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Friday 20th, November 2009
Download Updates: VMware ESX 4.0 Update 1. Build 20816711/20/2009 08:08 PM 
VMware release VMware vSphere 4.0 Update 1. Download
VMware vSphere 4
vCenter Server 4.0 Update 1
VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch ESXi400-200911201-UG: Updates Firmware
VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch ESXi400-200911202-UG: Updates VMware Tools
VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch ESXi400-200911203-UG: Updates VI Client
VMware Data Recovery 1.1
Read on the next link: VMware vSphere 4.0 Update 1 ESX Release Notes
Note:
ESXi 4.0 Update 1 also contains all fixes in the following previously released bundles:
Release Date: July 09, 2009. Build: 175625
Patch Release ESX400-200906001
Patch Release ESX400-200907001
Patch Release ESX400-200909001
More @downloads.vmware.com
Technorati: Information VMwareThursday 19th, November 2009
Synology Disk Station DS207+ Version: DSM 2.2-0959; Build Date: 2009/11/1311/19/2009 08:13 PM 
Synology Disk Station DS207+ Release Notes. Version: DSM 2.2-0959
I just did an upgrade from Firmware version DSM 2.2-0942 to DSM 2.2-0959, all went smooth.
Change log:
1.Surveillance Station 3:
Added Visual Station VS60 support: With Visual Station, you can directly live-view the cameras managed by Surveillance Station on a TV set or LCD monitor without using a computer. View VS60 IP cameras support list here.
Spectators are granted to view events on Sync Playback mode.
2.(10758) Fixed fan behavior after Disk Station going into hibernation mode.
3.(10732) Fixed Disk Station duplicated icons issue when Time Machine is enabled on Mac computers.
4.(10822, 10824) Enhanced *.app and *.dmg file uploading from Mac.
5.(10927) Enhanced Mac Safari connection after changing the management UI port.
6.(10751) Enhanced Mac Safari HTTPS connection.
7.(10753) Enhanced Windows Mobile 2003 2nd edition browsing compatibility.
8.(10812) Enhanced folder attributes handling when copying folders from Windows XP to Disk Station as mapped drives.
9.(11094) Enhanced DDNS service connectivity with proxy routing.
10.(11079) Updated built-in Internet Radio station list.
Synology iPhone Application DS audio 1.1 is Now Available on Apple App Store
Taipei, Taiwan October 5th, 2009 Synology Inc. today announced that Synology iPhoneTM application DS audio version 1.1 is available for free download on the Apple® App Store. Two new features are added to this version - users can now show the current playlist by turning iPhone from portrait to landscape orientation, and edit their own On-The-Go playlist by selecting songs from Playlist/Artists/Albums or Search result.
"DS audio has reached 9,800 downloads since its release on July 22nd, 2009 and we received many positive feedback and suggestions from users," said Edward Lin, marketing director of Synology Inc. A user left comments on the iTunes Store and praised DS audio as "an extremely handy way to stream music from the NAS to your iPhone," while another added "this has reduced my need to sync my iTunes library with my iPhone...if I want to hear something then I just connect to play."
Availability
The DS audio 1.1 is now available for free download on Apple App Store.
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=321495303&mt=8
Two iPhone applications are now available on Apple App Store.
DS audio
DS audio allows users to stream music stored on Disk Station with their iPhone/iPod touch where Internet access is available.
DS photo
DS photo allows users to upload photos stored on their iPhone/iPod touch to Disk Station easily and instantly share it with anyone online.
Mobile Device Support
Users with a mobile device running on Windows Mobile® 6.0 (Internet Explorer® Mobile or Opera® 9.0 and onward), Symbian OS 9.1 (S60 3rd Edition and onward), or iPhone OS 2.2.1 onward can log on their Synology Disk Station to view photos with Mobile Photo Station and read supported file formats with Mobile File Station around the world where Internet access is available.
Music and Video Sharing
DSM 2.2 can work as an iTunes server to share music and videos within the local network. You can simply install iTunes on your PC or MAC computers and use iTunes as a multimedia player to browse and play music and videos stored on your Synology Disk Station. After enabling iTunes service on DSM 2.2, iTunes will recognize the Synology Disk Station as an iTunes client under the SHARED list.
