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IBM Introduces New Lotus Workplace Tools
IBM Corp. on Monday announced several new application development tools for its Lotus Workplace messaging and collaboration platform. The tools, announced at IBM’s Rational Software Development User Conference in Grapevine, Texas, are the first offered for the Lotus Workplace platform. They’ll be developed by the Rational Group, but branded and sold by IBM’s Lotus Software…
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IBM Technology Simplifies Autonomic Computing
IBM has delivered new technology to help developers build software solutions for installation on a variety of platforms. The new self-configuring technology helps developers create autonomic computing applications, the company said. The new Solution Installation for Autonomic Computing technology will be on display at the Rational user conference in Dallas this week. The technology enables…
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Boo Hoo Hoo for Victims of XP SP2
If you’ve ever wondered why major software releases such as new operating systems take so long, one of the biggest contributing factors is backward compatibility. Microsoft is especially sensitive to this, and especially with its largest customers. It works very hard not to break old applications. But with Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), expected…
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iPass to Let IT Managers Guide Mobile Security
In a move that analysts say is likely to open the door to greater corporate use of public Internet hot spots, iPass Inc. announced Monday that it will enhance its mobile connectivity services to allow corporate IT managers to enforce security policies over all connections, including connections from public wireless hot spots. “Mobility has been…
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Cisco Fortifies WLAN Security
Cisco Systems Inc. is preparing to introduce products to its WLAN line that add support for AES, among other security and management features. While Cisco is not the first wireless LAN provider to embrace Advanced Encryption Standard, its support will bring peace of mind to many IT managers who have standardized on the leading enterprise…
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The Evolving Memory Landscape
Robert A. Heinlein is famous for writing some of science fiction’s classic novels. We remember him today, however, for his famous acronym: TANSTAAFL (“There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch.”) Heinlein was by no means the first writer to express that sentiment, but he used the acronym often enough that it stuck. TANSTAAFL…
