Tag: IT

  • MS Admits It Needed More ‘Intrinsic Security’; Launches Products

    MS Admits It Needed More ‘Intrinsic Security’; Launches Products

    Matt Hines

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    SAN FRANCISCO—Microsoft executives Bill Gates and Craig Mundie kicked off the RSA Conference 2007 on Feb. 6 with a keynote presentation emphasizing the need for stronger online identity protection and IT systems access management. Speaking to attendees gathered here for the annual security conference—held at the Moscone Center from Feb. 5-10—the executives sought to highlight… Read more

  • Demand for IT Temp Workers Expected to Outpace Permanent

    Demand for IT Temp Workers Expected to Outpace Permanent

    Deborah Perelman

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    With computer, management and legal positions in highest demand, temporary employment is expected to grow three times as fast as total employment over the next decade, according to the 2007 Temporary Jobs Guidebook report released Feb. 5 by Staffing Industry Analysts, a Los Altos provider of workforce market intelligence. Demand for IT workers remains strong… Read more

  • Tripwire Aims to Find Needle in IT Haystack

    Tripwire Aims to Find Needle in IT Haystack

    Paula Musich

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    Configuration audit and control provider Tripwire on Feb. 5 gave IT a better handle on controlling configuration changes that can cause outages or compliance issues when it launched the latest release of its Tripwire Enterprise software. The configuration monitoring and control software is designed to help IT track changes made outside of existing policies to… Read more

  • IT Pros Prepare to Spring Forward

    IT Pros Prepare to Spring Forward

    Deborah Perelman

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    Daylight-saving time kicks off two weeks early this year, leaving technology professionals scrambling to avoid it wreaking havoc on IT systems. The 2005 act amended the Uniform Time Act of 1966, which simplified the official pattern of daylight-saving time, changing the start and end dates to extend it by four weeks. Starting in 2007, clocks… Read more

  • Compatibility Concerns Hinder Vista Upgrades, IT Pros Say

    Compatibility Concerns Hinder Vista Upgrades, IT Pros Say

    Deborah Perelman

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    Microsoft’s new operating system may be the most eagerly anticipated release of the past 10 years, but concerns over compatibility, bugs and security are keeping many IT professionals from doing so soon, according to the survey released Jan. 23 by Cambridge, Mass.-based Bit9, a provider of desktop lockdown solutions. Only 68 percent of IT pros… Read more

  • A Brief Compendium of the IT Workplace

    Deborah Perelman

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    Middle managers are discontent, study says Middle managers around the world are dissatisfied and feel stagnant in their positions, according to an annual survey released Jan. 9 by Accenture, a global management consulting and outsourcing company. In a survey of more than 1,400 middle managers in nine countries, only four out of 10 respondents said… Read more