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With Google at gates, Yahoo arms itself
News Can Yahoo's buyout of search technology firm Inktomi fend off Google threat?
• Yahoo to acquire Inktomi
D-Link DVC-1000 i2eye
Reviews The DVC-1000 is an easy-to-use videoconferencing option for broadband users who don't want to be tethered to their PCs.
MailFrontier Gateway Appliance M500
Reviews The main selling point of the MailFrontier Gateway Appliance is its delightfully straightforward management interface. The hardware and software are both well specified, and can provide a high level of protection against common mail-borne security threats.
MS back to old tricks with new instant messenger?
News The battle over today's instant messenger market is vintage Microsoft, whose strategy enemies call "the three E's" in a parody of the company's marketing mantra: embrace, extend and extinguish.
How network firms can all claim victory
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Enterprise server outlook 2005
Insight Major new server technologies were afoot this year. Read CNETAsia's special report to find out how they can affect your hardware planning for 2005--and beyond.
What's behind open-source ID push?
Insight IBM and Novell have come out in support for Higgins, a previously obscure ID management effort, leading analysts to wonder why.
Tags: Security, Authentication and encryption, Security Management, Security implementation/standards, Open source
How Oracle approaches the problem of identity management
Techguide Learn more about Oracle's latest identity management release, which includes centralized and delegated administration over user identities and access to services, provisioning of user services, and a federation component to manage external user identities.
Microsoft, JBoss link server software
Techguide In another sign of its changing posture toward open-source, Redmond pledges to achieve great interoperability with JBoss products.
Tags: Software, Microsoft Windows, Protocols and platforms, Java, Open source
Consider these factors before using Enterprise JavaBeans
Techguide Still sitting on the fence about whether Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) is right for your project? Peter V. Mikhalenko explains the main goals of EJB and its limitations.
Tags: Java
Delay in Microsoft settlement deadline possible
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10 security tips for all general-purpose OSes
Techguide There are key considerations for system security that apply no matter which operating system platform you happen to be using.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Operating systems
Use disk quotas to manage accounts in a multi-user Linux environment
Techguide Disk quotas in Linux make use of software managed constraints on how much disk space can be used by specific user accounts. This tutorial explains how to set up them up on your system.
Introduction to server virtualization
Techguide Learn more about server virtualization, from what virtualization is and why to use it, to when to use virtualization, to how to migrate physical servers to virtual servers.
Running an IT infrastructure: A best practices guide
Insight expert's view This article, the second part on how to build a secure and dynamic IT infrastructure, outlines an approach to keep your IT platform shipshape.
Tags: Hardware, IT Management
