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05/20/2013 10:45:39 Daily, February 09Microsoft: About To Be KO'd In Security?
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1. Editor's Note: Microsoft: About To Be KO'd In Security?
2. Today's Top Story
- Reporter's Notebook: Google Casts Shadow Over Demo
Related Stories:
- Demo Gets An Earful Of VoIP Add-Ons
- Furby Creator Develops Robotic Dinosaur
3. Breaking News
- EU Commission Denies Microsoft Deadline Extension ...
- ... As Microsoft Reveals Two New Bugs
- Firefox Exploit Emerges
- GM To Upgrade OnStar
- MIT Preps Wireless Network For Cambridge
- Defense Spending Helps Boost CSC's Third Quarter
- Competing On Analytics
- Get Ready For Rebuilds
- Linux Creator Calls GPLv3 'Crusade'
- Homeland Security Readies International Cyber-War Game
- Vonage Files For IPO
- Google: Gmail Chat Users Should Disable Firefox AdBlock
4. Grab Bag: News You Need From Around The Web
- Downloads Make Singles A Hit Again
- IBM Adopts High-Performance 'Cell' Chip
- Super Vision Sans Bionics
5. In Depth: Health Care IT
- Boston Hospitals' Patient Information Saved From Lockdown
- Pharmaceutical Adoption Of RFID Slower Than Expected: Report
- New Technology Could Head Off Bird Flu
- Medical Center And IT Vendor Revamp Health-Care Industry
Purchasing Models
- Profile: Joe Taylor, Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas
6. Voice Of Authority
- Marketing In Death Online
7. White Papers
- An Introduction To iSeries High Availability
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Quote of the day:
"After a heated argument on some trivial matter, Nancy [Astor]
shouted, 'If I were your wife I would put poison in your coffee!'
Whereupon Winston [Churchill] answered, 'And if I were your
husband I would drink it.'" -- John Fellows Akers
It's been awhile since the industry has seen a good
David-vs.-Goliath fight, but you might want to line up for a
ringside seat at this one. Microsoft is taking on Symantec and
others in the security realm, but the interesting thing is it's
not clear who the giant is in this fight--nor is it necessarily a
given which will win.
In the consumer space, Microsoft arguably has some momentum
through name recognition by consumers and deals with resellers.
(Symantec's certainly got a few of those deals, too, so I'm not
willing to put any money on this one.) It also doesn't hurt that
Microsoft's OneCare Live subscription service allows users to protect up to three home computers for one flat annual
fee of $49.95. Perhaps Symantec will see the wisdom in changing
its licensing policies to compete more aggressively on this
front.
Symantec is certainly battling back, with its own consumer security service due to
launch in September, a couple of months after Microsoft's.
Details of Symantec's offering haven't been announced.
Nor has Microsoft let on much about what it's doing in the enterprise security area, although it's
planning something, initially in the antivirus space. Here,
though, I think Symantec and McAfee are going to give Microsoft a
good run for its money. Security pros know and trust these
longtime vendors, and the products work. Making an ROI case for
replacing a core enterprise software package "just because" is
not a good way of endearing oneself to the boss.
Most important, perhaps, is that these third-party apps are
agnostic. They run across multiple operating environments and
hardware platforms, and they work with other vendors of related
ecosystems. Microsoft has been notorious for its stubbornness to
play nicely outside its own servers and software, one reason most
shops of any size can't seriously consider Windows to, say, run
their data centers. It's a multivendor world, and that's why
enterprise systems management and, yes, security, remain enigmas
to Microsoft.
"Live," aka hosted, software isn't going to help here, either.
Too many large companies run their own software, and switching
will require too huge a change in their IT model, and it will be
many years before that happens. I don't think it will, not with
IT playing the central and core role it does in many large
companies. Hosted software also doesn't address the integration
and multivendor issues.
What do you think? Does Microsoft stand a chance in the security
market? To read more, or to comment, check out my blog entry.
Johanna Ambrosio
Reporter's Notebook: Google Casts Shadow Over Demo
Related Stories:
Demo Gets An Earful Of VoIP Add-Ons
Furby Creator Develops Robotic Dinosaur
EU Commission Denies Microsoft Deadline Extension ...
