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Fortinet
Shannon Lewis

Windows XP-iration

After April 08,2014, the Extended Support for Windows XP will expire and Microsoft will cease to issue any more updates or patches. It will have a significant impact on Windows XP users, particularly in terms of vulnerabilities and exploits. If you just bought a computer recently and it came with a copy of Windows 7 or 8, you don’t need to worry about Microsoft’s Windows XP expiration deadline.

Firewalls Fortinet
Shannon Lewis

Network World Security Landscape Video Podcast (March)

In this month’s Network World Security Landscape video podcast, reporter Keith Shaw speaks with Fortinet’s Derek Manky on trends he saw at this year’s RSA tradeshow, a new Claco cross platform botnet that’s migrating from the smartphones to PCs, the recent Evernote hack and the recent trend of companies migrating to two factor authentication.

Firewalls Fortinet
Shannon Lewis

Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) says Data Breach, Loss Top Cloud Threat List

A new survey of industry experts from the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) finds data breach and data loss at the top of nine critical threats to cloud security. Cloud computing is more mainstream among businesses and government now than ever before. CSA’s “The Notorious Nine: Cloud Computing Top Threats in 2013” report details the development of the cloud service model and how it delivers business-supporting technology more efficiently.

Solarwinds Software
Shannon Lewis

(SCOM) Management Pack for Server & Application Monitoring

For more info on SCOM: [LIVEBALL PAGE TO BE CREATED] Monitor more applications faster with your existing infrastructure, and easily customize your alerts. Microsoft System Center Operations Manager does a good job of monitoring Microsoft applications but it lacks the same capability for non-Microsoft applications. SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor provides out-of-the-box monitoring for over 150 applications including Microsoft and non-Microsoft applications such as Java, IBM DB2, IBM Informix, Citrix XenApp and Oracle.