System Administration
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APAC firms pass on remote admin via phones
News Businesses in Asia have yet to warm to using mobile phones to perform systems administration tasks remotely, according to industry observers.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Mobile platforms, Mobile applications, Infrastructure/architecture management, Network administration/implementation, Wipro Technologies, GUI, Infrastructure Management, Asia, Administrator
Do virtual servers really mean lower costs?
Insight perspective Assumptions about virtualization cost savings need to be put on a firmer footing, says Gartner analyst.
Tags: Servers, Virtualization, Investment, Environment, Server, server virtualization, virtual server, Virtualization, Benefit, Servers
From 'Phiber Optik' to security guru
Insight newsmaker The activities of Mark Abene aka "Phiber Optik" and his hacker friends, made him a media darling and inspired a book, but now he spends his time protecting computer networks.
Tags: Data security, Hacking, Security Management, Security, motivation, Password, Digital Equipment Corp., computer, phone, CompuServe
OpenAmplify developer's diary - part three: Topic intention comparisons
Techguide Justin James chronicles his process of using Hapax's OpenAmplify Web service to create an application that can match documents with content that is similar or identical to the source document.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Document, Comparison, Simple Object Access Protocol, system administration, SM, topTopicsResult, Web sites, Web 2.0
Use RFC 2606 example domains for example e-mail
Techguide Example e-mail domains were created specifically for use in examples, so that people with real e-mail accounts that happen to coincide with your examples don't suffer the fallout of an unfortunate choice of example.
Tags: Security implementation/standards, Security Management, E-mail Address, Security, Domain Name, Domain, CompTIA, Chad Perrin, RFC, e-mail
Basics of secure admin privilege use with Unix
Techguide Sometimes, it's worthwhile to get back to basics. Read about the basics of secure administrative privilege use on Unix-like systems.
Tags: UNIX, Security Management, Security applications/tools, Security, SSH, Unix, Administrator, Tool, Password, User Account
Security workers feel the pinch
News Despite the ongoing focus on security since the Sept. 11 attacks, computer security administrators are not immune to the current economic malaise, according to a study.
Apple's Snow Leopard due early 2009
News According to an Apple executive's presentation, the OS X update could debut at the beginning of next year, slightly earlier than expected.
Tags: Mac OS, Operating systems, Apple Inc., Apple QuickTime, Conference, Apple OS, Macworld, Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Adobe PDF, San Diego
Dell unveils new NAS server
News The company is aiming the PowerVault 745N network-attached storage server at small businesses and branch offices of big companies.
IBM introduces self-healing data center software
News Big Blue offers data center systems that automatically fix network traffic jams and restore service after a power failure.
Tags: Data centers, Software
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
SQL worm: Servers may be off the hook
News The infectious program has co-opted more than 6,600 machines, but its insistent attempts to spread make it easy to identify and exterminate.
Microsoft scholars get early-bird training in S'pore
News Four third-year students at Nanyang Polytechnic will get to graduate with a diploma as well as Microsoft's newest qualification.
Routing project expands open-source networking
News Open Linux Router aims to provide a modular platform for enterprise routing and security services.
Tags: Routing/switching, Networking technology, Open source
SAGE certifications: By sysadmins for sysadmins
Insight SAGE's aggressive marketing tactics may overshadow its certifications, but don't look past these admin certs too quickly. Learn what SAGE certifications cover and why they have some merit.
