Where are the snitches?
Rob Lemos writes about the impact of putting a price on the head of virus writers...so far the bounties haven't done much to deter worm and virus writers...
Between the Lines
Larry Dignan and other IT industry experts, blogging at the intersection of business and technology, deliver daily news and analysis on vital enterprise trends.
Larry Dignan
Larry Dignan is Editor in Chief of ZDNet and SmartPlanet as well as Editorial Director of ZDNet's sister site TechRepublic.
Andrew Nusca
Andrew Nusca is a writer-editor for ZDNet, contributor to CNET and the editor of SmartPlanet, ZDNet's sister site about innovation. In 2013, his coverage will focus on enterprise startups. He is based in New York.
Rachel King
Rachel King is a staff writer for ZDNet based in San Francisco.
Latest Posts
Despite looming deadline, IM audits, archives still missing from SOX compliance efforts
On November 15th it's going to be Sarbanes-Oxley show time for many organizations. (Public companies with a market capitalization of $75 million of more must meet the Nov.
Keep SOA projects in check with top-down guidance
According to META Group, ten percent of leading IT organizations are seeking to leverage SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture) beyond projects and across the enterprise. But as companies tiptoe their way towards SOA with project-specific implementations, they often use a bottom-up approach that leaves enterprise architecture (EA) out of the equation as a means for top-down guidance.
Open-source details hold up Solaris release
Sun is set to have a big introduction for open source Solaris on November 15, but the code release and details of the open-source plan are lagging by several weeks. Sun is still trying to figure out the best open source licensing model...
PalmOne going beyond PalmOS?
News.com reports that PalmOne has evaluated Windows and at least one version of Linux as a potential alternative operating system to the Palm OS for its handheld devices...
SugarCRM on demand
Upstart SugarCRM is entering the on-demand, hosted application space--currently led by Salesforce.com--with its open-source CRM application distribution.
Firefox, bah humbug
Has anyone uttered an unkind word about the open source challenger to Microsoft's browser? With Firefox still gaining on Internet Explorer (according to a recent study).
Open source: look beyond Linux success and consider cost and complexity
Hype or not, Linux is on its way to succeed in the software market, but can the same be said of open source? It's too early to say.
Automating server management
Improving IT administrator-to-server ratios is not just an outcome of server consolidation--server automation suites are gaining converts and become more affordable for smaller companies. Server automation can include capabilities ranging from bare metal imaging, configuration management and software distribution to security assessment, multi-step process management and rapid recovery from faults.
Disruptions in the software fabric
According to a recent Gartner report, companies such as Oracle, SAP and Microsoft need to have more modular, bite-sized chunks of functionality, which would allow customers to update systems with more flexibility and speed. Not exactly a new revelation.