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Seminar Room 1 , Canselori UTM, Jalan Semarak, Kuala Lumpur        Thank you very much for the registration form and support to the above seminar.  We are pleased to inform that the new date for the above is as follows:- Date           :      Monday, 28, 29, and 30 May 2007  Time          :      9.00 – 5.30 pm  Venue        :    Seminar Room 1, Canselori UTM, Jalan Semarak 54100 Kuala Lumpur  The course materials and other related documents would be issued to the participants by the seminar secretariat upon registration.  We look forward to welcoming you at the seminar and do bring along the letter of confirmation to facilitate registration.  Thank you again for your kind support and participation. 

Corporate IT Monday May 7, 2007 By Goh Ee Koon Asia-Pac firms are placing more emphasis on safeguarding their IT systems: HP survey.  Companies around the world, especially in Asia-Pacific, are placing greater emphasis on safeguarding their business availability conditions, according to a worldwide survey commissioned by Hewlett-Packard (HP).   Investment by firms in security, disaster-tolerant solutions, back-up and recovery efforts is on the climb this year.   "A greater focus on such solutions, actually, has been instilled since the severe acute respiratory syndrome attack in the region a few years ago," he said.   Over 80% of information technology (IT) decision makers polled said BC&A would be stepped up in priority.   In Asia, many of these decisions are spearheaded by Chinese and Indian high-growth economies.   More than 564 IT decision makers responded to the survey, of which 210 were from Asia-Pacific.    »It is a challenge to keep all the infrastructure up and running, given that there ...

News Tuesday May 1, 2007 KUALA LUMPUR: The International Council of e-Commerce Consultants (ECCouncil) wants to increase the number of certified ethical hackers in Malaysia, and to boost awareness of such professionals.   "Keeping up with technology and understanding how firewalls or networks function is one thing," said Erik Laykin, EC-Council's honorary chairman. "  But a capable IT security professional should also know how a hacker thinks."   He said government agencies and corporations are always looking for talented IT professionals who understand security technology and hacking.     "When a professional is certified as an ethical hacker, it shows he knows what he's doing and that would definitely give an employer more assurance (of the professional's skills," Laykin said.  He is a former president of the FBI's (Federal Bureau of Investigation) Los Angeles Chapter of Infragard, and specialises in the investigation and analysis of security-related issues in cyberspace, such as digital theft and corporate espionage.    Laykin was ...

News Monday April 30, 2007   CA Inc (formerly Computer Associates) will continue to acquire companies to strengthen its base and work with partners to grow its business in Asia, said president and chief executive officer John Swainson.    He said the growth potential in Asia was huge but still small compared with other regions such as the US and Europe where information technology (IT) was ingrained.   In Asia, some markets were matured but others still emerging and Swainson believes "CA is unique, for it has a total product offering for customers to manage, govern and secure networks."   CA is in almost all markets in Asia and claims to be the world's fourth largest software company.   Asia-Pacific and Japan contributed 11%, or US$400mil, to group revenue of almost US$3.8bil last year.   Swainson does not expect the region to show much change in revenue contribution this year.  "We expect the contribution to be about the ...

News Wednesday April 11, 2007By SIM LEOI LEOI PUTRAJAYA: The computers of the Immigration Department and several core government agencies will not be allowed to fail in times of emergency or crisis.  Malaysian Administration Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (Mampu) ICT security division director Wan Mohd Rosdi Wan Dollah said the departments would be classified as critical national ICT infrastructures and the information stored in their computers was of utmost importance to the country.  "The issue here is that computers in these agencies must not fail. Once these agencies have been identified as Critical National ICT Infrastructures, we will station teams of computer emergency response officers at these places," he told The Star here yesterday.  Besides the Immigration Department, other agencies include the National Registration Department which keeps the personal data of all Malaysians; the Customs Department; and airport operations – where there is heavy reliance on computers.  Wan Mohd Rosdi said the emergency response ...