Monday, November 30, 2015

Radeon Software Crimson with the bug, AMD promises a fix – Tom’s Hardware

The new drivers Radeon Crimson Software AMD integrate many new features, including a control panel more responsive and intuitive. There are many users who use them with satisfaction, however some have emerged problems potentially serious .


 
 
 
 

On Reddit appeared testimonials from people complaining about the presence of a bug that blocks the fan speed of the cooling system at low speed (between 10/20% of the laps) for long periods of time, even in the presence of loads which would require a high air flow. The fans run at fixed speed then , never reaching the high revolutions required to handle heavy loads such as gaming.


 
                                   
 
 

As a result, the temperature of the GPU and other components rises to very high levels , leading to artifacts, blocks and in the most unfortunate, then tear the card. The mere consolation in this story is that AMD has identified the problem and will issue a software fix in the coming hours to solve it.

 
 

The story of the video card drivers is full of bugs related to the management of the fan controllers not represent a first and in the past have affected as much as Nvidia AMD.


 

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Radeon Software Crimson with the bug, AMD promises a fix – Tom’s Hardware

The new drivers Radeon Crimson Software AMD integrate many new features, including a control panel more responsive and intuitive. There are many users who use them with satisfaction, however some have emerged problems potentially serious .


 
 
 
 

On Reddit appeared testimonials from people complaining about the presence of a bug that blocks the fan speed of the cooling system at low speed (between 10/20% of the laps) for long periods of time, even in the presence of loads which would require a high air flow. The fans run at fixed speed then , never reaching the high revolutions required to handle heavy loads such as gaming.


 
                                   
 
 

As a result, the temperature of the GPU and other components rises to very high levels , leading to artifacts, blocks and in the most unfortunate, then tear the card. The mere consolation in this story is that AMD has identified the problem and will issue a software fix in the coming hours to solve it.

 
 

The story of the video card drivers is full of bugs related to the management of the fan controllers not represent a first and in the past have affected as much as Nvidia AMD.


 

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Sector Studies is available online the software Reports 2015 – International Business Magazine

Available on the website of the Tax software Reports 2015 in which the taxpayer can report any elements, facts and circumstances by the same unknown.

In particular, taxpayers may communicate to the tax information or background information relating to situations of non appropriateness, not normal or inconsistency resulting from the application of sector studies for the tax year 2014, and report information or clarifications concerning the indication in the statement of causes of unenforceability or exclusion from studies.

With the use of this software simplifies the phase of communication and discussion between the taxpayer and the tax authorities: the preventive analysis of information received will enable offices not trigger controls for these subjects.

Where is the software
To access this service you must be registered to the private telematic services of ‘ Inland Revenue. Software Reports 2015 is accessible from the Services section – Fisconline – Services – Communicate – Reports Sector Studies / Law 2015. The software allows you to prepare and send a report to the Agency and taxpayers also available on the Revenue website a Guide preparing reports for correct and easy to use.

Source: http://www.lavorofisco.it/studi-di-settore-online- the-software-reports-2015.html

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Sunday, November 29, 2015

Microsoft’s software is malware, word of the Free Software Foundation – Macity (Blog)

Microsoft’s software? It malware in its purest form: designed to operate in ways that abuse or harm the user. So says ul GNU.org website of the Free Software Foundation.

What Richard Stallman did not love any commercial operating system is consa known, but on pages of the GNU project you get to write that “Microsoft’s software is malware,” explaining that the malware “means software designed to work in ways that abuse or harm the user” and that in practice, “non-free software is often malware, because the developers are aware of the impossibility for users to repair any malicious features, are tempted to impose. ” They listed a series of issues of Microsoft systems, such as the presence of backdoor action “that come close to sabotage” DRM technologies, “that harm users of specific programs”, monitoring functions and default settings in Windows 10 that do not respect user privacy and giving Microsoft the “right” to spy files, the text entered, the specific words, location information, contacts, calendar entries and the web pages you visit, and even connects automatically sprotette computer to wireless networks and to show advertising.

