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Q&A: The Future of Notes and Domino

Is the Notes client on its way out? The latest on Notes, Domino, and products shown at Lotusphere, including Lotus Workplace Builder.

The Myth of Storage Grids

Storage vendors use "grid" as a sexy, futuristic-sounding metaphor, but grid storage has nothing whatsoever to do with grid computing.

First Worm Outbreak of the Year Packs a Wallop

MyDoom monopolizes Internet via e-mail harvesting, P2P file sharing, back door

Guarding Against Your Partner's Web Services Flaws

Coding errors in Web Services code at your partners can trigger problems on your own systems.

Product Shootout: Intrusion Prevention

Third-party testing firm analyzes leading IDS products, encounters surprises.

Microsoft Unveils Reporting Services Add-On

Product offers a "one-stop shop" for creating, managing, and publishing ad hoc or production reports.

Behind the Ascential/PeopleSoft Agreement

Ascential can now claim to be the data integration vendor of choice with both SAP and PeopleSoft.



Briefs

New worm and Trojan software unleashed; purported PayPal mail carries worm

Siebel: Improving CRM OnDemand, One Acquisition at a Time

Actions show Siebel is putting its money where its mouth is in the hosted CRM market; CEO positions CRM OnDemand for small to mid-size enterprises.

IBM's NT-to-Linux Migration Initiative, SuSE Certification Among LinuxWorld Highlights

Expectations were high, and attendees weren't disappointed

Careers: Offshore Outsourcing Hits U.S. IT Workers Hard

A new study shows that offshore outsourcing drives down U.S. IT wages; firm predicts up to 45 percent of full-time IT jobs could be outsourced by 2006

SCO Targets Novell in Latest Lawsuit

Novell arrives as a Linux leader in a big way

IBM Will Increase Employment Faster than Originally Planned

Big Blue says it will create 15,000 more jobs globally, of which 4500 net jobs will be in the United States.

It's All About the FREDs and the BEARs

LiveVault's data protection service replaces tape backup in small and medium-size businesses.

The Human Dimension in Disaster Recovery

Your disaster recovery plan must consider more than just protecting and restoring your data. Your staff has to be recovered as well.

Salesforce.com Plugs into Microsoft Office

Company announces a new plug-in for importing Salesforce.com data into Excel, Word, and Outlook.

Seven Strategies to Maximize Your Supply Chain Solution

Research firm Aberdeen Group says 2004 will be the year enterprises extend their supply chain solution, integrating it with other systems to reduce costs and improve performance.

Reducing Unsolicited E-Mail: Making Senders Pay

Microsoft's Penny Black solution may impose fees on those sending unsolicited e-mail, while a service from Vanquish adds economic penalties for such messages.

Q&A: Getting Back to OLAP Basics

Almost one year ago to the day, Applix jettisoned its CRM assets to refocus on its TM1 OLAP engine, the original source of the company's growth. We look back on that move, and ahead to the company's interest in business performance management.

Best Practices: Collecting Computer Forensic Evidence

Gathering information in a legal, court-friendly way is vital if computer forensic evidence is to hold up in court.