Monthly Archives: May 2005
eBay Security Officer Leaves for Hardware Startup
Howard Schmidt, perhaps the United States most visible chief security officer, has left online auction house eBay Inc. and is donning the jersey of...
Princeton Softech Customizes Human Capital Management
The newest release of Princeton Softechs data-retention software for PeopleSoft allows organizations to manage applicant data in addition to managing data retention for current...
Akamai Unveils Web Application Accelerator
Akamai has created a managed service aimed at speeding up Web-based enterprise applications.
The companys Web Application Accelerator can be used for a variety of...
Symantec Patches ICMP Denial-of-Service Flaw
Symantec late Monday became the latest vendor to ship a batch of enterprise-facing product upgrades to protect against a known vulnerability in a widely...
Can Open Source Trust Microsoft?
Microsoft is making friendly noises at the open-source community. Yes, Microsoft.
A few weeks ago, Microsoft was a platinum sponsor for the Open Source Business...
When it Comes to Data, Less is Better
Polo Ralph Lauren loses the personal information of 180,000 HSBC North America customers. DSW Shoe Warehouse discovers credit card and check data on 1.4...
Novell Acquires Valuable B2B, Web Services Patents
It has been revealed that Novell picked up 39 important business-to-business electronic commerce and Web services patents from bankrupt Commerce One recently, and the...
New Tape Products Are Tip of the Iceberg
Several tape vendors have announced new products designed to capture the growing market for storage of e-mail and compliance data.
Automated tape storage vendor Qualstar...
Cyclades Extends Out-of-Band Management to Remote Offices
LAS VEGAS—Out-of-band infrastructure provider Cyclades will extend its AlterPath System to remote branch offices and will allow HP OpenView users to access its out-of-band...
Privacy Experts Scoff at Governments Plans to Secure E-Passports
Security experts and civil libertarians reacted with skepticism to the governments recent decision to reconsider data protection measures for new RFID passports. The "e-passports,"...