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Citrix, Microsoft Extend Partnership
Despite speculation that Microsoft Corp. would abandon Citrix Systems Inc.—the company that created MetaFrame and WinFrame, the predecessor to Microsoft’s Terminal Server—and build its own terminal services in the next version of Windows Server, aka “Longhorn,” Microsoft and Citrix recently reached an agreement to collaborate and cross-license Terminal Server and Windows. Citrix MetaFrame Access Suite,…
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Novell Combines SuSE Linux, Netware in Server Public Beta
Novell Inc. gave its NetWare and Linux users a Christmas present by releasing the first public beta of Novell Open Enterprise Server over the holiday weekend. OES is Novell’s dual operating system, NetWare services platform. It can run on top of either SLES (SuSE Linux Enterprise Server) 9.0 or the NetWare 7.0 kernel or both.…
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Holiday Attacks Target IE Browser, PHP Servers
Malware authors on Christmas day left dubious “gift” packages in e-mailboxes across the Internet. Fresh attacks, which took advantage of old Internet Explorer bugs, as well as new versions of the Santy worm fouled the holidays for some Windows users and PHP server admins. A posting on the Full Disclosure mailing list described a new…
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Three Serious Windows Vulnerabilities Surface
Symantec Corp.’s Security Response service on Friday confirmed that unpatched Windows vulnerabilities could pose a serious risk for exploits via malicious Web pages and e-mail messages. One of the three security vulnerabilities involves image handling—a source of recent exploits on Windows and Unix operating systems. The other two risks are found in the Help system…
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2005 Headliners: RFID, SOA and SMB Specialists
One sure-fire, end-of-year prediction is that there will be numerous columns and articles featuring end-of-year predictions. What follows is my contribution: RFID Gets Real It’s hard to find a top-tier integrator who isn’t running a radio frequency identification practice. In 2005, their preparation may be rewarded. Entities from Wal-Mart to the Pentagon are pursuing large-scale…
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IBM’s Big Ticket to China
There’s a lot more than what meets the eye with IBM’s deal to sell its Personal Computer Division to Lenovo Group Ltd. for $1.75 billion. IBM has set in motion a multifaceted strategy that allows it to exit a low-margin PC business but, through an 18.9 percent investment in Lenovo, be able to continue to…
