George Adams, CEO, SSH Communications Security, Inc. will di...

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August 25, 2008 - Toronto, Canada - CEO George Adams of SSH Communications Security, Inc. will present how to identify and control daily operational risks and to build a comprehensive Operational Risk Management ORM plan at the 2008 Financial Services Technology Forum.

Operational Risk Management - The Big Security Picture

With enormous amounts of valuable corporate data concentrated in financial organizations information systems, IT managers must carefully control daily operational risks by implementing a comprehensive security model that addresses standard HR practices, as well as deploy and administer information security solutions throughout the IT infrastructure. George Adams will discuss how to build a comprehensive Operational Risk Management plan to prevent immense damages.

As CEO of SSH Communications Security, Inc., Mr. Adams is responsible for developing and executing strategies to build the company s market position. With millions of users worldwide, the company s Secure Shell application has become the de-facto standard for secure Internet logins. Mr. Adams is also a member of the board of directors of the parent company in Finland. Prior to joining SSH, Mr. Adams was vice president of business development for Phoenix Technologies Ltd., where he led strategic initiatives in Internet-based remote management and support. Mr. Adams has also previously held positions at Sun Microsystems, Intel, Analog Devices, and Motorola.

The 2008 Financial Services Technology Forum focuses on new, cutting-edge enterprise applications and solutions that are sustainable, flexible, and increase profitability, presented via interactive expositions and engaging conference sessions presented to all corporate users, from service providers to small, medium and large businesses alike.

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TippingPoint will discuss how to stay ahead of security thre...

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August 26, 2008 - Toronto, Canada - Director of Product Line Management, James Collinge of TippingPoint will present to delegates the different approaches to ensure the integrity of personal information and to protect it against malicious attacks at the 2008 Financial Services Technology Forum.

IPS-secured Networks

Collecting, retaining and securing personal information about customers, employees and other stakeholders is a daily activity for today s financial services organizations. Not only do financial organizations risk losing customers and damaging their reputations, data breaches has led to lawsuits and negative press. As the dependence on electronic banking grows, federal regulations now mandate the protection of digital financial data, requiring institutions to rethink their network security priorities. As a result, financial institutions are under more pressure than ever to ensure adequate privacy protection, provide and share information across multiple systems and facilities, monitor and evaluate the security of their information and maximize the value of their information technology resources. This session will provide an overview of how financial institutions can not only protect their networks from malicious attacks, but how to keep their data safe and meet third-party regulatory requirements in the process.

James Collinge holds over 15 years of experience in the networking and security industries. He is currently the director of product line management for TippingPoint and is responsible for overseeing all of TippingPoint product management initiatives. Prior to TippingPoint, James held various product management positions at Cisco Systems where he was responsible for security on switching platforms, Metro Ethernet, Industrial Ethernet, and Cisco s broadband DSL portfolio. Before Cisco Systems, James worked for Texas Instruments in product management and was responsible for DSP-based DSL and ATM silicon solutions.

The 2008 Financial Services Technology Forum focuses on new, cutting-edge enterprise applications and solutions that are sustainable, flexible, and increase profitability, presented via interactive expositions and engaging conference sessions presented to all corporate users, from service providers to small, medium and large businesses alike.

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Sierra Wireless developing world s fastest mobile broadban...

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Wireless data devices supporting HSPA technology push download speeds to 21Mbps

VANCOUVER, B.C. October 23, 2008 Sierra Wireless NASDAQ: SWIR - TSX: SW is working with mobile broadband industry leaders to almost triple the speed of mobile broadband devices. In collaboration with Telstra, Qualcomm, and Ericsson, Sierra Wireless is developing the first wireless data devices for the HSPA standard, which offer peak download speeds of 21 megabits per second Mbps over Telstra s super-fast Next G network three times faster than currently available HSPA modems. Shipments for customer trials are expected to begin in coming months, with a commercial launch to follow.

HSPA is also known as HSPA Evolution or Evolved HSPA eHSPA . In addition to significantly increasing data speeds, the standard reduces latency, boosts network capacity, and provides an enhanced user experience. The larger bandwidth supports more data-intensive applications people commonly use on the internet today, including video downloads. Telstra recently confirmed it is on track to begin rolling out the new technology to the Next G wireless network by the end of this year.

