CenterBeam
(Editor’s Note: AKF’s essay that was published on c|net has attracted so many clickthroughs that the essay has now been picked up and republished on c|net’s sister site, ZDNet.)
ZDNet, 10/29/03: IT doesn't really matter--or does it?
By Kevin Francis, CenterBeam
Special to ZDNet
A singular event in May churned the information technology community, and the ripples continue to spread outwards to its distant shores.
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IT Management
TechWeb, 10/29/03: California Firefighters Battle Blazes Using Aging Computer Infrastructure
By Mitch Wagner
As firefighters battle the most expensive fires in the history of California, they are relying on an aging computer infrastructure, with some pieces dating back to the 1980s.
The California Department of Forestry is still using quite a bit of DOS technology, mixed in with more modern systems.
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Microsoft
Infoworld, 10/29/03: Microsoft Operation Manager opens to partners
Third-party integration is enabled
By Joris Evers
Los Angeles - Microsoft has expanded its Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2000 with a partner program, allowing users to integrate MOM with third-party management products.
Several systems management software vendors, including IBM division Tivoli Systems, Computer Associates International, NetIQ and MetiLinx, have signed on to the new initiative, dubbed MOM Connector Framework, Microsoft said Wednesday at its Professional Developers Conference (PDC) here.
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The Wall Street Journal, 10/30/03: Microsoft's OneNote Turns Scribbled Ideas Into Computer Files
It isn't often that Microsoft introduces a significant new software application, but the company did just that last week, with surprisingly little fanfare.
The new program is Microsoft OneNote, a $99 product (after rebate) designed to help people take and organize notes. It's the first major new application from Microsoft's Office group in years, but its unveiling was buried in last week's launch of the latest revision of Office itself, called Office 2003.
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Information Week, 10/29/03: Langa Letter: Make Windows XP Self-Maintaining
Fred Langa explains how to automate Windows XP tools and tasks that normally require manual intervention.
By Fred Langa
It started as a small, offhand remark. As part of a discussion on another topic, I wrote, "I let my system do a full automated defrag every night (via Task Scheduler)...." To my surprise, I got a flood of reader E-mail, all along the lines of this example:
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Security
Internetnews.com, 10/29/03: Now Disabled on Your PC: Windows Messenger
By Clint Boulton
In keeping with its company-wide Trustworthy Computing pledge to stave off security problems by minimizing vulnerabilities, Microsoft (Quote, Chart) said this week that it plans to switch off its Windows Messenger service and activate Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) by default on XP boxes.
Windows Messenger -- not to be confused with the Redmond, Wash. software vendor's MSN Messenger instant messaging service -- is used to exchange data between computers. It launches automatically when a user boots up his or her personal computer.
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Computerworld, 10/28/03: Former CIA chief sees need for greater network resilience, market incentives
James Woolsey specifically cites the computers that manage the nation's power grid
Story by Dan Verton
OCTOBER 29, 2003 ( COMPUTERWORLD ) - NEW YORK -- The war on terrorism will be a "war to the death" likely last several decades, requiring the government and the private sector to focus immediately on making critical infrastructures and systems more resilient rather than immune to deliberate attacks, a former CIA director said today.
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