Security
Computerworld, 10/13/03: Ideas for Security ROI
Story by Doug Lewis
OCTOBER 13, 2003 ( COMPUTERWORLD ) - Better password administration can reduce the password problems that eat up a lot of IT staff hours and hurt user productivity.
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Mobile
C|net, 10/13/03: HP spotlights mobile gear
By Ina Fried
As part of a big push in mobile computing, Hewlett-Packard announced Monday a slew of devices that can connect to a wireless network--or often more than one network.
HP is using a Swiss telecommunications show this week to introduce a number of devices that are capable of connecting to several flavors of Wi-Fi networks as well as to other mobile devices using short-range Bluetooth technology. Among those devices is an improved version of its HP Compaq Tablet PC. Whereas its predecessor featured a Transmeta processor and was limited to 802.11b wireless networking, the TC1100 switches to an Intel processor and is also able to connect to higher-speed 802.11a and 802.11g networks.
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Computerworld, 10/13/03: Megabit Mobile: High-Speed Wireless Is On The Way
Coming at last. Plus, integrated Wi-Fi.
Future Watch by Bob Brewin
OCTOBER 13, 2003 ( COMPUTERWORLD ) - The development of wireless data services over the next five years will seem revolutionary compared with the snail's pace that marked the technology's early history.
Cellular service remained primarily a voice-only medium until 1992, when cellular carriers developed a TCP/IP system with a maximum data rate of 19.2Kbit/sec. Rates remained at that level until last year, when carriers introduced 2.5G (two-and-a-half-generation) technology that approximated dial-up modem speeds of 56Kbit/sec.
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Microsoft
C|net, 10/10/03: Microsoft readies database add-on
By Martin LaMonica
Microsoft on Friday announced that it will begin a broad testing program for its SQL Server 2000 database that will enable business reporting.
The Reporting Services feature is a key addition to SQL Server 2000, and is expected to be completed by the end of the year. With it, companies can program the database to generate formatted reports on a regular schedule, such as a daily update on regional sales. The reporting server software will also be part of the next major overhaul of SQL Server, code named Yukon, which is due to be completed in the second half of next year.
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c|net, 10/10/03: Linux inches up corporate IT priority list
By Alorie Gilbert
HALF MOON BAY, Calif.--The chief information officers of some major U.S. companies say more businesses are choosing the Linux operating system as they face pressure to reduce costs.
Speaking on a panel at a venture capital conference here Wednesday, the CIO of clothing retailer Gap and a tech executive from Bank of America said they are among the Linux converts.
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Computerworld, 10/13/03: Microsoft's Autonomic IT Plan Starts With Development Tools, Exec Says
Q&A by Matt Hamblen and Carol Sliwa
OCTOBER 13, 2003 ( COMPUTERWORLD ) - Bob Muglia, senior vice president of Microsoft Corp.'s enterprise storage and management divisions, is one of the architects of the autonomic computing plan that the software vendor announced in March [QuickLink 37220]. Muglia last week spoke with Computerworld about Microsoft's efforts to sell IT managers on its Dynamic Systems Initiative (DSI) approach.
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Security
Infoworld, 10/10/03: Instant security breach
Instant messaging is a wonderful tool – except when it comes to protecting your company
By Wayne Rash
As corporate workers everywhere have discovered, instant messaging makes communication quick and easy. The problem is, it makes a lot of other things quick and easy, too — such as security breaches. And it’s getting worse.
For example, Time-Warner announced a few weeks ago that the Federal Communications Commission had decided to allow the AOL Instant Messenger to carry streaming video. So now you can do more than send quick notes; you can also send videos instantly, right from your desk, and you can attach files, photos, music, and other types of binary information to regular messages.
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