FarmShoring
C|net, 11/11/04: Outsourcing to Arkansas
A new kid on the block promises to give offshore outsourcing a run for its money--by routing technology work to rural America.
Rural Sourcing is a start-up founded and largely funded by Kathy White, former chief information officer for health care giant Cardinal Health. White, also Rural Sourcing's president, has set up two facilities in Arkansas, has another center coming on line in New Mexico in January, and is in talks to open yet another facility in North Carolina.
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Utility Computing
Business Week, 11/9/04: Andreessen: The Right Spot Again?
The Web browser pioneer's latest company, Opsware, may be sitting on another gold mine with its utility computing software
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But a funny thing happened on the way to near-ruin. Loudcloud became a little software company called Opsware (OPSW ) in 2002, just as tech gurus began talking about a new concept called "utility computing." The concept wassss simple, and Andreessen had been talking about it since the late 1990s: Turn a computer network into something that's as simple to use as an electricity or water utility.
It turns out that Opsware had one of the key pieces of software necessary to turn computer networks into something customers can pay for by the digital drink. Opsware was using the software to run its own data center. It allowed Opsware engineers to manage a room full of servers from a central point -- a key that supports the fledgling utility computing market. "Opsware/Loudcloud had the right idea underpinning for their business model all along,' says Andrew Schoepfer, president of Tier 1 Research, a tech research firm in Minneapolis.
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Security
eWeek, 11/11/04: XP SP2 Flaw Warning Sparks Debate on Disclosure
By Ryan Naraine
The debate over responsible disclosure of security flaw warnings has erupted again, with Microsoft chiding a private research firm for releasing information on 10 new flaws found in the Windows XP SP2 (Service Pack 2) operating system.
San Jose, Calif.-based Finjan Software released an alert warning that attackers could "silently and remotely" hijack SP2 machines because of "major flaws" that compromise end-user security.
Finjan chief executive Shlomo Touboul told eWEEK.com that full technical details of the vulnerabilities—including proof-of-concept code—were given to Microsoft, but the software giant reacted sharply by suggesting that the Finjan warning is overblown.
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C|net, 11/10/04: Viruses exploit Microsoft patch cycle
By Munir Kotadia
The creators of the latest MyDoom variant, which exploits a recently discovered iFrame vulnerability in Internet Explorer, may have timed the release of the viruses to throw Microsoft's monthly patch cycle into disarray, security experts say.
In its latest monthly update on Tuesday, Microsoft was not able to fix a serious vulnerability in the Internet Explorer browser because the flaw was discovered only a few days before the company's regular update was due. The two variants of the MyDoom virus were released earlier this week, leaving the software giant without any option but to ignore the problem--for now.
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