Latest management news.
No patching panacea, 11/29/04
The recent Network World Virtual Showdown, ‘How best to patch,’ drew six vendors together in a weeklong debate that ultimately concluded patch management is best viewed as one facet of a larger security strategy.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/112904patch.html?nl
PeopleSoft application management service on tap, 11/29/04
Against the backdrop of Oracle’s continuing takeover bid, PeopleSoft has unveiled a suite of application management services to let its customers outsource some or all of the technical support for their on-premises PeopleSoft deployments.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/112904peoplesoft.html?nl
Federated ID facilitates Web services, 11/29/04
Federated identity management technologies such as SAML can open a Web service to business partners and their authorized users while securely controlling access.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/tech/2004/112904techupdate.html?nl
Vendor eyes telecom asset mess, 11/29/04
Rivermine looks to make name for itself in telecom management …
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/112904rivermine.html?nl
Opinion: Linux violates more than 228 patents – big deal, 11/29/04
But how big is the risk from open source software? As with much of Microsoft’s spin these days, Ballmer was being, shall we say, “economical with the truth.”
https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/112904backspin.html?nl
Profiling cybercrime: Network threats and defense strategies, 11/29/04
An inside look at the real problem, who’s behind it, the legal machine fighting back and what you can do.
https://www.nwfusion.com/supp/2004/cybercrime/?nl
Weblog: Open mgmt. mind, 11/24/04
For those willing to explore the open source world, Nagios is an open source host, service and network monitoring program….
https://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/management/006846.html?nl
Weblog: Management mindshare, 11/24/04
In the years that I have covered network and systems management products from literally hundreds of vendors, I learned one thing: these products are complex…
https://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/management/006847.html?nl
Weblog: Piecing together patch, 11/24/04
Last week Network World Fusion hosted on online virtual debate “How best to patch” in which six vendors from various technology buckets made the case…
https://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/management/006848.html?nl
HP quietly begins Weblog experiment, 11/23/04
HP has become the latest IT vendor to dip its toes in the wild world of Weblogging, or blogging.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1123hpquiet.html?nl
Shortage of soft skills, 11/23/04
Few would dispute the importance of soft skills such as project management, leadership and communication to the IT field, but nearly half of IT managers aren’t getting …
https://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/itlead/2004/1122itlead1.html?nl
Thomson joins takeover bid for ContentGuard, 11/22/04
Thomson joined Microsoft and Time Warner Monday in trying to take control of U.S. digital rights management company ContentGuard Holdings.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1122thomsjoins.html?nl
Dell, Microsoft join forces on systems management, 11/22/04
Dell and Microsoft last week announced a strategic partnership under which they plan to integrate their hardware and software management tools.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/112204msdell.html?nl
Newsletter: How one company met its help desk challenge, 11/22/04
In September I wrote an article that looked at the sometimes thankless yet critically important job of the help desk technician. Since then I had the opportunity …
https://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/nsm/2004/1122nsm1.html?nl
Microsoft’s mgmt. wares trickle out, 11/22/04
Microsoft last week released a handful of software products that are key elements in its drive to develop a comprehensive management platform for Windows, but users and experts say the overall plan needs to be clearer.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/112204msmanage.html?nl
Newsletter: The changing seasons of identity management, 11/22/04
In a recently published white paper called “The Age of Audit: The Crucial Role of the ‘4th A’ of Identity and Access Management in Provisioning and Compliance,” …
https://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/dir/2004/1122id1.html?nl
Keeping IT simple, 11/22/04
IT shops standardize and consolidate systems where they can to save money and boost efficiency.
https://www.nwfusion.com/careers/2004/112204man.html?nl
Opinion: Sizing up the great patch debate, 11/22/04
While there was no clear winner in the debate, it’s hard to walk away without viewing patching as simply part of something else. Whether it is best built into configuration or security management probably depends on the nature of your business.
