IT Management
Infoworld, 10/7/02: ITxpo: IT spending to increase 3.4 percent in 2002
By Juan Carlos Perez
LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLA. - Spending on IT products and services will rise 3.4 percent to $2.3 trillion in 2002 worldwide, compared with 2001, Dataquest announced Monday at Gartner's Symposium/ITxpo.
The biggest of the four IT market segments is telecommunications products and services, which will make up 58.4 percent of the total, followed by IT services, hardware and software.
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Microsoft
PC World, 10/7/02: Is Microsoft Serious About Security?
Software giant says offering secure products is its top priority, but new vulnerabilities continue to appear.
Paul Roberts, IDG News Service
A string of new security alerts from software maker Microsoft this week has prominent industry analysts and security experts predicting that the company's goal of making its software secure may remain elusive.
In January, Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates outlined a new Trustworthy Computing initiative, promising to make security a top priority in Microsoft's software development--trumping even functionality. Microsoft had long been criticized within the industry for software development practices that often favored functionality and convenience over security.
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Security
Computerworld, 10/4/02: Long-awaited intelligence IT upgrade taking shape at NSA
By DAN VERTON
The largest, most secretive arm of the U.S. intelligence community this week took a major step toward upgrading its IT infrastructure in a way that may bolster its ability to thwart future terrorist attacks
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LANDesk
Network Computing, 9/30/02: Intel Sells LANDesk
By Bruce Boardman
Intel's decision to Spin Off its LANDesk desktop-management suite and the product's related software properties into a separate company isn't necessarily bad for customers, even though the Intel brand denoted stability. But Microsoft is certain to make it difficult for the new LANDesk company to thrive.
Over the past year, Intel added some useful features to LANDesk, including the zero-footprint inventory scanner and inventory service.
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Barbra Steisand
The New York Times, 10/6/02: Brawling With Barbra Online
By JOHN SCHWARTZ
THE Internet is a terrific place to have a brawl, at least if you want a crowd. Post, riposte, with a potential audience of millions.
In this case, the combatants are Barbra Streisand, heavyweight celebrity and liberal, in one corner; Matt Drudge, heavyweight Internet gossip columnist and conservative, in the other.
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