Sify plans thin client

Chennai-based Sify Technologies, which provides retail and corporate Internet and network services and runs a chain of cyber cafes, plans to enter the so-called thin client computing market, says livemint.com.

Sify is in discussions with Microsoft to host the latter's operating system and productivity software on its servers, and allow customers to use it for a fee, two people familiar with the development confirmed.

Thin client computing, still in its infancy in India, involves a stripped-down computer hooked up to a central server that hosts software and data, as against traditional desktop computers that store and process this information on local central processing units. The model, which hinges on robust broadband connectivity to the server, touts lower costs and better security.

DataSynapse has launched FabricServer 2.5, which it described as "an enabling platform for achieving real-time infrastructure", says TechWorld.com.

The latest version of the company's application virtualisation platform is claimed to be "the only software that configures, activates and scales applications based on business demands and policies". According to the company, FabricServer 2.5 helps users dynamically allocate computing resources to enterprise applications.

The company has until now concentrated on financial services markets, but wants to break out into other enterprise areas, according to European CTO Fred Gedling.

A hacking toolkit that's been getting around for quite a while has managed to escape widespread detection, says Computerworld.

This toolkit, called "random js toolkit", is particularly crafty because it's designed to elude detection by security software and security researchers.

Last month a security company named Finjan identified over 10 000 Web servers that were infected by "random js toolkit", even though the toolkit stores the IP addresses of Web crawlers that are used by security companies to examine Web pages.