* Microsoft leaves colleges vulnerable * 3Com, Toshiba launch convergence gear * Super-connected users could aid IM worms * EMC introduces products to replicate data * Today on Layer 8
There’s a key difference between most enterprise firms and universities that makes managing the IT at a school much more difficult: universities can’t distribute Microsoft Windows patches to students’ computers because they don’t own them. That means that the gaping holes that have appeared in Windows in recent years could all be present on client systems, and that creates a tremendous security problem. Find out how they’re coping in our story. Microsoft leaves colleges vulnerable http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/100404highered.html?net
There’s a key difference between most enterprise firms and universities that makes managing the IT at a school much more difficult: universities can’t distribute Microsoft Windows patches to students’ computers because they don’t own them. That means that the gaping holes that have appeared in Windows in recent years could all be present on client systems, and that creates a tremendous security problem. Find out how they’re coping in our story.
Microsoft leaves colleges vulnerable
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/100404highered.html?net
3Com, Toshiba launch convergence gear
The VoIP avalanche continues. 3Com and Toshiba this week will both go to the Internet Telephony Expo this week in L.A. bearing new VoIP hardware and software.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/100404iptelexpo.html?net
Super-connected users could aid IM worms
Just a few users connected to popular instant messaging networks can cause the spread of worms, while choking off communications from “highly connected” users with many IM correspondents can slow the spread of worms, computer researchers say.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1004superusers.html?net
EMC introduces products to replicate data
EMC Monday unveiled a variety of products that fit into its information lifecycle management strategy.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1004emcdata.html?net
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