ARN

Stories by: Frank Hayes

  • +

    Sure the Cloud's insecure; it's like everything else 08 February, 2011 04:37:00

    Worried about security in the cloud? Fret over this instead: Last month, a hacker surfaced who claimed he can sell access to more than a dozen government, military and university Web sites all cracked easily because of bad programming.
  • +

    The cloud issue you really can't ignore 27 September, 2010 20:08:00

    Maybe it's time to rethink the cloud. Yeah, I know -- at this point, most IT shops haven't thought through the cloud the first time. But Microsoft's recent troubles keeping its cloud services available to users shine a harsh light on the issue of cloud availability and reliability.
  • +

    Vista vs. money 12 August, 2009 10:08:00

    To Vista or not to Vista? If that’s the question, the answer is money. Microsoft would really, really like IT shops to quit waffling and start migrating to the latest version of Windows. After all, Vista has been out for years now. It’s stable. It’s secure. The new software has even been paid for already under many volume licences.
  • +

    Energy efficiency that saves pennies a day won't fly 14 April, 2009 03:44:00

    Fifty cents. That's how much U.S. businesses could save by shutting down all their PCs at night and on weekends, according to a study released last month (download file) by the Alliance to Save Energy. Of course, that's not how the report headlined it. The alliance's number was US$2.8 billion per year.
  • +

    More Than a List 28 January, 2009 07:11:00

    Oh, not again. Last week, the SANS Institute and Mitre released yet another list of the most serious programming errors that break software security. And this time, SANS and Mitre got dozens of other organizations to sign on, including Microsoft, Apple, Oracle, Tata, Symantec, the US Department of Homeland Security and the National Security Agency.
  • +

    For Microsoft, the pain is just starting 23 January, 2009 08:18:00

    Microsoft cuts 5,000 jobs. That's the big news of the week. Not just because the layoffs will cut one in 20 of Microsoft's 91,000 employees. Not only because it signals just how hard Microsoft has been hurt by the failure of Vista and by shifts in the way big customers license and use software. Not even because of the grim sign it represents for the rest of the IT industry.
  • +

    Data breach target: You 07 October, 2008 10:36:00

    Heard about a competitor's security being breached? Then you're probably next. In fact, you may already be owned.
  • +

    Fix your flawed DNS -- Now! 30 July, 2008 18:02:13

    If you're a hard-core IT security wonk, you already know about this. If not, go to Doxpara.com right now and click on the button that says "Check my DNS." That will run a simple test to tell you whether your name server appears to be vulnerable to DNS cache poisoning.
  • +

    RFID redux 03 June, 2008 09:34:25

    Let's talk about RFID. But first, let's imagine the Internet as it might be. Suppose every ISP required its users to buy only its own brand of modem. And use only its own proprietary Web browser. And connect only to Web sites certified by the ISP to work with that modem and Web browser.
  • +

    'Office' politics and the XML file format fight 27 May, 2008 08:18:23

    OK, try to follow this: Microsoft has spent the past two years slamming its Open XML file format through the process to make it an international standard. Along the way, there's been arm-twisting, committee-packing, bribery and other chicanery. But by last week, Microsoft was one step away from success.
  • +

    HP+EDS means trouble for IT 20 May, 2008 11:18:50

    How many heads will roll at EDS? That's the obvious question, now that Hewlett-Packard is buying the company. A back-of-the-envelope calculation says that at least half the employees of HP+EDS are in services, but they generate only one-third of the revenue. Conclusion: Up to 50 per cent of them will get the chop.
ARN Polls

How should 2011 be approached by channel businesses?

With caution - there are too many factors at play
With confidence - the GFC is over and the recovery is well in place
With trepidation - things are about to start getting a lot worse
With commonsense - there should be good opportunities but there won't be many of them
View Results
 
Jobs
    ARN Vendor Directory
    ARN Community Comments