NetFlash: Microsoft, Sun tiff puts users in bind

Opinion
Mar 7, 20052 mins

* Microsoft, Sun tiff puts users in bind * IBM, CA target mainframe management * Financial firms bolster authentication * Terrorists targeted India's outsourcing industry * Network World Radio: Jason Kottke * Today on Layer 8

Remember how last year’s truce between Microsoft and Sun seemed surreal, like maybe it was all just a dream? Well, it was – at least in the area of identity standards. And their failure to cooperate is your loss. Microsoft, Sun tiff puts users in bind http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/030705-identity.html?net

Remember how last year’s truce between Microsoft and Sun seemed surreal, like maybe it was all just a dream? Well, it was – at least in the area of identity standards. And their failure to cooperate is your loss.

Microsoft, Sun tiff puts users in bind

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/030705-identity.html?net

IBM, CA target mainframe management

Plenty of information is tied up in mainframes, and it isn’t going anywhere. That’s why IBM introduced products that combine Tivoli and Candle mainframe management software, and Computer Associates issued a new release of Unicenter.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/030705-mainframe.html?net

Financial firms bolster authentication

Financial institutions are strengthening their defenses against online fraud by adding security mechanisms that are better suited to prove the identity of customers than are simple, reusable passwords.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/030705-financial-security.html?net

Terrorists targeted India’s outsourcing industry

India’s software and services outsourcing industry is a likely target for a terrorist group operating in the country, local police warned on Sunday. But Indian outsourcing and software companies said they are prepared to cope with the threat.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0307terrotarge.html?net

Network World Radio: Jason Kottke

Jason Kottke is moving to blogging full-time with a National Public Radio-like quest for donations and sponsorships to keep him afloat for at least a year. He joins the program to discuss the move. Listen in:

https://www.nwfusion.com/research/2005/0307radio.html?net

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