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Three Former CA Execs Plead Guilty to Fraud Conspiracy
Three former financial executives at Computer Associates International Inc., including the ex-chief financial officer, pleaded guilty Thursday to criminal charges related to a federal investigation of the company’s bookkeeping. Former CFO Ira Zar pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in New York to charges of securities fraud conspiracy, substantive securities fraud and obstruction of justice…
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Taking the SMB Market Battle to the Home Front
IBM and Microsoft have found themselves on opposite sides of the fence as often as they have found themselves on the same side as partners. With the OS2 v. Windows battle well behind us—though not forgotten, it seems that IBM is taking on Microsoft once again. This time it’s a contest for hearts and minds…
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Pair of Cisco Apps Are Open to Attack
Cisco Systems Inc. on Wednesday warned customers that the software application that manages its wireless LAN products and another one used to monitor services in data centers contain unchangeable default passwords, opening them up to compromise by attackers. The company said both its Wireless LAN Solution Engine and its Hosting Solutions Engine ship with default…
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Indian Firm Infosys Ventures Onto U.S. Soil
Indian IT outsourcing vendor Infosys Technologies Ltd. today made a bid to take on U.S.-based consulting companies such as Accenture Ltd. by launching a new consulting subsidiary in the United States. Rather than buy its way into the U.S.-based IT and business consulting market, the Bangalore, India, firm is building a new subsidiary from the…
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Sun, Rackable Systems Offer Solaris on High-Density x86 Servers
SANTA CLARA, CA — Sun Microsystems and Rackable Systems, a San Jose, Calif. manufacturer of rack-mount servers for large-scale data center deployments, signed an agreement under which Rackable Systems will distribute the Solaris operating system for x86 platforms on its thermally efficient servers. Low heat generation allows twice the density of standard rack-mount solutions. Rackable’s…
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Sun Updates Solaris 9, Allows Downloads of Forthcoming Solaris 10
SANTA CLARA, CA — Sun Microsystems announced the sixth update to Solaris 9 for SPARC and x86 systems, and the availability of next- generation Solaris 10 functionality through its Software Express for Solaris subscription program. The Solaris 9 update offers improvements to the Solaris volume manager, performance enhancements and additional platform support for the Sun…