Smart Playlist iTunes
Synology iTunes Server's Smart Playlist allows you to create playlists with songs that match the criteria you specified, and best of all, iTunes will update these playlists automatically as you add or delete songs.
Apple AirPort Express
Synology iTunes Server is compatible with Apple AirPort Express, meaning that you will be able to stream music from the server to your desktop or to external speakers via Apple AirPort Express.
More @synology.com/enu/products/features
Synology Disk Station DS207+ Release Notes
More @synology.com
Again nice to see the iSCSI and NFS support:
Technorati: InformationThursday 12th, November 2009
McAfee AV Engine 5400 Released (Aug27 2009)11/12/2009 06:57 PM 
Engine 5400 is out now,
URL: http://www.mcafee.com/apps/downloads/security_updates/engines.asp?region=us&segment=enterprise
New Linux (etc) command line scanners are available from the enterprise downloads portal (grant number required)
NEW FEATURES
- It's faster than before : We've listened to our customers who asked for a faster Engine and it delivers superior performance to current McAfee Anti-Virus products on all supported platforms.
- Improved detection of existing, new and potential threats which increases the depth and breadth of the protection we provide.
- Delivered in a engine for all supported platforms
- Enhanced support for Adobe Flash (.swf) file format
- Improved File Decomposition, helping us to detect more threats. Including enhanced support for the Nullsoft Installer file format.
- 100% drop-in compatibility with existing McAfee Anti-Virus products and DAT files. It's easy to upgrade; just update your Scanning Engine through ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) and you're protected. No worrying about compatibility.
- We have digitally signed the engine to allow its origin and integrity to to be checked. (Windows Only)
More @Mcafee http://community.mcafee.com/thread/11546;jsessionidFD3C40FB845A3B54B3AECD99D7DD19.node0
Technorati: Information New Release Questions Security VirusSaturday 7th, November 2009
Introducing McAfee Artemis Technology 11/07/2009 05:40 PM
Collapsing the gap with on-demand, real-time malware protection for known and unknown threats.
McAfee Artemis Technology is the first "always-on," real-time protection that secures enterprises and consumers from threats as they strike. Current McAfee customers can now leverage the community's threat intelligence to prevent damage and data theft even before a signature update is available—making the endpoints smarter and safer at no additional cost. Key benefits of McAfee Artemis Technology include:
* Reduction in protection gap from hours or even days to milliseconds
* Higher detection rate by leveraging collective threat intelligence within Advanced Learning Repository
* Best of Anti-Malware blacklist and whitelist models
* Seamless enablement through McAfee ePO
Through advanced technologies from McAfee Avert Labs, McAfee Artemis Technology offers real-time security using a combination of signature and behavior analysis with community threat intelligence. McAfee Artemis Technology can quickly notify the user if the file should be blocked or quarantined through the following steps:
1. A user receives a file that the scan agent deems suspicious (for example, an encrypted or packed file) and for which there is no signature in the local .DAT database.
2. Using McAfee Artemis Technology, the agent sends a fingerprint of the file for instant lookup to the comprehensive database at McAfee Avert Labs.
3. In less than a second, if the fingerprint is identified as known malware, an appropriate response is sent to the user to block or quarantine the file.
Best of all, McAfee Artemis Technology is included in McAfee endpoint products — McAfee VirusScan® Enterprise, McAfee Total Protection Service and McAfee VirusScan Plus — at no additional charge. Current McAfee customers can reduce the potential gap that exists today and get greater protection from known and unknown threats with McAfee Artemis Technology.
The Hidden Gap of Unknown Threats
McAfee® Avert® Labs, the amount of malware reported in 2008 already exceeds the amount reported in 2006 and 2007 combined. The unprecedented growth in malware has made it difficult not only for consumers and enterprises, but also for security vendors trying to keep up using the traditional "signature" based defense mechanism. The biggest problem with the continued use of signatures is the protection gap. It often takes up to 24- to 72-hours from the time a threat is identified, analyzed, and its signature is developed to the time it is finally delivered to the endpoint. While consumers and enterprises are playing the waiting game; their endpoints are exposed and vulnerable.
