Novell has promised to use its patent powers to protect its open source products against the threat of legal action from third parties in a bid to keep the momentum of growth going.

The road to utility computing and the elements to be added along the way formed the core of the discussion at the first Veritas Vision conference to be held in Australia.

SAN Health, provided by Brocade Communication Systems, has been well received by companies around the world since its conception in Australia, freeing companies up from having to manually optimise and maintain their SANs.

EMC Corporation has bought Dantz Development Corporation so that it can offer backup and recovery software and services to small and midsize businesses in need of data protection solutions.

IBM has gone into battle with EMC and Hitachi this week by releasing its highest capacity storage arrays to help organisations grow with ever increasing storage demands.

Lexmark and Dataline have teamed up to protect financial institutions and Australian resellers from the threat of fraud being carried out on financial documents, such as cheques.

Microsoft is in the process of investigating a new vulnerability in Microsoft ASP.NET that allows attackers to avoid security preventions on a Web server and gain access to confidential information.

The SANS Institute has provided some well needed advice to organisations concerned about how to deal with Internet-related weaknesses in SANS to help them to activate their defences.

The amount of websites being created with the intention of duping visitors into submitting confidential financial information has increased dramatically.

4.4 million Dell AC adapters have been called back world wide after fears were sparked that these adapters could pose a risk of fire or electrical shock if they were overheated.