CenterBeam
Yahoo, 6/15/04: New Cisco Press Book: CenterBeam Lowers Costs, Improves Business Process, Increases User Satisfaction
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The Case for Virtual Business Processes: Reduce Costs, Improve Efficiencies, and Focus on Your Core Business is an in-depth examination of new techniques that can improve business efficiency. In the new book published by Cisco Press, authors Martha Young and Michael Jude present case studies of companies capitalizing on these new techniques for sourcing core business processes. One case study focuses on how CenterBeam helps InfoWorld Media Group.
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Offshoring
Computerworld, 6/14/04: Gartner: Backlash against offshoring to vanish by 2006
Analyst calls outsourcing 'irreversible megatrend' but says impact has yet to be realized
By David Legard
The backlash against offshoring will deepen over the next few months, but will be consigned to the wastebasket of history by the end of 2005, according to Craig Baty, group vice president, Global Tech Industries Group, Gartner Inc.
"Global sourcing (of IT services) is an irreversible megatrend although its true impact is yet to be felt," he said during the 3rd Regional Infocomm Conference here. "By 2006, we will see a reliable global sourcing market."
The current backlash against IT offshoring in countries such as the U.S. and Australia -- based on the notion that offshoring causes IT job loss -- is misguided, according to Baty.
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Security
Computerworld, 6/14/04: Antivirus firm says it has detected first mobile-phone worm
Cabir not believed to be malicious; international virus writer group 29a is suspected as source
News Story by Paul Roberts
Antivirus company Kaspersky Labs Ltd. said today that it discovered what is believed to be the first computer virus capable of spreading over mobile-phone networks.
Cabir is a network worm that infects phones running Symbian Ltd.'s mobile-phone operating system. No infections have been reported. Cabir may be a proof-of-concept worm from an international group of virus writers known as 29a that's credited with the release of a recent virus, Rugrat, that targets Windows 64-bit operating systems, Moscow-based Kaspersky said.
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Microsoft
ZDNet, 6/15/04: Microsoft preps security-minded Windows update
By Ina Fried
Microsoft on Monday released what it hopes is a nearly final test version of a security-oriented Windows upgrade.
The company issued Release Candidate 2 of Windows XP Service Pack 2--a mouthful that amounts to a host of improvements designed to make PC users more likely to employ stronger security settings on their machines. Microsoft had been expected to reach the RC2 milestone last month, but apparently ran into some compatibility issues, according to several Windows enthusiast sites.
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Mobile
C|net, 6/14/04: Nokia licenses patents from RIM rival
By Richard Shim
Cell phone giant Nokia has agreed to license patents from holding company NTP, despite Research In Motion's recent challenge to their validity in an appellate court.
NTP late Monday announced the licensing agreement for the patents, which are being considered in an infringement case with Nokia partner RIM. Details were not disclosed, and attorneys representing the holding company declined to comment on the deal.
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