Outsourcing
C|net, 8/20/03: Desktop service debuts at EDS
By Ed Frauenheim
Adding to the momentum of "utility" computing, Electronic Data Systems on Wednesday announced a flexibly priced service for managing desktop computers.
With the new service, a company would be able to pay for some desktop applications on a subscription basis while charges for such things as data storage and help desk services would be based on usage. The service is dubbed MyCOE--for "my consistent office environment."
"A growing number of clients expect to get what they need when they need it, and pay only for what they use," said Carol Wyatt, an executive with EDS' Distributed Systems Service line.
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Security
Computerworld, 8/19/03: Two worm strains spreading on the Internet
Story by Jaikumar Vijayan
AUGUST 19, 2003 ( COMPUTERWORLD ) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) yesterday released an advisory warning users that a variant of last week's Blaster worm, dubbed "nachi," "welchia" or "msblast.D," could cause denial-of-service conditions within organizations.
Meanwhile, a new variant of the Sobig worm, dubbed W32/Sobig-F, is spreading rapidly via e-mail and network shares, security companies warned today.
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Infoworld, 8/19/03: Microsoft to lock down MSN Messenger network
Move will exclude users of third-party software
By Joris Evers
Microsoft Corp. is making changes to its MSN instant messaging (IM) service that will lock out users of third-party software that uses the service as well as users of older versions of Microsoft's own Messenger client, the company said Tuesday.
Users have to upgrade to the latest versions of MSN or Windows Messenger by Oct. 15 or they will no longer be able to log on, Microsoft spokesman Sean Sundwall said. The upgrade is required because of "security issues" with the older versions of the Messenger clients, he said, declining to specify those issues.
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The Register, 8/20/03: Small firms shun IT security
Despite large numbers of computer systems being struck down with deadly viruses over the past weeks, almost one-third of small firms do not think anti-virus or firewall protections is important to their business.
Research by BT Openworld found 28 per cent of companies claimed software solutions designed to protect their business from security threats would not be of use, particularly among firms employing less than five people.
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Mobile Automation
Press Release, 8/20/03: Mobile Automation Helps Customers Quickly Protect Systems against Blaster Worm; Mobile Systems Manager Allows Swift Distribution of Critical Updates and Patches
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., Aug 20, 2003 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Mobile Automation Inc., a leading provider of PC Lifecycle Management Software, today announced that Mobile Systems Manager(TM) has helped a number of companies prevent attacks from the rapidly spreading Blaster computer worm.
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"Centerbeam successfully protected every computer under its management from the MSBlaster exploit through a combination of technologies and best practices, and Mobile Automation's Mobile Lifecycle Management Suite ensured we reached every desktop, laptop and server," said Scott Reimert senior software distribution engineer at Centerbeam, a managed service provider based in San Jose, Calif.
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Optimism
The Wall Street Journal, 8/20/03: Signs Point to Job Growth In Depressed Silicon Valley
By MARK BOSLET
PALO ALTO, Calif. -- After eight long months, Erick Klein found what many Silicon Valley workers still desperately seek: a job.
Mr. Klein started work last month as a senior product manager at a closely held Oakland software developer, Cyanea Systems Corp.
"I was interviewing like crazy," says the high-tech employee, who lost his former position during a downsizing at Epicentric Inc. r. Klein says he averaged one to two interviews a week during his lengthy unemployment, scouring online job boards and working a network of business connections.
"Actually closing on a job was an extremely difficult process," he says. "I came pretty close on a number of occasions."
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