Hackers have launched the largest and longest attack since 2002 against servers that manage the flow of internet traffic.

Open source identity management received a boost from none other than Microsoft today, as Bill Gates declared that it would support OpenID during his keynote address at this week’s RSA Security conference.

Ovum takes on the English language and IT vendors with scepticism over the word ‘innovation’ frequently used in vendor sales pitches.

The Special Minister of State, Gary Nairn, has announced that Funnelback Pty Ltd has secured a further two year contract to provide search engine services on the Australia.gov.au website, the online entry point for the Australian Government.

DataDirect Technologies says Australian Unity has experienced a 50 percent increase in database access performance since working with DataDirect distributor, Baobab Software.

I don’t want to buy more security, I want a secure a product.

In what Hitachi labels as a strategic move to strengthen their content services initiatives, Hitachi Data Systems has snapped up Archivas, a digital archiving solutions provider.

An Australian search engine dedicated to Australian based results says users can now donate to their charity of choice, simply by searching the internet.

In the wake of its landmark agreement with Microsoft, Novell has drawn the ire of many in the open source community. So much so, that Novell’s right to sell new versions of the Linux operating system has been cast into doubt.

Raritan is looking to strengthen its data centre management position with the release of its new CommandCenter Secure Gateway (CC-SG).