Outsourcing
Computerworld, 9/18/03: Outsourcing advice to IT managers: Ask questions, know needs
Knowledge is critical when deciding whether to outsource
Story by Todd R. Weiss
SEPTEMBER 18, 2003 ( COMPUTERWORLD ) - NEW YORK -- One of the key reasons to consider IT outsourcing has always been cost savings. But to make the right choices on what to outsource, which vendor to hire and how to ensure success of a project, the cost-savings yardstick should be only a start, according to an "Outsourcing -- Friend or Foe" panel of vendors, industry consultants and outsourcing users here yesterday at the TechXNY/PC Expo in the Jacob Javits Convention Center.
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Security
C|net, 9/18/03: New virus preys on old IE flaw
By Ina Fried
A new e-mail worm has started to spread quickly, taking advantage of an Internet Explorer vulnerability that was first disclosed two years ago.
The bug, which has been alternately dubbed Swen and Gibe.F, appears to exploit a flaw that Microsoft first disclosed in a March 2001 security bulletin.
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eWeek, 9/18/03: Virus Masquerades as Microsoft E-Mail
By Dennis Fisher
A new mass-mailing virus is on the loose on the Internet, this one masquerading as a message from Microsoft Corp. about a cumulative security patch. Known as either Swen or Gibe, the virus is mainly found in Europe right now, but anti-virus experts say it has the potential to spread quickly and widely.
Like some other recent worms and viruses, Swen attempts to spread through several different methods, including peer-to-peer file sharing networks and IRC channels. It takes advantage of a two-year-old flaw in Microsoft Outlook and is capable of automatically executing the infected attachment once the message is opened.
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Mobile
cnet, 9/18/03: Big Blue links BlackBerry to servers
By Dinesh C. Sharma
IBM and Research In Motion are teaming up to put IBM's Web software to work on BlackBerry handheld e-mail devices.
On Thursday, the companies announced a deal to integrate IBM's WebSphere Everyplace Access mobile software with BlackBerry Enterprise Server software. The software will let BlackBerry users access and work with their company's servers wirelessly, according to RIM. It is expected to be available on all Java-based BlackBerry handhelds, including the new 7200 series.
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Computerworld, 9/18/03: Four questions to ask to stay secure in an anywhere, anytime world
Story by Scott Olson, WholeSecurity Inc.
SEPTEMBER 18, 2003 ( COMPUTERWORLD ) - We live in an era that increasingly demands anywhere, anytime access to all of our business resources. What started with giving pagers to our most critical employees has evolved into ubiquitous use of cell phones and Wi-Fi access almost anywhere, even in McDonald's.
Most recently, we've seen a trend toward Internet-enabled applications, Web mail, intranet portals and new Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) virtual private networks (VPN). More employees want access to their e-mail, data and applications wherever they are.
If you work in a large organization, chances are that you have anywhere, anytime access to corporate data and resources through one or more of the following applications:
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SME
eWeek, 9/18/03: HP Unveils SMB Strategy
By Caron Carlson
Reports of Hurricane Isabel's wrath stopped Carly Fiorina in her tracks Wednesday, causing the Hewlett-Packard Co. chief to cancel a trip to Washington, D.C., where she was to unveil her latest strategy to tackle the small and medium-sized business market.
The much-hyped SMB strategy is largely—but not entirely—a repackaging of goods and services already for sale as well as a redoubled marketing campaign to smaller businesses. The plan centers on promoting services, expertise and support that will appeal to the smaller operation.
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Collaborative Technologies
Information Week, 9/18/03: Who, what, where, when? Now!
Have you heard of Microsoft's so-called Information Agent? It's an experimental technology being cooked up by the folks in Microsoft's Real-Time Collaboration Business Unit that would let users track each other--or some might say "track down" each other--in fast and unprecedented ways.
Microsoft's Amit Mital described the Information Agent in a presentation this week at the TechXNY conference in New York. Think of it as a sophisticated way of using the presence-awareness capabilities of instant messaging. However, instead of simply letting you know whether a friend or colleague was online or offline as IM does today, the knowledge agent could tell you where that person is, when they will be available, and the best way to reach him or her.
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