10 Microsoft Targets Service Organization at Enterprise Microsoft announced last week that it would combine its product support and consulting divisions into a single services organization, taking on increased responsibility for managing corporate IT implementations for users. Analysts characterized the move as a significant step in Microsoft's effort to win over more large enterprise customers to its server-level operating systems and supporting products. And visitors to the site have every reason to be confused. First Union is already experiencing the savings. 13 Agencies Lack Policies Needed to Expand Wireless Use Wireless devices are turning up at federal agencies in increasing numbers, but their spread is outpacing federal policies for dealing with them.
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13 Corporations Left Hanging as Security Outsourcer Shuts Doors Pilot Network Services Inc., a beleaguered provider of security outsourcing services with a roster of major corporate clients, last week announced that it had suspended business operations and laid off all of its employees. Briefs Brief news items about the IT industry. The security lapse that exposed some of Microsoft Corp.'s largest support customers to a nonlethal computer virus is not uncommon, analysts said last week. A bill that would establish the nation's first state-level infrastructure protection center has passed its first hurdle in the Arizona House. The U.S. Department of Commerce plans to launch an e-commerce fellowship program this fall that's intended to promote ties between the U.S. and Latin American and Caribbean nations.