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The Sun that shines under IT
Insight Sun Microsystems CIO Bob Worrall counts down to the first phase of its new ERP project and shares what he believes the IT organization of the future will look like.
Tags: IT Management, Enterprise resource planning (ERP)
Delivering IT as a service
Insight City University's CIO Jerry Yu is gearing his team to deliver IT like a utility service, where the service is available to users at the flip of a switch.
Tags: IT Management
Keeping CA's engine running
Insight Back in his comfort zone of running the IT functions of a business, CA CIO Dave Hansen shares his priorities for 2007 and explains why CIOs are moving up the value chain.
Tags: IT Management, Recruiting, Executive recruiting, Matrix management, Professional Development
Microsoft to patch zero-day SMB, IIS holes
News Microsoft pushes back the release of the antimalware software until the second half of next year, but says related security releases are on track.
Tags: Data security, Business applications, Antivirus software, Spam filtering, Server Message Block, Microsoft IIS Server, Microsoft Corp., Business applications, Windows Server 2008 R2, Small And Medium Business
Microsoft investigating newly reported IIS flaw
News Software maker says it is looking into a potential vulnerability that could allow attackers to take over machines running older versions of Microsoft's Web server.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Hacking, Data security, Authentication and encryption, Microsoft IIS Server, Vulnerability, International Data Group, Flaw, information service, IT administrator
Microsoft reports attacks using IIS vulnerability
News Flaw that could attack Microsoft's Web server software is now being used to attack machines, the software company reports.
Tags: Business applications, Microsoft IIS Server, Vulnerability, information service, FTP, Microsoft IIS 7.0, Microsoft IIS 5.1, security response communications team, Microsoft IIS 5.0, Attack
Windows 7 critical holes fixed in record Patch Tuesday
News In its biggest Patch Tuesday ever, Redmond stitches up a pair of Windows 7 holes, along with fixing up a number of zero-day flaws elsewhere.
Tags: Security Management, Network security, PC security, Server Message Block, Microsoft IIS Server, Security, Microsoft Corp., Vulnerability, Microsoft Windows 7, Server
Microsoft warns of new server vulnerability
News Software maker says an unpatched flaw in its Web-serving software could offer a hole for malicious code to attack systems.
Tags: Servers, Hacking, Authentication, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft IIS Server, Vulnerability, HTTP Request, Server, information service, Web Site
IT venture investing posts worst Q4 in a decade
News IT venture investments in the fourth quarter fell a staggering 40 percent to US$2.2 billion over year-ago figures, marking the worst showing in a decade, says survey.
Tags: Venture capital, Investments, Venture Investment, Sequoia Capital, PowerPoint Presentation, information service, Microsoft PowerPoint, information technology company, News.com, network
Number of IT venture deals falls to 10-year low
News Venture capitalists pull back sharply, shrinking U.S.-based tech deals to a level not been seen in more than a decade, according to Dow Jones VentureSource.
Tags: Venture capital, Quarter, information service, software, research director, Dow Jones & Company Inc., News.com, Web 2.0, Internet, information technology
IBM, CSC win UK ID card biometrics contracts
News IBM will build and run the biometrics database behind the National Identity Register, while CSC will implement processing and enrollment systems, including online passport applications.
Tags: Biometrics, Business applications, IBM Corp., Home Secretary, Booth, Database, ID Card, Passport, U.K., bank
Big telcos drag their heels on broadband stimulus
News Telecom giants are concerned that Washington's US$8 billion plan to promote broadband access will force them to open their networks to other providers.
Tags: Business broadband, Telecommunications, Qwest Communications Inc., Regulation, Broadband, policy statement, Ag Dept., AT&T Corp., network, FCC
Moving to the forefront of IT
Insight Technology is the bloodline of Hong Kong's immigration department, helping the government manage the information of 6.9 million people more efficiently.
Tags: IT Management, Business Strategies & Functions, Infrastructure/architecture management, IT Governance
Pager company launches financial information site
News Pager operator ABC Communications has launched NetQuote, an online financial information service.
Program exploits Windows 2000 flaw
News A Venezuelan security consultant releases a small program designed to compromise Microsoft Internet Information Service servers that haven't had a recent security hole patched.
