Security
Eweek, 10/9/03: Ballmer: Security Is Microsoft's Top Priority
By Peter Galli
NEW ORLEANS—Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer Thursday moved to show the thousands of partners attending its Worldwide Partner Conference here that the software titan does take security seriously and is actively working on ways to improve it.
In his keynote address, titled "Partnership, Innovation and Customer Focus," Ballmer said there are times in any company's existence when it has to stand back and listen and then regard those as defining moments in its evolution. The current security crisis is one of those defining moments, he said.
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Computerworld, 10/8/03: IBM unveils intrusion-detection service for wireless nets
It users 'sniffing' technology to spot security flaws
Story by Paul Roberts
Citing the "explosion" of wireless "hot spots" in public spaces, homes and businesses, IBM today unveiled a new managed intrusion-detection service for wireless networks.
The new intrusion-detection service uses "sniffing" technology developed by IBM that can detect the presence of unauthorized access points, denial-of-service attacks, improperly configured access points and compromised Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption keys, according to Jim Goddard, security principal at IBM Global Services.
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Microsoft Watch, 10/9/03: And More Tidbits From the Perimeter
By Mary Jo Foley
At last: a coffee and beignet break. Time to sum up a few more of the security sound bytes that CEO Ballmer fired in rapid succession at the sleepy partner-conference audience. Ballmer officially announced Software Update Services 2.0, the next version of its automated patch system for mid-size and larger businesses, and said to expect it in the first half of 2004.
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Microsoft
ZDNet, 10/9/03: Manual XP upgrades 'cost firms thousands'
Graeme Wearden
Companies are being urged to cut the cost of migrating to XP by using automated upgrade procedures
Many companies that migrate their suite of desktop PCs to Windows XP are wasting thousands of pounds because they are conducting the process inefficiently, research published this week has found.
The study conducted by research firm Vanson Bourne found that over 90 percent of companies that have upgraded to XP took longer than three months to complete the process, and that 60 percent of companies that have yet to migrate have calculated the process will take more than six months.
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Infoworld, 10/8/03: Longhorn details emerge
Information about forthcoming OS posted on Microsoft Longhorn forum
Details are emerging about Microsoft Corp.'s plans for Longhorn, its forthcoming Windows operating system upgrade.
A list of the key subsystems upon which Microsoft is said to be basing Longhorn has been posted on a Microsoft Longhorn forum. The list is based on a document – a 1,000 page "Book of Longhorn" - that is circulating internally at Microsoft.
According to the posting, the book is divided into the following seven sections:
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Infoworld, 10/8/03: Microsoft dominance of OS market grows, IDC study says
Report did not take into account the free versions of Linux available
By Laura Rohde
Despite increasing pressure from Linux, Microsoft Corp. dominated the worldwide market in 2002 for OSes (operating systems) used on servers and, less surprisingly, the OS market on the client side. It will continue to defend its market position for at least the next four years, according to a research report released Wednesday by IDC.
Microsoft's Windows accounted for 55.1 percent of new shipments of server operating systems in 2002, up from 50.5 percent in 2001, while paid versions of Linux accounted for 23.1 percent of new shipments in 2002, up from 22.4 percent in 2002, the Framingham, Massachusetts, market research company said in its report "Worldwide Client and Server Operating Environment Market Forecast and Analysis, 2002-2007."
The IDC report did not take into account the free versions of Linux available.
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Optimism
Internetnews.com, 10/9/03: CEOs Predict Robust IT Growth
By Roy Mark
The technology industry is poised to create more than 1.5 million new jobs worldwide and generate $290 billion in tax benefits over the next four years according to a survey of IT CEOs released Thursday by the Business Software Alliance (BSA).
The survey, conducted by research firm IDC, highlights the views and opinions of technology CEOs on future IT innovations and the challenges to their widespread application. Throughout the summer, the BSA CEOs provided their insights on a range of issues related to future trends in technology and innovation.
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