Obscurity
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A touch of healthcare and technology
Insight Dr. Colin Quek, CIO of Raffles Medical Group, discusses why the social component of healthcare can make IT spending more complex in this industry.
Tags: IT budgeting, Project management, IT budgeting, Project management
Emachines fizzles on first day of trading
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Bad news for Emachines in court, on Wall Street
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Five easy ways to compromise your own security
Techguide Even if you've effectively secured your IT resources against malicious security crackers, there could be the danger that someone could accidentally compromise security.
Tags: Security, Business Model, Yahoo! Inc., private key, Obscurity, online banking, Password, Computer, online banking password, e-mail
A good server naming convention eases IT workload
Techguide Frisky? DC1? Bozo? Pluto? ESX1? These are all server names. Which ones make the most sense? Scott Lowe discusses server naming in this article.
Tags: Servers, Infrastructure/architecture management, Server platforms, Convention, Firewall, Printer, Infrastructure/architecture management, Scott Lowe, CIO, Information Technology
A new skin for 'unkind' blogosphere
Blogs Remember that episode of Seinfeld where the four friends were sent to jail for not being good Samaritans? In the fin...
Storage giant EMC shuffles top executives
News In an effort to stay at the top of the high-end storage game, EMC has promoted president Joe Tucci to chief executive while making former CEO Mike Ruetggers chairman of the board.
The secrets of open source security
Techguide A careful examination of the facts regarding how open source development relates to software security.
Use port knocking to bypass firewall rules
Techguide Find out how port knocking works, and learn why port knocking sometimes presents its own security concerns.
Tags: Security, Network security, Mobile
Obscurity is not security
Techguide Open source software provides for a development process that is more likely to result in secure software.
Ten ways to secure Web services
Architect comment Server-to-server access is the heart of XML-based Web Services. But such seamless communication will require new security practices.
Tags: Security Management, XML, Software integration, Web services
Google tests snapshots of Web pages
News A new feature would offer stamp-size pics of sites alongside ordinary search results. But longer page-loading times could mean a thumbs-down for the thumbnails.
Apple opens up open-source effort
News Mac maker revamps its software development process in response to complaints by open-source programmers behind Safari browser.
Tags: Mac OS
How SP2 affects Internet Explorer
Insight The Windows XP SP2 buzz has centered on security enhancements, but it also brings several key changes to IE, like a built-in pop-up blocker and Add-on Manager. A look at IE's new features.
Tags: Windows XP, Web browsers
Big fuss over little Retek
Insight Software maker Retek emerged from relative obscurity after Oracle began a wrestling match with archrival SAP for ownership of the company--a move that has Wall Street betting on an all-out bidding war.
Tags: Databases
