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