McAfee: SMBs underestimate cybercrime risks
The latest survey from security vendor McAfee has found that small to medium-size businesses in North America and Europe wrongly conclude their revenue is too low to draw the attention of cybercriminals.
Facebook at Work: Stop or Support?
Network World just ran a story reporting a survey of about 200 human resources professionals at major companies. They found that only one in four actively blocks employee access to Facebook and other social networking sites. Yet 60 percent of companies contacted have no specific policy regarding Facebook and MySpace et al during the work day. Could be they'll block them when management finds out what people are actually doing during the day.
Introduction to Virtual Iron
Since few servers run at full capacity, virtualization uses some software and memory techniques to leverage the speed of the server processor(s) to host multiple virtual servers on one physical server. Just as one Windows personal computer can run multiple applications at once, server virtualization allows one physical server to run multiple copies of a server operating system. This offers great value by reducing the number of physical servers needed, reducing hardware and supporting energy costs.
Windows Small Business Server 2008 due in November
Nov. 12, 2008 is the official launch date for Windows Small Business Server 2008 and Windows Essential Business Server 2008.
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