Utility Computing
Press Release, 2/18/03: HP Expands Collaboration with Cisco Systems for Utility Computing Solutions
More Than 218,000 Licenses Sold for Utility Computing Enabled Solutions
PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 19, 2003--HP (NYSE:HPQ - News) today expanded its collaboration with Cisco Systems on the HP Utility Data Center (HP UDC) to provide enterprise and service provider customers with an HP UDC solution optimized for Cisco networking components.
Specifically, HP and Cisco have agreed to joint engineering development activities and interoperability testing to integrate Cisco components into the HP UDC architecture, helping to ensure feature and benefits optimization for customers. Included in the UDC architecture, interoperating with HP Utility Controller software, are Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series switches, PIX 515 Series firewalls and 2950 routers.
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Security
Computerworld, 2/18/03: Possible password flaw discovered in Windows XP
By Ryan B. Patrick, ITWorldCanada.com
A security flaw in Microsoft Corp.'s Windows XP could enable unauthorized users to access password-protected PCs, according to Canadian security firm WhiteHat Inc.
Using the Windows 2000 CD, anonymous users can apparently boot up a computer with the Windows XP operating system and call up the troubleshooting program Windows 2000 Recovery Console.
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TechWeb, 2/18/03: Remote Users Are The Weakest Link
By Mark Glaser
Say there's a remote worker who connects to the corporate net through a VPN, and to the Internet via broadband and a Wi-Fi hub. Is this user a threat to corporate data? You bet: That broadband link could be vulnerable to a hacker, who could then "piggyback" into the VPN.
That's just one of the remote-security scenarios that keeps IT security pros awake at night. With more and more employees telecommuting, guarding the remote links is turning into a major challenge.
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Mobile
ZDNet, 2/19/03: Palm, AT&T pitch all-in-one handheld
By Richard Shim
Palm and AT&T Wireless said they plan to have the Tungsten W, the handheld maker's combination phone, e-mail device and organizer, on store shelves by the end of the month.
The two companies were set to make a formal announcement about the launch of the Tungsten W on Tuesday, but held off because one element of the certification process for the device had not been finalized with the PCS Type Certification ReviewBoard, a wireless certification board. Certification is expected in the next couple of days, after which the companies are expected to announce that sales of the device will begin Feb. 28 through Palm's Web site and through retail chain CompUSA and Franklin Covey stores, Palm confirmed Tuesday.
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PC World, 2/18/03: A Peek at Intel's Notebook of the Future
Mobile Internet PC 2004 is always online, convertible, lightweight, and long-lasting (with Intel inside), chip maker forecasts.
Tom Mainelli, PCWorld.com
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA -- In Intel's vision of the future, notebook PCs are always on, always connected, and always useful--offering location-specific information in a mobile design that can run for most of a business day on a single battery charge.
That notebook of the future, dubbed the Mobile Internet PC 2004, was unveiled here Tuesday at Intel's Developer Forum. Although Intel engineers showed off prototype notebooks that offer many of those futuristic features, the company won't actually build them; it's just offering its ideas to the 4000 attendees at its biannual [sic] gathering.
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Microsoft
Computerworld, 2/17/03: Microsoft Revamps Datacenter
Adds more support options to program, but impact unclear
By CAROL SLIWA
Microsoft Corp.'s recently revamped and renamed Datacenter High Availability Program will bring users additional options for support and a quicker path to swap out minor components from their pretested configurations.
But while the changes represent a positive step, it's unclear how much they will affect the existing user base or whether they will spark an uptick in the sluggish adoption of Microsoft's challenger to high-end Unix systems. The new program aspires to the same lofty goals that its predecessor—the more plainly named Windows Datacenter Program—did when it was launched in September 2000.
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Duct Tape
The New York Times, 2/19/03: Unraveling Duct Tape, Warts and All
By JOHN LELAND
AS you might imagine, these are heady days at the Pressure Sensitive Tape Council in Northbrook, Ill. As hardware stores around the country experienced runs on duct tape, Glen Anderson, the council's executive vice president, voiced mixed feelings about the tape's sudden summons to national security.
With due respect for the Department of Homeland Security, he said, duct might not be the best tape for the job. "Polypropylene tape would be most acceptable," Mr. Anderson said. "Duct tape will leave a residue, whereas polypropylene will not."
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