Bug remains until June

According to Information Week, Microsoft said it can't resolve a potentially serious glitch in its Windows Home Server product until at least June.

"Internal testing is expected to continue for at least several more weeks" before technicians at the software maker will be able to issue a patch that resolves the issue, according to a post on Monday on the Windows Home Server team blog.

The bug can corrupt files, such as applications, music tracks, or digital photos, if they're transferred to a Windows Home Server unit equipped with two or more hard drives.

A penetration testing company has found that many companies running BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) could be inadvertently opening a door to attackers, says PCWorld.

Penetration testing consultancy NTA Monitor found that most of its customers running the BlackBerry Server with Microsoft Exchange were taking the path of least resistance by opening unencrypted ports from the heart of their network to service providers. The providers, in turn, opened a return back to the BES that would pass through firewalls without any policies being applied.

This left the network open on several levels, including session hijacking, IP spoofing, or just the interception of unencrypted traffic.

IT managers are reluctant to put their most important and sensitive applications on virtual servers, despite the technology's growing popularity, says Techworld.com.

That's the finding of a new survey by Forrester Research, called "What applications are enterprises virtualising: and what will you virtualise next?"

Forrester discovered that IT managers were happy to put less vital applications on virtual servers - such as Web and file server systems, or CRM and ERP applications. However, they baulked at virtualising e-mail, e-commerce, security and other mission-critical applications.