Mr Ross Fielding, Executive Director, Telstra Product Management said Telstra announced in February that the Next G network would start being upgraded to peak network downlink speeds of 21Mbps by the end of the year.

We are on track to deliver on this promise and start providing peak network speeds of 21Mbps downlink across the network s expansive footprint from the end of the year, Mr Fielding said.

Working with our partners, Sierra Wireless, Qualcomm and Ericsson, we are developing the world s first 21Mbps capable mobile broadband device, which will take advantage of the speed, coverage and capabilities of the Next G network, giving our customers an unrivalled broadband experience when on the move, across a network that covers over two million square kilometers and 99 per cent of the Australian population.

HSPA technology will provide a remarkable improvement in how people experience mobile broadband, and once again opens the door for new, higher bandwidth applications, said Jim Kirkpatrick, Chief Technology Officer for Sierra Wireless. Telstra has shown tremendous industry leadership in delivering leading mobile broadband technology first in the world, and we are thrilled to work with other key industry leaders like Qualcomm and Ericsson to support this initiative.

Peak network downlink speed. Actual customer download speeds will be less and will vary due to network configuration, congestion, distance from the cell, local conditions, hardware, software and other factors.

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CSC chairman underscores company s commitment to expand Indi...

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CSC CHAIRMAN Underscores Company Commitment to Expand India Operations

Michael Laphen Visits CSC Operations in India

New Delhi, Oct. 15, 2008 CSC NYSE:CSC announced today that Michael W. Laphen, Chairman, President and CEO of CSC, began a six-day visit to India, where he will be sharing the company s strategic growth plans. He will also meet with CSC employees to discuss their role in the company s global business strategy. In addition, he will inaugurate the Noida campus, the largest CSC campus in India, and tour CSC locations in Hyderabad and Chennai.

CSC acquired Covansys in July 2007 and First Consulting Group FCG in January 2008, and has achieved full integration of both operations into the company s model of delivering One CSC to customers and business. With the acquisitions, CSC nearly doubled its headcount in India surpassing its annual headcount goal and is now home to the company s second-largest concentration of employees. CSC also achieved a 90 percent compound annual growth rate in terms of headcount in India in the last five years. The company s fully integrated World Sourcing center in India provides end-to-end India-led global delivery to its customers worldwide, has attained 100 percent revenue growth in fiscal year 2008 and has increased its operations from four to seven locations in India.
As the Chairman, President and CEO of CSC, Mr. Michael W. Laphen is responsible for the effective execution of CSC s business plan and for ensuring operational excellence in the delivery of services to clients around the globe. CSC has approximately 90,000 employees and reported revenue of 17.1 billion for the 12 months ended July 4, 2008.
It is a pleasure to be back in India to meet with the team and see the progress they have made in person, said Laphen. India is CSC s largest world sourcing location outside the U.S. and an important part of the company s global success. As a part of CSC s global delivery network, our operations in India are critical to the company s growth strategy in the Asia Pacific region and will help CSC realize our goal of Delivery to the world, from around the world.

We are honored to welcome our Chairman, President and CEO to our campus, said Rajendra B. Vattikuti, President of CSC s operations in India. As a CSC World Sourcing center, our goal is to significantly grow our operations and be a vibrant part of the Indian IT industry. Mr. Laphen s visit confirms the company s commitment to expand operations in India, support the Indian IT ITES industry and contribute to the development of the nation s software industry.

About CSC India
With centers in Noida, Indore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore and Vadodara, and approximately 19,000 employees, CSC is one of the fastest growing IT services firms in India. CSC s strong local presence enables the company to offer high-value technology solutions and a rich portfolio of services to customers across industry segments, including applications development and product support, infrastructure and BPO services, to clients worldwide. CSC India is consistently recognized in best employer award categories and houses the company s first Office of Innovation outside the U.S. For more information, visit in.country.csc.com.

About CSC
CSC is a global leader in providing technology-enabled solutions and services through three primary lines of business. These include Business Solutions Services, Global Outsourcing Services and the North American Public Sector. CSC s advanced capabilities include systems design and integration, information technology and business process outsourcing, applications software development, Web and application hosting, mission support and management consulting. Headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, CSC has approximately 90,000 employees and reported revenue of 17.1 billion for the 12 months ended July 4, 2008. For more information, visit www.csc.com.


