When the watchdog is the underdog
Think your security staffers are trustworthy? Competent? Knowledgeable? Listen to a security professional's horror stories, and you might think again.
Stories by Lisa Vaas
Norton Internet Security 2009 beta ramps up
Security software customers are speaking with their feet: They want security updates and other security interruptions out of their faces, and they won't hesitate to dump their security suites because of performance drag -- whether or not it's actually the security software that's to blame.
When security staffers fail up
Think your security staffers are trustworthy? Competent? Knowledgeable? Ask a security professional for horror stories and you might think again.
Which virtualization technologies are ripe: Forrester's take
Virtualization has gotten into many nooks and crannies of IT infrastructure, but some of the available vendor technology is half-baked, according to a recent report from Forrester Research. According to Forrester, as of Q2 2008, server and client virtualization is mature enough to pay off in the short term, but storage virtualization-particularly application storage-is "not very advanced" and doesn't yet offer much payback.