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Microsoft Readies ‘A1’ Security Subscription Service
Publicly, Microsoft continues to be cagey about packaging and pricing plans for its anti-spyware and anti-virus solutions. But privately, Microsoft has begun informing partners of its plans for a security subscription service code-named “A1,” according to developers who requested anonymity. Microsoft bought anti-virus vendor GeCAD in the summer of 2003, and anti-spyware maker Giant Company…
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Lenovo Must Invest to Keep IBM Brand’s Lure
This is one of these “and then the other shoe dropped” stories, and it involves the IBM-Lenovo deal that sent Big Blue’s PC business to the Chinese. It turns out, according to SEC filings reported in The Register, that IBM’s PC business wasn’t just a low-margin business. Rather, it had lost nearly a billion dollars.…
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New WINS Exploits Making Rounds
Almost a month after Microsoft released a fix for a security issue in the WINS (Windows Internet Name Service) name server, malicious exploits continue to haunt tardy network administrators. According to an alert from the SANS ISC (Internet Storm Center), there has been a startling increase in hacker probes directed at TCP port 42 and…
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Apple Soups Up Xserve, Ships Xsan
Apple Computer Inc. took aim at the data center on Tuesday, unveiling a new version of its Xserve line of rack-mountable servers and announcing the availability of its Xsan storage area network file system in advance of next week’s MacWorld conference in San Francisco. Xsan, which Apple unveiled last spring at the National Association of…
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Aruba Gives Wi-Fi LAN Switches More Options
Consolidation in the WLAN switching arena may mean fewer vendors to choose from, but more ways for users to secure, configure and manage their wireless LANs this year. Aruba Wireless Networks Inc. later this month will announce updates to its WLAN switch line, along with two major customer wins, McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas…
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Symantec Eyes One-Stop Shopping
Looking to solidify the company’s place at the top of the security heap, Symantec Corp. executives are considering a new pricing model in which enterprises using Symantec’s managed services would pay a single price for all the products and services they purchase from the company. The pricing plan, which has been under consideration since before…
