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Moving to the Cloud With NetApp

admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:38:27 +0000

In the face of current economic pressures, many IT organizations are turning to cloud computing (cloud computing). This solution is believed to reduce costs and increase efficiency in data centers.
In this case, the service provider / service (service providers) have an important role in the transformation of data centers and helps customers to realize the benefits of cloud computing.
To meet the increasing demand, NetApp launched new guidelines to the design and capabilities specifically oriented to service providers.
NetApp’s new solution will help service providers provide the difference in their cloud services, accelerate the time-to-market services, and to benefit in terms of cost and service levels.
Four new guidelines are:

* NetApp Service-Oriented Infrastructure (SOI): SOI using NetApp storage and serves as the basis for all IT design-as-a-service NetApp. SOI provides standardized and unified infrastructure that allows service providers to use storage, networking, and calculate the resources in a way over. This speed up the process time to market, increase flexibility, reduce costs and improve services.
* Data Protection as a Service (DPaaS): NetApp now provides a design guide that allows service providers to use rapid DPaaS, including archive and disaster recovery. This guide will help to reduce the cost and complexity and improve service and flexibility.
* Backup / Recovery as a Service (BRaaS): NetApp has joined with Asigra to provide design guidelines for running BRaaS solutions quickly and efficiently. The result is a BRaaS solution that allows service providers to meet customer demands that require service level agreements and cost reduction.
* NetApp Open Management: This capability utilizing the efficiency of NetApp storage solutions and storage services automation. Activation will be done by the NetApp Open SDK and API for web services and provide policy-based automation infrastructure. This allows service providers to connect IT service management and orchestration of the portal quickly and easily to the NetApp storage automation machines for service provisioning and storage protection is better and faster.

Various types of services can be supported by storage and computing solutions NetApp clouds. For example companies that Terremark provides cloud-based disaster recovery. Another example is, Softbank Telecom Corp.. which offers a hardware solution-as-a-service through the cloud. Supplier of energy-efficient data center famous in Japan, NTT Comware, also a NetApp storage users.

Tribold and Fujitsu Offer Telecommunications Solutions

admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:35:07 +0000

Many of the problems faced by vulnerable communications service providers. One of them associated with the order and the back-end systems.
Telecommunications companies are often faced with incomplete data, expiration, or conflicting. As a result, the rejection rate soared order. In addition, the rules and prices of products spread over the back-end systems company. It’s difficult to identify the data in the system accurately. As a result, there was a mistake to customer billing. In the recording, usually order fulfillment process is hard-code in the product. This method is not efficient because every new product, order fulfillment process should be made from scratch. Whereas previously, there was already a similar product orders.
EPM Tribold present to handle any problem. This solution is a point the same product as the portal entire order process and back-end systems. Benefits, communications service providers can:
* Ensure that all references to the product definition is always renewable and fix problems at the lack of data synchronization. Thus, no more orders are invalid due to problems at the time of alignment.
* Ensure all supply and associated price is always available for all systems or processes that need it. This method prevents bargains that one given to customers resulting in billing errors.
* Eliminate the order fulfillment process which source code is written directly and replace it with a process workflow easy to modify. Thus, the old product can be easily reused to create new products that save time.
Feature contained in Tribold EPM include: Product & Service Data Management, Centralised Product Catalog, Data Integration, Business Intelligence, and Channel Management.

