http://www.arnnet.com.au Networking en-us Copyright 2008, IDG Communications, for personal use only, not for redistribution without permission. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:20:08 +1000 60 http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php?id=253075920&rid=-101 Sun Microsystems will introduce a storage appliance based on its FISHworks software package by the end of this year and later extend the technology to other types of products through partnerships. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:05:00 +1000 http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php?id=1454137746&rid=-101 With the crackdown on certification cheaters, the ITCC strongly urges candidates to know and follow the certifying agencies' security policies. They are posted online and must be acknowledged when a candidate wants to take a test. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:15:00 +1000 http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php?id=866038895&rid=-101 You could think of this as the Tarzan protocol for Wi-Fi. The goal is to improve interactive Wi-Fi connections dramatically for moving vehicles. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:14:00 +1000 http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php?id=1495910725&rid=-101 The integrity of IT certification is vitally important to everyone. IT, as an industry and a profession, is largely unregulated. There are no government standards that define the qualifications of any level of IT professional. There is no licensing process or required educational background. In essence, anyone can declare himself a "network engineer" or a "systems analyst." It's the Wild West of professions. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:08:00 +1000 http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php?id=1665653782&rid=-101 A member of the Exam Security Team from a major IT solutions vendor recently received an e-mail from an IT professional who owned up to the fact that he had inadvertently cheated to prepare for his certification exam. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:56:00 +1000 http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php?id=202413206&rid=-101 For the first time ever, companies that develop and administer IT certification exams are working together to combat a problem that has largely been swept under the rug for years: certification fraud. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:22:00 +1000 http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php?id=1215363978&rid=-101 Sun has released a new version of xVM VirtualBox, its platform for desktop virtualization, and is also starting to offer enterprise support for the platform, the company said on Thursday. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:13:00 +1000 http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php?id=127062764&rid=-101 A Google executive Thursday heaped praise on Apple's iPhone, even with his company set to challenge Apple in this same space with its Android mobile computing platform. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:50:00 +1000 http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php?id=591952561&rid=-101 IP routers used by network service providers sold well globally in the second quarter this year, with sales up 40 percent over the second quarter of 2007, and advancing 17 percent from the first quarter of 2008, according to Infonetics Research. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:35:00 +1000 http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php?id=720549060&rid=-101 Linux vendor Red Hat Thursday jumped deeper into the virtualization marketplace by announcing its acquisition of Qumranet, which offers an embedded KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine) platform that will allow Red Hat to vastly expand its capabilities for customers. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:17:00 +1000