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CA’s Enterprise Partner Foray
Computer Associates International Inc. latest partnering effort ranks high on the degree-of-difficulty scale: build a channel for the company’s enterprise product set. CA’s objective is to bring such products as its Unicenter systems manager, BrightStor storage management software, and eTrust security suite to a broader customer base. That means pursuing customers outside of CA’s typical…
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E-Card Holiday Virus Packs Ugly Punch
A new virus strain masquerading as electronic Christmas cards is accounting for one in every 10 e-mails hitting in-boxes, security experts warned Wednesday. The W32/Zafi-D worm, which originated in Hungary, is using mass-mailing and P2P (peer-to-peer) techniques to squirm through in-boxes and slow network traffic to a crawl. The worm, which poses as a Christmas…
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MSI Venture Plans Custom PCs For Retailers
Motherboard maker MSI plans to make a splash at the upcoming CES show with X2 Media, a joint venture that plans an all-in-one portable video player and a business model that could have game retailers selling custom PCs. Although X2 plans to launch several new products at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, president Rex…
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Microsoft Plugs Code Execution Holes on Patch Day
Microsoft on Tuesday released fixes for five vulnerabilities in Windows products, including a patch for a known security issue in the WINS (Windows Internet Name Service) name server. As expected, the company released five advisories with “important” severity ratings but warned that four of the five could lead to code execution attacks. Microsoft typically rates…
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Symantec Reportedly in Talks to Buy Veritas
Symantec Corp., the ubiquitous security vendor, is in talks to acquire Veritas Software Corp., the dominant data backup player, in a bold move that would position the company to compete on a higher level with rivals such as Computer Associates International Inc. and IBM. Sources familiar with the situation said that Symantec, based in Cupertino,…
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IBM-Lenovo Deal Looks Like an ‘Opportunity’ to Dell CFO
IBM Corp.’s plans to sell off its PC business to China’s Lenovo Group will probably bring an opportunity to nail greater sales in China, according to Jim Schneider, Dell Computer Corp.’s senior vice president and chief financial officer. Aside from international PC sales, Schneider cited Dell’s emerging printer and consumer electronics businesses as other promising…
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