Outsourcing
Infoworld, 9/8/03: York outsources to EDS to cut costs, improve IT
Heating and air conditioning product provider looks to EDS to transform its business
By Juan Carlos Perez, IDG News Service September 08, 2003
York International Corp., a large maker of heating and air conditioning products that has been trying to cut costs, has outsourced the management of its IT infrastructure to Electronic Data Systems Corp. (EDS).
Handing over management of its IT infrastructure to a third party such as EDS will help York in its efforts to transform its business, ignite future growth, lower costs, develop new products and improve its distribution, EDS and York said in a joint statement Monday. With EDS in charge of its daily IT operations, York will be able to adjust its IT infrastructure more quickly to changing business needs, the companies said.
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Security
Giga, 8/26/03: Developing an Effective Patch Management Process
Jan Sundgren
Contributing Analyst: Mike Rasmussen
What is a good process for patching vulnerabilities?
An effective process for patching vulnerabilities should include five main steps, reflecting a strategy of being selective about when and which patches to apply without failing to patch serious vulnerabilities. These steps can be streamlined using tools available from OS and application vendors (such as Microsoft SMS/SUS) or third-party vendors such as ConfigureSoft, PatchLink, Ecora and St. Bernard Software (on the patch management side) and Archer Technologies and Xacta (on the broader enterprise risk assessment side). The main steps in the patch management process include…
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Infoworld, 9/8/03: Hackers jump through holes in Microsoft patch
Newest vulnerability is one Microsoft said it fixed weeks ago
By Paul Roberts
Security experts are warning Microsoft customers about silent Internet attacks that exploit a security flaw in the Internet Explorer Web browser, potentially allowing remote attackers to run malicious code on vulnerable machines.
The vulnerability is similar in scope to those exploited by devastating worms such as Nimda, Badtrans and Klez, according to one security company. And, to make matters worse, the flaw is one Microsoft said it fixed weeks ago.
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Infoworld, 9/5/03: Security blame games
Worm epidemics inspire more scorn for Microsoft
By Jon Udell
With the Sobig.F worm on the wane and its successor presumed to be waiting in the wings, fingers are pointing angrily at Redmond.
"People sometimes ask me why I loathe and detest Microsoft with such a visceral passion," wrote packet-radio pioneer and security expert Phil Karn on his Web site. "A major reason is the never-ending stream of viruses and worms infesting [Microsoft's] abysmally insecure software."
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Internetnews, 9/8/03: Researcher: IE Cumulative Patch Inadequate
By Ryan Naraine
Security research firm Secunia has recommended that users of Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser disable ActiveX controls and plugins to protect against a variant of the "Object Data" vulnerability.
The Secunia warning comes just one week after Microsoft (Quote, Company Info) issued a cumulative patch for the IE browser that carried a 'critical' rating.
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Mobile
C|net, 9/8/03: BlackBerry season lifts RIM outlook
By Richard Shim
BlackBerry device maker Research In Motion announced at the close of the market Monday that preliminary results indicate the company's revenue will exceed previous forecasts for the second quarter, which ended Aug. 30.
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Computerworld, 9/8/03: On-the-Fly IT for Workplace Flexibility
Progressive companies are offering IT support for employees anywhere they need to get work done, whether that's a 'telesuite' or a coffee shop.
Story by Julia King
SEPTEMBER 08, 2003 ( COMPUTERWORLD ) - More and more American workers aren't showing up at the office. Their cubicles are vacant, their desktop PCs idle.
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The New York Times, 9/9/03: Business Travelers Seek High-Speed Internet Connections
JOE SHARKEY
Business travelers are increasingly demanding high-speed Internet service when on the road.
According to a survey to be released today by the Intel Corporation, a third of business travelers polled say that not having easy Internet access when traveling creates business problems, especially in responding to office e-mail messages. Though only 10 percent have actually used Wi-Fi, or wireless services, more than 70 percent say that easy Wi-Fi access on the road would give them a competitive advantage. And 70 percent said they intended to buy Wi-Fi-enabled laptops when they replace their current ones. The survey was conducted at airports among international business travelers.
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Microsoft
eWeek, 9/8/03: Outfitting Small Business
By Renee Boucher Ferguson
Microsoft Corp. is no stranger to small and midsize businesses, which account for half the software company's revenues, primarily through sales of Windows and the Office productivity suite. But the Redmond, Wash., company two years ago began a systematic effort to create software and a sales channel to serve SMB customers. In the coming months, those potential customers will see the fruits of that effort as Microsoft unites versions of its core server software for SMBs with enhanced enterprise software and a concerted effort to retrain its sales force.
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Internetnews, 9/8/03: Microsoft Debuts Office Online
By Thor Olavsrud
As Microsoft (Quote, Company Info) prepares for the Oct. 21 launch of the next generation of its Office suite, the company Monday unveiled Office Online, a retooled version of its 'Office Tools on the Web' site which will integrate directly with Office 2003.
Like the highly-popular Office Tools on the Web, Office Online is intended as a comprehensive repository of Microsoft Office user resources. One of the biggest changes, according to Microsoft, is a new live connection that will allow Office 2003 users to access the site's resources directly from within their applications.
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Digital Culture
The New York Times, 9/9/03: Fighting the Idea That All the Internet Is Free
By STEVE LOHR
With the club of lawsuits and the olive branch of an amnesty program, the music industry is waging a campaign against online piracy that relies on both public relations and economics to attack the idea that everything in cyberspace can be free.
That will not be easy. The Internet sprang from a research culture where information of all kinds was freely shared. That mentality still resonates with the millions of Internet users who routinely download music onto their computers. But the emphatic message of the music industry's two-step program announced yesterday is that the days of plucking copyrighted songs off the Internet without paying for them are numbered.
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