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LinuxWorld speakers talk up security, regulatory compliance, 02/15/07

The first step in protecting your enterprise is figuring out how to destroy it.

Video: LinuxWorld OpenSolutions Summit: Bruce Schneier keynote, 02/14/07

Security guru Bruce Schneier gives the opening keynote at this year’s LinuxWorld OpenSolutions Summit in New York. What does a store’s get-a-reciept policy have to do with security? Schneier explains.

Vendors form Open Solutions Alliance, 02/14/07

A handful of open source supporters today formed an alliance with plans to develop and promote open source business solutions, ultimately making it easier for enterprise companies to adopt open source technologies in their IT shops.

Hyperic enhances open source management platform, 02/14/07

Management software maker Hyperic this week made available a version of its open source platform that the company says will let customers track configuration, change and events across multiple layers of their IT infrastructure and prevent downtime.

Linux fans and swimsuits are special

Jason calls into the show from NYC, where he’s dealing with Linux evangelists touting open source everything as well as slushy snowstorms. Plus, Keith and Jason chat about the latest Patch Tuesday and Trojan Horse threats, why you should change your home router password from something other than “admin”, whether anyone still “reads” the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, and how you can get away with a 30-minute nap at work (35:49).

Force10 switches to open source FreeBSD for core switch OS, 02/14/07

10G Ethernet vendor Force10 Networks is changing the operating system on its data center switches to FreeBSD, an open source platform, with the aim of improving switch performance for customers.

NEWS FROM 3GSM:

3GSM: SafeNet releases VPN for smartphones, 02/15/07

SafeNet this week introduced for Windows-based smartphones a VPN application based on the IETF’s Mobike protocol.

3GSM – After Jobs criticism, Warner exec defends DRM, 02/14/07

The head of Warner Music Group defended the use of DRM (digital rights management) with digital music on Wednesday in an apparent response to recent criticism from Apple CEO Steve Jobs.

3GSM – Biometrics to ease CIO’s cell phone concerns, 02/14/07

A biometric systems vendor has a pitch for CIOs nervous about company executives losing their mobile phones and risking the loss of confidential information.

3GSM – WiMAX to connect emerging markets to Internet, 02/14/07

As the mobile phone industry scrambles to put cell phones in the hands of billions of unconnected people in emerging markets, less-expensive, higher-speed WiMAX is likely to be the technology of choice to connect them to the Internet.

3GSM – HTC smartphone offers two keyboards, 02/14/07

Taiwanese handset maker High Tech Computer (HTC) has developed a smart phone based on Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Mobile 6 software that offers both a numeric keypad and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard.

3GSM – IPhone competitors not there yet, 02/14/07

So much for Apple raising the bar in the mobile phone industry. Since Apple announced it would soon start selling a combined music player and mobile device called the iPhone, industry experts have predicted that competing cell phone makers would rise to the challenge and start producing equally exciting phones.

NEWS FROM IBM SHARE:

SHARE – IBM continues to simplify its mainframe software, 02/13/07

IBM is releasing more software to make it easier to program, manage and administer its mainframes in an ongoing bid to attract more customers to purchase its big iron hardware instead of high-end servers.

* 2007 TRADE SHOWS:

IBM’s SHARE User Events

Tampa, Fla., Feb. 11 – 16

San Diego, Aug. 12 – 17

LinuxWorld OpenSolutions Summit

New York, Feb. 14 – 15

VoiceCon

Orlando, March 5 – 8

InfoSec World

Orlando, March 19 – 21

CTIA Wireless

Orlando, March 27 – 29