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Web users powerless to stop OpenSSL Heartbleed bug

April 11, 2014April 11, 2014 enews

Security experts claim internet users must sit tight and wait for web service providers to fix bug Security experts warn there is little web users can do to protect themselves from the recently uncovered “Heartbleed” bug that exposes data to hackers. Researchers have observed sophisticated hacking groups conducting automated scans of the internet in search of web servers running a widely used web encryption program known as OpenSSL that makes them vulnerable to the theft of data, including passwords, confidential communications and credit card numbers. OpenSSL is used on about…

Twitter redesigns profile pages

April 11, 2014April 11, 2014 enews

New look to be phased in over the next few weeks Twitter unveiled a redesign of its user profile pages on Tuesday, the latest in a series of steps promised by the company to bring new users to the seven-year-old service. In response to an all-time low in user growth figures during the recent quarter, Twitter chief executive Dick Costolo told worried Wall Street analysts that the company would make a number of changes to freshen up the service. Tuesday’s redesign, while mostly cosmetic, hinted at what Costolo described in…

ERP Inventory and Supply Chain: 6 Ways ERP Can Get You More for Your Money

April 10, 2014April 11, 2014 enews

Integrating enterprise resource planning (ERP) into the inventory and supply chain has many advantages. One of the greatest is that ERP can help an organization extend its budget by allowing cost reductions in existing processes. Here are six ways that ERP in the inventory and supply can help companies get more value from their investments. 1. Improved Forecasting Accuracy When integrated well, ERP provides organizations with increased visibility across the supply chain. Customer demand, inventory, procurement, and production are more visible, and the information gleaned from seeing these processes clearly allows for…

Best Practices for Secure Use of Windows XP Now That Support Has Ended

April 9, 2014April 10, 2014 enews

Microsoft’s support for Windows XP ends yesterday, April 8, 2014. However, Gartner estimates that one-third of enterprises currently have more than 10 percent of their systems remaining on XP. In today’s blog post, Neil MacDonald, vice president and Gartner Fellow, says the issue is not whether the continued use of XP entails risk. It does. The issue is whether the continued use of XP represents manageable and tolerable risk to the enterprise. Mr. MacDonald said: Any system, supported or not, carries risk. For the majority of use cases, XP can…

Redefining network security

April 9, 2014April 10, 2014 enews

How trends in application security are challenging the traditional notion of a network’s organisational boundary. A recent survey of more than 400 small, mid and large-sized enterprises carried out by Freeform Dynamics on behalf of Barracuda Networks highlighted escalating pressure on enterprise IT systems. Security emerged as a clear concern with changing access patterns, a range of external threats, escalating costs and the unintended consequences of virtualisation, which are all hampering the management of its management. More than half (52 percent) of those surveyed admitted that managing security is a…

Europe more open to the cloud than US

April 9, 2014April 10, 2014 enews

Avere Systems finds less organisational resistance to cloud solutions across Europe. Avere Systems, a provider of enterprise storage for cloud-enabled datacentres, has released the European findings of its ongoing original study into cloud adoption conducted at the recent Cloud Expo Europe 2014. While respondents across both sides of the pond agreed that cost savings and disaster recovery were the main drivers of cloud storage adoption, more than half (53 percent) of US respondents cited organisational resistance as a major barrier to adoption, compared with just 11 percent in EMEA. On the other…

7 steps to ITSM goodness

April 9, 2014April 10, 2014 enews

IT managers need clear, effective common-sense advice and practical guidance for IT service management (ITSM) and IT service delivery. While there is good advice and knowledge in the many best practice frameworks, the key messages can get lost in the sheer quantity of information, guides and certification programs. The special value of ITSM Goodness (part of web site of Barclay Rae) resides in simplifying and summarizing this knowledge and providing practical guidance. Barclay Rae delivers simple, fast & inexpensive consulting services to help customers achieve success with ITSM & service…

The EU’s ongoing battle over data retention

April 9, 2014April 10, 2014 enews

The European Court of Justice rules that citizens’ telecommunications data can be retained only in cases of severe necessity, overturning EU guidelines. The issue has proven highly controversial in Germany. The European Court of Justice ruled Tuesday (08.04.2014) that current EU guidelines on the mass retention of citizens’ telecommunications data are not in accordance with the basic rights to which Europeans are entitled. The judges described the directives, which stem from the European Commission, as a “particularly serious” infringement of the “respect for private life and to the protection of…

Latest News and Trends – ERP

April 9, 2014April 9, 2014 enews

Enterprise Resource Planning Goes to School The global enterprise resource planning(ERP) software market is predicted to hit almost $70 billion by 2017. More and more enterprises are depending on ERP solutions and systems, and tomorrow’s business finance and account executives have to know how the software works, if they are going to succeed. UCLA is working to make sure its students will have the hands-on knowledge they need to work with the software solutions that will run tomorrow’s businesses. Epicor Software Corporation, a world leader in business software solutions, will be collaborating with UCLA…

Windows XP users face end to Microsoft support

April 8, 2014April 8, 2014 enews

As the hours tick away Microsoft has been encouraging people to ditch Windows XP. Support for the venerable Windows XP operating system ends this Tuesday. It means that there will be no more official security updates and bug fixes for the operating system from Microsoft. Some governments have negotiated extended support contracts for the OS in a bid to keep users protected. Security firms said anyone else using the 13-year-old software would be at increased risk of infection and compromise by cyber-thieves. Old code Statistics suggest 20-25% of all users have stuck with…