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  • Filter-Feeding Managers Clog the Workflow

    During the ’90s, the phrase “real-time business” was the shibboleth of a particular brand of corporate executive: brash, often arrogant, fiercely ambitious and pretending to be iconoclastic as a way to set himself apart, while actually conforming to the trendiest academic fads. A decade later, the very executives who conceived and implemented the “real-time business”…

  • OS X Security Patch Includes Browser Fix

    Apple has rolled out a security update to correct nine potentially serious vulnerabilities in the Mac OS X operating system. The update, which carries a “highly critical” rating from Secunia, comes with a modification to Apple Computer Inc.’s Safari browser to provide protection against an IDN (International Domain Names) URL-spoofing vulnerability. The IDN bug allows…

  • Microsoft Developing New Windows Server for Midmarket

    Encouraged by the market reception of its Windows Small Business Server product, Microsoft Corp. is looking for an encore with a similar bundle targeted at midsize businesses. The new Windows Server SKU—called, at least for now, Windows Midmarket Server, or MMS—is not soup yet. But Microsoft executives have a good idea about how they plan…

  • Novell Takes Aim at Microsoft Small Business Server

    SALT LAKE CITY—Novell CEO Jack Messman announced on Monday at Novell’s annual tradeshow, BrainShare, the arrival of Novell Linux Small Business Suite 9. In his morning keynote speech, Messman said that “NLSBS (Novell Linux Small Business Suite) is the first end-to-end, server-to-desktop Linux solution that offers a clear alternative for small businesses.” For resellers, Novell…

  • Visual Studio 2005 Ship Date Slips Again

    Microsoft Corp. Monday announced that the much-anticipated next version of its developer tools suite will ship in the second half of 2005 in several versions, with the Microsoft Developer Network as its primary delivery mechanism. Prashant Sridharan, Microsoft’s senior product manager for Visual Studio Team System, said Microsoft’s Visual Studio 2005, code-named Whidbey, will ship…

  • SAP Walks the Channel Walk

    Just like everything else in life, there is always a right way and a wrong way to do something. This obviously applies to vendors looking to build a qualified, loyal and effective solution provider channel. A lot of vendors talk the talk, but we later find out they have no intention of walking the walk.…

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