Security
Computerworld, 4/2/03: Wireless security: The case for VPNs
By Barry Fougere
If you talk with any one of the growing multitudes of people using Wi-Fi technology today, you'd think you were listening to an infomercial. The response and adoption has been that good. The technology is being liberally embraced everywhere, from the traditional enterprise to universities, airports and malls. Despite the positive response, the Achilles' heel of the technology, either real or imagined, has always been the notion of security.
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Collaborative Environments
InternetNews, 4/3/03: Putting Small Businesses in the 'Groove'
By Ryan Naraine
Microsoft-backed Groove Networks on Wednesday made a play for the small business market, announcing it would begin selling a trimmed-down version of the Groove Workspace desktop collaboration software for less than the price of a PC.
The Beverly, Mass.-based firm, which just banked $38 million in funding from a group of investors led by Microsoft , said it would start hawking Groove Workspace Starter Kits to provide a "mobile office" for small business and small office/home office (SOHO) markets.
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Utility Computing
Darwin, 4/03: Utility Computing: The Next New IT Model
Looking for a dramatic change in the way the data center is run?
You may have just found your answer.
BY GRAEME THICKINS
IBM says it's investing $10 billion in it, some $800 million of that in this slow-tech year alone. And that's largely for "education" (okay, hype) to convince managers in every corner of the IT universe (one would assume) that this is the Real McCoy. And they're just one of the proponents.
Could it really be the long-awaited be-all and end-all to every computing problem you've ever even imagined? Actually, yes, it could. And that would make it much bigger than even IBM and all their 800-pound gorilla cronies combined.
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Microsoft
Computerworld, 4/3/03: Microsoft details Office 2003 lineup
By Stacy Cowley, IDG News Service
When Microsoft Corp. releases its Office 2003 suite in June, several new application bundles will join the Office lineup, including a high-end Professional edition and a new Small Business edition.
Microsoft's current Office suite, Office XP, has three retail editions: Standard, Professional and Developer. Microsoft also sells a Students and Teachers version of Office XP, offering all the applications included in the Standard Edition at a lower cost.
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