Programming RSS with Ruby

A good tutorial on Programming RSS with Ruby with rich examples and explanation.

Security Technology Hype - 2006

Refering to the Garter's Hype circle for new technologies, I position most of traditional and buzz security technologies as the below diagram:

where SVM stands for security vulnerability management, SOC for security operations center, Id Mgmt. for identity management, UTM for unified threats management, App. Sec. for application security, SKM for security knowledge management and SMW for security middleware. See original post (Chinese) at Telecom,Security and P2P.

Skype Based Remote Desktop & Netmeeting

Skype has been providing us an transparent overlay network that can bypass firewalls and NATs. The most attractive point is its opening of its API, the Web2.0 style of interoperability. So numerous novel applications are invented at the SkypeNet. This time I was surprised by one "share" application named Unyte by webdialogs.com.

Unyte brings us Skype based remote desktop and netmeeting capability to "share documents, presentations, applications or even your entire desktop in real time with anyone, anywhere, anytime". It help reflect the concept of virtual office and real-time remote collaboration. Though Microsoft's Windows Live Messenger is rolling out the similar features, Unyte will succeed in fighting for its living space with Skype base.

At China, Dianji, founded by the famous Internet pioneer, Mr. Wang Zhidong, is a software company focusing on collaborative tools. Their GeneKing series products have been serving for a lot of Chinese customers. They released their multimedia commnication software Lava-Lava a few months ago. It's a full-fledged IM software wich audio/video talk and conference functionality. However, Dianji has a relatively weak brand and install base at the IM market. Joint-venture or some styles of collaborations with those big players might be a good way for their Lava-Lava.

How to secure the enterprise's network perimeter eroded by numerous IM/P2P applications always are the top considerations of IT managers. The acquisition of IMLogic by Symantec reflects the trends and potential, with higher recognition by those security and infrastructure management software vendors, such as Computer Associates, IBM, HP and McAfee.

Although the encrytion algorithm used by Skype, AES, is strong enough for personal and common enterprise users. However, the lack of management interface and tools will be the obstruct to its adoption at EIM market. Alternatively, considering the openness and extensibility of Jingle/Jabber, It's easy to predict that there will be a series of collaborative tools or platform based on Jingle/Jabber that will be emerging at 2006 to meet the demands from SOHO/SMB.

See orginal post at: Telecom, Security and P2P.

Download My Posts Collection (before 2006-1-11)

I compiled most of the interesting posts before 2006-1-11 of my blog into one RAR compressed mht documents for downloading, so that you can read them off-line. Click to download.

I use Netsnippet to collect my posts and create the final collection. Netsnippet is a good web collection and knowledge management tool.The installation is really straightforward, followed by a sidebar appeared at the IE browser. Then you can copy/insert/edit conveniently what you are interested to save for further use. See the little screenshot.

A good tutorial on RSS

A good tutorial on RSS at MNOT, which describes the definition, the howto of generating and some tips on the usage.