In one of its recent ad campaigns, Microsoft seems to say that it expects its software to fail. The technology industry probably has more fashions than the fashion industry itself. 2001 Hackers Eroding User Confidence in Microsoft Microsoft is in a difficult position. Every hacker under the sun wants to exploit vulnerabilities in its products and Web sites, but Microsoft must find a solution to the issue if it is to improve its credibility with users. Following much criticism and a loss of customers to main database rival IBM, Oracle has finally changed its licensing policy.
Some businesses spend more on coffee than on enterprise security, according to recent research.
Novell subsidiary Volera is well-positioned to take advantage of the demand for content networking solutions. It Works Vendors trying to differentiate themselves in the storage virtualization arena are making distinctions that customers don't care about. StorageTek's StorageNet 6000 does have an advantage, however, in that it supports both disk and tape. New research says that most security breaches happen because firewalls and other security technologies are often mismanaged and misunderstood by IT staff. While IT managers should definitely welcome the fact that PC prices are plummeting, they should not lose sight of the total cost of ownership for these PCs.