Security World: Virtualization startup Propero thinks big

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Monday, October 24, 2005

* Virtualization startup Propero thinks big
* Virgin to become virtual mobile operator in France
* Heroix explores new territory with Longitude
* Microsoft patch problems continue
* BofA hits delay in move to stronger authentication
* Microsoft security: Something old, something new
* Exploit circulating for newly patched Oracle bug
* Product Guide: Heroix Longitude 1.0

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VIRTUALIZATION STARTUP PROPERO THINKS BIG

Desktop virtualization startup Propero is due to release version 5.0
of its workSpace virtualization software Monday. The software enables
users to access any application from any computer in any location,
according to Propero's co-founders, helping companies to
significantly lower their IT costs. The startup is also to announce that
European investment bank Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein will roll out
workSpace to 7,000 employes worldwide.
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VIRGIN TO BECOME VIRTUAL MOBILE OPERATOR IN FRANCE

The French mobile phone market may be about to get a bit more crowded.
Virgin Mobile Holdings said on Monday that it's in talks with mobile
phone operator Orange about launching a mobile virtual network
operator (MVNO) in France.
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HEROIX EXPLORES NEW TERRITORY WITH LONGITUDE

When it comes to deploying an enterprise-level systems management
solution, one of the thorniest details is often maintenance of the
ubiquitous data-collection agents. Depending on the size of the
organization, maintaining the agent-related components of the enterprise
software stack can become a real burden, especially when you factor in
the need for revision testing -- to weed out bugs or incompatibilities
with the agent processes.
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MICROSOFT PATCH PROBLEMS CONTINUE

Windows users are continuing to experience problems with Microsoft
Corp.'s latest round of security patches. This time a problem with a
critical patch relating to Microsoft's DirectShow streaming media
software is leaving some Windows 2000 users unprotected, even after
they've installed a patch.
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BOFA HITS DELAY IN MOVE TO STRONGER AUTHENTICATION

The Bank of America's (BofA) roll-out of a stronger user
authentication technology has hit a snag and is now expected to be
completed in the early part of 2006, several months later than
originally planned.
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MICROSOFT SECURITY: SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW

Windows administrators are busy this week analyzing Microsoft's
most recent Patch Tuesday releases. Of the eight patches released on
Oct. 11, at least four of them have already resulted in publicly
available exploit code. FrSIRT has three of the exploits and is sure to
get the others as they become known.
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EXPLOIT CIRCULATING FOR NEWLY PATCHED ORACLE BUG

Database administrators now have a little added incentive to install
Oracle Corp.'s latest security patches, released earlier this week.
Malicious software is now circulating that can crash an unpatched
database server, and one security expert predicted that more malware
targeting the 89 recently patched vulnerabilities is on the way.
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PRODUCT GUIDE: HEROIX LONGITUDE 1.0

Heroix Longitude is an ambitious product that suffers from a lack of
configurability. IT organizations that support primarily fixed location
systems and are mostly interested in server application management
should consider Longitude as an easy-to-deploy, "canned" management
solution. However, shops that support mobile or similar occasionally
connected clients or those that need the ability to manage custom
applications should look elsewhere.

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Monday, October 24, 2005

Virtualization startup Propero thinks big

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