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Federal Police to outsource software development 04 December, 2007 11:06:54
In-house and approved suppliers to work on $84 million worth of software projectsFollowing its decision to establish a panel of general IT service providers earlier this year, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) is now seeking the services of specialist providers to undertake and assist its application development activities. - +
Boral wins ITIL implementation award 25 October, 2007 10:10:45
IT now more aligned with business requirementsBuilding materials manufacturer Boral has won an award for the best ITIL implementation for 2007 at the IT Service Management Forum (itSMF) of Australia's IT service management awards. - +
NSW to develop Web-based election software 11 October, 2007 12:35:33
New software could prepare online votingThe NSW Electoral Commission (NSW) will develop a range of Web- and Windows-based applications to support the operation of elections paving the way for the possible introduction of online voting throughout the state. - +
ICT vendors set to bid for ATO's billion dollar outsourcing program 18 December, 2007 09:46:04
Shorlist to be completed by March 2008The Australian Taxation Office (AT0) yesterday briefed ICT vendors on its billion dollar outsourcing plans with an expression of interest to be issued early 2008. - +
Feds launch ICT skills report 08 October, 2007 11:17:21
Report to complement existing programsThe Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) has released a report to assess the need for information and communication technology skills within government departments.
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Adobe launches hosted services, adds Flash to Acrobat 03 June, 2008 09:02:44
Adobe to launch Web site offering users free hosted services for document creation, sharing and storageAdobe this week is set to unveil the next version of its Adobe Acrobat software, which adds support for the company's Flash multimedia technology. The company also plans to launch a new Web site offering users free hosted services for document creation, sharing and storage. - +
IBM to integrate UC into Symphony 12 October, 2007 08:05:58
Unified communications threatens to gobble up desktop productivity apps as companies look to weaken Microsoft Office's dominanceGiven a level playing field, can anyone unseat Microsoft as the king of productivity applications? This is just one of many questions numerous companies, from Google to IBM to Sun, are trying to answer as they cram more and more capabilities into rival productivity solutions. - +
FaceTime to launch unified communications appliance 13 September, 2007 11:08:00
Unified communications poses perplexing problems for IT managers, but FaceTime's standardized appliance is designed to avoid many common hurdlesFaceTime Communications, a maker of network security appliances, announced the USG (Unified Security Gateway), one of the first devices directed at the full gamut of UC (unified communications) services, this week. - +
Nortel readies SOA and communications push 15 November, 2007 05:00:55
Web services and alliance with IBM are key to plan to integrate communications services into business appsNortel will leverage Web services and SOA to enable integration of communications services into business applications with the company launching its Communications Enablement strategy Wednesday. - +
Trend Micro offers data leak prevention 04 December, 2007 08:10:54
End-users will be 'educated.'Trend Micro has released LeakProof 3.0, the security vendor's first data leak prevention product.
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MELBOURNE - February 18, 2008 - IT Security Specialists CoreSight today announced the introduction of Akonix L7 Enterprise v7.0 Unified Policy Management (UPM) platform.
The Akonix L7 Enterprise platform monitors, applies and enforces policy and actions for the corporate use of unified communications (UC) applications, including public and enterprise instant messaging (IM), online conferencing, VoIP and electronic faxing. The Akonix range is sold and supported locally through CoreSight.
Already a leader in the area, Akonix is broadening its product offering to deliver a cost-effective means to manage messaging and collaboration for compliance laws and regulations, and protect against security threats, data leakage and inappropriate use by employees.
CoreSight spokesperson Scott Jackson said that, “by improving collaboration through real-time communications, businesses are also finding that the enforcement and management of multiple policies is messy and expensive – and not always effective. We see Akonix as being quite visionary in their approach, developing a user-friendly system that allows the consolidation of policy management, security, archiving, content scanning, authorisation and reporting into one, unified platform.”
The suite includes modules for setting policy on employee use of public IM (e.g. AOL Instant Messenger®, Google Talk, Microsoft® Windows Live™ Messenger and Yahoo! Messenger) and enterprise IM (e.g. IBM Lotus Sametime®, Jabber XCP™ and Microsoft Office Communications Server), plus new modules supporting online conferencing, VoIP and server-based faxing.
L7 Enterprise v7.0 integrates with Microsoft’s UC platform, Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007, and consolidates policy management and enforcement across the full OCS 2007 Enterprise Edition. Conferencing and VoIP features for IBM Lotus Sametime 8 will also be available in early 2008, adding to Akonix’s current support for Sametime IM.
“Unified communications will significantly change the way people work by providing one user interface for all IP communications,” said Mark Levitt, program VP for Collaborative Computing and the Enterprise Workplace at IDC. “Akonix is recognizing this transition and supporting the next-generation of real-time workplace communications by providing a platform to ease its management and regulation.”
Akonix L7 Enterprise v7.0 is available immediately and factory configured on Akonix’s A1000 IM Essentials™, A1000™ and A6000™ appliances.
Organisations interested in putting Akonix products to work protecting their networks can request a free 30-day evaluation or more information through local partner CoreSight. The relevant contact details are by phone on +61 3 9878 2726 or via email at info@coresight.com.au.
