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Network World Daily News: PM, 06/15/07 10 reasons why it’s good and bad to be HP
HP, the leading seller of servers and printers, is looking to make a much bigger name for itself in software. The company already is the sixth-largest software vendor in the world, though its $2 billion software business made up a small portion of its $90 billion-plus in overall revenue last year. Why network-based security doesn’t cut it anymore
Ted Schlein has been in the thick of the IT security industry for more than 20 years. He started off building Symantec’s original antivirus software and went on to run all the enterprise product lines there. For the past 10-plus years, he has been investing in security companies for venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, where his first investment was in ISS (now part of IBM). One place Schlein has been putting his money of late is into companies that secure networks at the client. He spoke this week with Online Executive News Editor Bob Brown. Pfizer alerts employees of data breach
Drug maker Pfizer has been busy alerting 17,000 present and former employees that due to a policy violation on a company computer, their names and Social Security numbers have been exposed to potential unauthorized access. | Manage Insider Security Threats Experts say 75% of security threats come from inside your organization. Watch the latest Network World Editorial Perspectives Webcast today, "Security From the Inside," and learn which technologies and processes best protect your intellectual property and assets inside the perimeter. Click Here to View | | Linux community getting its second wind
Linux is entering its second phase of growth, which will be defined by better cooperation among developers, new licensing options, and a stronger operating system, according the leaders of the nonprofit Linux Foundation. Google may launch YouTube for Europe
Google is gathering some of its top executives in Paris next week for an international press conference and speculation is rife that announcements will include a local version of YouTube for European countries. Web-based business charged with distributing obscenity
Two people operating the Internet business Movies by Mail have been charged with one count of selling obscene material, including movies showing sexual acts with women dressed to look underage, the U.S. Department of Justice announced late Thursday. Dell says internal audit is nearly complete
Dell is in the final phases of an internal audit of its finances, the company said Thursday as it told the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission it will delay filing an audited earnings report for the fourth consecutive quarter. Podcast Big Brother as a Protector?
Employee content monitoring used to be about watching where employees went to protect from objectionable content, but increasing security threats from malware and viruses has turned Big Brother software into more of a Big Protector. Keith Shaw talks with St. Bernard Software CEO Vince Rossi (pictured) about the latest trends in content monitoring and protection, and whether the summer season means that companies can relax their content monitoring policies (11:57) Blogs Today on Layer 8 where we do tell on people who steal our liquor:
Boston police hope a texting system they will announce today helps them solve or perhaps prevent crime. The new Crime Stoppers tip line, is one of the first in the country and will let Boston residents anonymously provide information about crimes that may help police make their communities safer, the police said in a statement. The system was designed by advertising agency Hill Holliday and will be powered by VeriSign. The police are trying to tap into the fact that Mobile users in North America currently send more than 650 million text messages each day, and according to M:Metrics, the most active texters are young adults ages 18 to 24 with more than 70% sending text messages every month. They are also hoping to capitalize on the popular way to communicate to counter an entrenched culture of not cooperating with police, VeriSign said. So Microsoft scored another Linux licensing deal with Linspire: Did you know that the history between the two companies includes a $20 million payout from Microsoft to Linspire? From John Obeto on Microsoft:: "The ODF was a cruel joke (to businesses) foisted on us by those companies who couldn’t compete in the marketplace ... Already rejected by four states, the ODF proposal was killed in committee last week in California." Be an Enterprise All-Star Call for entries: Enterprise All-Star
We're now accepting nominations for our third-annual Enterprise All-Star Award. The Enterprise All-Star Awards program honors user organizations that demonstrate exceptional use of network technology to further business objectives. Consider entering your great projects now. Find an entry form here. | 
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