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Cyber-Ark Announces Inter-Business Vault 5.0

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Inter-Business Vault Introduces the World s First Managed File Transfer Solution to
Provide Governance Over Data Exchange Within Business Processes

Cyber-Ark Software, the leading provider of Privileged Identity Management PIM and Sensitive Information Management solutions, today announced the availability of version 5.0 of the Inter-Business Vault IBV , its widely-used Managed File Transfer solution that provides both business and IT departments with unprecedented governance over sensitive data exchange processes.

Today, enterprise organizations understand that traditional solutions such as Secure FTP or other home grown file-transfer solutions are not viable and have turned to Managed File Transfer MFT systems to accommodate the organisation s need for secure connectivity to third parties. Traditional MFT focuses on technical and operational aspects of file-transfers, such as multi-protocol support, secure communications, third party provisioning, administration and management. Cyber-Ark s Managed File Transfer solution, the Inter-Business Vault, extends traditional MFT out of the IT Security departments, allowing business departments to also apply their policies and govern file-transfer processes from their business perspective. IBV uses simplified business terminology to provide an intuitive way to build and govern business processes, and cross the chasm of mapping the business terminology to the technical level of files and protocols.

IBV 5.0 is unique in providing a single platform supporting all methods of business file-transfer including automated, ad-hoc and collaborative processes, resulting in a centralized and fully governed file transfer solution, said Adam Bosnian, VP of products, strategy and sales at Cyber-Ark Software. Banks, Insurance companies, and other financial institutions, as well as Telco, Pharmaceutical and government institutions worldwide, use IBV to exchange sensitive information with their partners and customers on a daily basis. This assures business activity and continuity, and gives users added confidence that files will be delivered to their destination on time, and in an auditable and highly secure manner.

There is no denying the growing demand for secure file transfer among customers, partners and subcontractors. In a recent report, Gartner estimates that the market for MFT suites and services is approximately 450 million and is growing at a rate of 21 percent to 26 percent year over year. As organizations understand the need to open up for communication with third parties, however, they cope with significant challenges, such as managing multiple protocols and file-transfer methods with no centralized management, providing secure connectivity to third parties, and minimizing IT overhead for each new third party connection, which also causes business process delays.

IBV fully addresses the IT and business concerns and regulatory mandates for the exchange and sharing of sensitive information within and between an enterprise and its business community and enables enterprises worldwide to conduct faster, more efficient and more reliable business processes by automating and streamlining file-transfer processes with high performance and a highly secure solution. IBV also reduces operational costs of managing and operating file transfer processes and reduces the business risk of disclosing sensitive information.
The new features of IBV 5.0 include:
Secure File Exchange SFE web-portal A new web-based web application offers an intuitive UI for business users and third party users to exchange files. This new web portal provides seamless, worldwide, 24x7 connectivity while maintaining the highest level of security. It is completely brandable, so its look and feel can be easily changed to fit in any existing customer facing website.
Management of file-transfer processes is simplified Provides intuitive mapping of business processes into governed file-transfer services, resulting in secure, reliable and auditable information exchange.
Streamlined third party enrollment Enables ad-hoc secure connectivity with third parties without IT involvement, yet with IT governance.
In today s ever more complex IT and business environment, it is critical to have governance capabilities in place that can assist, streamline and improve cross-enterprise business processes. Managing and carrying out file-transfer processes need to be accompanied with governance of not only the IT and security departments, but also the business departments that need to control the business aspects of carried out file-transfers. IBV stands out in this capacity and for its simplicity, ease of use and productivity capabilities, all while providing the most secure infrastructure platform based on the patented Digital Vault technology, added Bosnian.


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SkyRecon and Fortasys Team Up to Efficiently Reduce Data Lea...

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SkyRecon Systems www.skyrecon.com , the premier provider of integrated, proactive endpoint security solutions, today announced that Fortasys has joined the SkyRecon Alliance Channel Partner Program in the UK.
With headquarters in London, Fortasys is an independent company specialising in IT security, high-availability and business continuity solutions for medium and large enterprises.

