Cloud computing means Internet ('Cloud') based development and use of computer technology ('Computing'). It is a style of computing where IT-related capabilities are provided “as a service”, allowing users to access technology-enabled services "in the cloud" without knowledge of, expertise with, or control over the technology infrastructure that supports them.

Javvin Technologies, Inc. has just published the Windows Vista Security Quick Guide. Windows Vista security quick guide covers all daily used Windows Vista security features and options, provides quick solutions when crisis happens, and gives tips for users to better manage his/her system to achieve security goals.  
The highlights of the Windows Vista security quick guide are listed below:

 IEEE has formally approved a committee P802.3ba to work on the 40G and 100G high speed Ethernet standards.

I am a standard user of the Windows Vista system (business edition). I can not install an application that is important. How can I get more privileges?

It is not an easy decision, but finally I got Windows Vista installed on my PC. After reading so many negative comments, I was quite hesitant to move away from my XP professional to something unknown.  Plus the possibilities of many old applications in my system may not work well or not work at all.

Interop, the largest conferece and tradeshow for the networking and IT industry, was taken place at Las Vegas last week. All the vendors who supposed to be there were there - no surprise.

In addition to the traditional discussions such as network security, wireless/mobility, data center, VOIP, etc., this conference added some "green" color to catch up the global trend of "green technologies." Basically, the presenters were just trying to show some energy saving equipments and tricks.

Can you advise me on how I can enable Port Mirroring on a 3COM 3C17300 4226T Switch? I am trying to monitor my firewall port traffic, by mirroring it to my Websense Server.

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems attempt to integrate several data sources and processes of an organization into a unified system. A typical ERP system will use multiple components of computer software and hardware to achieve the integration. The benefits of an ERP system are obvious, only if it was successfully implemented and seamlessly integrated with other information systems. Organizations face many challenges in ERP planning, implementation and integration. We summarize the challenges as follows: