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IBM, Industry Group Unveil Secure Platform

IBM, in conjunction with the Trusted Computing Platform Alliance (TCPA) released version 1.0 of its security guidelines.

Tiny Software Launches New Firewall

Microsoft Files Appeal

Microsoft filed a 75-page brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals this week in its ongoing battle with the Justice Department.

Acotec’s RCM 2.0 Now Available

NTP Releases System Sentinel 5.1

January 30, 2001

Microsoft Taps Akamai for DNS Backup System

The fallout continues from last week’s embarrassing Web site outages, with Microsoft Corp. announcing it has partnered with Akamai Technologies to provide backup for its domain name service (DNS) servers.

Intel Previews Infiniband Migration Path

Intel’s upcoming Infiniband I/O architecture promises to replace the PCI bus for a high speed, switched architecture.

CERT Reports Multiple BIND Vulnerabilities

The CERT Coordination Center has discovered an error in BIND that could severely affect the operation of the Internet.

Sigaba Introduces E-Mail Encryption Gateway for Enterprises

January 26, 2001

Shym Announces PKEnable 3

Cisco Invests in StoreAge

Cisco Systems this week joined a $25 million round of investment in StoreAge Networking Technologies.

For Microsoft and Users, Questions Remain

While the DNS servers have been reconfigured and Microsoft’s Web sites brought back to public life, the questions surrounding the blackout have just begun.

Microsoft Hit by DoS Attack

In a statement released on its Web site yesterday, Microsoft Corp. announced that it had been hit by a denial of service (DoS) attack against the routers that direct traffic to the company’s Web sites.

Microsoft Courts Java Developers

Just days after settling with Sun, Microsoft announced the Java User Migration Path to Microsoft .NET (JUMP to .NET).

Storage Earnings Bright Spot in Gray Industry

The desktop PC slowdown did little to affect the booming enterprise storage industry, allowing vendors to meet or beat earnings estimates.

NetIQ’s Chariot Available to Test Itanium Processor

NetIQ announced that its network testing tool, Chariot 4.0, will be available for use to test the performance of software and hardware built on Intel’s forthcoming Itanium processor.

Technician’s DNS Change Knocked Microsoft Sites Off the Web

A configuration change made by a Microsoft technician was the source of a Web site blackout that caused many of the software giant’s critical Web sites to be unreachable by their standard domain names for 22 ½ hours Tuesday and Wednesday, according to the company.

Compaq Enhances Intelligent Manageability Tools

Compaq announced enhancements to some of its Intelligent Manageability tools.

Sun-Microsoft Rivalry Heats Up With Java Settlement

Microsoft agreed to pay $20 million to settle its three-year-old lawsuit with Sun Microsystems over Java.

QLogic Furthers iSCSI with Acquisition of Little Mountain Group

QLogic announced it has acquired the outstanding common stock of Little Mountain Group for cash and stock.