HP TRIM 7 Maximize SharePoint Server

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:26:18 +0000

Microsoft SharePoint Server is gathering popularity of the company to manage the data. However, the explosion of large-scale data volume makes this business sometimes be difficult. Moreover, the present form of documents and information are not standard. Can be shaped blogs, wikis, discussion forums, forms, calendar, and work documents.
To optimize data management, recently introduced HP’s new solution, HP TRIM 7. This solution enables the identification, search, and management of all types of business information, either physical or electronic, is transparent. Supported applications include Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and SharePoint Server 2010 that will soon be launched
To help customers SharePoint Server, HP TRIM 7 provides two new modules:
* HP TRIM Records Management improve the management of business data by providing transparent access to all content stored on SharePoint Server in HP TRIM directly from SharePoint Server sites. In addition, the 5015.2 v3 certification from the U.S. Defense Department to HP TRIM shows that users have control of the highest level of data management for their enterprise content.
* HP TRIM Archiving help customers reduce the risk of losing data during the data pulled from storage and system resources from the SharePoint Server. This module maintains a list of perfectly specific objects in SharePoint Server, SharePoint site or the entire server, the HP TRIM. This is done behind the scenes so that users can turn off (offline) access to all SharePoint Server site, but can still access the information needed.
According to Tricia Bush (Director, Microsoft SharePoint), support for 7 HP TRIM Microsoft products demonstrate the two company’s commitment to openness and interoperability in the scope of content management.
Of course, it is beneficial for customers. For example the speed of implementation of solutions that take only a matter of weeks. In addition, increased search capabilities and pengindeksannya will reduce the search time critical information and reduce response time for the things related to the law, demands to comply with regulations, and audits. Efficiency can be achieved, according to some consumers who already feel it, can be up to 65 percent.

Beware Scam at World Cup 2010

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:29:52 +0000

The most prestigious soccer tournament, World Cup (World Cup) in 2010, precisely on June 11 next will be held.
With the presence of the World Cup, the 3.1 million tickets will be sold. In addition, there will be more than 400 million people worldwide who watch every game on television. Many fans who use the Internet to find tickets, accommodation, and flights. However, be careful. The problem cyber criminals such as spammers or scammers are scheming to attack Internet users to manipulate the World Cup.
Paul Wood (senior analyst at Symantec Hosted Services), said that the biggest football tournament this world would attract more than 1 billion fans, including cyber criminals. “According to history, sports events such as large-scale, this will lead to an increase in the number of cyber threats,” explained Wood.
“Phishing attacks increased 66% during the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008. Facts about put two undersea communication cables in the South African coast last July also exacerbate the threat level. History shows that evil activity increased in a country following the availability of new bandwidth, “added Wood through a written statement.
Therefore, users should be careful. The attack is called a 419 scam, spam, and phishing will disguise and woo Internet users through special offers related to the event. To avoid easy. “The rule is, if one looks very unlikely to be true, it probably is a scam,” beber Gordon Love (Africa Regional Director, Symantec).
These cyber criminals with some even picking up orek users’ personal information, the following bank account number, and credit card number for the user’s money drain. Sites that urge vigilance against any scam or spam is rampant.
Not wits, cyber criminals and then poison the user by displaying their fake web site on the first level of search results. “Users often assume that sites that appear first are legitimate sites / original, and perhaps to click these sites without first checking the source,” added Love. So, beware!

McAfee : Spammer at Tragedy News

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:16:56 +0000

“Jackson Still Life”, “Obama condemned the Pope”. That part of the subject that used to deceive the people through infected email.

Most, spam spread by “riding” on the topics of hot news, as reported in McAfee’s “Threat Report Q4 (PDF)” which was released in mid-February. The case of Air France plane crash and death of Michael Jackson in June 2009 continue to be a top theme for the email spammers during the year 2009, noted McAfee. Swine influenza (swine flu) also have contributed to the spread of malware to exploit the user.

Meanwhile, hacktivism (cyberattack political background) increased in the year 2009. In October of that year, the government of Poland reported experiencing an attack from Russia. Then the next interval of two months, namely December, a group calling itself the Army Cyber attack Iran to employees Twitter, Microblogging site that was up leaves.

Still in the same month, an email from the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia in the UK are also affected by a hacker attack about two weeks before the ongoing climate conference in Copenhagen. Based on these events, some people believe that the attack launched by Russian hackers are hired to ward off global warming.

For the category of the world, the United States (U.S.) holds the title as largest spam producer. Followed by Brazil and India. Whereas most populous country in the world, China managed to bypass the United States and accused the suppliers of successful zombie botnet to infect computers to spread spam. “China has become a giant zombie with relying on SQL injection attacks,” explained Mike Gallagher (Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of McAfee Labs) in a statement.

