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Survey Predicts Continued Strong Growth of Linux Use on Mainframes

Availability of capacity, platform cost-effectiveness main reasons for increased focus in strategy, spending

Forrester: Worst May Be Over for IT Market

Predicts across-the-board purchases of IT goods and services will improve late this year.

Forefront Bug Deletes Data in SharePoint Files

Users who run manual scans using Forefront Security for SharePoint may be at risk

Cisco Describes Plans for Office-Like Service

Cisco executive says company is considering service that would allow users to create Office-like documents that could be shared online.

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Beta Released

Company announces availability of beta 2 of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010.

Disaster Recovery Plans Improve but Enterprises Still Suffer from Costly Downtime

Symantec research says IT spending for disaster recovery has risen and C-level executives more involved, yet trouble spots remain vulnerable



MySQL Creators Move to Keep MySQL Open

Vendor-neutral consortium, Open Database Alliance, formed as hub for MySQL

Microsoft Finds Bug in Google's Sync for Outlook

Google's sync plug-in will disable Windows Desktop Search for Outlook

IBM To Announce New Cloud Initiatives

Focus on automating, simplifying IT for inefficient business tasks

Large Enterprises Often Underestimate Security Risk from Terminated Employees

IT administrators claim that former employees pose no risk; a new survey suggests otherwise

Results of New Survey Should Worry Security Administrators

A new survey of 17,000 IT security professionals by Cloakware should be cause for alarm for security administrators.

Insider Snooping Still Serious Security Issue

Survey finds that over on-third of IT staff admit to abusing admin rights so they view confidential data; nearly three-quarters can circumvent controls

IBM Rational Previews Wares for Software Investment Management

Company also previews older software delivery products being tuned for cloud-based infrastructures