Fortasys maintains a rich network of partnerships in complementary areas. Endpoint protection, especially data loss and data theft, is a growing concern from our customers and SkyRecon and its StormShield solution will bring us the unique opportunity to deliver complete endpoint protection with a single, lightweight solution, said Iain Airey, Sales Director at Fortasys. This partnership enables Fortasys to offer customers business-enabling solutions relevant to their individual needs based on top-notch technologies.

The SkyRecon Alliance Channel Partner Program features StormShield , the first proactive, multi-layered and integrated solution for system protection, data protection, and access control providing: host-based intrusion prevention HIPS , system firewall, anti-virus anti-spyware, application control, device control, data encryption, wireless security, and network access control NAC . The lightweight extensible StormShield client framework provides for future enhancements to be included, allowing StormShield to quickly and easily adapt as the business, IT, and security landscapes continue to meld and change. StormShield is sold exclusively through the SkyRecon Alliance Channel Program.

Fortasys has a significant position in the UK market by providing a high level of quality and customer service, added Emmanuel Fretti, EMEA Vice President of Sales at SkyRecon Systems. We are very happy to partner with Fortasys as we have adopted a common approach based on delivering each business with a tailored endpoint protection solution.

Recently, SkyRecon Systems made the Computer Reseller News Top 10 Emerging Tech Vendors You Need to Know for 2008.

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Network Instruments Cuts Time to Resolution and Provides Deep Application Performance Analysis with Launch of Observer 13

Enhanced monitoring platform couples real-time network health views with root-cause analysis

London, UK 14 October 2008 Network Instruments today announced the release of Observer 13, its flagship monitoring platform. Observer 13 adds features to Network Instruments retrospective network analysis RNA solution GigaStor and strengthens Observer Reporting Server s ORS position as the central management hub for identifying and resolving performance problems.

Observer 13 provides IT managers with complete network visibility and the tools needed to identify, investigate and resolve problems from a single solution. Troubleshooting can be done in real-time or retrospectively to reduce mean time to resolution MTTR and increase network performance.

Observer 13 features include:
New real-time TopN enterprise-wide visibility through ORS NetLive
Single-click root cause analysis from application-level ORS reports
Nanosecond visibility and support for key financial protocols
New GigaStor file structure optimised for faster data mining and RNA
New GigaStor active reporting speeds problem resolution through immediate processing and extensive drill down capabilities
Unparalleled NetFlow scalability supports up to 512 NetFlow devices per collector
Expanded support for 802.11n wireless standard and OC-3 12

More than 80 per cent of application performance and availability failures will be blamed on network problems, but the network will actually represent less than 20 per cent of the root cause, said Debra Curtis, Research VP for Gartner. This blame game means that network teams are increasingly dealing with troubleshooting complex applications in addition to traditional network issues. Their expanded role requires tools that can analyse end-to-end application transactions to triage performance problems and determine the root cause, whether that be the network or elsewhere.

Real-Time Performance Monitoring
Observer 13 provides IT teams with a complete view of the network and the applications running over it. ORS enables superior monitoring and troubleshooting in a fraction of the time it takes for more conventional monitoring and analysis tools.

NetLive, a newly released ORS component, provides engineers with high-level network operation centre NOC views of network and application performance in real-time, allowing them to simultaneously monitor current network conditions while pinpointing concerns. From these business-wide views engineers can drill down and isolate network problems.

Increasingly customers want real-time, in-depth reporting in addition to retrospective analysis to identify causes of latency and application performance issues, explained Douglas Smith, president and co-founder of Network Instruments. ORS provides real-time monitoring and problem resolution. We don t believe there is another analysis company offering the same enterprise-view to packet-level drill-down capability, all seamlessly integrated into a single product set.

ORS also provides auto-base lining of application performance to identify unexpected deviations in application behaviour. In monitoring performance, engineers can drill from the application level down to a specific host server as well as compare day-by-day performance.


Targeting the Financial Sector
Observer 13 also includes components designed to specifically benefit financial organisations. These institutions have particular monitoring requirements that differ greatly from the average company. The effectiveness of a trade is measured in nanoseconds, not milliseconds, necessitating drill down capabilities to a finite moment of time.

With millions of trades and transactions flowing over their networks, costs from degraded performance and downtime for financial organisations can quickly add up, explained Charles Thompson, manager of systems engineering for Network Instruments. Observer 13 addresses the need for network teams to quickly isolate and solve these problems by providing visibility into microbursts.

