* Forget about sleeping: It's Patch Tuesday * Cisco to sell EMC network-attached storage * BMC to buy ID management company * UPS veteran takes over as CIO * Today on Layer 8
Today is a busy day for anyone who manages a large network with lots of Microsoft software on it. It’s Patch Tuesday, the one day a month Microsoft lets the world know of any software vulnerabilities and how they can be patched. But it’s even busier for the folks at vulnerability testing tool vendor nCircle. Network World’s Linda Leung spent last month’s Patch Tuesday with the company and got a firsthand look at why this day is such a long one. Forget about sleeping: It’s Patch Tuesday http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/011005widernetpatchtuesday.html?net
Today is a busy day for anyone who manages a large network with lots of Microsoft software on it. It’s Patch Tuesday, the one day a month Microsoft lets the world know of any software vulnerabilities and how they can be patched. But it’s even busier for the folks at vulnerability testing tool vendor nCircle. Network World’s Linda Leung spent last month’s Patch Tuesday with the company and got a firsthand look at why this day is such a long one.
Forget about sleeping: It’s Patch Tuesday
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/011005widernetpatchtuesday.html?net
Cisco to sell EMC network-attached storage
Cisco and EMC Monday inked a deal in which customers will be able to buy EMC’s network-attached storage arrays with Cisco’s File Engine appliances.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0110cisemc.html?net
BMC to buy ID management company
Companies that make identity management software continue to be hot commodities in 2005, as they were in 2004, as BMC Software announced plans to acquire a company that makes user identity management and technology.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0110bmctobu.html?net
UPS veteran takes over as CIO
Dave Barnes learned a lot about how UPS operates in his ascent from part-time package handler to senior vice president and CIO. He joined the Atlanta company in 1977 as a college student and last week was elevated to the company’s highest technology position.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/011005ups.html?net
Today on Layer 8 – where it’s Tuesday, now get patchin’:
A look at Google’s 20-year Usenet timeline; “blogophobic” corporations; mmmm, Homer Simpson’s “Mmmm…” quotes; the idiot-proof PC; and the start of a new Weekly Caption Contest; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.
