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  1. Service-Oriented Infrastructure: The Other Part to Agility

    [ Summary ] Topic: Configuration Management | Date Published: 01/22/2008

    SOA is only part of agility companies are looking for, with the underlying fabric of intelligently-controlled computing devices, also known as service-oriented infrastructure, making up the other part, according to this article. The goal of SOI is to allow for new services, while repurposing the...

  2. Firewall 2.0 Focus Groups Offer Ideas for Enhancements

    [ Summary ] Topic: Configuration Management | Date Published: 04/16/2008

    Blogger Jim Reavis says everyone at the first two Firewall 2.0 Focus Groups agrees that current firewalls offer minimal value. Firewall enhancements need to take virtualization into account, include some kind of reporting and switch to True Application/User rules.

  3. Firewalls Can't Do It Alone

    [ Summary ] Topic: Configuration Management | Date Published: 04/16/2008

    Firewalls are not enough to protect against the increasing malware threats, according to blogger Ian Kilpatrick, who says additional security solutions, such as a unified threat-management device, need to be used in conjunction with firewalls.

  4. nSolutions Launches NOVA Change and Configuration Management Appliance

    [ Summary ] Topic: Hardware | Date Published: 05/02/2008

    Network appliance provider nSolutions unveiled its NOVA appliance at the Interop show in Las Vegas. The scalable appliance enables IT to better manage change and configuration across the network infrastructure.

  5. Malware Cited in Dropped Child Pornography Charges Against State Employee

    [ Summary ] Topic: Malware | Date Published: 06/18/2008

    Michael Fiola, a former investigator with the Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents, had charges of child pornography against him dropped. An investigation could not prove that Fiola had downloaded the images. Fiola's work-issued laptop was found to be poorly configured and riddled with...

  6. Bad Software Can Destroy Your Life

    [ Summary ] Topic: Configuration Management | Date Published: 06/18/2008

    An investigation of child pornography on a state worker's laptop found that is was poorly configured and not receiving security updates. It was possible that the machine had been previously hacked and that malware had downloaded the child pornography. This post argues that the IT department is to...

  7. New Breed of Firewalls Needed

    [ Summary ] Topic: Configuration Management | Date Published: 04/16/2008

    More often than not, employees are able to bypass firewalls. This blogger calls for a new breed of firewalls that allows companies to filter out specific characteristics of applications.

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