In the past Stallman, the activist who initiated the project GNU / Linux, they were not even tender against OS X, Amazon, of ‘Internet of Things, preaching to the masses of non-technical users of the dangers of proprietary software, the locks of the vendor, and the code locked preventing illegal immigration with national intelligence agencies.

As we have reported other Sometimes, Stallman is so obsessed with NSA, privacy, security not trust either of Linux at least from what I understand by reading the complex procedure used to browse the web: fetching web pages with tools like wget, use the graphical browser only when necessary (it prefers the text browser Lynx) and possibly uses tools such IceCat through Tor (anonymous Internet communication system that uses the protocol known as onion routing).

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Microsoft’s software is malware, word of the Free Software Foundation – Macity (Blog)

Microsoft’s software? It malware in its purest form: designed to operate in ways that abuse or harm the user. So says ul GNU.org website of the Free Software Foundation.

What Richard Stallman did not love any commercial operating system is consa known, but on pages of the GNU project you get to write that “Microsoft’s software is malware,” explaining that the malware “means software designed to work in ways that abuse or harm the user” and that in practice, “non-free software is often malware, because the developers are aware of the impossibility for users to repair any malicious features, are tempted to impose. ” They listed a series of issues of Microsoft systems, such as the presence of backdoor action “that come close to sabotage” DRM technologies, “that harm users of specific programs”, monitoring functions and default settings in Windows 10 that do not respect user privacy and giving Microsoft the “right” to spy files, the text entered, the specific words, location information, contacts, calendar entries and the web pages you visit, and even connects automatically sprotette computer to wireless networks and to show advertising.

In the past Stallman, the activist who initiated the project GNU / Linux, they were not even tender against OS X, Amazon, of ‘Internet of Things, preaching to the masses of non-technical users of the dangers of proprietary software, the locks of the vendor, and the code locked preventing illegal immigration with national intelligence agencies.

As we have reported other Sometimes, Stallman is so obsessed with NSA, privacy, security not trust either of Linux at least from what I understand by reading the complex procedure used to browse the web: fetching web pages with tools like wget, use the graphical browser only when necessary (it prefers the text browser Lynx) and possibly uses tools such IceCat through Tor (anonymous Internet communication system that uses the protocol known as onion routing).

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Saturday, November 28, 2015

Sector Studies: online software anomalies 2015 – IPSOA Publisher

 The Inland Revenue has made available on its web site the application for the compilation and submission of reports on studies of sector 2015. The software allows you to report to the tax information or background information relating to situations of non appropriateness not normal or inconsistency resulting from the application of sector studies for the tax year 2014.

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It is available on the website of the software Reports 2015 in which the taxpayer can communicate to the tax information or background information relating to situations of non appropriateness, not normal or inconsistency resulting from ‘ application of sector studies for the tax year 2014 , and report information or clarifications concerning the indication in the statement of grounds for non-applicability or exclusion from studies.

L ‘ Use of the software simplifies the phase of communication and discussion between the taxpayer and the tax authorities: the preventive analysis of information received will, in fact, the offices do not trigger controls for these subjects.

To access the service you must be registered to the private telematic services of the Revenue. Software Reports 2015 is accessible from the Services section – Fisconline – Services – Communicate – Reports Sector Studies / Law 2015.

In the page, also, the tax authorities issued a special compilation guide of reports for proper and easy use of the application.

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Sector Studies: online software anomalies 2015 – IPSOA Publisher

 The Inland Revenue has made available on its web site the application for the compilation and submission of reports on studies of sector 2015. The software allows you to report to the tax information or background information relating to situations of non appropriateness not normal or inconsistency resulting from the application of sector studies for the tax year 2014.

FOR MORE

         & Amp; nbsp
         
 
             

Products

             

It is available on the website of the software Reports 2015 in which the taxpayer can communicate to the tax information or background information relating to situations of non appropriateness, not normal or inconsistency resulting from ‘ application of sector studies for the tax year 2014 , and report information or clarifications concerning the indication in the statement of grounds for non-applicability or exclusion from studies.

