Spiceworks Network Management Tool Gets Update
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Free network management software Spiceworks gets new features for small and medium businesses.
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(InfoWorld) - Microsoft has released a major update to its server operating system, designed to make the product more stable and secure. Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 has been in beta since November, and was tested by twice as many users as Microsoft's previous Service Pack 1 update, released in March 2005. Microsoft released the service pack with little notice, prompting one administrator to complain Tuesday on her blog. "You gave us admins a heads up before XP sp2 was Microsoft updated out to our boxes," wrote Susan Bradley, [cq] chief technology officer with Tamiyasu, Smith, Horn and Braun, Accountancy Corp. [cq] "Why can't you give us a heads up on this?" This latest update can be applied to all versions of Windows Server 2003, as well as to Windows XP Professional, X64 edition, Microsoft said. It includes a number of new features including: *Scalable Networking Pack -- tools that help speed up networking intensive tasks *Windows Deployment Services -- allows administrators to set up new Windows systems remotely over the network *Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 -- makes it easier for users to securely connect to wireless networks *Microsoft Management Console 3.0 - the latest version of Microsoft's management tools *Improved IPsec and Firewall management features.
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Microsoft exec announces new tool designed to make patching simpler.
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OS security fix is being rolled out to users who have enabled Automatic Updates.
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Alchemi is a software framework that allows you to painlessly aggregate the computing power of networked machines into a virtual supercomputer (computational grid) and to develop applications to run on enterprise grids.      We are pleased to announce the release of version 1.0.6. The major changes since 1.0.5 are a LUA (Least Privileged User Account) operation for both Manager, Executor in normal and service mode and an option for executing user's GThreads in a secure sandbox (experimental)  Please note that this is a developer release intended for enthusiasts and early adopters as documentation is not up to date.     Go here for downloading the files in this release:     http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=66729&package_id=186776&release_id=456163
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Conky is an advanced, highly configurable system monitor for X based on torsmo   This is the next maintenance release for Conky, prompted by bugs introduced in 1.4.6.  Also notable is changes/clarifications made to licensing.  If you have any problems with the licensing changes (ie. someone got left out of AUTHORS) please let us know.  Summary of changes is as follows:      * Check for pkg-config >=0.19     * Use timed_thread for mpd     * Fixed issue with SIGPIPE and mpd     * Updated COPYING (with more clarifications)     * Updated vim/nano syntax files.     * Added $hwmon var, similar to $i2c and $platform.     * Added var $platform which is similar to $i2c and accommodates the conversion       of many devices from /sys/bus/i2c/devices to /sys/bus/platform/devices.     * Removed config item post_21_kernel since it forced all i2c device lookups       to go to /sys/bus/platform/devices and some people may need a mix of both         i2c and platform devices.     * Clarifying licensing     * RSS support     * Wireless support for Linux  Regards,  Brenden
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Releases beta software to protect company networks used by outside contractors and telecommuters.
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TechWeb - New Secure Connector feature gives remote users secure network-level access, including access to business applications, data, and network services.
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A Java/XML-based Distributed Network & Systems Management platform   OpenNMS 1.3.10 has been released. This is mainly a bug fix release with some new features, including integration with the Hyperic HQ agent and a Mail Transport Monitor. Full release notes available here: http://www.opennms.org/documentation/ReleaseNotesUnStable.html
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The Netops collection of Perl scripts use SNMP to manage devices -- upgrading operating systems, modifying configuration files, and producing reports. They tend to be Cisco and APC centric.   Enhanced APC calibration support, added Tipping Point IPS support, various switch interface reports
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The companies are integrating Dell OpenManage 4 systems management software with Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 to unify the tools needed to update system software, operating systems (OS) and applications to one interface that customers
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Distribution system could help businesses manage software upgrades on wireless devices.
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Rivals F5 Networks and Redline Networks are announcing new Web-enabled application delivery tools that are designed to accelerate data processing by shifting workloads off of servers.
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IPCop is a friendly firewall solution protecting  networks running on linux. It will be geared towards home and SOHO users. Interface is task based. Hardware requirement could be very minimal and grow with services used.   IPCop v1.4.14 is released.  This release update timezone to support US daylight saving time occuring March 11 and mainly update squid and snort. You are encouraged to update from previous releases once some bugs introduced in 1.4.14 are fixed on 1.4.15.  There is bugs with: - snort rules update, - squid.conf, - ipsec vpn 1.4.15 will be released soon to fix this issue. You could fix the problem in command line with: for snort chown -R nobody:nobody /etc/snort chown nobody:nobody /var/ipcop/snort/settings for squid chown nobody:nobody /var/ipcop/proxy/squid.conf  With ipsec VPN, il is not possible to workaouround without recompiling ipsecctrl. Please report any other problem that would require to be fixed on 1.4.15.  To face the issue with timezone if you can't update fast to 1.4.14, a separate ipcop-1.4-tz2007c package could be installed on any 1.4 version manually It install only updated timezone files and zdump to control the effect. Look in release notes for details.  As usual, this version can be installed as an update from previous v1.4.x  versions or with a ready-to-go ISO or usb bootable images for a fresh install.  Files are available at https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=40604 Changelog and documentation are at http://www.ipcop.org
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Upgraded version of this encryption app adds plenty of tools for networked users.
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Software giant releases first software designed specifically to manage virtual machines on a network.
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New InterConnect 2004 software automatically updates contact info.