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Written by Hawkeye Solutions
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 The FBI, Chinese law enforcement authorities, and Microsoft's anti-piracy team have collaborated to disrupt a massive global software-piracy ring operating out of the Chinese cities of Shanghai and Shenzhen. Microsoft says the ring sold at least $2 billion of high-quality counterfeit software, including multiple-language versions of Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Office 2007. The ring is suspected of operating more than 30 production lines. "This is the biggest software counterfeiting organization we have ever seen by far," says David Finn, Microsoft's associate general counsel for worldwide piracy and counterfeiting issues.
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Written by Bradley Siddell
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 More than 90 percent of government IT executives say that data security is their highest priority for 2007, yet security allocations account for just 10 percent of their IT budgets, on average, according to a December 2006 survey from Accenture/IDC. One reason for the discrepancy is that IT security can be difficult to justify to executive leaders, and quantifying the effect of security investments is not always easy. There are ways government IT executives can try to convince executive leaders of the value of security investments, according to security and IT consultants. These include educating executives about the full consequences of a data breach or demonstrating that a security investment produces an unexpected benefit, such as allowing two departments to safely share information. Providing incident response training to CEOs, legal counsel, HR directors, and other important executives serves as a "high-impact but inexpensive way to communicate what can happen" when a security breach occurs, says Cybertrust security consultant Bryan Sartin.
Source:Federal Computer Week
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Written by Bradley Siddell
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 As security threats to organizations' infrastructures grow more sophisticated, organizations are now turning to unified threat management (UTM) to prevent attacks. UTM combines several security applications such as anti-virus, anti-spam, and firewalls into one solution. CIOs and IT managers view UTM as a good way to protect the perimeter, but not the sole solution to security, especially in regards to remote offices. "UTMs give customers choices, allowing them to use the box's multiple combinations of security features yet maintain a single management system for all of the included products," says IDC's Charles Kolodgy. "The central management of all features is very important for small and medium enterprises that don't have large IT staffs." Use of UTM has increased 50 percent this year, Kolodgy says. Organizations are advised to develop and implement best practices and policies to protect their assets.
Trinus Technologies Inc. offers end to end IT security solutions.
Source: Enterprise Systems
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Written by Jason Vance
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We are proud to announce that Brad Molcak and Bindu Kumar from our office have become certified on the 3com VoIP platform.
What does this mean for our customers? It means that as we launch into our VoIP offering, you will continue to receive the highest level of support for not only your network, but for your phone system as well.
If you have questions about VoIP, or are considering a telephone system upgrade, give us a call at 877-489-9985.
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Written by Jason Vance
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 Outlook 2003 has a nifty little feature that remembers the past contacts that you have sent e-mail to. Simply start typing the name and Outlook will offer contact suggestions through the drop down box (see image). However, what if at some point you type in the wrong e-mail adddres, or you would like to remove that person's contact from your drop down list?
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