L ‘ Use of the software simplifies the phase of communication and discussion between the taxpayer and the tax authorities: the preventive analysis of information received will, in fact, the offices do not trigger controls for these subjects.

To access the service you must be registered to the private telematic services of the Revenue. Software Reports 2015 is accessible from the Services section – Fisconline – Services – Communicate – Reports Sector Studies / Law 2015.

In the page, also, the tax authorities issued a special compilation guide of reports for proper and easy use of the application.

By the Editors

Copyright © – All Rights Reserved


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Friday, November 27, 2015

From coffee to messages to his wife: and creates software automates … – The Huffington Post

Genio, lazy or too specific? You could be defined in many ways the behavior of this software programmer who invented a script to automate all kinds of action. To discover the game, his colleagues going through her work computer, not just the child has moved to another company, they found a folder with improbable names: for each title is, in fact, a command that automates all kinds of daily action: from work, his relationships, the coffee.

An example? Automatically send a message to his wife that read “I’m late for work,” it was still logged to the server of his company after 21 pm. Not only. He also thought a database where you can “pick up” the reason for the delay.

But there’s more. The software was also able to recognize among the mail address those of its customers that contained the words “help”; “I’m sorry”, “forgive”, and replied automatically: “Do not worry, be careful next time.” But the thing that makes this project (shared by a programmer named Nihad Abbasov, known as “Narkoz” on GitHub, the website that hosts all kinds of software that programmers want to share with others) manic is the following.

With software the boy was able to control the coffee machine to wait 17 seconds before receiving the order to prepare a cup of milk. And to wait for another 24 before pouring it into the cup, just long enough that the young man took from the desk to the coffee machine.

With another script, automatically sent an email of apology as “not me I feel good, work from home “if he was not at work and connected to the servers by 8:45. He called the program “hangover”.



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Thursday, November 26, 2015

Vw, software also affects fuel consumption – The Republic

Milan – not abating the storm of Volkswagen. Travolta dieselgate house Wolfsburg immediately before the collapse of the stock and the elimination of the vertices, then the fall in profit due to provisions by 6.7 billion – less expenses for damages or compensation and finally the start of an investigation for tax evasion and now, as he prepares to recall 11 million vehicles, new problems emerge for other software that covers the fuel consumption.

In short, after the scandal of emissions through rigged software, Volkswagen forced to deal with another problem, always related to software that – writes Die Welt – “has a direct influence on fuel consumption. In this case, it is a software that manages the recovery of kinetic energy in the battery,” he adds newspaper.

From Brussels, meanwhile, the EU commissioner for the internal market Elzbieta Bienkowska reiterated that Volkswagen must also compensate European consumers, not just Americans. The Commissioner therefore underlined the need to clarify and provide all data on cars manipulated. The director of the group Matthias Mueller has asked itself more time to provide updated figures on CO2 emissions in Brussels, which was given 10 days to inform Vw. Based on these, the Commission will decide whether to sanction the home or not. Also Wednesday, South Korea has ordered the withdrawal of 125,500 Volkswagen diesel vehicles involved in dieselgate and also the home of Wolfsburg inflicted a fine of 12.3 million dollars.

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Dieselgate Volkswagen will update software – Tuttosport



Dieselgate Volkswagen will update & # xE0; the software

The German group has presented the technical solutions to put the engines under the “rigged”: EA 189 engine 1.6 will install a “transformer flux”

ROME – Volkswagen has presented the KBA (the ‘ Federal Authority for Transport German) the technical solutions for the engines involved in the EA 189 Dieselgate , engine rigged scandal that forced the giant Wolfsburg richimare million cars worldwide are equipped with diesel engine capacity of 1.6 liters and 2.0 . Corrective aspects have been defined for most of the vehicles concerned and after implementation of technical measures, the vehicles will satisfy the requirements of emission standards in force. The final technical solution for the 1.2-liter diesel engine will be presented to KBA at the end of the month and is likely to include an update of the software.