Actually, the amount of spam last year had dropped in the fourth quarter by 24 percent over the third quarter. The volume of junk email (junk) in the whole world is still at an average amount of 135.5 billion per day. In conclusion, spammers still will rely on the news especially tragedy to trap victims.

Malware caused BSOD

admin — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:05:08 +0000

Again, rumors arose BSOD again. BSOD this time is not a Black Screen Of Death, but the Blue Screen of Death.
A rootkit detection Microsoft made Windows XP caused system crashes.
As a result of this news, many Windows users are starting to flood the Windows forum. Many of those who said after the Windows update on Tuesday (9 / 2), the computer BSOD tragedy they experienced. As a result, two days after a complaint is made through the forum, Microsoft had to stop update MS10-015, which is thought to be the main cause of BSOD.
Then, one day after the cessation of MS10-015 update, Microsoft finally issued a preliminary conclusion, which says that malicious software (malware) maybe be the cause. “Malware on the system may cause changes in behavior [computer],” wrote Jerry Bryant, a spokesman for Microsoft through the company blog. “However, we are still investigating other potential causes,” added Bryant.
Meanwhile, a Windows XP user named Patrick Barnes said that he would trace the problem to a malicious program known as the TDSS rootkit. In one of his posts to the Internet Strom Center, Barnes said that he had identified the files in nonworking system called atapi.sys. Surprisingly, when he analyzes the file, the file was changed to TDSS rookit. From a number of reports received, atap.sys is the most common cause of the tragedy blue screen in Windows.

Nokia Give A Secret Recipes in Bangkok

admin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:39:35 +0000

Coinciding with Showcase Nokia 2010 event held on 22-23 February in Bangkok, Thailand, the Finnish mobile phone giant is to strengthen the foundation in providing business services.
In this case, Nokia and provide unparalleled solutions in a device to its customers.
Not only that. Hot news was revealed. In the month of March, was due to selling Nokia anyarnya devices, ie Nokia N900. Be oriented marketing itself in Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
Through the event, attended by more than 150 media, Nokia also revealed a deeper knowledge about the Ovi Maps version of “brand” it, even with digital design background as part of the program to the media for 2 days.
In accordance with the slogan “Connecting People”, Nokia’s success recipe is made from simple ingredients, the consumer satisfaction. Yes, the concept of customer satisfaction is always proven through a million applications downloaded per day so far in the digital shop Nokia.
Latest Ovi Nokia Maps can now be used also as a navigation feature driving and pedestrian covers 74 countries and 46 languages. Every day there is more than one download per second (24 hours a day), if In total there are around 100,000 download per day. The same applies also to Ovi Music. The average user WithMusic Comes to download 500 songs at no cost in the first week or for U.S. $ 600 when using iTunes. Catalog OviMusic to this news has revealed more than nine million songs.
Since launched in May 2009, Ovi Store currently has a “store” of choice for wireless developers in Asia Pacific. Southeast Asian region contributed the most with more than 30% Ovi Mail users worldwide. Meanwhile, Motorola Messaging services, push mail, and IM has been adopted pleh 8 operators in Australia, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.
“The benefits of global scale that Nokia offer to our partners such as operators, developers and vendors, is unrivaled,” said Chris Carr (Vice President of Sales, Southeast Asia Pacific, Motorola).
Carr also openly said that the competitor is Nokia even when no one offers a complete portfolio of services such as the world’s best maps, unique music solution with millions of songs, integrated IM solution, Push Mail, and much more.

iPhone Hacker Still Waiting

admin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:36:33 +0000

According to surveys conducted by ESET-vendor anti-malware software from Slovakia, many owners of the iPhone-Apple smartphone debut-which is not so concerned about security of the smart phone.
“We do not see any serious protection among iPhone users,” explained James Abrams (Director of Technical Education at ESET) to CIO.com when Maxworld Expo event held in San Francisco.
Opinion was not merely made without proof. ESET’s because surveys the owner of the 1000 smartphone, with 35 percent are iPhone users, 32 percent of BlackBerry users, and the rest is the latest smartphone user mix. The result, smartphone owners do not care about security issues very seriously. In fact, as many as 55 percent of the iPhone and BlackBerry users never lock their smartphones.

