Compression lets attackers tap VoIP calls

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

A common compression technique can make internet telephone calls significantly more susceptible to bugging, according to recent research from Johns Hopkins University. Internet telephony has become widely used through consumer-centric applications such as Skype, and is becoming more common in enterprises. The new research suggests, however, that standard encryption and compression methods, ...

New Compression Tool Triples Network Storage

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

Storwize has developed a new range of in-line data compression appliances which it claimed can compress files at up to 500MB/s, doubling or even tripling the effective capacity of a NAS array. The three new systems are 64-bit, meaning they can use far more memory than the company's previous models. That ...