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Cisco develops technology defending network 2008-04-30 02:10:59 To meet the growing demand for solutions for corporate governance IT-risk, protection of data and meet regulatory requirements, the company Cisco
announced the expansion of its proposals in this area and make network
Self-Defending Network (samozaschischayuschayasya network) in a broader system solution that provides overall protection networks, as well as a wide variety of devices, terminals, applications and content.The company Cisco announced on improving protection for terminal devices, systems prevent incursions, firewalls and means of screening applications, monitoring and analysis of security solutions for centralized management of corporate rules, as well as many other hardware and software protection. Among them, Cisco Security Agent 6.0, Cisco Intrusion Prevention System 6.1, Cis
New Cisco solutions for physical security 2008-04-30 02:10:35 New IP-cameras and access control systems allow reliably protect the buildings, corporate offices and mobile environmentsThe company Cisco
announced the expansion of a family of products for physicalsecurity
, called Cisco ® Connected Physical Security. Now this product line includes new features IP-video surveillance and electronic access controls that facilitate the convergence of information technology and physical security systems, enabling customers to integrate existing system of physical protection of IT infrastructure.The company Cisco is going to bring to market new IP-camera and the first in its history, physical access control system. Sharing these products provides an opportunity to clearly monitor the situation and take effective solutions
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Reshuffle in the "big three" 2008-04-24 15:08:31 In the "big three" world's leading manufacturers of mobile phones have been significant changes. For the first time in the history of South Korean Samsung Corporation has increased its market share to 14.5% and ahead of the American Motorola. It happened once in the third quarter of 2007, Samsung managed to sell 42 million cellular phones. Such data published analytical company Gartner, conducting regular market research of mobile phones.Of course, the absolute leader among manufacturers remains ringtones Finnish Nokia, which controls 38.1% of the market and sells more vehicles than its closest pursuer both together. In doing so over the last year only Nokia has consolidated its leading market position by increasing the volume of their products by 25%. The share of the producer in the III
IT Sector: saturated affairs December 2008-04-24 14:57:52 As usual, in anticipation of the end of the year IT-industry is taking stock and compiling plans for next year. But it is, well, routine. The most visionary top managers - "vizionery" - trying to capture the main trends, which follow in 2008 - year will yield maximum profits and losses izbezhatneopravdannyh. Is fair to say that the cause of world IT-business situation is not bad at the moment, as market forecasts for the most optimistic.Experts organization Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) has finally been published the results of an analytical study of the state of the world market for semiconductors in October 2007. It turned out that this month (just 60 years later, after the invention of semiconductor transistor) chip sales rose compared with last year at 5% up to $ 23.1 billio Read more:December
Motorola and impure strength 2008-04-21 06:03:33 Peripetii Motorola
are continuing. From the once-leading manufacturer of cell phones in recent weeks have such news that reluctant start to think: perhaps without the impure forces top managers of corporations do not take important decisions.It all started with the fact that the company was subjected to attack by investor Carl Aykana, which owns 6.45% of the shares of Motorola. He filed a suit in court, demanding access to documents of the board, which he refused to provide. Aycan At the same time, the company rejected a proposal put to the board of directors of two of its representatives - it requires four. But the leadership does not want to see Motorola among them Maystera Kita, a fund manager Icahn Partners. Aycan found such a position "unacceptable" and "does not intend to tolerate it Read more:strength
IT-SECTOR: life without illusions 2008-04-21 05:33:24 Razdray on world financial markets, rising oil prices, falling dollar, recession in the United States ... No, not all of this is determined by the current state of the global IT industry. Today it is determined by China's industrial policy. And now you are in it for yourself.To begin with, the Chinese authorities have submitted a state programme support production of microchips. They promised a discount of 15% from sales tax of any company engaged in the production of semiconductors and invested in the Chinese economy over 8 billion yuan ($ 1.14 billion). In addition, the company can claim privilege, in the production of chips using 0.25 - micron (250 nm) technological process. This criterion includes most modern producers of processors, which are now producing chips on 45 - and 65 nanomet
Start Intel Demo Competition 2008 launched at the festival Breakpoint 2008-04-21 05:02:50 The small town of Bingen aan de Rijn, famous for its wine industry, became a hospitable home to 1000 people from more than 30 countries. They all come here to take part in the annual event Breakpoint, the largest in the world festival demo. In addition, the festival was launched Breakpoint concourse Intel
