IBM Global Services
Computerworld, 8/15/02: IBM, BNSF ink 10-year outsourcing deal
By LINDA ROSENCRANCE
Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Co. (BNSF) has signed a 10-year deal to outsource its IT infrastructure to IBM.
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IT Management
Giga, 8/15/02: When the Business Plan Is Insufficient for IT Planning Purposes
While it is a given that IT planning must be based on business strategy, appropriately detailed business plans are simply not available in many organizations. IT needs details regarding specific initiatives to ensure the required architecture and resources are in place. Rather than being stymied by the lack of formal business planning, IT planners should work directly with business unit leaders, when necessary, to obtain the level of detail required for IT planning and facilitate the creation of a business unit plan that identifies the projects to be executed.
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Microsoft
Microsoft, 8/16/02: Microsoft patches Windows 2000 flaw, SQL holes
By Sam Costello
MICROSOFT THURSDAY RELEASED a patch for a vulnerability it called "critical" that could allow an attacker to take complete control of Windows 2000 systems. The company also released a cumulative patch for SQL Sever 7.0 and 2000 that repaired a new security hole.
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Dell
c|net, 8/16/02: Dell cooks up prix-fixe IT menu
By John G. Spooner
Dell Computer is dishing out new IT services, a la carte.
Dell's Professional Services group is promoting a new menu of services--such as moving data to new storage equipment or installing new servers--for fixed prices that it claims are lower than its competitors'.
In a sense, Dell is trying to take the mystery out of services in the same way it did for PCs.
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The New York Times, 8/16/02: Dell Profits Are Up 11% for Quarter
By JOHN SCHWARTZ
The Dell Computer Corporation, continuing its elbows-out assault on the rest of the computer market, announced yesterday that its second-quarter profits had improved and product shipments had increased at a time when other computer makers are suffering.
The company, which is the second-largest maker of personal computers, said that it would be making a big push into the markets for computer printers and hand-held devices, and also raised its revenue projections for this quarter.
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Computerworld, 8/15/02: Dell offering business PCs without Windows
By Tom Krazit, IDG News Service
Dell Computer Corp. is selling business PCs to some clients without Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system installed, a practice it has been involved in for a while, the company said today.
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