Recent Articles
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CA Knows What It Is and What It Isn’t
Over the course of my 15-year editorial career, I have met with a lot of companies that have gone through reorganizations, mergers, acquisitions, strategy shifts and a host of other changes. Buzz words such as “focus on core competencies,” “getting back to business” and “increase our value proposition” have constantly been thrown around to explain…
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Online Scams, Browser-Based Attacks Soar
Despite organizations spending billions of dollars on solutions designed to protect their Internet communications and e-commerce applications, the number of browser-based attacks and phishing scams continue to soar, according to IT trade association CompTIA. Almost 57 percent of about 500 organizations surveyed reported suffering a browser-based attack in 2004, the Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.-based group reported.…
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AccessChannel Gives Small Vendors Access to Wide Market
Small makers of innovative technology and boutique software developers typically find when they are ready to expand into two-tier distribution that no one will carry their product. That’s because distributors tend to think big. They require volume commitments that scrappy little companies can’t fulfill and marketing dollars they do not have. It becomes a Catch-22…
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Disney Delegates IT to Outsourcers
Walt Disney Co. has divided the IT fiefdom of its Magic Kingdom out to two outsourcing vendors. Affiliated Computer Services and IBM Global Services have captured seven-year outsourcing contracts valued at $610 million and $730 million, respectively. Both companies confirmed the Disney business this week. Published reports have been suggesting for about a month that…
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Oracle Shakes Up North American Sales
Reshuffling its North American sales organization is Oracle’s latest bid in an ongoing campaign to file down the teeth of its infamously carnivorous sales force. The campaign has taken on new urgency as the database giant seeks to digest its recent acquisitions of PeopleSoft and Retek without scaring off customers or partners. To wit, the…
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MS Patch Train Drops Off ‘Critical’ IE Fix
Microsoft on Tuesday released 10 advisories to cover a slew of security flaws in a range of products, including a “critical” cumulative update for the Internet Explorer browser. Three of the 10 bulletins are rated “critical,” the company’s highest severity rating. The IE fix, covered in MS MS05-025, corrects a remote code-execution vulnerability that exists…