Network Instruments has added several new features to address the financial sector s unique needs:
Expanded Financial Protocol Support Observer offers in-depth FIX analysis including application-specific errors and statistics, and 29West, MOLD, and UDQF decode and support
Microburst Analysis Meets the financial sector s need for nanosecond detail

GigaStor Performance Enhancements
As retrospective network analysis RNA emerges as the preferred method for pinpointing network and application problems, Network Instruments upgraded the GigaStor navigation interface and made additional enhancements to facilitate easier problem isolation and troubleshooting. The interface presents network activity within macro and micro timeline views, providing users a big-picture view as well as the micro view to quickly pinpoint problems.

RNA requires significant processing power to store terabytes of packets to disk and provide immediate analysis, explained Smith. To handle the high processing demands of RNA, we have created a unique file structure optimised for high-speed capture, storage and analysis. Beyond increased performance and reliability, the new operating system eliminates any potential fragmentation issues.

Application Analysis
As web services on the network increase, tracking performance by Internet Protocol IP or virtual IP is no longer adequate. The numbers of devices involved in providing HTTP-based services can make reporting unmanageable. Observer s URL-based performance reporting monitors response times, volumes, utilisation and site-specific statistics. Additionally, response time analysis within ORS now compares response times to expert-defined thresholds, so engineers can easily identify when performance exceeds thresholds.

Ensuring timely access to business-critical application servers is the primary objective of any network engineer, explained Smith. Observer gives network teams enhanced capabilities for tracking response times, handling custom applications and the ability to more easily manage the performance of Web-based services.

Additional Observer 13 Features
In addition to significant reporting and performance enhancements in ORS and GigaStor, several new features expand Observer s position as a leading analysis solution.
Increased NetFlow Scalability - Unparalleled scalability allows engineers to configure up to 512 NetFlow devices per collection device
Expanded Wireless Offering - Observer supports the latest emerging wireless standard 802.11n
OC3 and OC12 Support - Monitoring and analysis of OC3c and OC12c traffic and decoding of OC-related protocols. Packet over SONET POS and asynchronous transfer mode ATM over SONET support.

Product Pricing
Observer Standard, now with 802.11n support, is available for 995. Observer Expert, with in-depth application analysis and increased NetFlow scalability, is available for 2,895. Observer Suite, with SNMP console and Web reporting, is available for 3,995. The Observer Reporting Server appliance price begins at 21,250. The GigaStor begins at 14,450 for the 2 TB two-port configuration. The OC 3c 12c probe appliance begins at 14,450. Additional product information is available at www.networkinstruments.co.uk.



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IT Consultancy appiChar Sponsors iT4Communities

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iT4Communities appiChar Sponsorship Press Release
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IT Consultancy appiChar Sponsors iT4Communities
Leading IT Consultancy to the not for profit sector, appiChar, is to sponsor the IT volunteering charity iT4Communities to ensure more charitable organisations benefit from volunteers providing professional IT support.

The sponsorship was announced at the Information Technologists Livery Company s New Master s Installation Supper on 8th October. New Master, Jo Connell, said: We are very grateful to appiChar for sponsoring iT4Communities at a time when funding has become a key issue. The sponsorship will help iT4Communities grow to find more volunteer IT professionals to support many more charities in the future .

iT4Communities was set up by the Information Technologists Company in 2002 to make IT work for charities by introducing them to volunteer IT professionals. The 5,300 iT4Communities volunteers have so far delivered over 3 million worth of IT support to the voluntary sector.

Ian Ryder, appiChar s Managing Director and founder, said: At appiChar, we are committed to improving IT in the not-for-profit sector. By becoming a sponsor for iT4Communities it means that we have a chance to help many not for profit organisations receive valuable help that will really make a difference to their organisation. We are delighted to be working in partnership with iT4Communities and look forward to assisting them in achieving their overall vision of making IT work for charities .


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Time spent with the fourth and final release candidate of OpenOffice.org for Windows 3.0.0 may finally lead stubborn Microsoft Office users over the great productivity-suite divide.

This reviewer speaks as a user in limbo, fed up with spendy versions of Office and, on the Mac, with all Microsoft software , but harboring bad memories of early versions of the StarOffice productivity suite based on the OpenOffice open-source project -- in short, the user you or a friend might also be.

