Posted on May 20th, 2009
Ever wondered why your firewall doesn’t protect your system, or your network, from attacks? The quick answer is that your firewall configuration allows attacks to pass right through the firewall. If this sounds crazy, then keep reading. Firewalls function as gatekeepers to a system or network. The firewall configuration controls what types of network traffic [...]
Posted on May 12th, 2009
It’s been a full six months now since the first release of Essential Business Server, with no word from Microsoft on how successful the product (aimed at networks with 50-300 users) has been. The company was looking to win over an estimated 1.2 million mid-sized businesses with the new solution, but many believe that sales [...]
Posted on May 6th, 2009
The Air Force persuaded Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to provide it with a secure Windows configuration that saved the service about $100 million in contract costs and countless hours of maintenance. Former Air Force CIO, John Gilligan, said about the deal: “Turns out when you configure things properly and don’t touch them, they actually work [...]