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Cisco Makes Security Pay for Channel Partners
Cisco Systems this week announced two new programs that make a security focus even smarter for channel partners. Check out eWEEK.com’s for the latest security news, reviews and analysis. And for insights on security coverage around the Web, take a look at eWEEK.com Security Center Editor
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In Wake of Training Scam, Oracle Says Buyers Should Beware
Following recent news about an Oracle training provider who allegedly scammed his customers, Oracle training experts had unanimous advice for consumers: Be a smart shopper. “[Oracle’s] advice would be to be a smart shopper and to ask for confirmation of credentials and/or to begin by reviewing the list of Oracle authorized partners who are indeed…
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Sun, TELUS Team on Sun’s N1 Grid Computing
At this week’s Network Computing ’04Q4 launch, Sun Microsystems Inc. announced that TELUS Communications, a major Canadian telecommunications company, is its first strategic alliance for its pay-for-use grid computing services. With Sun’s wholesale model for standardized grid services, introduced in September 2004, TELUS will resell Sun’s Web-based N1 Grid Computing services starting at $1 CPU/hour.…
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Two More IE Holes Surface
Security researchers are warning of another pair of vulnerabilities in Microsoft Corp.’s Internet Explorer browser affecting users on fully patched Windows XP Service Pack 2 systems. According to an alert from Secunia that carries a “moderately critical” rating, the holes can be exploited to bypass a security feature in XP SP2 and trick users into…
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Microsoft Makes a Play for Novell Users
Microsoft Corp.’s Linux point man is at it again. This week, Martin Taylor, Microsoft’s general manager for platform strategy, isn’t touting any new Microsoft-funded studies aimed to demonstrate that Microsoft’s total-cost-of-ownership numbers beat those of its Linux competitors. Instead, he is targeting one of the newer and increasingly powerful Linux players, Novell, by crusading to…
