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Internet Operators Dig into Fallout from Cisco Code Theft
As more details were revealed Monday about the theft of Cisco Systems Inc.’s IOS Version 12.3 source code, networking analysts pondered the possible outcomes of the release for individual networks and for the entire Internet. According to Russian security firm SecurityLab, 800MB of source code from Cisco, including a developmental version of the currently released…
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Should You Worry About Cisco’s Source Code?
Should ISPs, Web hosting companies and network administrators—the people who live and die by their Cisco routers—be worried about the possible consequences of Cisco Systems Inc.‘s IOS source code being stolen? Certainly, in the past, Cisco’s IOS, like almost all software, has been shown to have security vulnerabilities. Click here to read more about the…
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Ship Windows Server Only When It’s Ready
Microsoft made a series of announcements last week regarding the future of the Windows operating system. After hedging the dates on the release of the next-generation versions of Windows for the past few years, it laid out a roadmap and time frame for the product line that extends almost into the next decade. Read more…
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Regulation Compliance Tops Companies’ Security Concerns
Just a few short years ago, the primary security-related concern for most IT executives was how to prevent hackers from infiltrating their companies’ systems. Although that issue still is quite relevant, it’s no longer the top concern of many organizations. Today, that honor goes to how to comply with the increasing number of regulatory and…
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Boston Red Sox: Backstop Your Business
Every inch of grass at the southwest corner of the City of Palms Park in Fort Myers, Fla., lay flat after dozens of hard-core baseball fans had braved a night of sleeping bags and fire ants to snag the few remaining standing-room-only tickets for a spring training contest between the Boston Red Sox and the…
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Novell, IBM and Sun Target Microsoft’s Desktop
The battle for the desktop is not over. At least according to Novell Inc., IBM, Sun Microsystems Inc. and Red Hat Inc., each of which is working on, or has recently shipped, new products that take aim at Microsoft Corp.’s Windows and Office. Novell is concentrating on the enterprise with an offering that will combine…
