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ALSO CALLED: Desktop Firewall Software DEFINITION: A personal firewall (sometimes called a desktop firewall) is a softwareapplication used to protect a single Internet-connected computer from intruders. Personal firewall protection is especially useful for users with "always-on" connections such as DSL or cable modem. Such connections use a static IP address that makes them especially vulnerable to potential hackers. Often compared to anti-virus … Definition continues below.
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7 Habits of Highly Effective Teams sponsored by IBM WEBCAST: Consult this informative video to learn more about the widespread adoption of "going agile." Find out how you can obtain shorter release cycles, greater flexibility and tighter alignment by going agile. It explores the broad technical, organizational and process changes that can help your team transition to an agile environment. Posted: 22 Apr 2013 \| Premiered: Apr 22, 2013 TOPICS: Agile Manufacturing \| Software \| Software Best Practices \| Software Development Tools

Accelerate your applications while cutting the costs of centralized storage sponsored by Virident WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, you will discover how to deploy a low-latency PCIe-attached flash storage that provides high-availability and shared access to reduce costs of centralized storage and accelerate your applications. Posted: 20 May 2013 \| Published: 20 May 2013 TOPICS: Caching \| Flash Memory \| iSCSI SAN \| NAS \| SAN \| Software \| Solid State Disks \| Solid State Storage \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management

Advantages of Building Virtual Appliances on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server sponsored by SUSE WHITE PAPER: Despite several limitations, the SaaS delivery model has garnered a lot of attention over the last few years. This white paper points out the difficulties of using this multi-tenant architecture and provides best practices for building virtual appliances using SUSE Linux. Posted: 07 Jun 2012 \| Published: 01 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Linux \| Linux Server Hardware \| Software \| Software Architectures \| Software as a Service \| Virtual Appliance

Analyst's take: Force.com application drives faster development sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com WHITE PAPER: Nucleus analyzed existing Force.com application deployments and found an average of 4.9 times faster development. End customers, developers, and ISVs experience more rapid time to value, lower cost, and greater ongoing flexibility. Posted: 21 Oct 2011 \| Published: 18 Feb 2011 TOPICS: Software \| Software Development Methodologies \| Software Development Tools \| Web Applications Architectures \| Web Applications Management \| Web Applications Software

10 Best Practices for Reducing the Stress of IT Audits sponsored by Quest Software, now a part of Dell WHITE PAPER: This paper presents 10 best practices that can greatly reduce or even eliminate the angst so commonly associated with IT audits. Posted: 20 Oct 2008 \| Published: 17 Oct 2008 TOPICS: Best Practices \| Business Processes \| Change Management \| Internal Controls \| IT Auditing \| Software \| Storage Devices

10 Cool Things Your Firewall Should Do sponsored by SonicWALL WHITE PAPER: This document explains 10 things the firewall should do and describes the origins of the Application Firewall which can manage and control data and applications that pass through the Firewall. Posted: 18 Jan 2010 \| Published: 18 Nov 2008 TOPICS: Bandwidth Management \| Email Security \| Firewall Appliances \| Firewall Management \| Firewall Server Hardware \| Firewall Server Software \| FTP \| HTTP

5 Ways IT Equipment Rentals Can Save Your Neck sponsored by Canvas Systems WHITE PAPER: Find out how renting pre-owned IT equipment can help your business succeed in completing projects. Posted: 14 Dec 2007 \| Published: 01 Dec 2007 TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| CRM \| Disaster Recovery \| IT Spending \| Software

802.1X: Port-Based Authentication Standard for Network Access Control (NAC) sponsored by Juniper Networks, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This white paper will help you discover how to implement secure wireless LAN access (WLAN) across the enterprise network. Posted: 19 Dec 2008 \| Published: 01 Mar 2007 TOPICS: Access Control \| Authentication \| Endpoint Security \| Firewall Appliances \| Firewall Management \| Firewall Server Hardware \| Firewall Server Software \| Network Security \| WLAN

