Stories by Brian Fonseca

Security trio forms Intrusion Prevention Ecosystem

To help end-users thwart a broad range of network attacks aimed at exploiting multiple parts of an enterprise, Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., Okena Inc., and Intruvert Networks Inc. announced the creation of a new Intrusion Prevention Ecosystem on Monday at the Networld+Interop and Comdex 2002 conference, in Atlanta.

OASIS fuels security agenda

Determined to nail down key security and interoperability standards, the broad base of support for official standards bodies is swelling to counter enterprise apprehension regarding Web services adoption.

Quadrasis offers SAML attribution through XML firewall

The latest entrant looking to set a foothold in the crowding content-aware XML firewall space, Quadrasis, on Monday introduced its SOAP Content Inspector, developed with Xtradyne Technologies, to secure Web services environments.

System tools slim down to cut costs

Forced into an about-face by economic realities, systems management vendors are slimming down monolithic packages to reduce complexity and cost.

System tools slim down to cut costs

Forced into an about-face by economic realities, systems management vendors are slimming down monolithic packages to reduce complexity and cost.

Reactivity targets secure XML message routing

Reactivity Inc. this week emerged as the newest entrant into the secure Web services messaging field with the debut of its Reactivity Service Firewall, a drop-in software product that supports and routes XML-based messaging and other Web services protocols stacks.

Security vendors converge at Catalyst

Swirling around the security open standards discussions at The Burton Group Corp.'s Catalyst conference 2002 on Monday in San Francisco, new products are turning the spotlight on the importance of remote policy management and wireless network security.

EMC eyes storage consulting business

Looking to evolve the hardware-centric image of its Global Services business, EMC on Wednesday added a storage-agnostic consulting operation to its professional services offering.

HP guns for Web services management prize

Large systems management vendors are shedding their domain and element-focused network management roots to aggressively pursue integrated products that manage workflow processes and end-user performance within distributed IT networks and Web services environments.

Systems management meets threat management

Hewlett-Packard Co. announced on Wednesday that it has formed an alliance with e-Security Inc. to combine the systems management strength of HP OpenView software with the incident response and threat management capability of e-Security's e-Sentinel security product to protect critical business systems.

Pushing identity buttons

Attempting to soothe enterprise headaches over identity management complexity, an emerging set of Web services-based standards and technologies are surfacing to offer a unified approach to managing diverse infrastructures.

HP OpenView drives service management

Shaking off the cobwebs and inactivity it portrayed during the lengthy Hewlett-Packard-Compaq Computer merger, HP OpenView will finally have its coming-out party this week backed by new software products and services that emphasize the value of service management capabilities.

Tivoli pushes autonomic computing model

General Manager of IBM Corp.'s Tivoli Software Inc. Robert LeBlanc on Tuesday touted the merits of his systems management company's revitalized customer efforts and assured attendees at the Planet Tivoli conference here just how deep the ties between Tivoli and IBM business units run.

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