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IBM today is opening a virtual business center at Second Life that will be staffed by IBM sales representatives from around the world. Web-redirection software debut reignites controversy
Is the Internet ready for Web redirection? That’s the question that Nominum, a provider of DNS software for carriers, is asking with Tuesday’s announcement of software that enables this once-controversial capability. Q&A: The father of telecommuting
Father of telecommuting Jack Nilles says security, managing remote workers remain big hurdles. | Make the most of your Mobile Gear
Download our Free Executive Guide and learn how Network IT professionals are getting the most out of their mobile devices and improving mobile security. Youll also get the scoop on upcoming mobile tools and technologies and how they may impact your enterprise. Click Here to download today! | | IBM targets healthcare market with grid computing
Hospitals have unique and challenging storage needs, as they are required to store every X-ray and medical record they create, and IBM is reaching out to that market with a system being unveiled Wednesday at a healthcare industry event. Oracle to buy Agile for $495 million
Oracle plans to pay $495 million to buy Agile Software, a maker of product lifecycle management software. Data breaches plague U.S. companies
For many companies, the question is not will they experience a data breach, it's when and how often, according to survey results released this week. Software piracy hits $40B worldwide, says study
Efforts to curb software piracy in China are bearing fruit although the piracy rate remains high, costing vendors billions of dollars in lost revenue, according to a survey paid for by large vendors, including Apple and Microsoft. Tech groups support new cybersecurity bill
A tech trade group and a leading cybersecurity vendor applauded new legislation introduced in the U.S. Congress that would broaden penalties for cybercrime, including first-time penalties for botnet attacks. Password policy management feature slipped into Longhorn
Microsoft has quietly added a password management feature to Longhorn Server that will let administrators assign password policies based on users and groups regardless of what domain they reside in. Podcast Blackjacking: Don't gamble with mobile security
With sensitive data proliferating on mobile devices, security for handhelds is (or should be) a major issue for corporations as threats from viruses to theft to hacking continue to grow. Jason Meserve talks with noted security guru Dan Hoffman, author of the new book "Blackjacking: Security threats to BlackBerry devices, PDAs, and Cell Phones in the Enterprise", about the various threats aimed at mobile devices and what users can do to protect themselves. (11:37) Blogs Do you have a unified messaging system?
John Obeto on Microsoft: If you are considering a VoIP solution for your business, look no further than Microsoft's Unified Communications or UC initiative. With a series of complementary hardware products announced today, the UC server and client allow you to completely do away with your old PBX. Buzzblog: Google News needs human intervention
Google, which makes a fetish out of providing search results in an eye-blink, takes a decidedly different approach to news: On the Google News homepage, "whenever" appears to be the watchword, as seen yesterday in reporting the death of the Rev. Jerry Falwell. The reason is obvious: Google News is edited by software, not humans. The fix is also obvious. ... Meanwhile, Google seems to have language translation knocked. Today on Layer 8, where we have bipartisan dumping on outsourcing companies:
Two U.S. Senators - a Democrat and a Republican - are taking aim at nine prominent outsourcing companies, demanding that they explain their use of the H-1B program. Vendor: Cisco IOS server backdoor may have been planted
Eweek is reporting that a security vendor is questioning whether the IOS FTP Server vulnerability Cisco reported last week could be an intentionally planted backdoor, rather than one that was inadvertently programmed into IOS. | 
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