About Akonix
Akonix, the most deployed IM security and compliance product in the world, provides a Unified Policy Management (UPM) platform to monitor the use of unified communications applications in the workplace, administering and enforcing corporate policy and assisting with compliance regulations. The company offers a suite of UPM modules, simplifying and securing the use of real-time communications by managing all applications from a central location. L7 Enterprise performs security, archiving, content scanning, entitlement and reporting functions for real-time, electronic communications, including instant messaging, online conferencing, VoIP and electronic faxing.
Over 1.9 million people around the world rely on Akonix’s products to manage and enforce electronic messaging policy and meet compliance requirements. Akonix is an EMC Velocity Partner, HP Business Partner, IBM Business Partner, Intel Software Partner and Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. Furthermore, Akonix has developed business alliances and technology integrations with leading enterprise unified communications and IM platforms, including Bloomberg, IBM, Jabber, Inc., Microsoft and Reuters, and message archiving products from C2C, EMC, Fortiva, HP, Intradyn, Iron Mountain, Quest Software, Symantec, ZANTAZ and others.
For further information on the company, please visit: www.akonix.com.
About CoreSight
Australian specialists in IT security and connectivity, CoreSight offer tools from leading software and appliance developers including Imprivata, Attachmate, NetIQ, VASCO Data Security, Sophos, Akonix and Astaro. This approach delivers a thorough technological understanding, and close relationships allow CoreSight to leverage the vendor’s expertise and resources on behalf of their clients.
Privately held and based in Melbourne, Australia, CoreSight have earned a reputation for providing IT security tools that work, and delivering services that extend and support them.
For more information please visit: www.coresight.com.au.
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CIO Live Podcast #79: Brent D Taylor, author of The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires Part II 05 October, 2007 06:00:00
For his new book, The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires, social researcher Brent D Taylor spent four years of intensive research investigating the psychological make-up and backgrounds of some of the world's richest men and women, including IT luminaries Bill Gates, Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs. Taylor discovered that, despite working in different industries and coming from different upbringings, they all have one thing in common -- they are all outsiders. - +
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CIO Live Podcast #77: Panasonic Speeds Up Trans-Pacific File Transfers, Part III 21 September, 2007 07:00:00
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CIO Live Podcast #75: Panasonic Speeds Up Trans-Pacific File Transfers, Part I 07 September, 2007 07:00:05
Part one in our three-part special report from CIO's sister publication Network World in the US, as Paul Desmond reports from the Network World IT Roadmap Conference in Santa Clara, California. With development teams in the US and Japan, Panasonic needed a more efficient way to move very large files between the two locations. Iben Rodriguez, IT consultant for Panasonic Research and Development, explains how a storage-area network and virtual server technology helped speed up WAN performance.
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Information security governance: Centralized vs. distributed 05 September, 2008 10:15:00
Should security policies, procedures and processes be managed within a central body, or distributed at an individual level? You need to find the middle ground.The management of information risk has become a significant topic for all organizations, small and large alike. But for the large, multi-divisional organization, it poses the additional challenge of determining how to deploy an information security governance program among what are often disparate business units. Should the policies, procedures, and processes that define the program be developed and managed within a central, corporate body? Or perhaps responsibility would be better placed at the individual unit level? Is there a workable middle-ground? - +
DNS error brings Sophos antivirus updates to a halt 05 September, 2008 13:40:00
Optus, Internode and Equinix affected among others.A sporadic Domain Name Server (DNS) error has blocked Sophos anti-virus updates around the world. - +
Ouch! Security pros' worst mistakes 04 September, 2008 08:05:00
We've all done regrettable things on the job, but does any valuable wisdom come of it? Four security pros candidly explain their biggest blunders and what they learned in the processIt was a mistake so bad the person who made it asked that his name and company not be mentioned here. Let's call him Frank. - +
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Bruce Schneier says ROI is a big deal in business, but it's a misnomer in security. Make sure your financial calculations are based on good data and sound methodologies.Return on investment, or ROI, is a big deal in business. Any business venture needs to demonstrate a positive return on investment, and a good one at that, in order to be viable. - +
Information Security and the Importance of Context 01 September, 2008 10:00:00
Those entrusted with information security must raise their contextual awarenessWhen the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was first created, it created a sudden need for tens of thousands of screeners. Getting a job as an airport screener was a pretty easy process. It seemed as though if you had a pulse, you were in. Jump forward to 2008 and becoming a screener is a bit harder as the TSA has instituted background checks, has upped the educational requirement to include a high school diploma or GED, and added other significant requirements.
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Revolutionising Back-up and Recovery
Rapid adoption of virtual server technology, and the challenges associated with the backup and recovery of ever-growing stores of information is causing a number of IT managers to reevaluate their data protection strategies. New backup and recovery methods which use data de-duplication technology to reduce capacity and network bandwidth requirements are being deployed to keep up with explosive data growth, shrinking backup windows, compliance initiatives and security concerns. Read on to find out more.
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