Volkswagen, the five commandments after Dieselgate

Volkswagen informs that “technical measures developed for diesel engines 189 EA concerned were submitted to the KBA that, after careful consideration, has ratified. There is now clarity on the elimination of irregularities for the most number of vehicles involved. ” In practice EA 189 engine 1.6 will install a “transformer flux” directly in front of the air mass sensor. It is a grill that reduces the formation of air vortices, and consequently significantly increases the accuracy in the measurement of the flow. The meter of the air mass then determines more precisely the amount of intake air, which represents a very important parameter for the management of the engine in view of a process of optimum combustion. This engine will also run a software update. The estimated time for the implementation of technical measures is less than an hour. On engines 2.0 , the first to be finished in the eye, will be an update of the software , an operation that will take about half an hour. The German brand ensures that technical solutions designed will meet emissions standards without impacting on power consumption and performance.

The objective is to implement the technical update from January 2016 : on the basis of current valuations, all the measures within the action, for the different variations, will be implemented during the entire calendar year 2016. Volkswagen promises that the time required for the execution of technical solutions is as short as possible; all customers will be contacted and, in case of need, provided substitute car during the time necessary to updates. In late November, will be presented to KBA also the measures for the 1.2-liter 3-cylinder diesel engine.

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Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Volkswagen, here are the changes for the turbodiesel: update … – The Daily

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Nearly six weeks after the outbreak of the Scandal of diesel Volkswagen , the German group announces that it has presented to ‘ authorities Federal German Transport Kba technical solutions to change the engine “ type EA 189 ” with the software that makeup the values ​​of emissions NOx during testing American EPA. In particular, Volkswagen said how it intends to take action to correct the problem on the 2.0 and 1.6 TDI engines , and for more small and less popular three-cylinder 1.2 TDI the “final technical solution” will be presented later this month , ie no later than next Monday. The KBA, “after thorough consideration”, approved the changes.

For the 2.0 TDI , the planned intervention is simply a software upgrade which requires half hour work in the workshop. A similar intervention should be enough even for the 1.2, says the House. For the 1.6 TDI , in addition to updating the software it is also necessary edit “hardware” : in the intake manifold shall be inserted “ flow will transform “(pictured above), a kind of filter that removes turbulence in front of the sensor which measures the air mass “an important parameter for the management of the engine and combustion optimization”, explains the Volkswagen. Overall, the operation should take less than an hour of work .

The German group said to be able to find a solution “ relatively simple and convenient for the customer. ” From the beginning, the statement said the official, the goal was that the amendment did not have negative effects on the Power engine, the performance and consumption, but “the achievement of these objectives can not yet be confirmed permanently”.

On the basis of the technical solution accepted in Germany, Volkswagen and other brands Seat, Skoda, Audi and VW Commercial vehicles are developing the plan of action in the 28 European markets . The recall of the 8.5 million vehicles involved should start January 2016 and continue throughout the year. The House says it will work to make the operation as quickly as possible, by contacting each customer to consider the needs of each and possibly offer “ alternative mobility options free “, which probably means a replacement car for the time in which the car must remain unused in the workshop. In addition, until the end of 2016, Volkswagen waiver defend to requests for warranty work linked to the presence of the software installed on the engines EA 189, “so customers will not be disadvantaged by waiting. “

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Tuesday, November 24, 2015

IPhone 6s, after jailbreak here as spyware – The Republic

AFTER jailbreak iOS9, the operating system of Apple iPhone, iPad and iPod, there’s also the software-specific light iPhone 6S and 6S Plus. One of the companies that supply them is called “Extra Large”, is based in San Marino and promises (for phones running up to iOS 9.0.2): environmental listening and recording of calls, as well as capturing chat WhatsApp, Facebook, Skype , wechat, Line, passwords for various applications such as Gmail and Facebook, the iPhone unlock PIN, SMS, email and GPS coordinates, all so well hidden from the interface.

