Applications: Backed by several of IT’s biggest companies, Google today will unwrap OneBox, a feature of its Search Appliance for finding and presenting data that lives in business applications, such as those from Oracle, SAS and Cognos, among others. Quoteworthy: This is one of those stories that make you laugh out loud if you’re a crypto geek. My wife is just shaking her head at me. — Roger Grimes. Italian mob boss done in by Caesar Cipher. Security: Oracle plugs several critical holes in its database and applications, and releases a password scanner created to locate commonly used default passwords that could be abused by hackers. Microsoft, meanwhile, plans to show customers the forthcoming version of Windows Server Update Services next week. Version 3.0 will include a more dynamic UI and bring several ease-of-use features. Best of the blogs: In IT Troubleshooter, Harper Mann examines open source network monitoring tools you should care about, specifically MRTG and RRDtool. “Tools such as MRTG and RRD make it possible to more easily collect data from a greater number of devices on the network, and convert the data into XML for easy consumption on the front end.” Storage: EMC does more SMB, and Oliver Rist discusses what it means for the company’s hardware products. Technology Industry