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Utility Co. Steps Up Franchise Recruitment
Businesses tend to overspend on technology, then turn around and don’t even use it enough. That is the premise around which The Utility Co., a startup in Ottawa, Canada, plans to build its franchise business. Formed last summer, the company has embarked on a recruiting spree that founder and CEO Mark Scott expects will yield…
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Going Green
A new not-for-profit consortium of IT vendors known as The Green Grid contends energy efficiency in the data center is the most significant issue facing technology and their customers today. Customer demand for concentrated computing outpaces the availability of clean, reliable power, The Green Grid said Monday, in announcing completion of its formation. In white…
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Symantec Releases Norton 360 Security Service
Symantec on Monday released its much-anticipated Norton 360 service, packing a full security suite plus utilities into a subscription offering. Norton 360 includes all the expected security features—anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, intrusion prevention, and more. But it also incorporates a backup solution, transaction security, and a module to optimize PC performance. The price is large as…
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The Dissection of a Rootkit
Security analysts have been predicting that kernel rootkits, which cloak their activity by replacing a portion of a program’s software kernel with modified code, are expected to continue to grow in frequency in 2007. While rootkit-fighting technologies such as the PatchGuard kernel protection system built into 64-bit versions of Microsoft’s new Windows Vista operating system…
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Ubuntu Wants a Bigger Piece of Desktops, Servers
NEW YORK—The 2007 road map for the Ubuntu Linux operating system includes continuing its focus on the desktop, paying more attention to the server and garnering additional corporate support. Speaking at Ubuntu user conference UbuCon here at Google’s New York complex on Feb. 16, Steve George, director of support and services at Canonical, said, “The…
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Analyzing the Data
Hurricanes in Florida. Floods in Louisiana. Fires in California. CEOs in hot water over regulatory concerns. Couple those issues with a cyclical profit-and-loss business model that tries to factor in the unknown, and there’s a potential recipe for trouble for insurance companies. Around 2000, Chubb, a global company that specializes in insuring individuals and companies…
