Monthly Archives: February 2007
Report: HHS Has Weak Plan for Health IT Privacy
A prominent health IT think tank has advocated against granting more authority to health IT personnel within the federal government, saying that such responsibility...
Novell Offers Data Center Management Blueprint
Novell on Feb. 7 put a blueprint forward on its vision for helping IT implement automated management spanning the desktop to the data center.
Novells...
U.S. Lags in Worker Protections
U.S. policies to ensure decent working conditions for families still lag behind those of other high-income countries, according to a new study by McGill...
JBoss Hires Community Leader
JBoss, a division of Red Hat, has announced the appointment of Bob McWhirter as the new technical leader for the JBoss.org open-source community.
McWhirter, who...
Companies Should Secure Mobile Workforce, Analysts Say
It could be as simple as a smart phone dropping out of a CEOs pocket. From there, countless pieces of data fall from a...
Spying on Users: Getting to the Rootkit of the Matter
SAN FRANCISCO—The word "rootkit" often send chills up the spines of IT security professionals. But not all rootkits are launched by cyber-criminals bent on...
Sentenced to the Intellectual Property Gulag
For years the software industry, with the support of the United States government, has been calling on countries around the world to crack down...
Microsofts Fathi: So Far, So Good for Vista Security
SAN FRANCISCO— Roughly two months after the initial launch of Windows Vista, Microsoft software development leader Ben Fathi said his company is pleased with...
Virtualization Enters 2.0 Era
NEW YORK CITY—In the coming 18 months, virtualization, already a mainstream tool for IT administrators looking to consolidate applications within a data center, will...
Root Server Attack Fizzles
An attack, apparently intended to get the attention of the security community, failed in its attempt to bring down, or even slow down, the...