Although they look cool for smartphone security affairs, 40 percent of them said that concerned with the existence of malware attacks in mobile devices. From the survey also found only one of four people who actually use anti-virus software. Actually, the iPhone user can be immersed in the anti-virus to her smartphone. Unfortunately, Apple does not allow this because it has provided its own spyware that has been sold through the App Store.
Another survey results ESET is one of four smartphone users make purchases online application. One of the three users access banking sites or applications. Abrams explains, one of the main attraction to tempt hackers smartphone is a feature that combined with social networking account and email. Not far from there, online Banking activity is also able to attract hackers to act further. If you have this, hackers stay a matter of time, right?

Microsoft will release Office 2011 for Mac OSX

admin — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 11:28:14 +0000

Latest news coming from the largest software company, Microsoft, which confirmed will release the latest version of Office 2011 suite for Mac OS X is about the year 2010.

According to one spokesperson for Microsoft, Eric Wilfrid, Office 2011 offers a new connection to the Microsoft service complete with UI updates and documents together to ensure uniformity between the various platforms.

Wilfrid explained that the Office 2011 consists of several new features co-authoring that provides the ability to work using Word, PowerPoint or Excel from different locations. In addition, this new suite, which offers a direct connection to the Microsoft Office Web Apps with interface “ribbon” is based on the classic Mac and the standard toolbar menu.

“We also introduced the Outlook for the Mac that will import. PST files from Outlook for Windows. Outlook for Mac consists of various features reliable, high speed, and file-based data base with Spotlight search and back-up support from Time Machine, “said Wilfrid. Wilfrid also noted that the Outlook for the Mac will be integrated with Office 2011 replaces the Entourage.
“Outlook for the Mac is a new application that uses Exchange Web Services protocol. This certainly allows increased integration with the Mac operating system, “he added.

HTC will launch smartphone with Windows Phone 7 based

admin — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:47:12 +0000

High Tech Technology (HTC), one of the largest smartphone manufacturer in the world-rumored to be soon launched the first smartphone based on Windows Phone 7.
So far known as the HTC smartphone manufacturer carrying the Windows Mobile operating system Microsoft and Google’s Android mobile.
Peter Chou (President HTC), said that the Windows-based smartphones Phone 7 will be enriched with the full feature. “We will release it in the fourth quarter of this year, but we can not say more about this,” Chou explained at a briefing ahead of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona mid-February.
HTC has been too often the first chance to see the various new software technologies that will be immersed into the newer smartphone. In this case, Microsoft even has provided hundreds of brand-new applications on its site.
Since it opened in 1997, HTC has been working with Microsoft software in small devices, ranging from Windows CE for Pocket PC 2000 to Windows Mobile. Both also have an ally in popularizing the Microsoft Windows Mobile smartphone in a slim design. The presence of Research In Motion (RIM) BlackBerry OS, Apple’s iPhone and Google Android OC also had a chance to make the two companies losing market share.
At the end of 2009 last year, market researcher Canalys announced that Windows Mobile was ranked fourth in the number of units in the global smartphone market. The number one market share is only 8.8 percent, down from 13.9 percent in 2008. While Google’s Android trailed in fifth, with 4.7 percent of the market, up 0.5 percent from the year 2008. Third place filled by Apple that jumped from 9.6 percent in 2008 to 15.1 percent in 2009. While RIM occupies second place with a jump of 16.5 percent to 20.8 percent.
Then, who was in first position? Symbian. Leading smartphone operating system is reaching the top position with a significant spike, although the market is pretty much the amount is also decreased from 52.4 percent in 2008 to 47.2 percent in 2009.