Monthly Archives: September 2005
Sun Changes OpenOffice.org Licensing
Last Friday, Sun Microsystems Inc. quietly announced that it was retiring the Sun Industry Standard Source License, which has been most prominently used in...
Symantec Patches Corporate AntiVirus
Symantec has released a patch for its corporate anti-virus software, after vulnerability was identified last week in a posting on security mailing list Bugtraq.
The...
Massachusetts Fights a Losing Battle
The decision by the Peoples Republic of Massachusetts to require an "open" format for the storage of state documents is a curious one. It...
Report: SLA Failures Boost Outsourcing
Both enterprises and service providers are expanding their use of service-level agreements but say they believe that the failure to meet the agreements could...
ZENworks 7.0 Hones Reporting, Integration
The Novell Inc. ZENworks 7.0 suite of server, desktop and handheld management tools has improved remote control, system imaging, hardware and software inventory, and...
What Is Reverse Engineering?
Heres a little test. Go to Google and type the search phrase define: reverse engineering. Youll be given a list of definitions, some of...
ClearCube Beefs Up Switch Manager 4.5
ClearCube Technology Inc. is making it easier for IT administrators to manage and secure their PC blade environments.The Austin, Texas, company last week unveiled...
DOD Attacks Renew Fears
Its been more than a decade since the first breathless warnings were issued from Seoul: According to South Korean information security experts, the hard-line...
Trail of Online Clues Lead to Zotob Suspects
The arrests of two men in connection with the recent Zotob worm followed an intensive investigation by Microsoft Corp., which was aided by a...
Information Security Matures
Chief information security officers at federal agencies are more concerned about the quality of the software they buy than they were a year ago,...