Channel News and Analysis - Channel Insider
Empowering the next generation Channel
 

Sponsored Links
  • Try Windows Azure free for 90 days

  • Introducing the world's first family of systems with integrated expertise

  • FREE Securing Smartphones & Tablets for Dummies Book from Sophos
  • 5 New Technologies That Will Change Enterprise ITAdvertisement
  • Build an IT Infrastructure That Delivers the Future

    		•  

    Microsoft Responds to Google Executives' Ban

    in Channel News and Analysis



    DATE: 2010-06-02 | By Channel Insider Staff
    Article Rating:starstarstarstarstar / 0
    Article Views: 2318

    According to online reports, Google executives have supposedly pushed the search engine giant's 20,000 employees to switch to either Macs or Linux-based machines, following a January security breach that took advantage of an Internet Explorer vulnerability to steal some of Google's intellectual property. Microsoft officials are highlighting the security of its Windows OS in response to Google's alleged plans to transition its employees away from Windows-based systems because of security issues.

    Rate This Article:
    Poor Best
    Add This Article To:
    Although Google has not officially confirmed that its executives are trying to shift employees away from Windows PCs, online reports suggest that Google is doing so out of concerns for security. Google has blamed a January security breach, which resulted in the theft of intellectual property, on a vulnerability in Internet Explorer.

    Google itself may have been somewhat reticent to confirm the reports - a spokesperson told eWEEK June 1 that "we're always working to improve the efficiency of our business," while refusing to comment on specific operational matters - but Microsoft decided that confrontation was the best policy.

    READ MORE >>




    comments dic


     
     
    >>> More Channel News and Analysis Articles          >>> More By Channel Insider Staff
     



    		 


    Related Content

    Articles Labs/How-To Multimedia

    channel chatter


    HTML PLAIN TEXT

    Keep on top of news for VARs and Resellers with CI's Weekly Newsletter and Alerts.


    [ci] feeds
    XML
    Add Channel News, Product Reviews, Trends and Analysis to your RSS newsreader or My Yahoo!

     

    CHANNEL SPONSORED RESOURCE CENTER
     
     
     
    Start the New Year with business intelligence—it’s a smart move
    Join us on February 1 for an encore rebroadcast at either 5 am or 12 noon EST and discover how business intelligence (BI) supports companies in uncertain business and economic climates. Get expert advice on how to create a strategy that fits your organization's needs and budget and see how quickly it can pay for itself.
    Click Here
     
    Security and Availability Essentials for Running Your Business in the Cloud
    Are you moving to the cloud? Find out what every IT professional should know about security and availability before moving to the cloud. Hear what a security provider’s own CSO has to say.
    Watch Video
    A new algorithm automatically identifies relationships between variables to help reduce researcher prejudice.
    Click HereAdvertisement