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Group-management vendor Imanami this week unveiled GroupID 5, a tool for managing distribution and security for groups in Windows, and said the software would be released later this year. The company made the announcement at Microsoft's annual TechEd conference in Orlando, Fla.GroupID 5 helps users manage the inevitable explosion of group memberships created within Active Directory. The tools also will support Exchange 2007.GroupID 5 is a merger of Imanami's tools for synchronization, automation, and self-service into a single interface. The software includes four distinct tools: Automate lets users automatically create and manage groups, Self-Service puts the responsibility of group management on users while retaining IT oversight, Synchronize ensure the accuracy of data associated with Exchange 2007, and Reports helps keep tabs on group accuracy and changes."Compliance is one of the big drivers for us, especially in the financial industry," says Edward Killeen, director of

The sentence is one of the longest imposed to date in the United States for computer hacking, federal officials said.

Sun Microsystems is set to unveil Friday open source software that can repurpose any OpenSolaris-based x86 server into a block-based storage device capable of emulating the physical characteristics of a storage array.

An examination of the finding of 500 forensics investigations involving around 230 million records reveals some ugly truths about corporate responses to network data breaches.

(Source: Ironport) data loss prevention (DLP) is a serious issue for companies, as the number of incidents (and the cost to those experiencing them) continues to increase. Whether it's a malicious attempt, or an inadvertent mistake, data loss can diminish a company's brand, Reduce shareholder value, and damage the company's goodwill and reputation.

A BlueArc Titan array was a key element in creating the cisual effects in the new film, The Incredible Hulk, according to Soho VFX executives.

Provisioning is like, er, Lego. IBM is trying to do for data centres what McDonald's did for hamburgers and fries - turn the making of them into an efficient manufacturing process.

National security agencies are warning businesses and federal officials that laptops and e-mail devices taken to the Beijing Olympics are likely to be penetrated by Chinese agents aiming to steal secrets or plant bugs to infiltrate U.S. computer networks.Chinese government and industry use electronic espionage to 'easily access official and personal computers,' says one recent report by the Overseas Security Advisory Council, a federally chartered panel comprising security experts from corporations and the State, Commerce and Treasury departments.Equipment left unsupervised for just minutes in a hotel or even during a security screening can be hacked, mined and bugged, adds Larry Wortzel, who chairs the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, a federal panel that monitors China-related security issues for Congress. China's government also controls Internet service providers and wireless networks, he says, so computers and PDAs can be monitored and planted with bugs remo

Lower costs, uptime guarantees, continuous monitoring and trained staff are all potential benefits. With the ever-increasing demand on IT staffs to keep mission-critical messaging and collaboration applications running 24/7, the IT departments of many small and midsize businesses (SMBs) are feeling the strain. This is causing IT and C-level personnel alike to question whether to manage their IT resources in-house or to outsource to a hosting provider.SMBs with IT staffs may have a sense of security and feel that they are in control of their data when it resides in-house, but many SMBs do not have the financial or personnel resources required to utilize enterprise-class applications to help grow their business.In contrast, however, the advantages of working with a hosted services provider can include a lower total cost of ownership, no need to purchase new hardware or software, continuous uptime guarantees, daily backups, management and 24/7 monitoring, the latest software, and well

A new tool developed with the help of Citrix promises easier management of hardware in virtual environments.