Monthly Archives: June 2003
Tool Analyzes Patches
The new Radia Patch Manager applies a policy-based model to the process of updating security patches across servers, workstations and mobile devices. It will...
The Buzz: June 23, 2003
Microsoft Settles With West VirginiaMicrosoft last week announced an agreement with West Virginia for the state to drop its appeal—leaving Massachusetts as the lone...
CERT Seeks Source of Adobe PDF Flaw Leak
Officials at the CERT Coordination Center are scrambling to determine the source of a persistent leak that led to yet another unauthorized disclosure of...
Is It Time for BSD?
The intellectual property claims of SCO against Linux are very likely to backfire. But SCOs aggressive legal tactics have still put a chill on...
Torvalds Speaks Out on SCO, Linux
Linus Torvalds, the founder and lead developer of the Linux open-source operating system, has some strong views about the , which he shared with...
Two Become One
Last fall, Ameritrade Holding Corp. closed its $1.29 billion acquisition of Datek Online Holdings Corp., creating the worlds largest online brokerage company in terms...
Pervasive Taps Linux Devices
Pervasive Software Inc. has released an extension for its Pervasive.SQL embedded database that will connect to remote Linux-based devices such as desktops, point-of-sale systems,...
Active Warehousing
Ive recently used this space to warn of the perils of building real-time systems that dont feed a real-time decision-making process. To look at...
Net Storage Gotchas
Networked storage is the future—and the future is already here. According to International Data Corp. numbers, sales of networked storage this month surpassed those...
This eWEEK: June 23, 2003
In the auto industry, the watchword used to be "Follow the General." In the months and years ahead, well see if the maxim still...