/* The following article is extracted from the "Information Security Newsletter" published by the JUCC IS Task Force. */ Virtual machines are the containers in which guest operating systems and their applications run. In best practise, all virtual machines are isolated from one another. Virtual ...

/* The following article is extracted from the "Information Security Newsletter" published by the JUCC IS Task Force. */ The virtual networking layer consists of the virtual network devices through which virtual machines and the Service Console interface with the rest of the network. VM Server such ...

/* The following article is extracted from the "Information Security Newsletter" published by the JUCC IS Task Force. */ All configuration tasks for the VM Server are performed through the Service Console, including configuring storage, controlling aspects of virtual machine behaviour, and setting ...

/* The following article is extracted from the "Information Security Newsletter" published by the JUCC IS Task Force. */ A virtualisation infrastructure represents an additional architectural layer which can suffer from security vulnerabilities and be the target of attacks. Generally, attacks can be ...

To exploit the cloud computing technologies, CityU has decided to adopt the Microsoft Office 365 (Office 365 hereafter) for Education. Office 365 is the cloud computing solution offered by the Microsoft for academic institutions. As an initial step, the Computing Services Centre (CSC) will replace ...

The CityU Search was powered by the public Google Search (a service hosted by Google) since 2005. After Google announced the availability of their enterprise solution for Asia-Pacific region in late 2009, the Google Search was replaced by the Google Search Appliance (a CityU locally hosted service) ...

/* The following article is extracted from the "Information Security Newsletter" published by the JUCC IS Task Force. */ In view of a numerous benefits of virtualisation, virtualisation technology has recently gained popularity in the marketplace. According to Gartner, percentage of workloads ...

/* The following article is extracted from the "Information Security Newsletter" published by the JUCC IS Task Force. */ Virtualisation is the separation of resource or request for a service from the underlying physical delivery of the service. It can dramatically improve the efficiency and ...

In response to the University's emphasis on Discovery & Innovation and the subsequent implementation of Discovery-enriched Curriculum (DEC) in academic year 2012-13, the C hief I nformation O fficer together with the Department of Computer Science ( CS ) proposed to set up a few DEC Labs for ...

Taking a huge leap forward, Microsoft launched the latest version of the Windows Operation System – Windows 8. The new operating system radically changes the way Windows works by introducing a new shell and user interface designed to be used with touchscreens yet maintaining certain compatibility ...