Q&A: E-voting activist more optimistic about voting systems
E-voting activist Avi Rubin says voting systems around the U.S. have improved since the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections, noting that more states are using paper records as a backup to electronic voting systems. Read more...

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Intel: Disasters can be 'business as usual' with enough planning

Iowa floods forcing firms to race to keep IT afloat

Stellar introduces photo-recovery software

HP puts high-end NonStop system on blades

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Would the bird flu kill the Internet, too?
One scenario of a potential bird flu pandemic finds that overuse by employees working at home to avoid infection could bring down the Internet. But others say such a case is unlikely, since steps could be taken to reroute traffic, among other things.

Supply chain execs share disaster-planning techniques
Sturdy IT systems, strong lines of communication with trading partners, and training exercises can help businesses prepare for management during a disaster, according to a panel of supply chain experts at the Retail Systems show held in Chicago this spring.

Disaster recovery high on SAN user's list
Fidelity National Financial replaced an aging EMC SAN with one from Hitachi Data Systems, which provides virtualization capabilities as well as replication and mirroring.

Affordable disaster recovery
Disaster recovery is for everyone, but we all tend to make it much more complicated -- and expensive -- than necessary, says columnist Steve Duplessie.

Oracle Bringing Fusion Plan to Users, Exec Says
Q&A: John Wookey, senior vice president of applications development at Oracle, said the firm plans to ship pieces of its next-generation Fusion applications to users this year.

Elgan: Independence Day (from the grid, that is)
Make your own "declaration of independence," says columnist Mike Elgan, and set yourself up with the right phone, data plan, laptop and other devices so you're ready at any time to do whatever you want do to, and go wherever you want to go.

Opinion: What the gas crisis means for your IT costs
Storage groups must begin to consider the power and cooling impact of devices on the data center floor. Power is about 5% of total IT budget for large organizations, but predictions are that this will double or triple over the next 10 years.

Saved by SaaS: Data backup via software as a service
In case of disaster, log on and grab your files? Some SMBs are having great luck with data backup via software as a service. Esther Shein looks at a few firms that make it work.

Opinion: Grid computing, data protection merging
Vendors are taking the complexity out of grid computing while still delivering on its low cost and high performance benefits all without requiring companies to add more people to their IT staff.

Review: HP SimpleSave photo backup software
The most difficult part of using HP's product was opening the package; once I managed to break open the sticker warning me to read the end-user license agreement, I was in business.

All it takes is a couple hours and about $125 to breathe new life into an old laptop. Here's how. Is Microsoft's Golden Age over? What are Gates' most memorable quotes? Find out in Computerworld's complete coverage of the end of the Bill Gates era at Microsoft. There are some things your CIO definitely doesn't want to hear. Also don't miss the flipside, Five things you should always tell your boss. With its latest version, Mozilla's browser continues to raise the bar for what Web browsers should be.

Reviews, analyses, how-tos, visual tours, hot issues and predictions about Microsoft's new OS.

More Continuing Coverage After 9/11: Homeland SecurityAsk a Premier 100 IT LeaderBlackBerry Legal BattleData Security BreachesElectronic VotingFirefoxH-1B VisasHP's Boardroom ScandalHandheld DevicesHurricane Katrina AftermathMicrosoft Legal IssuesMicrosoft's VistaOpen SourceRFID TechnologySCO's Linux FightSarbanes-Oxley ActSpamVoice Over IPWi-FiWindows Meta File VulnerabilityWindows XP Service Pack 3

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Intercept Spam & Viruses (Source: MessageLabs) Register for a complimentary 30 day trial of MessageLabs' new managed Anti-virus and Anti-spam security solutions. MessageLabs guarantees complete protection against all known and unknown email threats. By providing 24 hour support, your business can increase productivity and decrease risk. Register now for a complimentary trial and receive a free datasheet. Deploying Virtualized NetWare on Linux Whitepaper Toward More Flexible, Next-Generation Collaboration Solutions Driving Business Success Through Workgroup Choice and Flexibility Web Security SaaS: The Next Generation of Web Security The Quest For Competitiveness: Business Mobility And The Agile Organization Spam Spikes: A Real Risk to Your Business Reduce Energy Costs and Go Green Managing Mobility: An IT Perspective Five Ugly Truths about WAFS and Caching Forrester - Optimizing Users and Applications in a Mobile World Real Customers, Real Results Case Study: Golder Associates What Every E-Business Should Know about SSL Security and Consumer Trust Backup and Recovery for Microsoft Exchange Server Seven Steps to Secure and Seamless Field Mobility 2007 Gartner Magic Quadrant Report Not All QSAs Are Created Equal: What You Should Know Before You Buy Demonstrating the Business Value of Mobile Device Management in the Enterprise Simplifying Enterprise File Management Brocade and the File Area Network - A Taneja Group Solution Profile More White Papers

Symantec State of the Data Center Report 2007 Today's data centers are becoming more complex and are likely to become even more so in the next five years. Increasingly, businesses are demanding higher application availability and the rapid integration of new technologies. Learn about the true state of today's data center, including the issues data center managers face and how they are dealing with them in this new report. Business Continuity: Symantec Intelligent Application Recovery Solutions Guide Learn about the guidelines and best practices around intelligent application recovery to ensure the right architecture is matched to the business requirements at hand, in this new white paper. Veritas NetBackup™ 6.5 for VMware 3.x Best Practices Myth: HA/DR Testing is more trouble than it's worth. Attend this webcast to learn the truth behind this myth! During this Webcast you will learn how to utilize embedded testing tools that are un-obtrusive to production environments, how to easily incorporate testing procedures to meet IT governance and compliance requirements, and finally, how to automate DR testing in order to save time, expense and the risk of the testing process. Visit the Server Management Zone

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Data Protection Strategies Leveraging Replication As dependence on continuous access to critical data grows, so does the importance of avoiding service interruption. Four data protection strategies for common scenarios are compared. When recoverability matters, depend on Double-Take Software to protect and recover business critical data and applications. Download this white paper now!

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