkback Linux used mostly by IT esp.who are working in Linux environment. People other than who are in Linux environment are still using Windows on their home PC or their personal PC at work. Those who commented this article from Redhat should check with...
About: Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers
[November 5, 2003, 19:05]
Microfuel cells vie for market acceptance
Talkback this could turn out just like printer cartriges, they are damaging to the environment when they cannot be re-filled. New technology should be designed with the environment in mind, HFC's and the like are a good point to start, the new EU WEEE...
About: Microfuel cells vie for market acceptance
[May 13, 2004, 22:59]
.Net developers can write for Linux using Mono
Talkback A Portable Application Environment: The effort to establish a portable application environment took a big step forward with this release of the MONO beta. A key difference being that while no one “writes” to WiNE, MONO was created as portable...
About: .Net developers can write for Linux using Mono
[May 7, 2004, 23:48]
RE: The Technological Singularity
Blog Comment A big jump from cloud computing to an AI becoming not only self-aware but able to control its environment. There was an argument some years ago that various scientific disciplines were arguing that once a creature became intelligent enough to...
[December 2, 2008, 12:28 by Xwindowsjunkie]
How an effective Vulnerability Assessment process can help me with this!
Talkback Network discovery solutions shed light into the risk areas that are often not visible within the network environment. With new found visibility into the organisation’s environment, IT can discover all assets within the network and uncover...
About: Microsoft warns of worm exploiting Windows flaw
[November 27, 2008, 16:53 by lumension]
It's the business processes that are bound to MSOffice
Talkback 15 years of workgroup oriented business process automation based on the MSOffice productivity environment has had an impact. Microsoft pretty much owns the "client" in "client/server" because so many of these day-to-day business processes are bound...
About: Windows' dominance stifles demand for Linux
[December 31, 2008, 7:27 by garyedwards]
iPods are security risk, warns analyst
Talkback In a properly secure environment Cd-Burner and floppy drive access is already controlled, document removal is not permitted without approval. It is probable the the vast majority of people reading this do so at work where they have access to the...
About: iPods are security risk, warns analyst
[July 7, 2004, 10:16]
