Network access control

Novell, Sun, Oracle crank out identity and access wares

ITworld staff — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:52:42 -0400

Novell, Sun and Oracle Monday have announced updates to their identity-management platforms that focus on monitoring access controls and strengthening authentication.

Anonymous proxy servers: Necessary or evil?

ITworld staff — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:52:37 -0400

If there is truly a gray zone in the struggle between online good and evil, anonymous proxy servers live there.

Websense slowly extends reach of data loss prevention tools

ITworld staff — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:21:59 -0400

Websense CEO Gene Hodges has no plans to join in the wave of consolidation that's sweeping through the enterprise security software industry, with future products the fruit of internal development, not acquisition, he said Wednesday.

iPhone apps for IT pros

jfruh — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:29:19 -0400

Are you itching to get a new iPhone, but wondering how to justify it as a work expense? Check out these apps, which can actually turn your iPhone into a useful tool for IT pros.

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San Francisco hunts for mystery device on city network

ITworld staff — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:29:04 -0400

With costs related to a rogue network administrator's hijacking of the city's network now estimated at US$1 million, city officials say they are searching for a mysterious networking device hidden somewhere on the network.

Best Practice: Gun manufacturer arms its mobile workforce

ITworld staff — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:08:42 -0400

This Best Practice is part of a collection of advice provided by information technology professionals on how they have solved various challenges, and addressed IT priorities within their organizations.

Verizon helps customers get a knack for NAC

ITworld staff — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:56:31 -0400

Verizon Business is offering to help its customers deploy and manage network access control (NAC) technologies that grant users access to networks based not on their IP addresses, but on a combination of their identities, end points and behaviors.

Reducing Travel Costs with Remote Server Access

mini.sid — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:36:03 -0400

In the current recession and with the recent steep climb in oil prices, companies are looking for ways to reduce their travel expenses. Travel also causes damage to the environment. A single passenger flying business class from New York to London will cause the emission of 3.5 tons of CO2 increasing the amount of greenhouse gasses responsible for global warming.

Sorting out the facts in the Terry Childs case

ITworld staff — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:37:23 -0400

It's been nearly three weeks since Terry Childs was arrested on four counts of computer tampering and sent to jail on $5 million bail. In those three weeks, this event has taken turns to the strange, and wound up firmly in the land of the absurd. Lost in all the drama is what actually happened.