Open source companies to watch; Web site auctions software vulnerabilities to highest bidder

Daily News: AM This newsletter is sponsored by Sterling Commerce SOA and the Business of Change Changes such as mergers, acquisitions and dealing with a competitive landscape are the ever fluid business and technical environment we all exist in today. With best IT practices and SOA strategy you can prepare for success through IT/business alignment, proper organizational change management and critical skills training. Download this webcast and listen to an IDC analyst take you through this critical subject. Network World Daily News: AM, 08/24/07 Open source companies to watch Open source is making its way into more and more enterprises with cheap, robust alternatives to solutions offered by proprietary software vendors. Read this article to learn about nine open source companies worth watching in the areas of Web search, server virtualization, data integration, collaboration software and e-mail. Web site auctions software vulnerabilities to highest bidder A new Web site, wslabi.com, auctions off software vulnerabilities, raising concerns that criminals will have better access to them for exploitation. Paying Skype users get a week's free service Skype is offering a week of free service to paying customers who may have been affected by the two-day outage of its Internet telephony service last week. New Executive Guide Network World has recently published an executive guide entitled "Virtualization Meets Reality". Find out the 8 key challenges of virtualizing your data center. Download it now! Monster shuts down rogue server after breach Monster Worldwide, whose job-hunting sites suffered a massive data breach caused by hackers, has shut down a rogue server that had been used to gather personal details of job seekers. U.S. government IT spending spikes this quarter The U.S. government will spend close to $22 billion on IT projects by the end of September, as agencies rush to spend their budgets by the end of the fiscal year, says a report from Input, an analyst focused on government contracts. Server market grows after years of stagnant sales Server sales rose among x86-based servers, midrange products and blade servers, according to IDC’s quarterly report. London police arrest man for 'stealing' Wi-Fi Police officers in London arrested a 39-year-old man using his laptop to access someone else's wireless Internet connection on Tuesday. Cogent: Cable was attacked with saw and gun Guns, saws, and some very dim-witted thieves were all apparently involved in a network blackout that affected Internet users, primarily in the Northeastern U.S., earlier this week. Podcast Oven doors can't get ESPN Jason and Keith discuss the 'perfect storm' scenario that knocked out Skype, how Google wants to rule (or at least categorize) the universe, and how to tell the difference between a flat-screen TV and an oven door. Blogs Today at Cisco Subnet Session Initiation Protocol flaws are making Cisco 7940/7960 IP Phones vulnerable to denial-of-service attacks. Blogger Brad Reese explains how Cisco has $29B riding on the success of its partner jobs portal. Author Expert Jamey Heary has some tips on creating a solid NAC host security policy. Plus: View a sneak peek of Cisco Press' "Building or Buying VPNs " book, and watch this space for the start of a new blog by respected Cisco author and trainer Wendell Odom. Today on Microsoft Subnet Microsoft will launch a major component of its business intelligence platform in New York on Sept. 20: PerformancePoint Server 2007. John Obeto applauds the Burton Group report that pans Google Apps in the enterprise. “Why would you insert immature, unproven software, of indeterminate or unknown ownership into your mix?” Plus, doom for Zune? Cut-rate prices aren’t a good sign.

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