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Challenges await Avaya’s grand plans

Now-private Avaya wants to become more of a communications software player

Half a million database servers have no firewall

Nortel, with IBM’s help, unveils SOA strategy

Says it won’t compete with Microsoft alliance for unified communications

Kernel space: Memory management for graphics processors

Microsoft finds holes in Windows 2000 flaw claim

House passes broadband statistics bill

Apple’s new phones lead to iTypos

iPhone users make mistakes more often when texting compared to users of phones with hard keys, a new study found.

Female IT workers push for flexible workplaces

Leopard mauls competition, takes half Japan retail market

MontaVista beefs up carrier-grade Linux

New release includes debugging tools, enhanced reporting features and support for role-based access

Researchers pushing 100 Gig copper networks

Penn State technology could provide alternative to fiber-optics in some settings

NASCAR drivers get HPC help with performance extremes

5 favorite Facebook widgets for business users

Gartner analyst predicts ‘virtual marriages’ by 2015

Bride and groom will fall in love, marry and never meet

House passes bill to streamline VoIP 911 service

How Cox Communications joined the teleworking revolution

Cox uses Citrix desktop virtualization to deliver to teleworkers the same software applications used by office workers

How to ID and fix 10 security threats on virtual servers

Whaling: Latest e-mail scam targets executives

Social engineering fuels new form of phishing

Apple could build Penryn into Xserve

Hackers target MLB, NHL sites

Users tricked into scanning systems, downloading malicious software

Web guru Berners-Lee warns against ‘walled gardens’ for the mobile Internet

With Web 2.0, a new breed of malware evolves

SysAdmin of the Year winner protects and serves

Matt Timken earns the annual honor for his work with the Alaska Department of Public Safety.

Future Threats to Virtualization Security: Fact vs. Fiction

Vista in danger of being bypassed by businesses

Fedora 8 adds more customization, sound, printer features

Siebel On Demand to become ‘social CRM’

HP CEO: Further industry consolidation likely

Microsoft spinoff opens mobile beta

Open source ECM now served Alfresco

Samsung shows off WiMax PDA, PC

3GSM ASIA: China Mobile in talks with Apple to sell iPhone

Quest Software snaps up virtualization company Provision Networks

Cisco helps speed up Oracle 11g

Foreign Office breached Data Protection Act

IBM’s Lotus Symphony continues ODF push

Second beta available for download; beta 3 due next month

As CIO role evolves, IT’s never easy

Consumer groups oppose telecom-deregulation requests

IBM: Most Symphony users are Microsoft customers

Top 5 security-menace predictions for 2008

Symantec’s picks include advanced botnets, cybercrime in 'virtual worlds' and cyberattacks on election campaigns

Google Android gets positive early reviews

Some developers see great potential for opening up mobile industry

Microsoft fixes URL problem in Windows

Yahoo settles Chinese-dissident lawsuit

AT&T mobile banking goes nationwide

Taking business and IT alignment to the next level

IT, business becoming indistinguishable, some say

Data loss-prevention efforts stymied by poor processes

Survey data shows companies have few common definitions or processes around protecting intellectual property

Microsoft to buy mobile music company Musiwave

Microsoft prepares three Vista updates for November release

Three non-security updates will be available on Patch Tuesday

With Cognos buy, IBM abandons vow not to compete with partners, analysts say

Denies shift in strategy; some question what deal means for SAP relationship

New broadband data: The US is still behind