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Fedora Site Hacked, but Servers, Code Undamaged

January 26th, 2011 | No Comments

An attacker stole the account credentials of a Fedora contributor and accessed Fedora servers, but project leaders say the attackers apparently didn’t succeed in compromising any software packages or servers. – An attacker attempted to compromise the servers for the Fedora Project, the
community version of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux, but didn’t damage any
servers or code, according to an e-mail sent to the Fedora mailing list on Jan.
25.
In the message, titled quot;A
security incident on Fedora inf…

Email Servers Posted By : Lokendra

January 20th, 2011 | No Comments

Sending and receiving emails is something that is done in such a mundane manner that we never stop to think how this automatic, quick mail communication takes place. The key element in email communication is the email server.

Email communication is made possible by SMTP and POP3 or IMAP server types. The most widely used mail-client software is Microsoft Outlook or Mozilla Thunderbird, and Mac OS X’s Mail. All these email software packages perform the same function, which is downloading incomi

Dell Offers VMware Plug-In for PowerEdge Servers

January 20th, 2011 | No Comments

Dell’s new VMware plug-in enables IT administrators to manage their PowerEdge servers directly through VMware’s vCenter console. – Dell
is building up its system management capabilities to make it easier for
customers to monitor and manage their PowerEdge servers in virtualized data
centers.

Dell
officials on Jan. 19 announced several enhancements to the company’s systems
management portfolio, including the Dell Managem…

Nvidia Looks to ARM for CPUs for PCs, Servers

January 6th, 2011 | No Comments

Nvidia announced its Â“Project DenverÂ” at CES, an effort to combine ARM-designed CPUs with Nvidia GPUs on the same chip for use in servers, PCs and supercomputers. – Graphics
chip maker Nvidia is planning to start building CPUs based on designs from ARM
Holdings for everything from tablet PCs to data center servers.

Nvidia,
which announced its Â“Project DenverÂ” Jan. 5 at the Consumer Electronics Show in
Las Vegas, is the latest
manufacturer looking to tak…

Skype Outage Caused by Overloaded Servers, Outdated Desktop Client

December 29th, 2010 | No Comments

A bug in the Windows version of the Skype client caused the software to crash after servers got overloaded, resulting in a two-day outage. – The widespread outage that crippled Skype on Dec. 22 appears
to have been aggravated by a bug in the Windows version of the VOIP client,
said Lars Rabbe, the companys CIO, on Dec. 29.
A quot;confluence of events, quot; which included overloaded servers,
a bug in the Windows client and a shortag…

HP Starts New Support Service for ProLiant Servers

December 15th, 2010 | No Comments

HP claimed that Critical Advantage is the first service offering from a major technology vendor that delivers support for business-critical applications in virtualized x86 environments. – HP on Dec. 14 launched a new support package for virtualized ProLiant servers aimed at improving performance and availability of key business applications.

The HP Critical Advantage service provides clients with an assigned account team to deliver support and maintain uptime of business-critical,…

ARM Will Challenge Intel in Servers in 2014, CEO Says

December 14th, 2010 | No Comments

ARM CEO Warren East said he expects ARM-based server chips to begin to erode Intel’s dominant market share by 2014. – As Intel pushes to expand its technology into the rapidly growing mobile
device space, officials with ARM Holdings,
whose chip designs dominate the smartphone market, say they plan to take on
Intel in the server arena.
In
an interview with Bloomberg
News Dec. 13, ARM CEO
Warren East said that…

Oracle Rolls Out New Intel, SPARC Blade Servers

December 8th, 2010 | No Comments

Oracle officials said the new Intel- and SPARC-based blade servers offer enterprises greater density, performance and energy efficiency, and target cloud, HPC and virtualized environments. – Oracle officials, a week after rolling out the latest offerings from their SPARC
road map and once again pointedly challenging rivals Hewlett-Packard and IBM,
now is unveiling new blade servers aimed at high-performance computing and
highly virtualized environments.
Announced
Dec. 8 at the Orac…

Chinese Government Ordered Hack on Google Servers: Wikileaks

November 29th, 2010 | No Comments

Wikileaks gave the New York Times a diplomatic cable that shows the Chinese government was responsible for the hack on Google’s Gmail system. – China’s government was indeed behind the hack on Google’s
Gmail system earlier this year, according to a cable captured by the
controversial Wikileaks organization.
Wikileaks, which butters its bread collecting secret
documents and seeding them in media outlets, snagged 250,000 American
diploma…

Hostway FlexCloud Servers Offer Scalable Cloud Infrastructure

November 19th, 2010 | No Comments

FlexCloud Servers is a scalable, on-demand cloud infrastructure from Hostway that offers self-provisioned servers in a pay-as-you-go model. – Web hosting provider Hostway has released FlexCloud Servers, a
pay-as-you-grow enterprise-grade cloud platform.
Designed to be flexible, reliable and easy to use, FlexCloud Servers can be
self-provisioned 24 hours a day. IT managers have full administrator access and
control to add or modify ind…

