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ORLANDO, Fla.—Microsoft Corp. has big plans to enhance its CRM suite through 2006. But dont expect its next major milestone, Version 2.0, until mid-2005, company officials said here at its annual Microsoft Business Solutions conference on Monday. Holly Holt, group product manager for MS CRM, provided press and analysts attending Microsofts small/midsize business (SMB) conference […]

How many more billable hours must transpire, how many more legal pads must be wasted? Oracles hostile takeover attempt of PeopleSoft started as an ego-driven attempt to trump an uppity competitor. It has turned into a pointless display of stubbornness that is hobbling innovation in the ERP software market. With the Department of Justice and […]

Convergence, which kicks off today in Orlando, Fl, is Microsofts annual SMB customer conference for the Microsoft Business Solutions division. The InfoSec World security conference, also in Orlando, starts Monday, as well. Microsoft is one of the main sponsors of that one. On Wednesday, the VSLive/SpeechTek/Microsoft Mobile Devcon triple-header commences in San Francisco, Calif.. As […]

Including both evolutions and revolutions, this years eWEEK Excellence Awards finalists reflect the efforts of both established industry leaders and emerging innovators. Refining last years potential into this years expectation, the finalists blaze the trail for enterprise infrastructure improvements. Judging the entries are teams comprising eWEEK Labs analysts and eWEEK Corporate Partners, senior IT professionals […]

Symantec Corp. on Monday introduced three appliances that combine intrusion prevention and detection, content filtering and VPN functionality. The Symantec Gateway Security 320, 360 and 360R appliances secure inbound and outbound Web and e-mail traffic as well as LANs. Also available for all Gateway Security 300 models is a wireless LAN access point that enables […]

The FBI remains committed to fingerprints for biometric authentication, said Monte C. Strait, chief of the FBIs Criminal Justice Information Services Division. In contrast, “facial recognition doesnt have a field-proven application yet, and theres no iris-scan database,” Strait said. “Facial recognition will have future utility,” he said, “and we are starting to take criminals photos […]

Data protection mandates in legislation like HIPAA and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act are making encryption more popular, but cryptography as a point solution is another story. Last month encryption middleware provider Eruces rolled out the platform-independent Encryption Framework for Enterprises, which bridges applications requiring encryption with commonly used algorithms, libraries and toolkits on the market today. […]

Dell Inc. recently unveiled a network-attached storage (NAS) server aimed at helping SMBs manage their increasing volumes of data. The PowerVault 745N offers up to four terabytes of external SCSI-attached storage along with features that make the machine easier to use for departments with one- or two-person IT staffs, according to a Dell statement. In […]

ORLANDO, Fla.—At its annual Microsoft Business Solutions customer conference here, Microsoft Corp. is showing off early versions of a number of its next-generation applications. During his Monday morning keynote, Doug Burgum, Microsofts senior vice president in charge of the companys small/midsize business division, showed off quick demonstrations of Great Plains 8.0 and Sales for PocketPC, […]

U.S. Robotics on Wednesday unveiled a business-class firewall/VPN device equipped with NAS and file server capabilities. The USR8200 appliance, an expandable broadband router, supports up to 253 IPsec connections simultaneously and includes USB 2.0 and FireWire ports for adding networked storage. The appliance offers Stateful Packet Inspection firewalls, DMZ and VPN support, as well as […]

Federal agencies arent doing enough to secure their network systems, even as documented cyber-attacks against the U.S. government continue to dramatically rise, U.S. Rep. Adam Putnam (R-FL) said Thursday. In the annual report card issued by the subcommittee, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the National Science Foundation each scored an “A” in cyber-security, but eight […]

The Liberty Alliance Project on Wednesday said Intel has joined the industry coalition building specifications for Web authentication. The groups members include computer makers and manufacturers of cellular phones and handheld computing devices. Intel in a statement said authentication and identity management on the Web are critical to the success of new computer and communications […]