Monthly Archives: June 2006
PayPal Fills Phishing Hole
Online payment company PayPal reported that it has fixed a Web site glitch through which the operators of a phishing scheme had been attempting...
Survey: Large Company IT Execs Raking in $140K
Average salaries for all IT positions has remained relatively the same (0.05 percent) over the last year, falling slightly (-0.04 percent) to $75,126 in...
EMC Grabs ProActivity to Enhance BPM Portfolio
Data storage giant EMC revealed on June 19 that it has purchased ProActivity Software Solutions, its third acquisition in six weeks.
ProActivity, based in Newton,...
Readers Respond: Vistas Make or Break Moment
Your May 22 story "Vistas Make or Break Moment" left no doubt in my mind—Windows XP will be around for a long time.Too many...
IBM: Let Us Help with Your R&D
IBM will help its customers improve their research and development efforts both by offering them advice and giving them a peek at its own...
Readers Respond: A Clouded Vista
There comes a time when the level of complexity of any product, project or process reaches a point where it exceeds any reasonable ability...
Compliance Fuels Security on Demand
The software as a service delivery model is poised for adoption across the security industry, with some hosted applications providers tabbing customers compliance efforts...
AIG Confirms Customer Data Breach
Insurance provider American International Group has confirmed the theft of a file server and other hardware that held the personal information of approximately 970,000...
Linux 2.6.17 Kernel: Better Wi-Fi, Faster Performance
This past Saturday, June 17, saw the arrival of the latest stable version of the Linux kernel: Linux 2.6.17.
While this new kernel doesnt boast...
Open-Source Message Queuing Protocol Set for Launch
A group of leading user companies, vendors and other organizations plans to launch an open message queuing protocol that will enable users to create...