15 Percent of Internet Traffic Was Redirected Through Chinese Servers, Report

November 16th, 2010 | No Comments

A new report to Congress discusses the security implications of the massive redirection of Internet traffic in April that routed military and commercial sites through servers in China. – A report slated to be made public Nov. 17 highlights security issues
posed by a massive redirection of Internet traffic through Chinese
servers earlier this year.
Citing a draft of a U.S.-China Economic and Security Review
Commission report to Congress, the Washington Times reported today that
…

OLAP Server Enables Businesses To Access A Huge Amount of Information Posted By : Carlos Quijada

November 15th, 2010 | No Comments

Online analytical servers are the supporting server of OLAP software which enables in the full management of all the information available in a process.

Why to Host ATX Tax Preparation Software on Terminal Servers? Posted By : Wiiliam Smith

October 7th, 2010 | No Comments

Like all Tax preparation software, ATX Tax Software can also be hosted on terminal software for greater benefits for Tax Professionals. ATX Tax Preparation software being on of the best tax return filing application meeting the three core requirements of financial professionals for faster, efficient accurate and at the same time having user friendly features. The Tax software also scores in the ease with which import and export of data is possible between ATX and other applications.

Seagate Debuts Two BlackArmor Network Storage Servers

October 4th, 2010 | No Comments

Seagate releases two BlackArmor NAS servers, one a 4-bay and the other a 2-bay. – Storage specialist Seagate introduced the BlackArmor NAS 220 and NAS
440 network storage server, 2-bay and 4-bay, respectively, desktop
network attached storage solutions aimed at small to medium-size
business (SMBs). Initially, both solutions will come pre-populated with
3TB drives in each bay …

IBM Power7 Express Servers Designed to Cut Costs

September 23rd, 2010 | No Comments

IBM is rolling out new Power7 Express servers for smaller enterprises and cost-conscious businesses. – IBM is rolling out a new line of
entry-level servers based on Power7 processors that are designed for small
enterprises and businesses with IT budget constraints. IBM
announced the Power7 710, 720, 730 and 740 Express servers on Sept. 22.
These four new IBM servers are based on
the Power7
chip…

Dell Unveils Servers, Storage for SMBs

September 17th, 2010 | No Comments

Dell officials say the company’s new servers, storage and networking devices will enable SMBs to start updating aging IT infrastructures. – Dell is bringing out new servers, storage and networking technology designed
to help small and midsize businesses more easily upgrade their aging
infrastructures.
The new offerings, announced Sept. 16, will help smaller
businesses that continue to struggle with limited or no IT staffs, tight
bu…

Device Hardening, Vulnerability Scanning and Threat Mitigation for Compliance and Security Posted By : Mark Kedgley

September 12th, 2010 | No Comments

All security standards and Corporate Governance Compliance Policies such as PCI DSS, GCSx CoCo, SOX (Sarbanes Oxley), NERC CIP, HIPAA, HITECH, GLBA, ISO27000 and FISMA require devices such as PCs, Windows Servers, Unix Servers, network devices such as firewalls, Intrusion Protection Systems (IPS) and routers to be secure in order that they protect confidential data secure.

AMD Names Intel Engineer as CTO of Servers

August 24th, 2010 | No Comments

AMD has reached into the ranks of its larger rival, hiring former Intel engineer Donald Newell as vice president and CTO of its server business. – Advanced Micro Devices has tapped an engineer from Intel to be the CTO and vice president of its server unit.
AMD officials announced Aug. 23 that Donald Newell, who spent 16 years with Intel, most recently as senior principle engineer heading up the giant chip makers SoC (system on a chip) and dat…

Synology Offers Line of Energy-Efficient NAS Servers

July 16th, 2010 | No Comments

Synology’s latest additions to its family of network-attached storage (NAS) product line are the RackStation RS810+ and DiskStation DS411+, four-bay NAS servers aimed at cost-conscious businesses and offering energy-efficient features. – Network-attached storage product developer Synology has launched the
RackStation RS810+ and DiskStation DS411+, four-bay NAS servers aimed at SMB
customers and tested in a RAID 5 configuration in a Microsoft Windows
environment.
The RS810+ and DS411+ deliver an average of 112M-bps reading speed…

IBM Supercomputer Cools Servers with Hot Water

July 6th, 2010 | No Comments

IBM researchers have created "Aquasar," a supercomputer that uses hot water to cool blade servers. Aquasar consumes up to 40 percent less energy than similar air-cooled systems, and the waste heat is being used to help keep buildings at a Switzerland university warm. – IBM has built a supercomputer that is
cooled by hot water.
IBM has shipped the
supercomputer, called Â“Aquasar,Â” to the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Zurich or ETH Zurich that
contains the new cooling system.
Aquasar, announced July 2, consumes up to 40 percent less
energy than a simi…