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Alleged Oracle Scammer: I Am Not a Crook
Beware, Oracle training and/or security expertise buyers. Ed Haskins—the purveyor of Oracle training materials that paying consumers complain often fail to appear in their mailboxes, the mastermind behind Oracle security pitches that he admits tout a completely fictional “expert,” and a man who admits that he owes customers and experts more than $30,000—is still at…
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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…
