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Rootkits: Invasion of the Windows Snatchers
A Microsoft presentation at this week’s RSA Conference has some observers concerned about a recurring nightmare of computer security: Rootkits. A rootkit is a malicious program that uses system hooks to conceal its presence on the system. For instance, it monitors if the user opens the Windows Task Manager in order to keep itself out…
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Will Integrators Profit from Microsoft’s ERP Delay?
Reported shipment delays for Microsoft’s ERP software could spell some opportunities for enterprise and radio-frequency identification systems integrators, both inside and outside the Microsoft camp. But, on the other hand, Microsoft’s moves to hold back products for further fine-tuning make sense for the company from a competitive standpoint, according to some industry observers. “A delay…
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Pogo Linux Offers Custom Branding
BOSTON—Pogo Linux Inc. is launching a program designed to make it easier for Linux application makers to sell their products. At the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo here, Pogo Linux kicked off its Your Logo Here program, in which it will sell servers to the software makers, who in turn can load their software onto the…
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Xiotech Offers Magnitude ‘Lite’ to Midrange Customers
A scaled-down version of Xiotech Corp.’s Magnitude 3D SAN-based storage subsystem promises to provide scalability and ease of use for midtier organizations as well as divisions of larger companies. The midmarket has largely been ignored by storage vendors, who tend to focus on lucrative enterprise-class customers or, more recently, the small-business marketplace. But the midsized…
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Xandros Aims Linux Version at Windows Users
BOSTON—Xandros Inc. has announced improvements in its distribution of a desktop version of Linux as well as a completely new version aimed at Windows users. Xandros executives also said they were using this week’s LinuxWorld as a venue to recruit channel partners to sell the new software. The main improvement to its desktop product is…
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Startup Extends Active Directory to Linux Systems
Centrify Corp. has released DirectControl, a Microsoft Active Directory-based program that enables network administrators to use AD’s identity, access and policy management for not only Windows, but also Unix and Linux systems. According to Centrify CEO Tom Kemp, with DirectControl “administrators can reduce management costs associated with user account management, strengthen security throughout their organization…
