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IBM Announces ISV Allies
IBM is slated to announce new developers and customers for its ISV Advantage for Industries and SMB programs. At the PartnerWorld conference in Las Vegas earlier this month, IBM announced that it will invest $1 billion this year in ISV programs, as well as its new ISV Advantage for Industries program. This week the Armonk,…
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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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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…