Monthly Archives: August 2004
SP2 May Spell Trouble for Agentless Patching
Microsoft Corp.s Windows XP Service Pack 2 has thrown patch management vendors into a tizzy. IT managers should be interested because, in an ironic...
Lexmark CEO: Printers Moving Toward Convergence, Color
Printers typically dont stir up the same excitement among IT enthusiasts as other areas of technology do, but, lately, the $106-billion-a-year market has attracted...
Canon, Dell Printers Target SMBs
New color laser printing products coming from Canon Inc. and Dell Inc. next month are priced with small and midsize businesses in mind.
Canon in...
We Owe Much to DES
It was a historic moment when, last month, the National Institute of Standards and Technology proposed withdrawing the Data Encryption Standard as an encryption...
DES Defies Demise
You have only until Sept. 9 to object to the federal governments proposed decertification of the Data Encryption Standard. After reading the proposal, Im...
Its Time for a Security Wake-Up Call
IT security. Could there be a better field to be in? I mean, do IT security problems ever stop?
In recent weeks, weve seen a...
RedCannon Protects Remote Users
RedCannon Securitys Fireball KeyPoint appliance provides a secure computing environment, enabling remote workers to access and transport files, browse Web sites, or check e-mail...
OASIS Tapped to Spur Interest in DCML Spec
Backers of a fledgling infrastructure markup language are moving the development of the DCML specification to the OASIS body in the hopes of fueling...
Biggest IPO of 2004? Not Google
You wouldnt know it from the amount of ink spilled (and pixels burned), but the biggest IPO of 2004 so far is the $2.8...
Groups Urge Big Changes For Copyright Bill
The Consumer Electronics Association, the American Library Association, Public Knowledge and DigitalConsumer.org, along with other technology and consumer groups last week responded to a...