Recent Articles
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Defending the Core
After a decade of focusing nearly exclusively on defending the perimeter, security vendors have begun to divert more of their attention to the last frontier of digital security: the soft, chewy center of corporate networks. The problem for these vendors isn’t so much about keeping attackers out; they leave that to the firewall and IDS…
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NewsGator 2.0
Thanks to a new set of tools, NewsGator 2.0 lets you access your favorite news feeds from any Web browser, POP3 e-mail client, or HTML-enabled mobile device. You can even synchronize your RSS subscriptions across multiple devices, so that a news item you just read on one system doesn’t show up when you access NewsGator…
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CachemanXP 1.02
CacheManXP 1.02, from Outer Technologies, optimizes performance in NT-family systems by adjusting system caches and performing other tweaks. It can report RAM usage of all applications and optionally limit usage for specific programs. The product can automatically calculate and apply tweak settings appropriate to your system. All settings are backed up, so you can undo…
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When PKIs Learn to Connect
As overhyped technologies go, PKI was among the all-time greats. Five years ago, it was being touted as the cure-all for enterprise security woes and an absolute necessity for organizations of any size. But after years of failed pilot projects, maddeningly complex implementation problems and vendor flameouts, customers abandoned public-key infrastructure, and advocates of the…
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Hospitals Remedy Telecom Woes
The merger of two hospitals in Atlanta to form one of the largest pediatric health care systems in the country presented a long list of logistic and technological challenges, not the least of which was creating a smooth communications system. Those challenges, in turn, presented the hospital’s CIO with an opportunity to deploy the latest…
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Mobile Robots Take on New Chores
Wireless links and cheap processing power make mobile robots increasingly practical for industry and public-safety applications. Originally inspired by the fictional R2-D2 “droid” of the “Star Wars” movies, iRobot co-founder Helen Greiner now equips U.S. troops in Iraq with battlefield-grade PackBot units that can be thrown through a window to explore a potentially booby-trapped building.…