The 3.0.0 RC 4 version -- available also in Linux, Mac OS X and FreeBSD flavors -- weighs in as a 128 MB download, a possible barrier to convincing new users that this really is a tidier, less system-crushing suite than its major competitors. But installation itself was perfectly smooth. And something subtle and wonderful happened during the process: The install didn t repeatedly demand proofs that the user wasn t some stinking software pirate. Respect? What a concept.

OOo 3.0 s Writer word processor -- for many users the most commonly accessed module of any suite -- feels a great deal like certain older versions of Word. And some of us appreciate that in a word processor; familiar layouts have their charm. Writer continues to lack Word s robust outlining functionality perhaps the most requested addition over the years, but one that developers have repeatedly said would require serious kludges , and the PDF import functionality didn t deliver for us, but the export-to-PDF option worked fast, flawlessly and free.

Other import functions behaved well, in particular the processing for Word 2007 s persnickety .docx documents. All import filters for Office 2007 files worked in our testing; on the Mac side, we understand that Office 2008 formats are supported too.

Impress, the presentation-graphics module, impresses -- though this comes from a reviewer who s felt for some time that PowerPoint was an implement of torture. We noticed an import glitch with a specific .ppt file on our system, but other files imported properly. And the export-to-Flash .swf functionality is just wonderful; two clicks turned our slideshow into a Flash presentation, with formatting translated extremely well. The program has new native support for tables, rather than requiring that tables be embedded Calc objects.

Calc, the spreadsheet program, continues not to be a substitute for a full-fledged database. That s fine; it s a spreadsheet. Database tools are part of OOo but geared mainly toward export to other systems. Still, it s easy to use and provides all the features that most ordinary users want, and OOo 3.0 kicks up the limit on columns from 256 to 1024. But the feature we most hoped to test, multi-user collaboration, will have to wait until more friends and co-workers download and install version 3.

Draw is at long last capable of cropping images in the way that more or less every other drawing package does, quirky technique not being much of a selling point.

Although builds for all operating systems are available now from FileForum , the final version of OpenOffice.org 3.0 is expected to be formally launched next Monday, with appropriate fanfare and a party. If all that hoopla encourages more fence-sitters such as this reviewer to hop over to greener, freer pastures, and encourages the tens of thousands of OOo developers to keep up the good work, it ll be worth the hubbub.

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St Bernard s High School, Rotherham, gives Meru Networks ...

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Meru WLAN provides reliable access to get students on line in all subjects

IP08, Earls Court, London, UK Wednesday, 1st October 2008 - Pupils at St Bernard s Catholic High School in Rotherham, Yorkshire can access Internet course materials instantly from any classroom in the building, thanks to a wireless LAN from Meru Networks.

The school wanted to provide reliable access for its 670 students throughout the school, so subject teachers can use Internet resources in any lesson, without having to move the class into a dedicated IT suite. The wireless LAN had to be reliable, and able to support up to 64 laptops at once.

Whole classes of students can access the network at the same time without interruption, said Paul Clark, Strategy leader for ICT at St Bernard s. This network gives more flexible access to our ICT facility, and will allow us to get laptops into all curriculum areas.

UK based Networks by Wireless won a competitive tender, convincing St Bernard s School that wireless LAN equipment from Meru Networks would succeed where other equipment had failed, and provide a network the school could trust.

The school has a new wired LAN, installed this year, and each classroom has a networked PC and an interactive whiteboard. Paul wanted to go further, and give each student network access, but was not convinced wireless LANs were up to the job.

We had tried a wireless LAN before, with a few access points in a small area, but we took it out a year ago, because it was unreliable, said Paul. After this experience, Paul was sceptical that any wireless LAN could meet his school s requirements: We had decided to move away from wireless and get things cabled in.

The demands of pupil access changed that. When a large number of laptops, wheeled to the classroom in a trolley, are handed to students at the beginning of a lesson, wired connections are simply impractical. So the school issued an invitation to network companies, to tender for a reliable wireless LAN that would allow instant access anywhere in the school.

The winner of that tender, Meru s fourth generation single-channel wireless LAN, avoids the unreliability and interference issues common place with legacy wireless LANs. Access points are placed on a single radio channel, eliminating the need for costly channel planning. Meru s coordinated access points ensure bandwidth is shared efficiently, everyone gets the best connection possible, and the network is managed centrally with its award-winning Air Traffic Control technology and System Director software.