Demo Competition, which is the main sponsor since 2004 is Intel Corporation.This year four teams-finalists will be able to fight with a team Still - the winner of last year's contest. Participants include using a PC with a processor Intel Core 2 Extreme provided by the company Wortmann Terra. Competition prize fund moneys in the amount of 25 thousand Euro, as well as ten complete sets of tools for programming and compilers. A new product programs in the competition this year will be semin Read more:Start
IT-SECTOR: between hammer and anvil 2008-04-21 04:49:48 Before March 8 indexes of high-tech NASDAQ stock exchanges amicably waving red arrows fall. And while this week the situation marginally, it has become clear: the IT industry, as a significant part of the global industry, was among the hammer rising oil prices and the anvil falling dollar. And many conflicts between the IT companies are simply making a general nervousness.At a recent press conference гендиректор Microsoft Steve Ballmer said that intends to make the deal with Yahoo, even though it will be his last achievement in the company. According Ballmera despite official denial of Yahoo merger, the parties still are negotiating on the issue. But it previously proposed to increase the amount is not.But later Ozzy Ray, the chief software architect of Microsoft, told a news co
What is sound industry? 2008-04-18 04:20:21 Today, sales of music via the Internet record label and artist brings more profit than usual implementation of CD and DVD-Audio. This fact already has been, but at this time has become undeniable. Especially look ridiculous statements by some analysts about the fact that there is some rivalry between the major "very sluggish labels and a variety of fast Internet, and implying justifying piracy. The fact is that most of the major labels are already actively engaged in the sale via network resources and very good feeling. Pirates lose and quietly through the network, however, the same situation has been, and until the Internet.The market on the sound, for that matter, any software that is happening around the same situation, though the theme of piracy now otmetem because of its deep philosop Read more:industry
QNX: what lies behind the three letters? 2008-04-18 03:24:10 Name QNX often read in the news and on Internet sites dedicated software. But what lies behind
the name nedlinnym knows is not as much a great number of people. That is the QNX, and is designed to broadly describe the article.As it is written on the official site of the Russian-speaking qnx.ru, QNX - a real-time operating system, following the principles clearly mikroyadernoy architecture. " What does this mean? Let me quote another one, this time from the POSIX standard description: "The real time operating systems - is the ability of the operating system to provide the desired level of service for a certain period of time." That is, the system must respond to the events (for example, user actions) with a delay not exceeding in any case, some established standard sizes. What does it mean
A good year for IT-sector 2008-04-18 03:23:35 Neither one month is not without costing a landmark event. In January, in my view, such an event was the conclusion of a strategic alliance between corporations Sun Microsystems and Intel. As part of this alliance will advance the Intel operating system Solaris, and Sun is include in its product range servers level enterprises, telecommunications servers and workstations based on Intel Xeon processors. The agreement covers products such as Solaris, Java software and NetBeans, Intel Xeon processors, as well as Intel and other technology Sun-level enterprises. Actually, in 2007 - m Intel threw a major force in the development of new technologies. In particular, the continued building of new factories for the production of 45 nm chips - is Fab 32 in Arizona (investments 3 billion USD) and the Read more:sector
"Now, I prefer to watch" - Interviews William Gibson 2008-04-16 16:28:52 Street always finds its own use of a variety of things.(c) WilliamGibson
Up to the last moment not Hence, it will turn out. William Gibson, founding father of the genre "cyberpunk" blogger known as enthusiastic, but your e-mail on the Net is not disclosing - it is not even the writer's personal website. Therefore, any interviews with him are possible only through the publishing house Penguin Publishing and Random House, which is traditionally the first to publish works of Gibson. Yet interviews for "IT SECTOR" condition. And, as intended, at the dawn of 60 - anniversary of the writer, to be observed on March 17.-- Thank you agreed to be interviewed. As the mood on the eve of the anniversary?-- Not until the mood now. Jubilee - so troublesome! At the same time, a lot of issues have to deal Read more:watch
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Conspiracy around Intel and Microsoft OS Vista 2008-04-16 15:57:00 During the trial on Windows Vista
Capable program, in late February 2008 the court issued a 158 pages of internal documents of Microsoft
(blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com / microsoft / library / vistaexhibitsone.pdf). At the thirtieth page text of these documents is an e-mail written by employees of Microsoft Kalkman named John (John Kalkman). It contains information on the certification program Capable company Intel
