Microsoft to partners: It's time to change
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| Aiming to rally its partners around the reality of hosted software, Microsoft
| Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner told them it was a matter of financial
| life and death.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6195764.html
Still trying to get a chokehold on people's minds...
Microsoft calls consensus on architecture certification
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| Microsoft currently has its own certification scheme for architects, the
| Microsoft Certified Architect scheme, but he believes a vendor-independent
| body would be more valuable.
|
| There is already an Independent Association of Software Architects, IASA - of
| which Deacon is also UK chair - but he notes that there are other groups such
| as the British Computer Society, BCS, offering different certification and
| training and as a result there is not a single standard in the space.
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http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=C413D176-6F41-4A7B-A40F-0D111A9E1324
Some say they also offered cheap storage of crucial medical data just to make
the government dependent on them (think bankruptcy immunity because of the
need access patient data). Here is another example...?
Cisco, Microsoft, EMC form alliance
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| The technology, called the Secure Information Sharing Architecture or SISA,
| will allow government agencies to better communicate while protecting content
| from being lost or stolen, the companies said.
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http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/biztech/07/10/cisco.microsoft.reut/index.html?eref=rss_tech
Why would the government trust Microsoft when it comes to security? The
military uses Red Hat Linux. The White House complains about Windows
intrusions.
Related:
The feds weigh in on Windows security
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| "The benefits of this move are enormous: Common, secure configurations
| can help slow botnet spreading, can radically reduce delays in patching,
| can stop many attacks directly, and organizations that have made the
| move report that it actually saves money rather than costs money,"
| Paller wrote.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6172158.html
FBI to Notify Microsoft Windows Users Who Were Victims of Botnets
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| The Department of Justice and FBI have announced the results of
| an ongoing cyber crime initiative to disrupt and dismantle
| “botherders” and elevate the public’s cyber security
| awareness of botnets.
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http://www.linuxelectrons.com/news/general/10550/fbi-notify-microsoft-windows-users-who-were-victims-botnets
Zombie botnets attack global DNS servers
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| Hackers launched a sustained attack last night against key root servers
| which form the backbone of the internet.
|
| Security firm Sophos said that botnets of zombie PCs bombarded the
| internet's domain name system (DNS) servers with traffic.
|
| "These zombie computers could have brought the web to its knees,"
| said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos.
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http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2174383/zombie-botnets-attack-global
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