The news for the jailbreak iOS iPhone 6S 9 was undoubtedly the size of a million dollars offered by the company Zerodium anyone would be able to run the jailbreak remotely via a browser. Zerodium, a company that deals with resell flaws zero-day (unknown to the software manufacturer) to companies that supply government agencies, announced that it has recognized the success to a team of developers on November 2 last year, less than two months date of placing on the market of the iPhone 6S.

About two weeks before, the Pangu Team announced the availability of the jailbreak for iOS 9 October 14, without having had the opportunity to get to size because the jailbreak proposed, as always in recent years, provided for connecting the iPhone to a PC or Mac and use an interface instead of a browser on the iPhone itself.

This news and the availability of tool to jailbreak, however, have set in motion light commercial software developers who were able to test and adapt their code to the new operating system. And put on sale in a market increasingly flourishing.

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Radeon Software Crimson: all you need to know – Tom’s Hardware

A few weeks ago AMD has announced a total renovation of its drivers: goodbye and Catalyst Control Center, space Radeon Radeon Software and Settings . The new direction of the software support video cards Radeon is the need to make up ground on Nvidia, which in this respect has been shown to not be perfect but much more accurate, but also from the objective of customers Radeon desire to have something more.

 
 

Last year, at this time, we were to talk about the Catalyst drivers Omega, release a “special” which was very well received. Since then the Catalyst drivers were more than 60 million times, picking up a customer satisfaction rate of 19% higher than in past versions. Everything perfect then? No, at home and AMD they are the first to know.


 
 

The 2015 was indeed the year of only three releases WHQL , accompanied by nine other versions Beta. For 2016 a promise: will be published up to six versions WHQL , with obviously more Beta releases. With AMD Radeon Software Crimson wants then change pace.


 
 
 
 

The first word that the company says when talking about the new software is “ stable “. It is a word that hides many facets, from a consistent user experience up to a complete set of features to get the efficiency and performance.


 
 

The new graphical interface, thanks to rewriting software in QT (a software development framework with libraries and tools modular cross-platform), promises boot times up to 10 times less the Catalyst Control Center and a rate three times greater in the initialization of a screen. In addition there are 12 new or improved features . All guaranteeing up to 20% more performance and improved energy efficiency by 1.8 times, according to the technicians.


 
 
 
 

All this should add even fewer bugs, a goal that AMD aims to hit not only with the most rigorous internal testing, but also relying on the suggestions of its customers and to a closer relationship with the software company. To start, Radeon Crimson Software solves 10 of the most common bugs experienced by owners of Radeon graphics cards.

 
 

The new drivers are also the first to support the technology LiquidVR , the AMD initiative that will allow developers of software, games and even manufacturers of viewers to use the best video cards Radeon in order to play in virtual reality with good performance and without problems such as motion sickness (seasick effect) that can emerge with experience not optimized.

 
 

Radeon Software also introduces a better experience FreeSync , technology antagonist Nvidia G-Sync allows monitors have a refresh rate in sync with the FPS products from boards. Among the innovations we count support for CrossFire configurations in DirectX 9 games.

 
 

AMD has also made known to be working with manufacturers to monitor to enable FreeSync via HDMI . Those who follow us constantly know that the company showed a prototype of FreeSync through HDMI. To date, the technology is available through DisplayPort 1.2a.


 
 

Also concerning technology FreeSync, Radeon Software introduces the “Low Framerate Compensation ” (LFC). What is it about? It is a solution that allows you to enjoy a gameplay more fluid when “the application frame rate drops below the minimum refresh display supported by AMD FreeSync”.


 
 

An adaptive algorithm works automatically by activation FPS produced by the GPU and the refresh rate to prevent tremollii linked to sudden drops in frame rate. The Low Framerate Compensation automatically activates on all monitors FreeSync “where the maximum refresh rate is at least 2.5 times the minimum refresh”: No configuration required by the user. The following table helps to understand when LFC comes into play:

 
 
 
 

Another good news for users comes from AMD frame pacing , the company’s solution to render frames in steady cadence – we talk about milliseconds, but if an image is rendered in 2 ms and 16 ms in the next, there is the so-called micro stuttering. Well, AMD has enhanced its solution for also support DirectX 9.

