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The Recent attacks on PayPal, Visa and MasterCard

December 21, 2010December 21, 2010 Sam AlapatiCenter of Internet Security (CIS), Database security, DSS (Data Security Standard), IT Security, PCI (Payment Card Industry), Security RiskLeave a Comment

One of the interesting fallouts from the Wikileaks revelations about U.S. and international diplomatic cables that revealed the inner machinations of foreign policy operatives, secrets is the attacks by Wikileaks supporters on various financial institutions that shut off the processing of monetary contributions to the Wikileaks organization. Of the three major financial giants impacted by the mass internet attacks, PayPal, Visa and MasterCard were the most affected entities. PayPal seems to have weathered the storm pretty well, but Visa and […]

The Salesforce Challenge: Oracle Are You Ready?

December 16, 2010 Scott D. RosenbergOracle database, Oracle: News You Can UseLeave a Comment

Salesforce.com’s Marc Benioff has just issued a challenge in the way of Database.com, an open source “in the cloud” database system. It’s supposed to be totally open, scalable and work beautifully with Salesforce.com. The skinny, it’s supposed to be a developer’s dream – open to any and all platforms from cloud to server; any language and any device. So, is Oracle ready? Yes. Larry Ellison has it right. Cloud computing is not something you dive into by moving your sensitive […]

Antivirus licensing

December 15, 2010December 14, 2010 Scott D. RosenbergCompliance, Licensing Change Alert, Software auditLeave a Comment

Did you know that Free Antivirus software cannot be legally downloaded in business organizations?

Why Anti Virus Software Isn’t Enough

December 2, 2010November 18, 2010 Sam AlapatiOracle database, Security RiskLeave a Comment

Many folks think that if they have great anti-virus software installed in their IT systems, they must surely be protected against any virus attack. Not so!

Microsoft Goes After Motorola

December 1, 2010November 16, 2010 Scott D. RosenbergMicrosoft: News You Can UseLeave a Comment

Microsoft recently announced that it is suing Motorola for “allegedly violating a number of trade patents it had in developing the increasingly-popular Android mobile platform,” which, of course, Motorola denies.

2011 Oracle Database trends

December 1, 2010November 23, 2010 Scott D. RosenbergAccess management, GRC (Governance, Identity management, IT Security, Oracle databaseLeave a Comment

Microsoft to issue blanket license to NGOs

November 29, 2010November 16, 2010 Scott D. RosenbergMicrosoft: News You Can UseLeave a Comment

In an interesting turn of events, Microsoft has stated that it will issue a blanket software license to nonprofit groups and journalist groups outside the U.S. after the New York Times reported that Russian police have used software copyright raids to seize computers of activist groups.

Oracle takes on virtualization

November 29, 2010November 17, 2010 Scott D. RosenbergOracle database, Oracle Licensing Compliance, Oracle Licensing Tip, Oracle: News You Can UseLeave a Comment

Oracle has made some significant statements regarding their support of virtualization and cloud computing.

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