Data on Cloud , how secure?

"You have no way of knowing. You can't trust anybody. Everybody is lying to you," said security expert Bruce Schneier. "How do you know which platform to trust? They could even be lying because the U.S. government has forced them to."

How to be sure that your data is secure on cloud with all the law enforcement that grant access to governments and intelligence?

Network Monitoring and Troubleshooting for Dummies

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Apache Struts vulnerabilities

"Chinese hackers are using an automated tool to exploit known vulnerabilities in Apache Struts, in order to install backdoors on servers hosting applications developed with the framework.
Apache Struts is a popular open-source framework for developing Java-based Web applications that's maintained by the Apache Software Foundation."

when I was looking for details for the Apache vulnerabilities , I found this database.
http://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/vendor_id-45/product_id-6117/Apache-Struts.html

Insecure feeling !!

NEC's new high-end server

 NEC's new high-end server contains swappable battery packs, intended to provide backup power without the need for an external uninterruptible power supply (UPS) in data centers.

The new rack-mounted server is part of NEC's main "Express5800" line. The company said the internal batteries will cut power use, outlast traditional UPS systems and allow for more compact data centers.

"The Express5800/R320c is a dual-socket fault tolerant server developed with Intel’s latest Xeon processors. The R320c provides exceptional high availability, affordability, and operational simplicity through its fully redundant modular hardware design featuring high-performance processors. These fault tolerant servers are ideal for customers who require to eliminate planned and unplanned downtime for the most important applications." NEC site

About Data security

 "Data security practices that disrupt workflow place an undue burden on users and administrators. The best data security tools work in the background-transparently-and provide automated, non-disruptive protection of assets and seamless authentication of network users. Similarly, administrative tools should provide consistent support for corporate data security policies and minimize the need for manual oversight or time-consuming, hands-on procedures."

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Hyper-V on Windows 8

Have you ever needed an extra machine to have an old version of windows or a different operating system? .. most of us had , especially if it is risky to try some software on your labtop/PC.

Vmware workstation and Virtual PC is commonly used among IT engineers for training and testing purpose by engineers and students in our community. Microsoft Hyper-V worth to try.

Microsoft Hyper-V server 2012 is a hypervisor based server virtualization product, it can be used directly on the server, or on top of Windows server. with windows 8, Hyper-V is enabled to work on the client machines, not only the windows server, to give us, users, the ability to create VMs as need and install other version of windows, linux or any other x86 OS, it runs more than one machine, with 32-bit and/or 64-bit OS at the same time


*What is a hypervisor?
In computing, a hypervisor or virtual machine manager (VMM) is a piece of computer software, firmware or hardware that creates and runs virtual machines.
A computer on which a hypervisor is running one or more virtual machines is a host machine. Each of those virtual machines is called a guest machine. The hypervisor presents to the guest operating systems a virtual operating platform and manages the execution of the guest operating systems. Multiple instances of a variety of operating systems may share the virtualized hardware resources.