Plus: SAP and Infineon unleash tool for managing multiple RFID products; CA introduces usage-based pricing and licensing for mainframe management.
Apple last week released a security update that fixes several flaws in its Mac OS X operating system. Security Update 2004-09-30 addresses potential denial-of-service vulnerabilities in the AFP server and CUPS printing module, and a flaw in QuickTime that could let malicious code execute as a buffer overrun.
The patch fixes a CUPS flaw that could let user passwords be displayed in a printer log. Apple issued fixes for Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar and Mac OS X 10.3 Panther. Some of the flaws affect both versions of Mac OS X, while others occur only in Panther.
SAP and chip maker Infineon Technologies last week launched a software management system for connecting radio-frequency identification hardware and software from multiple vendors.
The RFID package is based on SAP’s NetWeaver integration and application server middleware, including the software vendor’s Auto-ID Infrastructure and SAP Event Management applications, and on Infineon’s You-R Open software, designed to connect readers, smart tags and other RFID devices with back-office software.
The platform aims to help companies speed deployment of smart-tag systems and reduce the costs of managing hardware and software components from several suppliers. Infineon developed software designed to manage the interface between front-end RFID hardware devices and back-end software. SAP says its software will take the captured RFID data and “put it into business processes, allowing people to work with this information.”
Computer Associates last week introduced a usage-based pricing and licensing option for its mainframe management software.
All CA products for use with IBM’s zSeries mainframes and the zOS operating system are now available on a pay-as-you-use basis. Usage is measured using IBM’s Sub-Capacity Reporting Tool. Specific pricing was not announced.
