The Internet Firewall: R.I.P.?
September 11, 2007
Is the Internet firewall headed for extinction? That was the intriguing subtext to a talk today by William Cheswick, a firewall pioneer. As a researcher at Bell Labs, he wrote an early technical paper on firewalls in 1990, ‘The Design of a Secure Internet Gateway,’ and 1994 (with a second edition in 2003), he cowrote a classic text on the subject, ‘Firewalls and Internet Security.’
I completely agree with this Cheswick’s philosophy - from what I constantly see in large enterprises (particularly Government), Firewalls are put everywhere out of paranoia - mostly causing a large number of headaches…
(Via nytimes.com) Read more
Meet the Next Generation of Virtual Infrastructure Technology
September 11, 2007
ESX Server 3i is the industry’s first hardware-integrated hypervisor built on a next-generation thin architecture.
This announcement pushes VMware once again clearly into the lead in the Virtualisation space - a huge step forward and a very significant development…
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Industry players working on standard for VMs
September 10, 2007
Major players in the virtualization industry including Microsoft, Xen, and VMware, are working on a new format that will ensure compatibility between VMs.
This is an important development - if it comes about, it will herald even further mainstream acceptance of Virtualization as ‘the norm’ in enterprise computing.
(Via Ars Technica.) Read more
Elgan asks “Is Apple the New Microsoft?” Everyone responds!
September 8, 2007
If you want to get passions running hot, just start comparing Microsoft and Apple, Vista and OSX, iPods and Zunes… It’s just amazing how polarising these comparisons are - it’s probably even more amazing how many more people visit your website when you publish pieces likes these! Read more
Where’s the 3G iPhone for Europe and the rest of the World?
September 5, 2007
Amazingly, not only is it not here yet, but instead Apple today announced the new iPod Touch - which is essentially an 8Gb (US$299) or 16Gb (US$399) iPhone - minus the phone! Initially I was surprised and thought ‘Won’t this cannibalise iPhone sales?’
Gartner: Expect an Enterprise iPhone
September 4, 2007
“Analyst firm suggests that Apple might add enterprise devices or applications to make phone more adaptable, secure.” (By David Meyer - CNET News.com.)
Really? Surprise, surprise… none of use would have expected that right? 
Steve Jobs wants to seel as many of these things as possible - of course that means Apple will eventually have to fully cater to the Enterprise…
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