chipsets. "We had underestimated the requirements specifically to help improve Intel quarterly profit figures. Thus, they could continue to sell motherboards with the 915 chipset, - wrote Kalkman. But later, after some market research that gave negative results, he noted that "it was a mistake, artificially understate the true image requirements".Not so bad news! Two mega-corporati Read more:Conspiracy
IT-business: prior to the end of the year 2008-04-16 15:37:59 In the global IT industry over the past couple of weeks anything wrong, fortunately, did not happen. Horse racing world oil prices and the American financial crisis has not had a significant impact on the market of information technologies and telecommunications. But something important has happened yet. We begin, as usual, with global issues. According to the research company Pyramid Research, in a few years, the global market for mobile undergo unprecedented change, and to the existing 2.8 billion users of cell phones in the next three years by a new billion. Of these, 87% occur in developing countries amount. The majority of potential users do not give China and India. Overall, in those two countries will be about 35% of the promised one billion new users, and the rest pridutsya on the
Semiconductor issues 2008-04-16 15:27:04 Producers Association of semiconductor products (Semiconductor
Industry Association, SIA), in early March released the results of the semiconductor industry in January 2008. According to the association, the growth of the industry, compared with the result of January 2007 amounted to 0.3% and reached to 21.5 billion USD. In comparison with the rate in December 2007, the market for semiconductors has lost weight 3.6%.Association experts argue that the main reason for such a flimsy results has been very poor state of affairs in the sector of dynamic memory. The growth, albeit modest, production of chips completely "eaten" continually falling prices. Prices are falling because of the extremely high competition among manufacturers. No rescues and the growth in demand for memory modules marked
New solutions for the physical security of Cisco 2008-04-16 15:16:55 New IP-cameras and access control systems allow reliably protect complexes of buildings, corporate offices and mobile environments The company announced the expansion of Cisco
family of products for physicalsecurity
called Cisco ® Connected Physical Security. Now the product lineup includes new features of IP video surveillance and electronic access control, which facilitate the convergence of information technology and physical security systems, allowing customers to integrate existing systems for the physical protection of IT infrastructure. The company Cisco is going to bring to market new IP cameras and the first in its history, physical access control system. Sharing of these products provides an opportunity to clearly monitor the situation and take effective action. Advanced Cisco Read more:solutions
Cisco develops technology samozaschischayuscheysya network and strengthens its position in the field of IT risk management, security and meet regulato 2008-04-16 15:08:28 Improved protection of end points, firewalls, a means of preventing intrusions, security
routers, as well as management tools that improve the security of network
s, end points, applications and content San Jose (California), April 8, 2008 - To meet the growing demand for corporate solutions for the management of IT risks, protect data and meet regulatory requirements, the company announced the Cisco
expand its proposals in this regard and make the network Self-Defending Network (samozaschischayuschayasya network) in the wider system solution that provides general protection of networks, as well as a wide variety of terminal devices, applications and content. New solutions to the security of Cisco empowers the protection of corporate information technology infrastructures from malicious pro Read more:position
IT SECTOR: passion for top managers 2008-04-15 14:07:03 Trades on the high-tech NASDAQ stock exchange impose observers (including your humble servant) in a state of deep confusion. One day literally all indexes rise, the next - are falling. Rubbish determine the trend can not. However, in the last week of March mainly news IT industry has been reshuffling personnel.Shortly company Intel could leave immediately, four top manager. Reports from various sources, in particular, stated that the reduction and the reshuffling in management positions in the company come from the ongoing massive restructuring. Presumably, the company will take Shirley Turner, director of marketing for Intel in North America, Nick Davidson, director of North American sales department, Head of marketing programs and initiatives, Mike Steward, as well as another has not yet
Why experts say that Microsoft is close to the loss of leadership? 2008-04-15 13:40:44 We are so accustomed to see Microsoft
led the list of successful IT companies in virtually all areas of information industry, the very idea that anyone would want to change this corporation at the Mount seems bredovoy. However, as the experts say, there is every reason to believe that it was all meant and go". Let us see what caused this state of affairs and what was the total may arise.e-Week.com, in the person of analyst Stephen Vohan-Nichols believes that prosperous livelihood threatened by Microsoft competitors, represented by Apple and the Linux community. To combat a few giant redmondskogo forces because of the prolonged release Windows Vista, the ongoing battles with the competition authorities, attempt to buy Yahoo. It is these factors, and could jeopardize the dominance of Windows
