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05/21/2013 12:02:23 Daily, November 01Reincarnation, IT-Style
In This Issue:
1. Editor's Note: Reincarnation, IT-Style
2. Today's Top Story
- Gates: Microsoft Making 'Sea Change' In Software Strategy
Related Stories
- Microsoft To Offer Online Versions Of All Its Apps
- Office 12 Preview Leaks To Web
- Review: Microsoft Windows Vista's Latest Prerelease
- More New Internet Explorer 7 Features Revealed
3. Breaking News
- Internet Governance Squabble Expected To Hijack U.N. Meeting
- Cognizant Is Latest Offshore Outsourcer To Report Big Growth
- Your Next IM Could Be Your Network's Last
- FaceTime Issues Worm-Free Guarantee
- Apple Updates Mac OS X With 60 Fixes
- Level 3 To Buy WilTel
- Mobile Application Security: Options For Keeping Your Data Safe
- Informatica Pushes Data-Integration Boundaries
- Startup Claims Breakthrough In Fuel Cells
- IBM Supports Utility Upgrades In Michigan
4. In Depth: Enterprise Servers
- Dell, IBM Add Servers With Dual-Core Xeons
- HP Expands Blade Server Line To Include Itanium
- Fabric7 Enters Enterprise Server Market
- Unisys Exits Hardware Assembly
- Neterion, IBM Bring 10-Gbps Ethernet To xSeries
5. Voice Of Authority
- Business Technology: RFID Is Already Proving Its Value
6. White Papers
- Enhancing Regulatory Compliance
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Quote of the day:
"Diamonds are only chunks of coal/ That stuck to their jobs, you see." -- Minnie Richard Smith
1. Editor's Note: Reincarnation, IT-Style
In the world of IT, great ideas don't ever *really* die. Rights are acquired by another company that incorporates the idea into its own product, or the notion comes back under another name entirely, biding its time until market demand catches up with the invention.
Granted, sometimes it takes awhile. Like a decade or more, in the case of "software-on-demand," which Microsoft is making a big play for these days. Some may remember when rented software used to run on mainframe computers. Back then it was called "timesharing." Nowadays the concept has been updated via the Web, with friendlier interfaces that people other than die-hard techies can understand. But the notion is more or less the same: You don't want the hassle of running your own software? No problem--a vendor will do it for you, for a fee.
Open source is another old idea whose time has come. Now accepted into the back rooms--if not front offices--of most large companies, open source is pretty much everywhere you turn these days. There's even an open-source business-intelligence effort being launched, and Microsoft is feuding with Massachusetts over the state's adoption of open-source office software. Meanwhile, Red Hat is developing a new version of the Linux operating system it's hoping will be more appealing for the data center.
All of this is not to suggest for a moment that there's nothing new under the IT sun. Of course there is, and as proof I offer these items:
To read about more IT wares that are making a comeback, or to share your thoughts, please check out my blog entry. What's your favorite resurrected and/or brand-new IT item?
Johanna Ambrosio
jambrosio@cmp.com
www.informationweek.com
Gates: Microsoft Making 'Sea Change' In Software Strategy
By developing new Windows Live and Office Live products and other online offerings, Microsoft is betting it can build a business on software supported by advertising instead of licensing and leverage the millions of programmers proficient in Microsoft technology to help the company go up against Google and other competitors.
Related Stories:
Microsoft To Offer Online Versions Of All Its Apps
Over time, virtually every piece of Microsoft's software lineup
will be offered as a server or a service, according to chairman
Bill Gates. He and CTO Ray Ozzie unveiled the company's Windows
Live and Office Live offerings Tuesday in San Francisco.
Office 12 Preview Leaks To Web
An early version of Office 12, Microsoft's next-generation
application suite, has been leaked and is available from several
sites, a Windows enthusiast Web site reported Tuesday.
Review: Microsoft Windows Vista's Latest Prerelease
The October Community Technology Preview adds features for
networking and system diagnostics, and hints at new controls for
mobile users.