 
 

Radeon Software also allows you to create custom resolutions for each screen , setting individually timing, refresh rate and pixel clock. About screens, technology VSR, Virtual Super Resolution allows you to use a larger desktop resolution on a screen physically smaller. For example on a Full HD screen 150 DPI you can set a resolution of 2560×1440 pixels to have a workspace more.


 
 

The new drivers bring the APU and FX-8800P A10-8700P new features to improve the vision of video , with reduced motion blur and image movement more fluid and sharper images thanks to Advanced Detail Enhancement.

 
 

On video cards X Fury, Fury and Nano, AMD has implemented the Directional Scaling , which improves the vision of the edges of images when viewing videos in Full HD screens 4K. All this is possible due to better scaling of content, the directional adaptive filtering and the reduction of the staircase, or jagged edges. On video cards R9 380 and above, as well as the APU and A8-8600P latest AMD has improved the algorithm of dynamic contrast for better viewing experience.

 
 
 
 

The startup speed of Radeon Software and Settings is not the only new performance of the new driver. AMD has also improved shader cache (Nvidia offers a solution by the same name), a function that reduces startup times of the games along with stuttering and latency. It works with DX10 games and DX11 and second tests of AMD reduces loading times of a title such as Star Wars Battlefront up to 33% compared with previous Catalyst.

 
 
 
 

AMD also said that drivers enable you to get more performance with DirectX 12. Testing Fable Legends with a Fury X in Full HD, the company recorded a higher frame rate up to 20%. Finally AMD has implemented optimizations for the latest headlines , promising better performance up to over 10% compared to the Catalyst 15.10 beta. A season all the promise of performance improvements even with games on Linux.

 
 
 
 

AMD has also focused on the issue of latency, so improve the responsiveness of the keyboard and mouse games with DX9, 10:11 . The company also worked on the Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC) broadening support for DX9 titles, 10 and 11 and giving more control over the interval of the frame rate from 30 to 200 FPS.


 
 
 
 

FRTC saves a lot of energy because setting a maximum frame rate if the video card should be able to achieve higher performance, it allows the GPU to consume less. And speaking of consumption AMD says that only the installation of new driver saves 20% of energy on average . Finally, to complete the picture, we point out that drivers integrate optional features of 2.0 and OpenCL 1.9 support CodeXL.


 
                                   
 
 

You can download the new software from this address. It is compatible with Windows 7, 8.1 and 10. AMD also offers a Clean Uninstall Utility to remove the previous Catalyst drivers, deleting files and entries in the system registry. To download it, go here.

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Because the software bundled is a security problem in the enterprise – Digital4


  zoom A recent study has shown that certain types of business software are more vulnerable and less safe if in them they bundled codes or third-party software. Now companies are setting themselves (or should ask questions).

 First ask yourself if the bundled software can become a safety issue for a company. And, therefore, if the bundle is a parameter to consider in the purchase of software and hardware keep safe their business data .

 According to the Vulnerability Update Report compiled by security specialist Secunia, the vulnerabilities discovered between August and September 2014, had found that out of a total of 1,841 software vulnerabilities, the first 20 were produced by IBM. It really was not the brand in dispute but rather, the fact that some of its products include third-party software using Java and OpenSSL library.



  No Java that takes

  It is known as Java has been hit by safety concerns arising from the zero-day vulnerabilities, while OpenSSL, the past year has had to deal with the security bugs heartbleed. Unfortunately, or and every time you expose a vulnerability in these and other software that include these types of libraries included in IBM products (brand that enjoys great trust from its customers) corporate image anyway suffers.

 From a practical standpoint, when discovered a vulnerability in Java and, consequently, releases a patch , IBM needs to release itself an update patch owner for all catalog products that incorporate Java, putting it available to customers as fast as possible. This problem is not only IBM, but also of all those software vendors that use codes and third-party components that may put at risk the products in distribution.