... As Microsoft Reveals Two New Bugs
Firefox Exploit Emerges
GM To Upgrade OnStar
MIT Preps Wireless Network For Cambridge
Defense Spending Helps Boost CSC's Third Quarter
Competing On Analytics
Get Ready For Rebuilds
Linux Creator Calls GPLv3 'Crusade'
Homeland Security Readies International Cyber-War Game
Vonage Files For IPO
Google: Gmail Chat Users Should Disable Firefox AdBlock
In the current episode:
John Soat With 'Wolf At The Door'
Laurie Sullivan With 'Live From Demo '06'
Bruce Boardman With 'Network General's Big Plans'
Paul Kapustka With 'Wi-Fi For Free'
The Year Ahead
A Week's Worth Of Dailies--All In One Place
How Does China's Information Security Measure Up?
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Downloads Make Singles A Hit Again (Washington Post--reg. required)
IBM Adopts High-Performance 'Cell' Chip (AP)
Super Vision Sans Bionics (Wired News)
Boston Hospitals' Patient Information Saved From Lockdown
Pharmaceutical Adoption Of RFID Slower Than Expected: Report
New Technology Could Head Off Bird Flu
Medical Center And IT Vendor Revamp Health-Care Industry
Purchasing Models
Profile: Joe Taylor, Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas
Marketing In Death Online
An Introduction To iSeries High Availability
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1. Editor's Note: Microsoft: About To Be KO'd In Security?
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Of more than 30 startups making their debut Tuesday at the
showcase for new technologies, about a third positioned Google's
search results as the problem and their products as the solution.
Voice over IP isn't new. But the service is gaining momentum as
more companies introduce add-ons to complement the basic voice
offerings from companies such as Skype and Vonage.
Pleo, a "life form" robotic toy, is the latest big idea from the
man who brought the world Furby in 1998. Pleo senses "pain" and
yelps if stepped on.
The rebuff, which also rejected Microsoft's request for access to
correspondence involving technical experts advising the
commission, moves the company closer to a daily fine of up to
$2.4 million for noncompliance with the EU's antitrust remedies.
Microsoft owns up to two new security problems, one of which is
yet another issue with Windows Meta File images.
An exploit that takes advantage of a recently patched bug in
Mozilla Corp.'s Firefox browser has gone public.
The in-car safety and navigation system is getting some new
options, 10 years after its introduction.
MIT researchers and volunteers are rolling out a municipal
wireless network that will, at least initially, be free for
low-income residents.
The nation's third-largest outsourcer said revenue rose 2.5%
while net income jumped 29%.
You're no match for contenders if your business data is tied up
in knots.
Got a crashed system on your hands? Or one that simply needs a
power boost? Here's everything you'll need to rebuild systems
profitably.
In his latest protest against the new version of the General
Public License, Linux creator Linus Torvalds wrote, "We do
not--as software developers--have the moral right to enforce our
rules on hardware manufacturers. We are not crusaders."
The international test of cyber-readiness is part of larger
homeland defense plans and was ordered by a presidential
directive.
Vonage Holdings Corp. filed for an initial public offering of
$250 million and appointed a new chief executive.
The company said AdBlock, which is used to block advertising on
Web pages, often interferes with Gmail's chat features, causing
Firefox to crash.
Kama Sutra worm a dud, spyware triples last year, and more.
Report on some of the cool things on exhibit at Demo '06 in Phoenix.
Network General hopes the purchase of Fidelia jump-starts its
service-management business and improves its IT enterprise management.
A proposal to create free Wi-Fi across Silicon Valley was
recently revealed.
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But the popularity of MP3s has a flip side: fewer album sales.
A highly touted microprocessor designed to provide
hyper-realistic imagery in video games is making its first
appearance in a computing system made by the chip's leading
designer, IBM.
PixelOptics just won a $3.5 million Department of Defense grant
to refine its "supervision" technology, which the company claims
could double the quality of a person's eyesight.
CareGroup Healthcare utilizes latest release of Symantec's i3 to
ensure access to data.
Cost and uncertainty over the status of legislation will limit
the number of medications tagged on a large scale to 10 this year.
A new microarray can, within hours, pinpoint pathogens that can
infect humans. The technology is widely available to researchers
for free.
New CombineMed joint venture will provide computerized sourcing
services for the health-care sector.
After seeing the chaos wrought by Hurricane Katrina, Joe Taylor
and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas' IT department identified
830,000 subscribers most likely to be affected by Hurricane Rita
and generated health-care records for them based on three years
of claims data--months ahead of the insurer's planned move to
E-records. Doctors were able to retrieve records from a call
center or online.
A paid link resulting from a Google search ties roadside
memorials for victims of traffic fatalities to an ad marketing
travel services. Eric Chabrow explains.
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iSeries high availability for companies that want to understand
this technology and evaluate whether such a solution can become a
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