Wireless ambitions Google 2008-04-14 06:31:41 Until a few years ago, Google
has declared intention to "streamline exclusively everything in the world." Now it appears the Internet giant ambitions extend far beyond - and mainly in the telecommunication industry. March 19 in the United States ended with the historic telecommunications industry for the country auction - a public sale of analog television. These frequencies (700 - megagertsevy band) released after the February 2009, the whole country moves to digital television broadcasting. Frequency liberated, it was decided to sell telecom companies. It was really a piece of piece: on the television signal frequencies can be transmitted over long distances, and consistently adopted in buildings. This means that the organization is ideal for wireless data networks. One more thing: telec Read more:Wireless
Advertising in RuNet: expert opinion 2008-04-14 04:05:01 Results in 2007 largely shame makers analysts forecasts. Namely: the Russian market of Internet advertising, on the basis of 2007 surpassed all expectations. Experts now estimate it at $ 400 - $ 450 million, though I half on the basis of most of them predicted a final amount of $ 300 million For comparison: in 2006, the Russian business is spent on online advertising about $ 210 millionSo, the market for Internet advertising RuNet doubled in the past year, exceeding the mark of $ 400 million and taking about 4% of the total mediareklamy located in Russia. Market participants predict that in 2008 the market will grow by 50-70%. This does not take into account the costs of moving, creative and online PR. That is the aggregate cost to business presence on the Internet by anyone yet to really Read more:Advertising
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William Gibson - 60 2008-04-14 04:03:11 March 17, 2008 a significant portion of humanity will celebrate computerized shestidesyatiletny anniversary of one of the best-known writers of fiction of our time - WilliamGibson
- "godfather" father of literary genre cyberpunk. In mrachnovato-futuristic books Gibson proved surprisingly predicted much of what surrounds us today, and that, apparently, will become part of our reality tomorrow.Who is mister cyberpunk?First, perhaps, is to determine the definitions (so forgive me readers tautology). William Gibson cyberpunk classic considered to be unconditional, but the founder of the genre - it is not. The term - in a completely different situation - in the early 80 - x "invented" then a little-known writer Bruce Bethke. Phrase picked editor Gardner Dozua fantastic literature, it is made (
IT Corporation: Sony Ericsson 2008-04-14 04:02:00 Sony Ericsson
- the youngest of the companies - manufacturers and mobile technology at the same time one of the most authoritative. And, moreover, with the most loyal army of fans with their products. In many ways, which is why the producer of the short story deserves attention.HistorySony Ericsson
- almost the only example of the successful merging of companies - manufacturers of mobile phones. Many have tried to unite, but to no avail. A BenQ-Siemens alliance, despite a number of successful phones, some believe almost a disaster. Although Sony Ericsson is the youngest of the leaders of the market, each of the founding companies have a long and glorious history. The company Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications began its activities on October 1, 2001 Its products, respectively, was to go un Read more:Corporation
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Bill Gates leaves 2008-04-14 03:58:42 That leaves
Microsoft Bill Gates
, in principle, already knew quite a long time. Eventually, in 2000, he gave an old friend and naparniku Steve Balmeru armchair general director. And finally on 6 January at CES in Las Vegas, Bill Gates
made his last keynote address as chairman of the Board of Directors of the corporation. Already in July, most of his duties will move successors. Thus will end career rights, Microsoft created in the 17 years since then, and never outgoing largest software corporation.Now the main intrigue - who will succeed Gates at his post? Well, it is understandable Steve Balmer will remain CEO. Now analysts (yet no official information), that Bill Gates will replace two top manager: Ray Ozzy (head of the software architecture) and Craig Mundy (head of research and strate
Microsoft, EU and billions fine 2008-04-14 03:57:32 Already more than once and not two, I predicted that the battle Microsoft
and the executive European Union still very, very far from completion. But, in truth, never expecting that the prolonged strife in the TV series of communal flat suddenly become a tight thriller. However, that is exactly what happened on February 27.Already 10 years I do an overview of the IT business, and all this time fined Microsoft Corporation. In my mind it fined for claims users and competitors, the antimonopoly authorities of different countries and territories on the initiatives of other departments. Thus, in the late 90 - x Microsoft tired potrepali prosecutors and the state Attorney General United States - many have not remember, but in America, Microsoft is still officially under procuratorial supervision.
