Outsourcing
Giga, 3/28/03: European CIOs Cite Lack of Internal Skills and Need to Focus on Core Apps as Main Reasons to Outsource IT
Richard Peynot
What are the main reasons European companies outsource IT?
Based on a recent Giga survey of European CIOs, the three most common reasons for outsourcing IT are: lack of internal competencies, the need to focus on the applications directly related the core business of the company, and the desire to remove focus from applications that do not bring additional business value. Also, most companies continue to make decisions on a case-by-case basis. Giga expects that in the next two to three years, most large companies will have stabilized their sourcing strategy.
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Mobile
Computerworld, 3/31/03: Microsoft bolsters Wi-Fi security in XP; HP unveils 802.11g laptops
By Bob Brewin
Microsoft Corp will offer users of its Windows XP operating system free upgrades to beef up wireless LAN security, a move analysts said today will go a long way toward alleviating security concerns that make some enterprises reluctant to embrace Wi-Fi.
In a related Wi-Fi development, Hewlett-Packard Co. introduced a new line of notebook computers that support both 802.11b and 802.11g Wi-Fi standards. This is the latest in a string of announcements of products that don't adhere to Intel Corp.'s new Centrino WLAN architecture, which is built around the 802.11b standard only.
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Security
Giga, 3/27/03: Criteria for Selection: Full Disk Encryption
Jan Sundgren
While theft of computer hardware can cause substantial costs, ensuring that the data on stolen desktop and laptop computers cannot be accessed is often more important than the recovery of the hardware, as several high-profile incidents have demonstrated. The most effective and straightforward approach to stopping thieves from accessing data on a stolen computer is full disk encryption, in which the entire hard disk, including the operating system and applications, as well as the data files, is rendered unreadable by anyone without the proper access credentials. This approach closes many avenues of attack typically left open by file or folder encryption, and it does not rely on users to decide what needs to be encrypted.
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Giga, 3/29/03: War-Related Computer Viruses Are Spreading: Deploy Best Practices and a Dose of Extra Vigilance
Jan Sundgren
What should we be doing to protect ourselves against war-related viruses?
Several war-related worms are already spreading, so heightened vigilance is important, and while drastic easures are probably unnecessary, organizations should be sure they have sound antivirus policies in place.
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Microsoft
Infoworld, 4/1/03: Most IT experts do not trust Microsoft -- report
Three-quarters doubts product security
SEATTLE (Reuters) -- Three-fourths of computer software security experts at major companies surveyed by Forrester Research Inc. do not think Microsoft Corp.'s products are secure, the technology research company said on Monday.
While 77 percent of respondents in the information technology (IT) field said security was a top concern when using Windows, 89 percent still use the software for sensitive applications, Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Forrester said in a report titled "Can Microsoft Be Secure?"
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TechWeb, 3/31/03: Survey Says Windows Server 2003 Adoption Will Be Slow March 31, 2003
An upcoming Yankee Group survey says fewer than 20% of respondents plan to install the server software in the next year.
By Gregg Keizer
Although Microsoft released Windows Server 2003 to manufacturing Friday, putting the newest server software on track for release in April, its success is far from guaranteed, according to an upcoming report from the Yankee Group.
Fewer than 20% of the companies the Yankee Group surveyed say they plan to install the new server software in the next year, while 34% anticipate adopting Windows Server 2003 at some point.
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