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Remote wipe for USB drives
A new service called Silver Bullet from encrypted thumb-drive vendor IronKey will let administrators wipe out or lock the data on USB sticks in the field. Silver Bullet is a Web-based service that will be offered as a subscription add-on to IronKey's USB device management software, said David Jevans, IronKey's CEO.
An IronKey USB stick uses the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) to securely store data, which is used by the U.S. government for sensitive material. Nonetheless, some customers have requested more features in order to destroy data, Jevans said.
Can you trust your email?
From its humble beginnings as a laboratory tool in the early 1970s, email has become a vital tool of business. It's the first thing most executives check in the morning, and the last thing they do at night. All very well. But can you trust it? A strange question perhaps--but a relevant one following some innovative (and perhaps alarming) new research by professors at three business schools.
Psychologists have long known that people find it easier to mislead and dissemble in written communication, without the telltale visual clues which help others know when someone is lying. But the two new studies, by business professors at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, Rutgers University in New Jersey and Chicago's DePaul University, suggest that people are notably more likely to lie in an email even than in traditional pen-and-paper communication.
Lotus embraces Apple's iPhone
IBM Lotus has released iNotes ultralite, a Web application available as part of IBM's Lotus Domino Web Access 8.0.2, that lets users access their Notes email from Apple's iPhone. The messaging and collaboration application heightens the iPhone's viability as an enterprise-grade device. How soon before IBM creates a Lotus Notes application for T-Mobile's G1 phone, based on Google's Android operating system?
Riding the rails with Lotus Connections
Ruby on Rails is an open source Web application framework that allows you to easily build Web applications using a model view controller architecture. Ruby on Rails is gaining a substantial following in the developer community, and it has been adopted in many commercial and private sites. Its strength is in its ability to quickly and iteratively build Web applications in an agile manner.
IBM Lotus Connections is social software for businesses that includes Profiles to find people, Blogs to present your ideas, Dogear to save and share bookmarks, Communities to work with people who share a common interest, and Activities to organize your work. This article uses Ruby on Rails to build a Web application that communicates with a Lotus Connections Dogear server to retrieve and display bookmark information using REST services.
XPages in Lotus Domino Designer
One of the latest additions to the Domino Web developers' toolkit of technologies, XPages, is also arguably its most powerful and revolutionary to date. XPages allows for functionality and capabilities previously thought impossible to achieve in Domino application development. With the inclusion of XPages, you now have the ability to easily create Web 2.0 user experiences in your existing applications. To demonstrate the power of XPages, this tutorial shows you how to Web 2.0-enable the personal address book Domino application template.
Security hole allows free Amazon downloads
A security hole in Adobe Flash video server software, used to distribute movies and TV shows over the Internet, is giving users free access to record and copy from Amazon.com's video streaming service. The Adobe Flash video server software doesn't encrypt online content, but only orders sent to a video player such as start and stop play. To boost download speeds, Adobe dropped a stringent security feature that protects the connection between the Adobe software and its players. The Adobe Flash video servers are connected to Adobe's Flash video players installed in nearly all of the world's Web-connected PC computers.
New IT talent from Wall Street
This will most likely apply to those of you in the greater New York City region only, but seeing as it's the most populated metropolitan area of the United States, it should resonate a bit. There are technology jobs in the area with startups, and while that may be attractive to some, it's not necessarily attractive to everyone who had Wall Street-style perks.
The challenge is in knowing what exactly is happening to IT on Wall Street now. This report out of Crain's New York Business speaks to the issues going on and says other industries should be able to gobble up technology workers. This has a few issues, but the conclusions are mainly positive.
Cisco study points finger at employees
Cisco has released the results of a global security study. The results, Cisco says, indicate that data loss can result from risky employee behavior. Cisco says that helping workers understand how their behavior affects the risk of data leakage will strengthen security practices. Cisco recommends employee-education programs on preventing data loss.
