Reader Tracy Southworth has very kindly allowed me to quote an interesting message she wrote to me last year: “The [newsletters] on security are very interesting and have offered many ideas over the ...

We test five network configuration management products: AlterPoint’s DeviceAuthority Suite, Dorado Software’s RedCell, Rendition Networks’ TrueControl 3.0, Tripwire’s Tripwire for Network Devices (TND ...

Configuration management – the “C” in “FCAPS” (fault, configuration, accounting, performance and security) – has been much neglected, largely left to in-house improvisation and element-centric ...

The image of a cockpit always struck me as overwhelming. So many knobs and whistles of different shapes and sizes. Do pilots really need all those options at arm's length? On every flight? And how do ...

I remember a time when games would let you assign input from any damn interface peripheral you felt like using. I remember a time when the input you configured a game to accept was the only damn input ...

Configuration has become an invisible yet dramatic risk for today’s enterprises rolling-out large technology platforms. From airline system outages to data exposure incidents, small misconfigurations ...

Control rooms are vital for organizations to efficiently and effectively monitor multiple information streams and make accurate mission-critical decisions. With an ever-increasing number of content ...