Our biggest misgivings were that Meru s single channel architecture was different to every other wireless LAN vendor, said Paul. His technicians evaluated the product, before it was set up by Networks by Wireless.

The network was installed quickly by Networks by Wireless during the school s summer holiday, and was running smoothly before the pupils returned in September. Most vendors equipment requires a detailed site survey to position the radios and avoid interference, but with Meru s single-channel architecture, that wasn t necessary: The wireless part just worked, says Paul. The hardest part of the installation was upgrading the network with Power-over-Ethernet PoE injectors to drive the access points.

The network is future-proof, if the school needs faster network access in future, says Paul: We can upgrade to 802.11n when we need it - but 802.11abg meets our current needs.

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Fortify Software welcomes IBM s latest diversification

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25th September 2008 - Fortify Software sees IBM s late entry into the static analysis marketplace as a limited step in the right direction...

Fortify notes that IT research firm Dataquest reports Fortify s revenue led the entire application security testing market, including IBM s dynamic testing product line.

Competition is always good for the industry, but it s the customer that makes the final decision as to which product or service they source, said Barmak Meftah, Fortify s senior vice president of products and technology.

It s therefore worth noting that Fortify s static analyzer covers 17 programming languages, whereas IBM addresses a lot less. In addition, our analyzer can discover more than 315 types of vulnerabilities, whereas IBM uncovers far fewer, he added. Also, Fortify can support seven major IDEs beyond just IBM Eclipse.

According to Meftah, for IT security experts whose job - particularly in these economically challenging times - depends on ensuring that ALL vulnerabilities are revealed, Big Blue s offering might keep some of the hackers out.

But not all of them.

And the ones that get through will probably be the ones that have architected the most complex attack vectors, he noted.

Meftah went on to say that IBM s offering leads with dynamic security analysis via the Watchfire AppScan pen testing capability.

But, he said, effective communication and interaction with developers requires an extensive inside out, code-level knowledge approach compared to the outside in black box capability that Watchfire brings to the IT security table.

It s also worth recognising, he added, that Fortify s offering was built around the language and environment to optimally support developers.

Of course, application vulnerability is what we have specialized in since we were founded in 2003. IBM, in contrast, has produced mainframes, minicomputers, PCs, and software, he said.

If you want convenience, you go to the convenience store. If you want high quality, however, you go to the specialist, he added.

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For more on Fortify Software: http: www.fortify.com


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Fortify Software welcomes IBM s latest diversification

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25th September 2008 - Fortify Software sees IBM s late entry into the static analysis marketplace as a limited step in the right direction...

Fortify notes that IT research firm Dataquest reports Fortify s revenue led the entire application security testing market, including IBM s dynamic testing product line.

Competition is always good for the industry, but it s the customer that makes the final decision as to which product or service they source, said Barmak Meftah, Fortify s senior vice president of products and technology.

It s therefore worth noting that Fortify s static analyzer covers 17 programming languages, whereas IBM addresses a lot less. In addition, our analyzer can discover more than 315 types of vulnerabilities, whereas IBM uncovers far fewer, he added. Also, Fortify can support seven major IDEs beyond just IBM Eclipse.

According to Meftah, for IT security experts whose job - particularly in these economically challenging times - depends on ensuring that ALL vulnerabilities are revealed, Big Blue s offering might keep some of the hackers out.

But not all of them.

And the ones that get through will probably be the ones that have architected the most complex attack vectors, he noted.

Meftah went on to say that IBM s offering leads with dynamic security analysis via the Watchfire AppScan pen testing capability.

But, he said, effective communication and interaction with developers requires an extensive inside out, code-level knowledge approach compared to the outside in black box capability that Watchfire brings to the IT security table.

It s also worth recognising, he added, that Fortify s offering was built around the language and environment to optimally support developers.

Of course, application vulnerability is what we have specialized in since we were founded in 2003. IBM, in contrast, has produced mainframes, minicomputers, PCs, and software, he said.

If you want convenience, you go to the convenience store. If you want high quality, however, you go to the specialist, he added.

For more on IBM s entry into static code analysis market: http: tinyurl.com 3pyf2r

For more on Fortify Software: http: www.fortify.com


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