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  • Data Security Firms Ally to Promote Standards

    Data Security Firms Ally to Promote Standards

    Brian Prince

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    Eight leading data security companies have joined forces to create an organization to educate the business community on the value of global security standards that protect credit and debit card numbers. The newly formed Payment Card Industry Security Vendor Alliance will assist the PCI Security Standards Council—an organization composed of merchants, banks and point-of-sale vendors—in… Read more

  • Putting Windows Vista PCs to the Test

    Putting Windows Vista PCs to the Test

    Cisco Cheng

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    Windows Vista is here. The long-awaited operating system is set to grace current and future builds of desktop and laptop manufacturers as of the end of January. PC Magazine managed to get our hands on some of the first systems releasing with the Vista OS, and what we found may surprise you. For starters, Vista… Read more

  • Some Companies Hesitate to Outsource

    Some Companies Hesitate to Outsource

    Chris Preimesberger

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    Hiring someone outside the company to store, manage and protect all a company’s data is a gutsy thing to do, for any storage executive or administrator. And this decision usually is not made in a vacuum. Virtually all companies who outsource their storage apparatus must have either the CEO, president, or a senior vice president… Read more

  • IBM Software Aims to Prevent Online Identity Theft

    IBM Software Aims to Prevent Online Identity Theft

    Brian Prince

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    Researchers at IBM have created a new shield for personal information in an effort to prevent identity theft online. Code named Identity Mixer, or Idemix for short, the software was crafted by IBM researchers at the company’s laboratory in Zurich, Switzerland, and will let customers purchase goods and services online without revealing their personal information.… Read more

  • Lenovo Moves to Correct Vista Boot Time Issue

    Lenovo Moves to Correct Vista Boot Time Issue

    Bryan Gardiner

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    According to a recent entry on Lenovo’s “Inside the Box” blog, the reports earlier this month about a Vista/Thinkpad conflict are true: Lenovo admitted that some Vista-based computers manufactured either by IBM or by Lenovo may take an additional 10 to 20 seconds longer to boot than a similar Windows XP-based configurations. This problem, according… Read more

  • Power to the Channel

    Power to the Channel

    Michael Vizard

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    There’s a battle of wills going on within most customers these days that is creating an unusual opportunity for solution providers to play the mediator. Opportunities to wear the white hat don’t come along all that often, but even the warring camps inside the customer base would generally agree that this argument is unproductive for… Read more