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Report: Number of Security Flaws Stabilizes, but Ease of Exploit Worsens
While the number of vulnerabilities found in software essentially has stabilized, the flaws are increasingly easy to exploit—and more often than not, quite severe—according to a new report released on Monday. Furthermore, as bad as the vulnerability problem is, the virus plague currently tormenting Internet users may well be worse. In the second half of…
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Dell: Business as Usual with Rollins at Reins
As an employee at Dell Inc., Joyce Becknell saw firsthand the business savvy and attention to detail that Kevin Rollins brought to the computer maker, first as a partner with consulting company Bain & Co. Inc. and later as an executive at Dell. Now, as an analyst with The Sageza Group Inc., of Milan, Italy,…
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Sharing Gains, Risks: A New Type of Outsourcing
With a focus on business transformation outsourcing, Accenture is pioneering a type of outsourcing deal in which it will share gains from customers’ business advantage, along with risks. Martin Cole, whose office is in Hartford, Conn., is managing partner for outsourcing at Accenture, with executive offices in Dallas, which last year had $11.8 billion in…
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ESI Expands Enterprise Offerings
Extended Systems Inc. is expanding its enterprise strategy with added services, support and security for its remote access server solutions. The wireless middleware developer is forming partnerships with carriers, systems integrators and security companies to improve its OneBridge Mobile Server software. “Our corporate emphasis is shifting to support the enterprise,” said Charles Jepson, president and…
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FBI Petitions for Broad Wiretapping Rights
The Bush Administration has asked the Federal Communications Commission to require broadband service providers to introduce new architecture in their networks that would facilitate eavesdropping by law enforcement officials. The 85-page proposal was filed March 12 by the Department of Justice, the FBI, and the Drug Enforcement Administration. Experts are saying that if it is…
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EDS Sells Product Lifecycle Management Business
Eager to pay down mounting debt, Electronic Data Systems Corp. will sell a profitable software development subsidiary to three investment firms for more than $2 billion in cash, officials said Sunday. The Plano, Texas services giant said Bain Capital LLC, Silver Lake Partners LP, and Warburg Pincus LLC had agreed to purchase its UGS PLM…
