Mainframes and Servers

Update: DNS trouble knocks NSA off Internet (InfoWorld)

15 May 2008

A server problem at the U.S. National Security Agency has knocked the secretive intelligence agency off the Internet. The nsa.gov Web site was unresponsive at 7 a.m. Pacific time Thursday and continued to be unavailable throughout the morning for Internet users. The problem was resolved at around 11 a.m. Pacific time, according to Web site measurement company Netcraft. The Web site ...

Governments must intervene to end IP address shortage, says OECD (InfoWorld)

15 May 2008

Businesses alone are not doing enough to avert an impending shortage of Internet Protocol addresses, and governments must work with them to secure the future of the Internet economy, according to a report published Thursday by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The number of IP addresses, needed for Web sites, servers, and PCs to communicate with one ...

Virtual Environments Need Protection Too (ITP.net)

15 May 2008

In my day-to-day travel to and from the office, I often expect virtual reality to step in and transform my boring and often outright dangerous trip into something more surreal and interesting.