Outsourcing
Computerworld, 9/17/03: IT outsourcing: It's not just India anymore
Nepal, the Dominican Republic and Grenada are working to attract U.S. companies
Story by Todd R. Weiss
SEPTEMBER 17, 2003 ( COMPUTERWORLD ) - NEW YORK -- In the past few years, companies considering offshore outsourcing for some of their IT work have typically looked to India for services.
But that is slowly changing, as several relative newcomers, including Nepal, the Dominican Republic and Grenada, are now working to persuade companies from the U.S. and other countries to send their business overseas.
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Utility Computing
C|net, 9/17/03: Study: Utility hype is out of sync
By Martin LaMonica
Despite the hype surrounding utility computing, corporations are not eager to shift to a purchasing model in which computing power is piped in via the Internet, according to a new study.
In survey of 88 IT executives, Forrester Research found that most businesses would rather use utility computing technologies in their internal data centers, than rent computing services from an external provider. As a result, companies that sell hardware and software systems are better positioned to ride the utility computing wave than outsourcing providers and systems integrators, according to the Forrester report.
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IT Management
The Conference Board, 9/03: Get More Mileage From IT Investments
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Security
The Wall Street Journal, 9/18/03: Virus Fear Could Hurt Windows
Fears of a 'Day Zero' Attack by Virus
Could Offer Boost to Microsoft Rivals
By PUI-WING TAM
After a series of recent computer virus and worm attacks, Mark Dickelman, chief information officer of electronic payments company Anexsys LLC, gathered his technology team and asked them what would happen if a "day zero" attack were to take place.
A day-zero incident is an emerging fear in the tech world. While most tech viruses and worms take advantage of vulnerabilities that a software maker has already uncovered and written a patch for, a day-zero attack occurs when a sophisticated hacker exploits a flaw that the software maker doesn't yet know about.
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The Register, 9/17/03: Oi! *Nix admin, get patching
By John Leyden
It's become a busy week for *Nix sysadmins with the release of patches over the last few days to resolve vulnerabilities with popular applications including Sendmail, openSSH and DB2.
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SME
The Wall Street Journal, 9/18/03: H-P to Target Small Businesses With $750 Million Campaign
By PUI-WING TAM
Hewlett-Packard Co., moving to refine its message to customers and to jump-start growth, plans to pour $750 million into a campaign targeting small and midsize businesses with the rollout of more than 100 new products and programs.
The campaign, which H-P Chief Executive Carly Fiorina could announce as early as Thursday, is dubbed "Smart Office" and is focused on expanding the Palo Alto, Calif., computer and printer maker's business with companies that have fewer than 1,000 workers. The effort includes the introduction of new hardware such as printers and personal computers, more online tools and the debut of a "helpdesk" for small-to-midsize businesses to help with their information-technology needs.
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C|net, 9/17/03: HP storms ahead with small-business plan
By Ina Fried
Hewlett-Packard has been planning for months to unleash a torrent of new products and services for small businesses on Thursday.
Unfortunately, a real storm--Hurricane Isabel--is getting in the way. The meteorological threat has prompted the shutdown of the federal government Thursday in Washington, D.C., where the HP launch was scheduled to take place. Not ones to let Mother Nature thwart their efforts, however, HP's top executives decided late Wednesday to go ahead with a scaled-back launch for the company's "smart office" initiative.
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