What is required is a correlation of signatures and behavioral techniques with real-time threat intelligence gathered from the user community at large.
More @mcafee.com/us/enterprise/products/artemis_technology/index.html
The Badkey Team Runs on Windows 7
Technorati: Badkey Information Microsoft New Release Virus Saturday 31st, October 2009
Lotus loves People10/31/2009 10:47 PM 
Lotus loves People is het gezamenlijke initiatief van de Nederlandse IBM business partners, gespecialiseerd in Lotus software, samen met IBM Nederland. Met dit initiatief demonstreren 25 (deels concurrerende) ondernemingen wat de kracht van het begrip 'social software' is en welke synergie dit oplevert.
De naam 'Lotus loves People' zegt alles over het menselijke aspect van Lotus software. Met dit uitgangspunt en onder dit motto is de campagne gestart om de Nederlandse markt te informeren over de vele Lotus producten van IBM. De campagne wordt gelanceerd tijdens het evenement LUG2009 op 29 en 30 oktober 2009, waarna u nog veel meer van ons gaat horen.
Van Ed Brill, Lotus user group love in the Netherlands and New York October 29 2009
More @.lotuslovespeople.nl via @snug.nl and @lug2009.nl
URL: http://www.lotuslovespeople.nl
Lotus Loves People (LotusLoves) on TwitterLotus Loves People, an initiative form Lotus adapts in the Netherlands.
Zie hier op Twitter: https://twitter.com/LotusLoves
kijk ook eens op: Lotus Knows
IBM Lotus Marketing (LotusKnows) on Twitter. http://twitter.com/lotusknows
AppliGate ConsultancyBlog over Lotus Notes & Domino en andere zaken: Lotus loves People campagne van start
Dinsdag 20 oktober 2009. 25 IBM-partners starten campagne 'Lotus Loves'
Onder het motto "Lotus Loves" start een groots opgezette campagne om te laten zien dat de Lotus-portfolio als geen ander in staat is 'Slimmer Werken' mogelijk te maken. De campagne is een gezamenlijke inspanning van alle IBM Lotus Business Partners in samenwerking met IBM Nederland, bedoeld om Lotus Connections extra onder de aandacht te brengen van het MKB.
More @channelweb.nl
Technorati: Badkey Domino IBM Informatie Information Lotus NotesTuesday 27th, October 2009
CentOS 5.4 and Lotus Notes 8.5.110/27/2009 12:05 AM 
CentOS 5 Releases
The CentOS team is pleased to announce the availability of CentOS 5.4.
Major changes in CentOS 5 compared to CentOS 4 include:
These updated software versions: Apache-2.2, php-5.1.6, kernel-2.6.18, Gnome-2.16, KDE-3.5, OpenOffice.org-2.3, Evolution-2.12, Firefox-3.0, Thunderbird-2.0, MySQL-5.0, PostgreSQL-8.
Better desktop support with compiz and AIGLX.
Virtualization provided by the Xen hypervisor with Virtual Machine Manager and libvirt.
Major changes compared to earlier CentOS 5 versions include:
KVM as a preview for the new virtualization technology in Enterprise Linux.
ext4 as a technology preview in file systems.
CentOS-5.4 is based on the upstream release EL 5.4.0, and includes packages from all variants including Server and Client. All upstream repositories have been combined into one, to make it easier for end users to work with. And the option to further enable external repositories at install time is now available in the installer.
The Release Notes for CentOS-5.4 can be found on-line at:
http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS5.4 and everyone is encouraged to look through them once.
Also worth browsing through at the CentOS FAQ's at http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ
If you are already running CentOS-5.3 or an older CentOS-5 distro, all you need to do is update your machine via yum by running :
'yum update'
after that check on the console:
cat /etc/*-release
CentOS release 5.4 (Final) 2.6.18-164
The Badkey Team
ps. Here Lotus Notes 8.5.1 runs fine on this release.
