Disaster Recovery Simplified - iSCSI and VMware Site Recovery Manager Deliver Results   05 May 2008 13:00 GMT
(Source: Dell & VMWare) Quick recovery of operations after a site failure requires major planning and testing, dependent on an infrastructure and recovery plan that can be simply and affordably deployed. Download this Webcast presented by Dell EqualLogic and VMware to learn how new levels of integration between iSCSI storage area networks (SANs) and server virtualization can help solve these critical issues.

Source: Computerworld

Case Study: Simplified DR Planning and Implementation   05 May 2008 13:00 GMT
(Source: Dell & VMWare) LifeLink Foundation needed to provide business continuity and DR of critical transplant related information to multiple locations and needed to manage DR planning and implementation in a hurricane zone. Learn how VMware & EqualLogic worked together to implement two remote sites providing consolidated virtual storage, snapshot-based backup and recovery.

Source: Computerworld

Virtualized iSCSI SANs: Flexible, Scalable, Enterprise Storage for Virtual Infrastructures   05 May 2008 13:00 GMT
(Source: Dell & VMWare) Enterprises of all sizes are building flexible storage infrastructures using iSCSI and advanced virtualization technologies. This joint VMware and EqualLogic white paper describes a virtualized infrastructure that applies storage and server virtualization technologies to cost-effectively achieve a flexible, high-performance, dynamic IT infrastructure that is simple to manage and scale.

Source: Computerworld

Case Study: Consolidating Servers While Keeping Them in Sync with DR   05 May 2008 13:00 GMT
(Source: Dell & VMWare) This VMware case study describes how a professional corporation utilizes production servers more effectively while keeping them in sync with their disaster recovery site. By using VMware® Infrastructure 3, their data center size is significantly reduced, thousands or dollars in hardware costs are saved, and availability of key services is increased.

Source: Computerworld

Morse Code Rickroll 0-day... no, seriously, I mean it   05 May 2008 06:01 GMT
In the security research world, getting Rickrolled has become a global epidemic.  If you've been to any of the recent conferences, you're sure to have been Rickrolled at least once... if you were fortunate enough to be at ToorCon Seattle, then you got Rickrolled about 300 times by Dan Kaminsky....
Source: ZDNet

MSFT walks away from YHOO: The antitrust connection   05 May 2008 05:29 GMT
It's interesting that such a large part of Steve Ballmer's letter giving up on the Yahoo deal focused on the antitrust implications of Yahoo's deal with Google. In four separate bullet points, Steve explains Microsoft's "particular concern" over the arrangement: undermining Panama, harming engineer retention, giving Google even greater dominance...
Source: ZDNet

Framing an Acquisition   05 May 2008 04:35 GMT
For the company's latest acquisition, networks need to be integrated on Day One. But how much integration is really necessary?

Source: Computerworld

Global Dispatches   05 May 2008 04:35 GMT
The Bank of Ireland said data from 31,500 customers was contained on four stolen laptops; and a parliament committee criticizes the British government's Web strategy.

Source: Computerworld

Campus Whispers   05 May 2008 04:35 GMT
Universities need to be more proactive — and vocal — in dealing with their students' use of peer-to-peer file-sharing networks for illegal downloads.

Source: Computerworld

DDoS attacks knocked Radio Free Europe off the Web   04 May 2008 13:00 GMT
Several Radio Free Europe Web sites were knocked offline a week ago in a DDoS attack that the news organization's spokesman compared to attempts decades ago by the Soviet Union to jam the U.S.-funded group's radio signals.

Source: Computerworld