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Some Basics of Cloud Computing in 10 Minutes

Some Basics of Cloud Computing in 10 Minutes

By on May 10, 2012 in Bandwidth, Cloud Computing, Community Manager, Data Center, Data Management, Database, Enterprise Applications, Hardware, Information Technology, Network Securities, Networking, On-Demand, Security, Software, Storage, Telecommunication, Virtualization

The recent Open Cloud Conference was a little different from other conferences on cloud computing. It was not big compared with other nationwide conferences, but it attracted a lot of technology geeks and practitioners of cloud computing. Most people were casually dressed (more relaxed than even standard Silicon Valley attire), and most of them were [...]

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May 2012 Patch Tuesday Overview

May 2012 Patch Tuesday Overview

By on May 9, 2012 in Editorial, Patch Management, Security, Windows

Marking the May 2012 edition of Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released seven new security bulletins addressing 23 vulnerabilities. The first bulletin administrators should address immediately is the mammoth security bulletin MS12-034.  The sheer size of this security bulletin will undoubtedly affect the majority of your network when patching this month. This bulletin covers: 72 Microsoft [...]

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May 2012 Patch Tuesday Advanced Notification

May 2012 Patch Tuesday Advanced Notification

By on May 4, 2012 in Editorial, Patch Management, Security, Windows

Microsoft has released their Advanced Notification for the May 2012 edition of Patch Tuesday.  Microsoft is planning to release seven bulletins addressing 23 vulnerabilities.  In addition, they will be releasing a Security Advisory to update ActiveX killbits.  Last year, Microsoft moved the ActiveX killbit updates from a Security Bulletin to a Security Advisory.  So, you [...]

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April 2012 Patch Tuesday Overview

April 2012 Patch Tuesday Overview

By on April 10, 2012 in Editorial, Patch Management, Security

Microsoft has released six bulletins addressing 11 vulnerabilities in the April 2012 version of Patch Tuesday. Marking the fourth Patch Tuesday of the year, Microsoft and non-Microsoft vendors are making this quite an interesting month with critical security bulletins and new products to consider in your monthly Patch Tuesday. There are many products that are [...]

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April 2012 Patch Tuesday Advanced Notification

April 2012 Patch Tuesday Advanced Notification

By on April 6, 2012 in Editorial, Patch Management, Security, Windows

Microsoft has released their Advance Notification for the upcoming April Patch Tuesday.  With the six bulletins announced, Microsoft is planning to address 11 vulnerabilities.  This marks Microsoft’s heavy patch month and we are seeing this with the sheer number of affected products this month.  We are also looking at a heavy server patching month to [...]

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March 2012 Patch Tuesday Overview

March 2012 Patch Tuesday Overview

By on March 16, 2012 in Editorial, Patch Management, Security

Microsoft has released six bulletins for the March 2012 Patch Tuesday.  With this release, Microsoft is addressing seven vulnerabilities. The primary bulletin administrators should look to address first is MS12-020.  This bulletin addresses two privately reported vulnerabilities to Microsoft affecting the Remote Desktop Protocol on all supported versions of the Microsoft operating system. If an [...]

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Data Security update for the week of March 12

By on March 13, 2012 in Data Management, Editorial, Security

As we all know, data security is the practice of keeping data protected from corruption and unauthorized access. The focus behind data security is to ensure privacy while protecting personal or corporate data. This week, the web has been talking about everything from increased vigilance, to highlighting some easy steps you can take to better [...]

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March 2012 Patch Tuesday Advanced Notification

March 2012 Patch Tuesday Advanced Notification

By on March 9, 2012 in Editorial, Patch Management, Security

Microsoft has released their advanced notification for the March 2012 edition of Patch Tuesday.  Microsoft is planning to release six bulletins addressing seven vulnerabilities. Security Bulletin Breakdown: 1 bulletin is rated as Critical 4 bulletins are rated as Important 1 bulletin is rated as Moderate 2 vulnerabilities could lead to Remote Code Execution 2 vulnerabilities [...]

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What Was Hot at RSA Conference 2012?

What Was Hot at RSA Conference 2012?

By on March 3, 2012 in Bandwidth, Cloud Computing, Community Manager, Hardware, Identity, Information Technology, Mobile and Wireless, Networking, Security, Software, Virtualization

First, a disclaimer. I attended two days of the RSA conference this week and saw and interviewed several vendors. Interviews by myself and others were videotaped and will be available soon. However, the sheer number of exhibitors and others was tremendous. I am sure I did miss some of the great technologies and vendors. But [...]

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RSA Conference 2012: Power Shortage by ICT? You Can’t Be Serious, Are You?

RSA Conference 2012: Power Shortage by ICT? You Can’t Be Serious, Are You?

By on March 2, 2012 in Bandwidth, Cloud Computing, Community Manager, Hardware, Identity, Mobile and Wireless, Networking, Security, Telecommunication

Cloud conferences are gaining momentum and attendance, but  the RSA Conference 2012 I’ve attended held Feb. 27 through March 2 in San Francisco attracted more people by far. I talked to and interviewed many people there, and I plan to write about them and the security technologies they presented. This was my second conference since [...]

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