World's worst IT failure report
Reporting failure requires balancing facts with making interpretations about why the failure occurred. Respectable bloggers and journalists temper their comments because inaccurate accusations and sensationalism unnecessarily harm the innocent and provide little value to readers. With this in mind, regarding B&H Photo, a major New York photography retailer, one user started this discussion on Flickr.
Firefox rushes out password fix
Just days after shipping a patch for a dozen serious security holes in Firefox, Mozilla has rushed out another version to fix an annoying password manager bug.
The newest Firefox 3.0.3 basically fixes a problem where users were unable to retrieve saved passwords or save new passwords.
New article: Use the LotusScript Split function to write simpler code
Mick Moignard takes you inside the always-helpful LotusScript Split function. It can do a lot more than you might know, and it'll save you a lot of time for certain coding techniques.
Read this DominoPower article.
Clickjacking: A new cross-browser exploit
Researchers are beginning to raise an alarm for what looks like a scary new browser exploit/threat affecting all the major desktop platforms--Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera and Adobe Flash.
The threat, called Clickjacking, was to be discussed at the OWASP NYC AppSec 2008 Conference but, at the request of Adobe and other affected vendors, the talk was nixed until a comprehensive fix is ready.
Admin and Lotus Developer2009
Make plans now to attend the 10th annual Admin training event held with Lotus Developer2009 in Boston April 15-17, 2009. We're building an extensive agenda covering all the essential Notes and Domino topics pertinent to your job. One registration gets you into your choice of nearly 100 new and updated technical sessions, one-on-one consultations with top experts, hands-on labs, networking opportunities and much more. It's the fastest way to update your skills and keep you productive all year long.
99% of attendee evaluations from last year's events indicated a colleague recommendation to THE VIEW's Admin and Lotus Developer events. So whether you're running Notes and Domino 6.x, 7.x, or 8.x, make sure you reserve your seat for the training that consistently gets great reviews from attendees.
Researchers discover PDF exploit packs
If you still need a reason to patch that installation of Adobe Reader, pay close attention to this discovery by Secure Computing's anti-malware research labs.
The group has stumbled upon an exploit pack that exclusively targets PDF vulnerabilities, exposing millions of Windows desktops to malicious hacker attacks.
DominoPower on YouTube (sort of)
There are some days I wish we allowed YouTube embed tags in DominoPower, because this would surely qualify.
But first, some disclaimers.
No, we didn't do that. We don't have nearly the "moves" to do it. Second, while it's safe for work, it's probably not safe for your in-office coolness rating. And, once again, we have to disavow all prior knowledge of these folks. Google Alerts turned it up and we just couldn't resist sharing. You've been warned.
We just fixed the URL, so if you tried earlier to cause yourself eye pain, but couldn't because of a malformed URL, you're now ready to, uh, rock.
Flowfinity Action 5.5
Flowfinity Wireless announced the launch of Flowfinity Actions 5.5, the latest version of its wireless application workflow platform. Flowfinity Actions is an adaptable mobile workflow platform that enables point-and-click customization of enterprise applications that are both easy-to-use and powerful in capability. This release includes picture storage, search and retrieval and integration with the built-in camera featured on the BlackBerry Pearl and BlackBerry Curve series smartphones, as well as the new BlackBerry Bold smartphone from Research In Motion.
By combining access to data while giving managers the power to assign work, track progress, and get reports on business outcomes, Flowfinity Actions makes teams more productive and empowers managers to make better decisions. These qualities, combined with its unmatched adaptability, have allowed many Flowfinity Actions customers to use it to improve work order management, project management, asset management, sales management, and compliance management. The new picture storage, search and retrieval capabilities in Flowfinity Actions 5.5 can enhance each of these application use cases, and can have value in new application areas such as homeland security, insurance, and property management.
Sync iPhone with Entourage, Lotus
If you thought the iPhone was forever joined at the hip with Microsoft Exchange, think again: PocketMac for iPhone lets you sync with Entourage, Lotus Notes, or Meeting Maker.