A Closer Look at Windows Vista sponsored by National Instruments WHITE PAPER: One of the stated goals of the Microsoft Windows Vista release is to greatly improve the overall security of the Windows operating system and curb the impact of malware. To this end, Microsoft redesigned both the least user and administrative... Posted: 19 Feb 2008 \| Published: 19 Feb 2008 TOPICS: Anti-Spyware Software \| Malware \| Security \| Software \| Windows Vista

A Day in a Low Carbon Life: What Might It Be like to Lead a Business in 2012? sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This entertaining paper describes a day in the life of a fictional Chief Executive Officer, preparing to face market analysts in 2012. Posted: 14 May 2008 \| Published: 01 May 2008 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Collaboration \| Data Centres \| ERP \| Financial Reporting \| Financial Services \| Software \| Systems Management

A Guide to Accelerating Business Value for Microsoft Environments sponsored by EMC Corporation WHITE PAPER: In this guide we'll learn how EMC can accelerate the business value of Microsoft environments of any size and scope. Posted: 10 Mar 2008 \| Published: 01 Oct 2007 TOPICS: Best Practices \| Content Management \| Data Migration \| Productivity \| Software

A Guide to Branching and Merging Patterns sponsored by AccuRev WHITE PAPER: In this paper, gain a better understanding of how branching and merging patterns work and how applying them to your projects can have a profound effect on how your development team handles change management and delivers software. Posted: 06 Jan 2012 \| Published: 05 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Change Management \| Configuration Management \| Software \| Software Configuration Management \| Software Development Methodologies \| Software Development Tools

A Practical Guide to Choosing the Right Agile Tools sponsored by IBM DATA SHEET: This evaluation guide is designed to help you choose the best tool for your needs today, while protecting your investment as your team, needs and agile maturity grow. Posted: 11 Sep 2009 \| Published: 11 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Agile Manufacturing \| Business Processes \| Open Source \| Open Source Software \| Software \| Software Best Practices \| Software Selection

A Superior Hardware Platform for Server Virtualization sponsored by Intel Corporation TECHNICAL ARTICLE: Server virtualization is helping IT organizations improve data center productivity in fundamental ways. To gain the full value of virtualization, you need servers that are built to handle the heavy and ever-changing demands of a virtualized and consolidated computing environment. Read on to learn more . . . Posted: 03 Sep 2009 \| Published: 03 Sep 2009 TOPICS: IT Management \| Processor Architectures \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Server Software \| Software Virtualization

A Technical Overview of the Sun Oracle Exadata Storage Server and Database Machine sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines how the Sun Oracle Exadata Storage Server allows companies to accelerate database performance, handle change and growth in scalable and incremental steps, and deliver mission-critical data availability and protection. Posted: 25 Sep 2009 \| Published: 25 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Cluster Management \| Database Design \| Database Management \| IT Infrastructure \| Platform as a service \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Server Software

A Tour of HP Sarbanes-Oxley IT Assessment sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes HP Sarbanes-Oxley IT Assessment Accelerator, a template of pre-defined information based on ITGI's COBIT, which is loaded into HP Quality Center to help your organization define and execute Sarbanes-Oxley testing, evaluate the results, and develop remediation plans. Posted: 29 Apr 2009 \| Published: 01 Apr 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Service Management \| Compliance (Finance) \| Compliance (Systems Operations) \| Compliance Best Practices \| Composite Applications Software \| Software \| Software as a Service \| Software Best Practices

About to Buy Guide: Mobile Device Management Software sponsored by Symantec Corporation EBOOK: Are you in the market for a mobile device management (MDM) software solution? Be sure to read this e-book from SearchConsumerization.com first for help making a more informed purchasing decision. Posted: 21 Nov 2012 \| Published: 30 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Handheld Device Security \| Handheld Devices \| Inventory Management \| Inventory Management Software \| Mobile Device Management \| Mobile Device Management Software \| Mobile Workers \| Security \| Security Policies \| Security Software \| Smart Phones \| Software \| Tablet PC

Accelerate Application Development, Testing, and Deployment with VMware Software sponsored by VMware, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains how VMware software improves testing productivity and eliminates hardware bottlenecks for testing and deployment. Posted: 29 Mar 2005 \| Published: 01 Jan 2004 TOPICS: Application Development \| Server Consolidation \| Server Software \| Server Virtualization \| Software Testing \| Systems Management Software

