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What if we are urge to comment due to a solution that helped us or moved us? what then shall we do? I was told that the thumbs up option would be used for this respond and you can do that once per issue or discussed blog. Our forum's admins has a lot of...

This month, Microsoft issued three security bulletins that address a total of eight vulnerabilities, one of which is rated as critical. Symantec expert Ben Greenbaum, a senior research manager, shares his expertise on the vulnerabilities in a quick video segment included here.

This month’s critical vulnerability can allow an attacker to gain complete control of a user’s machine if they open an HTML e-mail, e-mail attachment or visit a Web site infected with a .WMF or .EMF picture file.

Symantec strongly encourages users to patch their system against these vulnerabilities. In addition, enterprises are encouraged to consider implementing an automated patch management solution to help mitigate risk.

In conjunction with Vision 2008 held November 27 in Beijing, Symantec awarded four Greater China Visionaries. The Visionary Award winners were judged against a strict set of criteria that take into account technology innovation, realized business value, and engagement of partners and services. The Visionaries are using a range of different Symantec technologies and come from multiple industries. More information about the winners is provided below.

Daniel Lai

Head of Information Technology, MTR Corporation

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Michael Geiges
IT Manager for Backup & Recovery
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The bar has been set very high for employees at Siemens AG, which has more than 160 years of technical achievements, innovation, quality, reliability, and internationality. Michael Geiges, IT manager for backup and recovery in the Industry Automation and Drive Technologies Divisions, is up to the challenge, leading efforts to implement leading-edge backup-and-recovery initiatives that drive tangible business value for the divisions. As part of this initiative, he and his team consolidated backup and recovery on Veritas NetBackup 6.5. Results include a reduction in backup time from nearly two and a half days to one and a half days, the ability to maintain a static administrative headcount while experiencing a 50 percent growth in...