Review: More New Internet Explorer 7 Features Revealed
In the latest preview of Windows Vista, IE 7 offers some
significant additions, including new capabilities for tabs,
favorites, and security.
3. Breaking News
Internet Governance Squabble Expected To Hijack U.N. Meeting
Growing resentment among other nations over U.S. control over the Internet is expected to spill over into a summit scheduled for mid-November. Both sides remain far apart on who should run the Web.
Cognizant Is Latest Offshore Outsourcer To Report Big Growth
The company said third-quarter revenue jumped 52% to $235.5 million
from the year earlier, while net income rose 56% to $40.6 million.
Your Next IM Could Be Your Network's Last
A significant rise in instant-messaging threats will eventually
lead to an automated worm that will strike hundreds of thousands
of machines in seconds, IM security firms warn. Of particular concern
is the recent big boost in the maliciousness of the IM exploits.
FaceTime Issues Worm-Free Guarantee
Company backs up release 6.5 of IMAuditor with 100% guarantee
against the proliferation of IM-borne threats.
Apple Updates Mac OS X With 60 Fixes
The Macintosh operating system was updated to fix 60 flaws in the
operating system and bundled applications. Even for Apple, which
traditionally has handled numerous bugs in any given update,
October's was a record.
Level 3 To Buy WilTel
The deal gives Level 3 some 3,000 more route miles of backbone, a
video-services subsidiary, and an existing contract WilTel holds
with SBC Communications.
Mobile Application Security: Options For Keeping Your Data Safe
Mobile data security is possible with a little planning during
the development stage.
Informatica Pushes Data-Integration Boundaries
PowerCenter 8 links structured and unstructured data, offers
integrated data-quality management.
Startup Claims Breakthrough In Fuel Cells
PolyFuel claims its fuel-cell membrane, based on hydrocarbon direct
methanol, has passed the 5,000-hour mark in durability testing.
IBM Supports Utility Upgrades In Michigan
The idea is to prevent massive blackouts like those that hit the
Northeast in August 2003 and help the utility meet reliability
standards imposed by the U.S. Energy Policy Act of 2005.
In Tuesday's episode:
John Soat with "Ready, Aim, News"
Ivan Schneider with "Banking On A Secure Network"
Brian Gillooly with "Disney At Your Fingertips"
China-U.S. Security
Compare the security practices and investment plans of 700
Chinese sites against the strategies and experiences of 2,540
U.S. companies in InformationWeek's research report, China-U.S.
Information Security 2005.
Nominations For Blog-X Awards
You determine the nominees and you choose the winner in TechWeb's
second annual Blog-X Awards. Nominate your favorite tech blog
now, and be sure to return when it's time to vote for the winner!
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4. In Depth: Enterprise Servers
Dell, IBM Add Servers With Dual-Core Xeons
The new Xeon processors are the first to ship with Intel's built-in virtualization technology, which will be turned on using a BIOS switch in early 2006.
HP Expands Blade Server Line To Include Itanium
The BL60p is the first blade to support both the HP-UX 11i
operating system and the Itanium 2 processor.
Fabric7 Enters Enterprise Server Market
The servers use Opteron processors from AMD and Fabric7's Q-Par
technology to let customers create hardware-based partitions.
Unisys Exits Hardware Assembly
Following days of damage control, Unisys CEO Joe McGrath last
week had something to be optimistic about: a deal with NEC that
promises to reduce Unisys' manufacturing and
research-and-development costs.
Neterion, IBM Bring 10-Gbps Ethernet To xSeries
IBM will begin offering Neterion's 10-Gbps Ethernet adapter as an
option for use with its xSeries systems built around the X3
architecture and chipset.
5. Voice Of Authority
Business Technology: RFID Is Already Proving Its Value
The adoption of radio-frequency identification has reached such a critical mass across a diverse range of applications that we're about to see indisputable evidence of the power of RFID and related technologies, Bob Evans says.
6. White Papers
Enhancing Regulatory Compliance
Many organizations faced with growing demands to comply with government regulations are turning to their existing ERP systems as a cornerstone of their compliance efforts. Document-process-automation solutions allow ERP to integrate electronic copies of documents.
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