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October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month, and Microsoft has been joining industry partners in promoting this program since it began two years ago. The collective goal of the program is to create more awareness among consumers, small businesses and academia about security threats and how people can protect themselves. Since the programs inception, the […]

ipMonitor Tool Is Limited but Useful SNMP Assistant, a free utility from ipMonitor, works with ipMonitors Management Information Base database to scan SNMP-enabled devices. Because SNMP Assistant goes to ipMonitors site to query an extensive database, I was immediately concerned that the tool would send information about the device and/or the scan results back to […]

Despite its limited feature set, we liked the way Jabber has packaged enterprise IM in an easy-to-deploy appliance. JabberNow does have some quirks—the most obvious of which is its toaster shape—but it provides good flexibility for companies that want to extend XMPP-based IM to a remote office or need to provide IM capabilities in SMBs […]

Antepos OPN System XT offers many of the same features as Jabbers XCP enterprise IM application, including one-to-one and group-based IM. OPN System XT also includes components for managing IM within a corporate environment, including the ability to centrally archive chat content. Click here to read the full review of Antepos OPN System XT. 2 […]

I agree it is easy to become overwhelmed by RSS feeds, but the technology is in its infancy (Jim Rapozas Tech Directions, “Feed for Thought,” or “RSS: Not on My Desktop,” Aug. 29). I look forward to a day when my RSS reader will use artificial intelligence filters that prioritize articles [based on what] I […]

You can count me in among the “No software patents” gang (Jim Rapozas Tech Directions, “Innovation: Dont Get Me Wrong,” Sept. 26.) Im the lead programmer for a small company that produces scientific software. My work during the last 15 years has brought me into close contact with a number of large technology companies, most […]

Rep. Jon Porter (R-Nev.) said recently that he plans to introduce legislation to mandate the creation of an electronic health record (EHR) for every person covered by the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program. Porter, who heads the House Government Reform Committees Federal Workforce and Agency Organization Subcommittee, said the program would become “the largest […]

Symantec Corp.s channel chief, Allyson Seelinger, is stepping down from her post Oct. 14, to be replaced by Julie Parrish, former head of Veritas Software Corp.s channel program. Parrish, currently Symantecs vice president of enterprise, midmarket and channel marketing, will be vice president of Global Channel Sales and Strategy, a role Seelinger held for 18 […]

Imation introduces a disk-enhanced removable media cartridge and Overland Storage announces a RAID expansion array. Zantaz releases a new version of EAS while Tandberg introduces a tape library aimed at SMBs. Fujitsu announces a networked storage virtualization solution and an OEM agreement with Engenio. Zimbra introduces an open source messaging server and client and EVault […]

To hear Sun, Google and the Anything but Microsoft campers tell it, Microsoft Office will be officially toast any day now. I say theyre wrong. But not because Microsoft Office—even with 90+ percent of the desktop office suite market share to its credit—is unbeatable. Even though Sun and Google did not, as many predicted, announce […]

A relatively stable company, Business Objects S.A. has had a shake-up or two recently at its top levels. The companys founder, chairman and former CEO, Bernard Liautaud, stepped down from the helm of the Paris-based company Sept. 11. Liautaud named former Symantec Corp. President John Schwarz as his successor at Business Objects, and took on […]

Marc Fleury, CEO of JBoss Inc., said open source is a force to be reckoned with and that his companys version of “professional open source” will be one of the prominent forms of software development as the industry shakes out. Fleury sat down with eWEEK senior editor Darryl K. Taft to talk about how he […]