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Security vendors don prediction hats, flag threats for 2008
... NWC Print Jan 01 2008,NWC Print,Archive ... Web 2.0 will up the security ante for enterprises in 2008. Immediately behind are spam, botnets, event-based ... sites that could be exploited to target a larger number of Internet users, says Websense in its 2008 ... vulnerable to such attacks. McAfee Avert Labs in its 2008 security report also warns of a large increase in use of Web 2.0 sites to distribute malware. 2008 does not promise relief from spam ... http://www.informationweek.in/Archive/08-01-01/Security_vendors_don_prediction_hats_flag_threats_for_2008.aspx

The year of the Ox
... NWC Print Jan 01 2009,NWC Print,Archive ... In our recently concluded survey “Infrastructure Agenda 2009” highlighting what CIOs expect to see in 2009, achieving cost efficiency has been rated as the top business priority by almost all the respondents. Since this survey was initiated and concluded well after the pink pages have meticulously documented ... a similar amount as in 2008. Can this then be the emergence of a ray of sunlight out of the dark ... http://www.informationweek.in/Archive/09-01-01/The_year_of_the_Ox.aspx

Gain control
... NWC Print Jan 01 2008,NWC Print,Archive ... Today, IT organizations face the challenge of managing exploding data volumes, delivering high service levels, and mitigating business risks while at the same time keeping costs under control. And they must do all these things within a data center environment where complexity has grown out of control. Over ... message size of a message without an attachment is about 22 KB. By 2008, the firm estimates ... http://www.informationweek.in/Archive/08-01-01/Gain_control.aspx

Dawn of the Internet Presidency
... NWC Print Jan 01 2009,NWC Print,Archive ... The 2008 presidential election crowned the Internet as the king of all political media, ending the era of the television presidency that started with John F. Kennedy. Barack Obama’s pioneering use of social networking and other information technologies not only transformed campaign politics, but it could influence the way government and business work as well. Obama used a range of technologies to recruit ... http://www.informationweek.in/Archive/09-01-01/Dawn_of_the_Internet_Presidency.aspx

End of the line
... NWC Print Jan 01 2008,NWC Print,Archive ... Last July ... to Windows Server 2008. All Microsoft server licenses also include downgrade rights, meaning ... until the third quarter of 2008. Microsoft says it will continue its hypervisor-agnostic policies even after Hyper-V is available, but in practice, most Windows Server 2008 users will make the switch ... —a change from its previous claims that Viridian is an integral part of Windows Server 2008—the two ... http://www.informationweek.in/Archive/08-01-01/End_of_the_line.aspx

Are You Top Management Material? Think Beyond IT
... NWC Print Jan 01 2009,NWC Print,Archive ... During the “Tomorrow’s CIO” re- search presentation at the recent InformationWeek 500 virtual event, an attendee asked what has become a common question among ambitious technology pros: Is it better for the CIO to come up through the IT organization, bringing deep and/or broad technical expertise, or is a more ... evaluating candidates for the 2008 InformationWeek Chief Of The Year award, and we’re looking ... http://www.informationweek.in/Archive/09-01-01/Are_You_Top_Management_Material_Think_Beyond_IT.aspx

WiMAX Certification Lab in India
... India,NWC Print Jan 01 2008,NWC Print,Archive ... 2008 will see the establishment of India’s first ever WiMAX Forum designated Certification Laboratory that will help Indian WiMAX equipment vendors to accelerate the certification process for the domestic market. With the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) approving the inclusion of WiMAX technologies in the IMT-2000 set of standards earlier this year, WiMAX spectrum is expected to become more ... http://www.informationweek.in/Archive/08-01-01/WiMAX_Certification_Lab_in_India.aspx

CIOs face the financial storm
... NWC Print Jan 01 2009,CIO,NWC Print,Archive ... As H.B. Fuller CIO Steven John absorbed last week’s tumultuous economic events, it “made me go down the hall to talk to the CFO.” It’s a simple and essential action item for CIOs today—personally take fresh ... decreased their IT spending that quarter relative to their 2008 budgets, and a more recent Forrester ... and Daimler trucks, Jan Brecht’s feeling the effects of tight credit and slower consumer spending ... http://www.informationweek.in/Archive/09-01-01/CIOs_face_the_financial_storm.aspx

Low awareness barrier to SaaS adoption
... NWC Print Jan 01 2008,NWC Print,SaaS,Archive ... Lack of understanding and security and privacy concerns in the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model are major inhibitors for adoption by enterprises, says Springboard Research. “The reason for this can be cited to the low activity and visibility of SaaS vendors in the country. However, we think that this will change in 2008 as the vendors would get more aggressive,” says Balaka Baruah Aggarwal, manager ... http://www.informationweek.in/Archive/08-01-01/Low_awareness_barrier_to_SaaS_adoption.aspx

BI efforts take flight
... NWC Print Jan 01 2009,BI,NWC Print,Archive ... If your most recent trek through airport security was less painful than even a year or so ago, thank the Transportation Security Administration’s overarching business intelligence project, dubbed the Performance Information Management System, or PIMS. “We’ve quantified estimated savings and cost avoidance at $100 million for fiscal year 2007 and 2008,” a TSA spokesman says. Efficiencies and employee ... http://www.informationweek.in/Archive/09-01-01/BI_efforts_take_flight.aspx