Year: 2005

  • Black Hat Confab to Spotlight Database Security

    Black Hat Confab to Spotlight Database Security

    Ryan Naraine

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    LAS VEGAS—Rootkits. Zero-day exploits. Social engineering. Encryption cracking. Cryptography. File format fuzzing. Kernel exploitation. These are just some of the buzzwords making the rounds at the Black Hat USA 2005 security conference here, where some of the sharpest minds in the research community will congregate to share information on computer and Internet security threats. The… Read more

  • Microsoft Divorces the S from MB in SMB Products

    Microsoft Divorces the S from MB in SMB Products

    Pedro Pereira

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    Microsoft Corp.’s recently disclosed plan to tailor products and programs for small businesses separately from those it designs for midsize companies vindicates the belief many in the channel have had a long time: A universe of differences separates small businesses from those that are midsize. IT vendors tend to target the SMB (small and midsize… Read more

  • Microsoft Reveals More of Vista, IE 7.0 Beta 1

    Microsoft Reveals More of Vista, IE 7.0 Beta 1

    Channel Insider Staff

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    In preparing for the imminent Beta 1 release of Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 7.0, Microsoft posted to the Web new information about new features expected in the pending product releases. Microsoft made available on Tuesday two separate privacy notices, providing information about data that Microsoft intends to collect during the beta testing process. Those… Read more

  • Channel Roundup: SANRAD, Route1, Riverbed Technology and Entrust

    Karen Schwartz

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    Route1 and Riverbed Technology launch new channel programs, while SANRAD enhances its partner program and Entrust signs a distribution agreement with GE’s Access Distribution. Riverbed Launches Partner Network Riverbed Technology Inc., a San Francisco-based vendor specializing in wide-area data services solutions, has launched a partner program for its Steelhead appliances. VARs and integrators can participate… Read more

  • SilkCentral Smooths Out QA Testing

    SilkCentral Smooths Out QA Testing

    Francis Chu

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    Companies looking for a comprehensive application testing management solution for Windows environments should check out Segue Software Inc.’s SilkCentral Test Manager update. Click here to read the full review of SilkCentral Test Manager 8.0. Companies looking for a comprehensive application testing management solution for Windows environments should check out Segue Software Inc.’s SilkCentral Test Manager… Read more

  • Eclipse, NetBeans Not Always at Odds

    Eclipse, NetBeans Not Always at Odds

    Peter Coffee

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    To exploit emerging java-based technologies, developers enjoy an expanding arsenal of tools that increasingly rest on one of two open-source foundations: Eclipse and NetBeans. This year’s JavaOne conference in San Francisco marked significant advances for both of these developer offerings, and eWEEK Labs found proponents of both efforts in surprising agreement that their work is… Read more