Progress Mozilla 2008-05-07 02:19:08 March 31, celebrated its tenth anniversary organization Mozilla
. The wide range of users Mozilla are most commonly known as the developer of the popular browser Firefox, which is now a successful close on the world market Microsoft Internet Explorer. And only a few know that in fact quite Mozilla produces a wide range of different software to work with the Internet.Initially, perhaps, is to remember history - even more so, that many young users of the global network certainly little knowledge about the dramatic events of the first years of the WWW. Like that Mozilla was "the debris" legendary company Netscape. In the mid-and late nineties last century, Netscape dominated the browser market. But the company began to experience increasing pressure from Internet Explorer. Unlike browser Netsc
Remote hole in the IT-security 2008-05-07 01:46:09 On the topic of information security
progovoreno already done. And that the problem worse year after year - too. Every once in informbezopasnosti for companies and government agencies are found all the new gaps. Last year, for example, insiders were major problems and loss of data due to simple negligence. Now there are new problems.An increasing spread in the world receives remote work. Typically, these officers perform their duties, staying at home and interacting with the business via telephone and through computer networks. For companies implementing schemes work remotely employees who perform some kind of intellectual work extremely profitable. Exempt jobs in offices, reduced turnover, increased productivity. But in terms informbezopasnosti increase in the number of remote workers thi Read more:Remote
The main problem of the digital age 2008-05-07 01:13:44 The other day came news: recording company Sony BMG Music Entertainment announced that develops new subscription music service.According to Rolf Schmidt-Holz, managing director of Sony BMG, users of the service will receive unlimited access to the entire catalog of tracks companies (which millions of records). It is expected that the monthly subscription fee for the new service range from $ 9 to $ 12, and tracks could be playing at all modern mp3-player including iPod. However, until the projected date of launching the new service is unknown. Indeed, in recent months, similar news comes just a bundle. Among other things, this shows a changing attitude towards copyright. Yet it is one of the most painful problems of the digital era. " Around him break a lot of copies; disputes on the issue
Mobile content as the key to profits 2008-05-08 03:51:54 Today, or to be more precise, the last two years, we have seen an enormous transformation takes place. The concept of mobile devices is increasingly associated not with users of wireless data transfer technology or properties of a specific device. Nowadays mobile devices - is, first of all services for which users are willing to pay money and provide for the right "who among telecommunication operators is a real battle.For several years, the research company Gartner analysts called the company Amdocs number one player in the field of solutions for business support. In 2007, turnover from this supplier billing and CRM systems grew by 14.5% - up to $ 2.8 billion Still, Amdocs affairs are not as good as they would have liked. The capitalization of companies are already over two years remained Read more:Mobile
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Question of Money 2008-05-20 16:29:50 One of the most discussed topics of last week was notorious "repudiation" of the company Toshiba his brainchild - a new generation of optical media HD DVD. Just a few days on non-use HD DVD in its game console and said the corporation Microsoft. All this has led many to say that the HD DVD format finally lost the competition competitor - the format Blu-Ray. But I think it's not strictly true. More Read more:Question
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