Recent Articles
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Circuit City Parts Ways with Its CIO
One of retail’s most important IT executives—Circuit City CIO Mike Jones—has left the $11.6 billion chain, with the chief IT job going to his VP of business applications. Jones had a creative and visionary perspective for the chain and a company statement left unclear the circumstances of his departure, although the phrase “to pursue other…
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Microsoft Caves on Vista Security
Security is security, but business is business I guess. It wasn’t worth it to Microsoft to stick to its positions on PatchGuard and the Windows Security Center. The details aren’t in yet, but based on Microsoft’s vague initial statements it appears that the company has essentially acceded to Symantec’s position on PatchGuard and is trying…
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Are Accurate Delivery Dates Too Much to Ask for?
I’m not cynical enough. No, really. I got my nose rubbed into that recently. A good friend of mine wanted to know where—not when—he could buy Vista. I, old and wise in the way of technology vendors, shrugged my shoulders and said, “You can’t,” and then gave the Reader Digest’s version of why Vista hasn’t…
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OpenVZ Virtualization Powers Up Power Processors
The OpenVZ project announced today that its OS-level server virtualization software technology has been ported to—and is now available for—systems based on 64-bit Power processors. When you think virtualization and Linux, chances are the first program that comes to mind is Xen, followed quickly by VMware. OpenVZ, however, is pushing hard to win your mind…
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SilverBack Initiative Aims for More Interoperability
The more network devices attach to remote monitoring and management tools, the more effective the service providers that manage those devices will become. With that in mind, Billerica, Mass.-based managed services vendor SilverBack Technologies in mid-October launches SilverSphere, an initiative to promote interoperability between its remote monitoring management software and all manner of devices in…
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‘Moderately Critical’ Bugzilla Bugs Squashed
Multiple security flaws in Bugzilla could put users of the software defect tracking software at risk of cross-site scripting, data manipulation and data exposure attacks. According to a warning from the open-source Bugzilla project, users should immediately upgrade to versions 2.18.6, 2.20.3, 2.22.1 or 2.23.3 to minimize the risk of malicious attacks. Security alerts aggregator…
