Young people to IT security

"According to the survey, which included 2,800 young adults, students, and employed white collar types across 14 countries, 7 out of 10 young employees frequently ignore IT policies, and 3 of 5 employees believe they are not responsible for protecting information and devices, believing instead that IT and service providers are accountable."

An interesting Article by Bill Snyder

Young people to IT security: 'What, me worry?'

NEW CERTIFICATION: Oracle Certified Professional (OCP), Oracle Solaris 11 System Administrator

Oracle Certification announces the release of the new "Oracle Certified Professional, Oracle Solaris 11 System Administrator" certification. This certification is for experienced Oracle Solaris system administrators with a solid understanding of the UNIX operating system, commands, and utilities and are proficient in key operations such as configuring network interfaces, managing swap configurations, crash dumps, and core files.

Check : http://blogs.oracle.com/certification/entry/0670

What is webOS !!

HP WebOS is a mobile operating system based on a Linux kernel, initially developed by Palm, which was later acquired by Hewlett-Packard. The official name is the uncapitalised webOS, however "WebOS" is also used.

WebOS was introduced by Palm in January 2009. Various versions of WebOS have been featured on several devices, including Pre, Pixi, and Veer phones and the HP TouchPad tablet.

Recent news says : HP made webOS an open source

Quantum’s Latest Backup Solution 15.6 PB with LTO-5 tape!

"Quantum Corp has recently announced their latest upgrades of data backup solution on Scalar i6000 tape library and DXi8500 disk device platforms.

To insure higher availability, Quantum has equipped the Scalar i6000 tape library with dual robotics. This provides a great storage space that amounts up to 15.6 PB of media content with LTO-5 tape. Individually, both the robotic arms of the device have an access to the tape drives. Even if one arm fails, the other one takes charge to ensure a smooth functioning of the system."


Note: 1PB=1000TB

5 Hidden Costs of Networked Storage

When it comes to deciding which storage to go with, most IT considers disk space, connection type, and most of all, Purchase cost.

There are five hidden costs, by most of the customers I’ve met in the local market, they pay attention and consider the first two, which are:

• System scalability
• Maintenance and service fees

But most of them do not give much credit for the other three:

• Software licensing
• Complexity
• Application and data availability

Top 10 mistakes made by SharePoint 2010 administrators -- by Benjamin Athawe

1. Not having "SharePoint" in your job title.
2. Creating too many Web applications.
3. Making changes in IIS manually.
4. Failing to use the SharePoint solutions framework.
5. Inadvertently installing a standalone server.
6. Using the default SQL DB growth settings.
7. Failing to document the farm configuration.
8. Manually changing SharePoint databases to "fix" things.
9. Believing that PowerShell is only for developers.
10. Disregarding SharePoint capacity planning recommendations.

Full Article

Chrome enhancements

Google is offering a new incremental garbage collector for its Chrome browser to "dramatically" improve the interactive performance of Web applications

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HP, Dell and IBM adopt the AMD Interlagos Chip

Top server makers Hewlett-Packard, Dell and IBM are refreshing server lines with the new AMD Opteron chips, which include between four and 16 cores. Code-named "Interlagos", the new chips are 25 percent to 30 percent faster than their predecessors, the 12-core Opteron 6100 chips.

An article about Windows 8: The 10 biggest problems so far

For two months now, early adopters, IT pros, and developers have been working extensively with the Windows 8 Developer Preview. Here are the 10 of the biggest pain points they've found, Microsoft's reaction and some easy fixes!

The 10 biggest problems so far 

Huawei buys out Symantec's share Huawei Symantec

Huawei Technologies will buy out the rest of a joint venture with Symantec for $530 million, the companies announced on Monday.

Huawei Symantec Technologies, is based in Hong Kong, was formed in 2008 to integrate Symantec storage and security software into appliances built with Huawei's telecommunications equipment expertise. Symantec owns 49 percent of Huawei Symantec Technologies, while Huawei holds 51 percent.

After the sale, which is expected to close in the first quarter of 2012, Symantec will receive royalties from Huawei for seven years for the technologies it contributes to the appliances.

Huawei Symantec products exists in the Libyan Market , I've seen it in LTT datacenter. It was installed and used by Huawei.

What is Disaster recovery?

Disaster recovery is, quite simply, being able to continue your mission-critical business operations after an interruption of some kind. Companies must be able to resurrect their applications and processes -- their entire business operations -- at the point they were before the outage occurred. And this is true whether the outage resulted from a natural disaster, a server or storage system malfunctioning or "someone pulling a plug they shouldn't have"

Canonical to expand Ubuntu for smartphones, tablets

Canonical plans to expand its Ubuntu Linux distribution so it could be used on smartphones, tablets and other touch interface consumer electronics, said Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth.

Open-source Toolkit Tracks Down Duqu Infections

The Duqu Detector Toolkit v1.01 looks for suspicious files left by Duqu, which has created a buzz in the security community given its stealthy nature and some characteristics it shares with another famous piece of malicious software, Stuxnet.

The Laboratory of Cryptography and System Security (CrySys), part of Budapest University of Technology and Economics based in Hungary, wrote in its release notes that the toolkit, which is composed of four components, looks for strange files that mark an infection.

CrySys said that the toolkit should detect a real active Duqu infection, but it is possible to get a false positive, so it cautioned that administrators will need to analyze the results.
To download the Toolkit: duqu detector

Microsoft: We won't update others' Windows apps

The new operating system will not update non-Microsoft software, said Farzana Rahman, the group program manager for Windows Update, in a blog post.

HP unveils its first business 'Ultrabook' laptop

"Hewlett-Packard introduced today its first business "Ultrabook," offering nine hours of battery life, a solid-state drive, and a security chip that protects data in email and information on the hard drive. (The Ultrabook term refers to thin, stylish Windows laptops mimicking Apple's MacBook Air.)"

"The new Ultrabook laptop, called the HP Folio, will also go on sale Dec. 7 at a starting price of $900. It has a 13.3-inch diagonal high-definition display, weighs 3.3 pounds, and is 0.7 inches thick. HP said the Folio is powered by the latest Intel Core processors without providing details, and can be configured with a range of Microsoft Windows 7 operating systems, including Windows 7 Professional. It also includes a solid-state drive (SSD) with 128GB of storage."