 In short, the use of bundled third-party software has become a very important issue, as it appears in the Top 10 list of most dangerous vulnerabilities compiled from OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project).



  What are the dangers hidden

 More program is complex and uses third-party components, and potentially most dangerous and exposed to attacks by malicious. All this must be taken into high consideration when assessing the suitability of products to buy for their own company. Here are expert tips:

  •  Verify that the license agreement are elencarti such third-party software are installed and used (which is very often not the case and so a company can find a flaw in the security system without knowing the origin).

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  •  Try to figure out how fast the manufacturer releases patch to fix any vulnerabilities and what method used to distribute to their customers.

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  The way software vendors provide updates or patches for its products has changed in recent years. For example Google and Mozilla release incremental updates to its browser every two / three months and this is certainly the best method to solve the problems of vulnerability in a timely manner . On the contrary, the use of software that I understand codes and third-party components greatly increase the number of programs from different manufacturers that are installed on computers within the corporate network. This means that network administrators must engage in a broad update operation for a large amount of software, with the risk that some of the systems may not be fully updated by exposing it to an involuntary chance of being violated by a vulnerability unresolved .

 To underline, finally, that according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies, software such as Java, Adobe Acrobat and Reader, Adobe Flash and QuikTime were applications most frequently used by hackers as a vector of attack users running the Windows operating system.

 The software components that use this risk could then be taken off the list of those to be employed in the company, steps to help keep safe the entire network infrastructure.

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Monday, November 23, 2015

Software licenses, the cloud pushes the market disposals – Corcom

 A history of which to take note. Eurofidi , Turin-based company of medium-small size, goes to the cloud to gain in agility and income statement, and bring home a benefit of 50 thousand euro, starting only from email: other opportunities will come later .

 What makes the difference is the sale of surplus software licenses that generates resources for the future, since the European court ruled that the licenses of indefinite duration are the same as a sale, the holders of these licenses have right to sell them.

 Enters the picture ReLicense , a German company active in Italy in the sale of second-hand software licenses, which allowed Eurofidi to monetize his surplus software licenses, obtaining in a simple and immediate new resources for business growth.

 In particular, ReLicense he has bought from Eurofidi a large number of licenses Microsoft in volume, become redundant after migrating to the cloud. The operation brought the company a financial benefit of EUR 50 thousand.

 The opportunity came as a result of the choice of Eurofidi , the operating company of bank guarantees, sureties, sources of corporate financing and strategic partner of the Central Guarantee Fund (CGF) to redesign its IT model, migrating completely to cloud computing. In mid-2016 we will shut down the data center and will be completed the transition from a traditional model of insourcing to a total outsourcing . Specifically, the transition to the cloud email has generated a significant surplus of licenses Office , and others as a result of migration to Microsoft Office 365 .

 “After a first contact with ReLicense – says Claudio Abad, CTO Eurofidi – happened during an event, the condition in which we found led us to ask them advice about the possibility of acquiring software licenses are no longer required. Without the necessary checks, ReLicense has submitted a bid absolutely interesting, we gladly accepted. The process itself was very linear, so that the most difficult part was the internal bureaucracy, since we had never dealt with a sale of licenses. “

  Eurofidi after this first operation has planned additional divestments of software licenses, to be completed once off the datacenter. These will cover software such as Microsoft Exchange Server , Microsoft SharePoint , Microsoft Windows Datacenter Edition , Microsoft Project Server and Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise .

 The sale of software licenses used is already a solid reality in many European countries. In July 2012, a judgment of the European Court of Justice has officially sanctioned the absolute legality, giving a further boost to business for now small, currently concentrated mainly in Europe. The markets where this practice is left are those of Germany and Switzerland, then gradually extend to other European countries, as supported by favorable court rulings, which have equated software licenses to other corporate assets, with the possibility of then enter it in the budget and transfer them to other areas.

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