Jim Wagner

The SysAdmin, Audit, Network, Security (SANS) Institute, in conjunction with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has updated its ever-changing Top 20 list of security threats, broken down by the two largest operating systems used by corporate network — Windows and Unix. The list, which “is especially intended for those organizations that lack the resources […]

Microsoft officials have set a launch date for their latest iteration of MSN, aimed at taking the Internet experience to the “next level.” For now, the MSN marketing machine is more interested in getting the word out about its newest catch-phrase describing MSN 8 than providing details of its service, which launches Oct. 24. Microsoft […]

SuSE Linux got a boost in the enterprise world after being named a SAP technology partner, officials announced Monday. Linux, an open source OS popular with computer enthusiasts and network administrators alike, has been making headway in the enterprise market lately, due in part to the increasing popularity and legitimacy of the platform’s two largest […]

Almost two weeks after rolling out a wireless home networking offer for business users, Verizon is going to do the same for consumer digital subscriber line (DSL) subscribers. Verizon officials will make the announcement as early as Monday, and unlike its business deal, the discounts will apply the same for DSL packages across the board […]

Sporting a new chipset allowing simultaneous voice and data transmissions, Nokia officials announced Friday a new digital wireless phone for European and Asian countries. Unfortunately for U.S. customers, taking full advantage of the phone is still wishful thinking, as wireless carriers are still years behind the rest of the world in 3G wireless phone technologies. […]

Officials at Agilent Technologies announced Thursday night the buyout of a switch “fabric” silicon designer to boost its InfiniBand switches. The buy brings instant expertise to the Agilent fold, something the company lost last year with the release of 4,000 workers in the wake of the dot bomb era. RedSwitch brings 80 employees back into […]

SBC officials announced Thursday the reduction of 11,000 of its workers by early 2003 and a cut in capital spending to $5 or $6 billion. Adding in today’s numbers, the Bell giant has cut 26,000 positions from its roster since last year. The last round of job cuts was announced in May, with 5,000 positions […]

EarthLink , the nationwide consumer dial and broadband Internet service provider, is making an indirect move into the enterprise sector with a strategic alliance struck with GoAmerica Thursday. As part of the deal, future GoAmerica customers will get an EarthLink-branded service; the ISP will pay a percentage for every customer GoAmerica brings to the fold. […]

MSN is the latest national broadband provider to jump on the home networking bandwagon, announcing free support and rebate on a bundled MSN-Microsoft Broadband Networking Wireless base station service, officials announced Wednesday. The deal doesn’t become official until the release of MSN 8, the latest version of Microsoft’s Internet service, which is expected to roll […]

Openwave launched two products Tuesday aimed at providing PC-like Web browsing on IP-based 3G phones in the U.S. Officials announced the release of a content manager, dubbed Openwave Mobile JAM Plus, for Java-enabled phones and color browser support in the Openwave mobile browser 6.1. Openwave Mobile Browser 6.0, which is essentially the same as v6.1, […]

IBM has found a way to put yesterday’s transactional software onto today’s Web services platform, announcing Tuesday several WebSphere tools for IT managers and developers. What’s more, Big Blue officials say the changes can be implemented in hours, not days or weeks, thanks to applications that use setup wizards — instead of programming changes within […]

Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft both announced Web services applications Monday designed for one purpose — eating away at IBM’s share in the infrastructure software industry. HP and BEA Systems, Inc. , are rolling out BEA’s WebLogic Server 7.0 on the HP-UX 11i, while Microsoft is pushing its application analyzer for Lotus Notes, hoping to migrate IBM […]