NetFlash: Anti-spam market braces for shakeout

Since spam is such a large problem, it requires a large solution – but not so large that we need bazillions of anti-spam products on the market. As you might expect, the anti-spam software market is primed for consolidation. Let’s take a look at how it might play out. Anti-spam market braces for shakeout http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1201shakeout.html?net

Since spam is such a large problem, it requires a large solution – but not so large that we need bazillions of anti-spam products on the market. As you might expect, the anti-spam software market is primed for consolidation. Let’s take a look at how it might play out.

Anti-spam market braces for shakeout

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1201shakeout.html?net

Analog Devices pays for using Townshend’s 56K modem technology

Modem inventor Brent Townshend isn’t asking for much – just 22 cents per 56K bit/sec software modem being shipped today. Of course, if you multiply that by all the modems out there, you get something in the neighborhood of $22 million a year.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1202townshend.html?net

Linux kernel vulnerability behind Debian attack

A serious vulnerability in the Linux 2.4 kernel that allows users on a Linux machine to gain unlimited access privileges has been discovered, according to a security advisory posted by developers of the noncommercial Debian Linux distribution.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1202linuxkerne.html?net

IBM plans industry-focused software reorganization

IBM is reorganizing its $13.1 billion software business, focusing its sales and development efforts around a dozen vertical industries in a shift the company calls the most significant strategic change for its software group since IBM’s 1999 decision to exit the applications market.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1201ibmplans.html?net