Technorati: Badkey CentOS Domino Information Linux Lotus Notes New Release SecuritySunday 18th, October 2009
Think Lotus Foundations for SMB.Lotus Foundations Start All-in-one solution for the small business10/18/2009 12:43 AM 
Lotus Foundations Start All-in-one solution for the small business:
IBM Lotus® Foundations Start is a complete infrastructure and collaboration solution for businesses with 5-500 employees with limited or no on-house IT resources. Complete with all the essential software needed to power a small business, Lotus Foundations Start also enables you to run a variety of business applications. A departure from traditional small business solutions, Lotus Foundations is designed to simplify the IT experience. It can be launched in under 30 minutes and leverages self-managing and self-healing capabilities that minimize the need for human intervention, freeing you up to focus on running your business
Lotus Foundations Start offers a variety of enhancements including:
Lotus Foundations Run
The Lotus Foundations Run feature provides support for running additional types of applications. Lotus Foundations Run includes support for VMware Server 2 so that customers can protect their existing appliance investment with an experience that is superior to running applications on their native operating environment. Customers will benefit from the stability of a Linux-based system while enjoying the ability to support the wide array of applications irrespective of operating system. Separately available at no charge to business partners is the VMware Server 2 Add-on for IBM Lotus Foundations Run which includes a one-click installation of VMware Server 2 for Lotus Foundations.
Lotus Foundations scalable services:
Many enterprises have small teams in remote offices and don’t have the same IT resources to manage those environments. These remote offices still require comprehensive infrastructure and collaboration solutions to stay connected to the central office, and more importantly, cost effective solutions so they can stay in business. IBM Lotus Foundations scalable services provides support for distributed deployment of Lotus Foundations Start. Scalable services introduce the ability for multiple Lotus Foundations servers to span across the organization both logically and geographically in order to meet the varying needs of the different segments of the business. They do this by introducing a centralized hierarchical management of the Lotus Foundations servers to provide the overall ease of deployment and administration.
Intelligent disk backup (idb) enhancements
Enhanced idb features include:
◦Multi-job support
◦Quotas on jobs
◦Local encrypted jobs
◦Weekly/Monthly backup frequencies
◦Data retention (i.e., ability to set threshold for data retention)
◦Enhanced user interface
◦Ability to suspend jobs
New versions of software
◦Lotus Domino 8.5.1
◦Lotus Notes 8.5.1
◦Lotus Domino Access for Microsoft Outlook (DAMO) 8.0.2
◦Lotus Symphony 1.2
User interface enhancements
◦New user interface enhancements include:
◦A new backup page with localization of dates/numbers
◦A new tabbed layout providing easier navigation
◦Login error messages are now larger and appear in red
Additional languages supported
◦Russian
◦Polish
◦Greek
◦Czechoslovakian
◦Hungarian
◦Portuguese
◦Turkish
Lotus Foundations Branch Office:
Lotus Foundations Branch Office is designed to be used by a branch office location connected into an existing primary Domino Enterprise server for the purpose of local replication and sending and receiving email and other Lotus Domino features. It is assumed that you already have a configured Domino Enterprise server capable of interacting with secondary Domino servers and that you have full administrative access to the infrastructure that you are working with. A strong understanding of the Domino software and administration is essential for ensuring a successful installation of the software. Lotus Foundations Branch Office contains a Lotus Domino server that may be used like any other Lotus Domino server, but there are some Lotus Foundations Branch Office licensing differences:
◦It must be used as a "spoke" within an existing Domino Enterprise server "hub and spoke" infrastructure
◦It must connect into a hub that is a Domino Enterprise Server or IBM Lotus Domino Messaging Server It can be used with up to 500 users You cannot use clustering with the Lotus Foundations Branch Office server
◦It does not include bundled packages normally included in other Lotus Domino® packages, such as IBM® WebSphere® Application Server, IBM WebSphere Portal Server, IBM Tivoli® Directory Integrator, or IBM DB2® Enterprise Edition packages
For human intervention, freeing you up to focus on running your business and discover the Benefits of Lotus Foundations Start
Watch the Lotus Foundations Overview Video
More @Discover the Benefits of Lotus Foundations Start
The Badkey Team
Technorati: Badkey Domino IBM Information Lotus Notes Badkey Lab now on Lotus Notes 8.5.110/18/2009 12:30 AM Monday 12th, October 2009
Now we upgraded the first LAB Servers to Lotus Notes/Domino 8.5.1.
