October 1, 2007
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Cover Story 1
Complete guideline for cellular phone security to prevent information leakage from lost or stolen handsets
Cellular phones, which have now become indispensable for business, are fully loaded with personal information on clients and account information of your company. If you could remotely lock your handset or delete data in it when you lost it, the risk of information leakage would be dramatically reduced. Cellular phones also need a mechanism to prevent data theft when you cannot control it as they are out of service area. This article reviews all security services/products that enable companies to safely and securely use cell phones.
Three measures to prevent misuse in case of loss of cellular phones
Carrier types: Perform remote locking or deletion of data
Integrated types: Useful for smartphones and excellent in device management
Web types: Use handsets as thin clients with high safety
Cover Story 2
Is Gmail that features email for own domains advantageous to enterprises?
E-mail service "Gmail" offered by Google US has improved functions for enterprises. In addition to high operability and large storage, the corporate Gmail has enhanced the support and customization functions that are not available with the consumer version. This article examines whether Gmail has reached a reliable level for corporate use.
Latest technology that has stimulated enterprises
sFlow/NetFlow
These technologies bring forth quality traffic management that resolves problems in existing SNMP-based management
In enterprise network management, qualitative traffic management using sFlow or NetFlow is attracting attention. NetFlow and sFlow technologies are also needed to resolve problems in internal control and security
Highly technical term you need to know
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Report
PC encryption software modified for smartphones hits the market
Fujitsu Laboratories develops a technology to visualize QoE that measures voices and images real-time
Fourteenforty Research Institute launches a new enterprise tool capable of identifying the IP address of a PC that owns a specified file
Software BB starts an IP telephony service that can be used with any ISP, planning the launch for enterprises
Unique enterprise SNS tool, specializing in improving Q&A databases, debuts
Telecom watch
In the battle to gain a 2.5GHz license, KDDI establishes a company with 5 corporations, including Intel, for license application
Editor-n-Chief's Interview
"Bots are threat for daily lives of our citizens. I would advice enterprise information administrators to reaffirm who is authorized to order their systems to stop."
Mr. Makito Nakajima, Director, Cyber Force Center, High-Tech Crime Technology Division, Info-Communications Bureau, National Police Agency
Case study
AEONMALL Co., Ltd.
The company introduces e-money using the existing LAN for POS, at one-tenth cost of building a new LAN
Tokyo Denki University
The university renews its video conferencing system with multi-vendor hardware, successfully interconnecting the new terminals with the old