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Decoding the “Managed” Label

Like the phrase "Personal Computer" after IBM trademarked "IBM PC" in 1981, the generic label of "managed code" has apparently acquired a vendor-specific aura—as...

Dell Says There Are Too Darned Many Linuxes, Too

This is annoying. No sooner, no sooner I tell you, do I write a column about there being too darn many Linux distributions, then Michael...

The Security Side of Sarbanes-Oxley

What is SarbOx anyway?The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is a set of rules passed by Congress in order to force American public corporations to...

AES: How to Keep Secure Data Private

Though its a hot topic now, the need to encrypt data stored on tapes and hard drives, or transmitted across a network, is far...

Using Digital Signatures to Secure E-Commerce

Digital signatures—which have been de rigueur for years among both professional and amateur security advocates—have emerged from those relatively small populations to become an...

Fleury: JBoss Model Is Here to Stay

Marc Fleury, CEO of JBoss Inc., said open source is a force to be reckoned with and that his companys version of "professional open...

Open Source Becomes Key Player in Business Models

What will become of open-source companies when they grow up? Will there be an open-source dot bomb, or is the investment going into open...

Mills: IBM Has Advantage over Precarious Startups

Steve Mills, senior vice president and group executive at IBM Software, said open-source software is changing the way folks look at the market, but...

Nimble Data Backup, Recovery Tools on Tap

Microsoft Corp., Symantec Corp. and IBM are rolling out backup tools designed to help users recover from data losses more quickly while reducing tape...

IT Departments Thinking Big About Disaster Recovery

The IT department, once seen as having too narrow a focus on making good tech product choices, is thinking big—maybe bigger than the vendors...