In addition to two-way synchronization with any of those three information managers, PocketMac creates a backup (in Excel or CSV format) of all your SMS messages and call logs. Another neat perk: Any contact numbers texted to you via 411 can be added to your address book with just one click.
Hunt for Palin hacker a simple case
The hunt for the hacker who broke into Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's personal e-mail account is shaping up to be a remarkably simple investigation, by the standards of major cybersecurity whodunits.
U.S. investigators figure the hacker claimed responsibility in a detailed accounting that included his own personal e-mail address and that he tried to cover his trail using a U.S. Internet anonymity service that has been surprisingly cooperative with the FBI in efforts to peel away that anonymity.
In what may be a significant break in the case, the FBI searched the residence of the son of a Democratic state lawmaker in Tennessee over the weekend looking for evidence linking the young man to the break-in, two law enforcement officials told The Associated Press. The apartment the FBI searched is in a complex about five blocks from the University of Tennessee campus, in a neighborhood popular with students.
BullGuard Internet Security 8.5
BullGuard, specialists in user-friendly PC and Mobile security solutions for consumers, has released BullGuard Internet Security 8.5, the latest version of its flagship product.
BullGuard Internet Security 8.5 incorporates advanced Antivirus, Antispyware, Firewall, Spamfilter and Backup functionalities and provides home users with an understandable all-in-one security solution.
CommonTime mSuite5
Lotus Notes mobility expert CommonTime, announced the launch of its new flag-ship product, mSuite5. mSuite5 is set to revolutionize the world of Lotus Notes corporate mobility, providing the best in functionality and usability for users and IT.
CommonTime believes mSuite5 is the most complete and integrated Lotus Notes mobility solution on the market today, pushing the boundaries of the corporate mobility world. mSuite5 provides customers with simpler access to push email and PIM and now includes CommonTime's revolutionary mobile application development product as standard, with two business applications mExpenses and mTimesheet, completely free of charge.
SAAS version of Lotus Notes
IBM plans to offer a hosted version of Lotus Notes, which will bring the enterprise application into the modern Web services and Web 2.0 world. However, such an offering will join myriad other SAAS messaging and collaboration suites in the market. IBM will need to offer some compelling differentiators, such as social software or 3-D tools.
Nine Cloud storage providers
Can you trust your data to the cloud? These nine online storage and backup providers would say yes. Click on for a peek at each of these providers.
IBM reopens Open Office XML debate
IBM's decision to reconsider its membership in standards bodies like Ecma could re-ignite the debate over OOXML, the Microsoft Office format the ISO approved as a standard last summer.
On his own blog, IBM vice president for Open Source Bob Sutor wrote "IBM is more committed to open standards than ever before" because "they provide more options, better products, and insurance against being locked in by any one vendor or provider."
David on air Wednesday (yep, more)
For those of you who might have missed David on the radio today, he's back on the air tomorrow and you can hear him pretty much everywhere. He'll be on CRN Digital Talk, which is syndicated by Time Warner National Radio throughout the country (3,000,000+ listeners!!).
He'll be on with host Chuck Wilder at 12:40PM Pacific time, and 3:40PM EST. Just click into CRN Talk and listen the CR1 stream.
Comcast's plan to limit heavy users
Comcast officially submitted its network management plans to the FCC. As expected, they include no more stomping on BitTorrent, replacing that scheme with "slow(ing) Internet speeds for its heaviest users at peak times when its network is congested," the Wall Street Journal reports.
Apple security not ready for enterprise
Last week Apple proved they are not ready for prime time enterprise relationships. Apple has tried to position the iPhone as enterprise-ready, but this last round of software updates demonstrated beyond a shadow of a doubt how far they have to go to understand the enterprise mentality.
How HP's layoffs will impact IT
ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das and senior editor Sam Diaz talk about the recent announcement that Hewlett-Packard will be reducing its workforce by nearly 25,000 due to its integration with EDS. They also discuss how HP is competing with IBM for more IT services market share.
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