Remember the earlier post about how Citrix will be offering its XenServer Enterprise hypervisor for free? Well its now available to be downloaded for free. See how Citrix attempts to smother VMware ESXi with its superior features here
If you are new to or would like to know more about the conficker worm that has given many administrators sleepless nights, I have compiled a few URLs to resources that will help you understand how the worm operates, how to detect it and how to contain it.
Citrix this week made its XenServer Enterprise hypervisor free allowing small businesses to virtualize for free - virtually. Way to go if you are on a shoestring budget.
Features packed into the 64-bit XenServer Enterprise edition include an enterprise management software called XenCenter, VM live migration technology, resource sharing and the enterprise storage management.
Chinese authorities are reportedly mandating that a Chinese developed OS called Red Flag Linux be installed in Internet cafes in a city in southern China. The action is meant to crack down on piracy, though some are not buying it, suspecting it is part of a scheme to snoop on and stop undesirable activities - [...]
An article by Zdnet’s Zero Day blog discusses the current spread of malware via the Windows Autorun functionality - USB being the main transport agent.Talking about the malware, it notes:
Their functionality varies. It started out with online games password-stealers targeting World of Warcraft, LineAge and others. But over the last months, we’re seeing malware being [...]
Can’t kill Ubuntu enthusiasm:
On 1 November, the Zimbabwean Team held its first ever release party. People came from as far as 300km to attend the event. The IT manager of parliament, who is also a member of the LoCo, was present as well. Neil Coetzer says:
“The month of November left us with a great [...]
