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                    As it grows its CRM services stack, Salesforce.com must grapple with a host of new challenges.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Finding code problems was the challenge; a service provider's analysis held the answer
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Better security updates in the offing
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In a new survey from PricewaterhouseCoopers, the company found that data quality is still a serious issue to which executives still aren't paying enough attention.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft ISA vulnerability may lead to phishing attacks, a new version of MyDoom targets the IFRAME vulnerability in IE, and survey finds bank clients willing to defect over banks’ lack of ID theft protections
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    BMC doesn’t think the reemergence of Big Iron is a fluke—and it’s putting its money where its mouth is
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
    
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Intel is abandoning the low-end 64-bit space to compete against RISC chips from IBM and other vendors in the high-end 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Oracle’s “best and final offer” has left PeopleSoft’s fate in the hands of stockholders. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    We examine how to value a portal investment, examining both the tangible and "soft" benefits of the technology.  We'll also look at the buy-versus-build debate, and factors to consider in determining a portal's ROI.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Customers turn to data archiving to address data warehouse performance, availability woes
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Highly critical IE vulnerability lacks patch; new attacks reanimate mobile AV
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Cognos this week delivered a Linux-ready version of its ReportNet enterprise-reporting product
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Toigo sorts out fact from fiction
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Setting the open-source security record straight
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    To more rapidly test patches and keep network configurations from drifting, keep a closer watch on every device’s configuration
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The company hopes that a $25,000 bet can buy a lot of good publicity—and perhaps even a few customer wins
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Passwords protect user logon and resource access, but only if the underlying authentication protocols are secure.  Here's how to overcome vulnerabilities of older protocols.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Starting salaries will increase only modestly in 2005, although in-demand specialties should see much bigger increases
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    If you're a mainframe booster, there have been plenty of reasons to smile lately.  But the announcements aren't just for existing customers.