Archives for July, 2009

Compellent sparkling less brightly


Growth, but only just
SAN vendor Compellent recorded its 15th consecutive quarter of growth, but only just, with revenues up 2.3 per cent sequentially for its second 2009 quarter.…

Tiny typo blamed for massive IE security fail


That’ll teach you to keep your ampersands in order
One small typo in Microsoft’s code caused the security vulnerability that prompted Microsoft to release an out of sequence patch on Tuesday, it has emerged.…

Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn’t work

GlobalFoundries inks wafer baker deal with STMicro


One down, many more to go
GlobalFoundries, the wafer baker that was spun out of Advanced Micro Devices in March and which broke ground on a new $4.2bn chip fab in upstate New York last week, has its second customer: STMicroelectronics, of Geneva, Switzerland.…

GlobalFoundries inks wafer baker deal with STMicro


One down, many more to go
GlobalFoundries, the wafer baker that was spun out of Advanced Micro Devices in March and which broke ground on a new $4.2bn chip fab in upstate New York last week, has its second customer: STMicroelectronics, of Geneva, Switzerland.…

Wildcard certificate spoofs web authentication


SSL felled by null string
Black Hat  In a blow to one of the net’s most widely used authentication technologies, a researcher has devised a simple way to spoof SSL certificates used to secure websites, virtual private networks, and email servers.…

Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing

IBM flings FUD at Neon zPrimers


Cost-cutting mainframeware? Not so fast
As El Reg anticipated when the zPrime mainframe acceleration software tool was announced by Neon Enterprise Software, the tool has not only gotten the attention of IBM, but has compelled Big Blue to warn its customers about using it.…

New wildcard certificate spoofs authentication for any site


SSL felled by simple null string
Black Hat  In a blow to one of the net’s most widely used authentication technologies, a researcher has devised a simple way to spoof SSL certificates used to secure websites, virtual private networks and email servers.…

Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing

MySQL startup targets SSDs


Stop moving!
Need a MySQL storage engine tailored for solid-state drives?…

Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing

IBM flings FUD at Neon zPrime customers


Cost-cutting mainframeware? Not so fast
As El Reg anticipated when the zPrime mainframe acceleration software tool was announced by Neon Enterprise Software, the tool has not only gotten the attention of IBM, but has compelled Big Blue to warn its customers about using it.…

MySQL startup targets SSDs


Stop moving!
Need a MySQL storage engine tailored for solid-state drives?…