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PassMark Security seeks to foil Internet “phishing scams by using something as simple as a photo of a butterfly or the Eiffel Tower to let users know a Web site is authentic. The companys product is a “PassMark, a personalized icon that appears whenever a customer logs on to a site using the system. It […]

Network Appliance Inc. this week plans to roll out new bundles of existing SAN and NAS hardware, software and support. The new bundles will be aimed at users of applications such as Microsoft Exchange, SQL Server and Lotus Domino. One of the major targets of NetApps bundles will be customers migrating from Exchange 5.5 to […]

Microsofts naming police seem to thrive on confusing product names. Remember Software Update Services, a k a “SUS”? It seems Microsoft has decided to rename SUS “Windows Update Services.” Windows Update Services is not the same as Windows Update, from what we can tell. Nor is it the same product/technology as Microsoft Update, yet another […]

The worldwide storage market grew in 2003 thanks in part to a strong fourth quarter, according to the latest IDC Worldwide Quarterly Storage Software Tracker released on Monday. Worldwide storage software revenue hit $6.3 billion in 2003, up 8 percent over the $5.8 billion sold in 2002, according to Framingham, Mass.-based IDC. For the full […]

If you lead IT customers to the security trough, will they drink? Microsoft seems convinced they will. And the company is pulling out all the stops to continue to educate its users, reasoning that a more educated customer base will be a more secure customer base. In a Tuesday Web cast, Mike Nash, corporate vice […]

If you lead customers to the security trough, will they drink? Microsoft seems convinced they will. And the company is pulling out all the stops to continue to educate its users, reasoning that a more educated customer base will be a more secure customer base. Mike Nash, corporate VP in charge of Microsofts security business […]

We often get review units of products, then dont review them because we cant get them to work. NewsForge staffers and freelancers vary in technical ability, but I believe the level of IT talent shared by our editorial personnel is at least as high as youd find in most small or medium-sized businesses, and well […]

At the Microsoft Management Summit in Las Vegas this week, the Redmond, Wash., software giant is expected to show off a brand-new management tool. Code-named Indy, the new management product is a capacity-planning and performance-modeling tool. Indy simulates an enterprise datacenter by modeling a customers hardware, software and server systems. Indy was developed by Microsoft […]

The changes in FileMaker Pro 7 make it a compelling upgrade and earn the database eWEEK Labs Analysts Choice recognition. However, its major changes will make the upgrade process cumbersome for some users, particularly for workgroups sharing databases under ITs radar. FileMaker Inc. has changed the database structure significantly in its $299 FileMaker Pro 7, […]

With a focus on business transformation outsourcing, Accenture is pioneering a type of outsourcing deal in which it will share gains from customers business advantage, along with risks. Martin Cole, whose office is in Hartford, Conn., is managing partner for outsourcing at Accenture, with executive offices in Dallas, which last year had $11.8 billion in […]

Worldwide sales of camera phones will reach nearly 150 million units in 2004, according to InfoTrends Research Group. This would represent one quarter of all phones sold this year. Japan lead in camera phones last year, but growth will rapidly increase worldwide. Read the full story at RCR News

Mike Anderer was the author of the S2-to-SCO Group memo that comprises the “Halloween X” document that was released to the press by Eric Raymond last week. Anderer, the CEO of S2 and the middleman in the SCO Groups $50 million PIPE transaction of last October 16 contacted us today, and while he is under […]