Adobe Flash Builder 4 sponsored by Adobe Systems, Inc. SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD: Enterprises are challenged to create easy to use rich Internet applications that enable users and customers to access and interact with data and content in more intuitive and visual ways. Download this trial software to learn more. Posted: 04 Jan 2011 \| Premiered: 04 Jan 2011 TOPICS: Software \| Software Configuration Management \| Software Development Life-Cycles \| Software Development Tools \| Software Implementation \| Software Installation

Advancing the Economics of Networking sponsored by Juniper Networks, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Download this white paper to find out how you can change this economic model and reduce capital and operational expenses, freeing up IT budget dollars and allowing your business to invest in innovative technologies that will reduce the cost of doing business while improving the bottom line. Posted: 19 Dec 2008 \| Published: 01 Apr 2010 TOPICS: Ethernet Switches \| Firewall Appliances \| Firewall Management \| Firewall Server Hardware \| Firewall Server Software \| LAN \| Network Management \| Networking \| WAN

Advancing your Virtualisation Journey sponsored by CA Pacific WHITE PAPER: This paper examines both the potential successes of a virtualised environment as well as the challenges. Learn the tools and strategies to help you achieve comprehensive data migration and protection across your company's virtualised infrastructure. Posted: 30 Nov 2010 \| Published: 30 Nov 2010 TOPICS: Infrastructure Management \| Infrastructure Services \| Server Management \| Server Software \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software \| Virtualization Security

Agile Testing Quadrants: Guiding Managers and Team in Test Strategies sponsored by IBM EGUIDE: Read this e-guide to discover why a testing taxonomy such as the Agile testing quadrants is an effective tool for software teams undertaking this task. Posted: 27 Dec 2012 \| Published: 27 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Application Development \| Performance Testing \| Software \| Software Development Life-Cycles \| Software Development Methodologies \| Software Development Tools \| Testing

Aligning Server Options with Business Needs sponsored by HP & Intel® EGUIDE: This e-guide offers expert tips for gaining a clear understanding of how midmarket CIOs can effectively align server requirements with business needs. That way, you'll be able to easily distinguish what you want with what is necessary for the future success of your business. Posted: 11 Dec 2012 \| Published: 11 Dec 2012 TOPICS: CIOs \| Server Appliances \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Server Software \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software

An Introduction to Sharepoint 2010 sponsored by Dell, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This paper provides an overview of common business use cases for which SharePoint is a good fit, introduces the services and functionality within SharePoint Server 2010, highlights key changes from MOSS 2007, and helps readers understand the terminology and concepts needed for planning or deploying a SharePoint 2010 farm. Posted: 15 Jun 2011 \| Published: 15 Jun 2011 TOPICS: Architectures \| Collaboration \| Content Management \| Content Management Software \| Server Hardware \| Server Software \| Software Upgrades \| Web Server Software

Analyst Report: Forrester - Product innovation demands more flexible software delivery sponsored by IBM ANALYST REPORT: In September 2010, the IBM Corporation commissioned the Forrester Consulting group to conduct a study whose aim was to better understand the critical role software innovation plays in product development. Download the report to see the results. Posted: 02 Sep 2011 \| Published: 02 Sep 2011 TOPICS: Competition \| Cost Benefit Analysis \| Software \| Software Best Practices \| Software Configuration Management \| Software Development Life-Cycles \| Software Development Methodologies \| TCO

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PERSONAL FIREWALL SOFTWARE DEFINITION (continued): … A personal firewall (sometimes called a desktop firewall) is a softwareapplication used to protect a single Internet-connected computer from intruders. Personal firewall protection is especially useful for users with "always-on" connections such as DSL or cable modem. Such connections use a static IP address that makes them especially vulnerable to potential hackers. Often compared to anti-virus applications, personal firewallswork in the background at the device (link layer) level to protect theintegrity of the system from malicious computer code by controlling Internetconnections to and from a user's computer, filtering inbound and outboundtraffic, and alerting the user to attempted intrusions.
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