IT Management
Gartner, 10/20/04: Critical Issues for IT Asset Managers
To gain business flexibility, enterprises must significantly change how they acquire, deploy and manage IT assets. Many components are reaching commodity status, so IS organizations should evaluate suppliers differently.
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Security
Internetnews.com, 10/21/04: 'Drag-and-Drop' IE Flaw Persists
By Jim Wagner
Microsoft officials confirmed the existence of two vulnerabilities within Internet Explorer 6.0 that affect all versions of Windows, including Windows XP Service Pack 2 users.
It's a continuation of the "drag-and-drop" flaw security officials at Microsoft have spent more than two months fixing.
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Microsoft
Infoworld, 10/20/04: Microsoft scales back Passport ambitions
.Net Passport identification system now will be limited to Microsoft's own online offerings and those of close partners.
By Joris Evers
Microsoft (Profile, Products, Articles) is recasting ambitions for its .Net Passport identification system, saying the service now will be limited to its own online offerings and those of close partners. Microsoft no longer sees Passport as a single sign-on system for the Web at large, a spokeswoman said.
Microsoft repositioning of Passport comes as careers Web site Monster.com said it was dropping support of the authentication service. Monster was one of Microsoft's banner Passport users.
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