Stories by Linda Rosencrance

New worm poses risk to corporate networks

FRAMINGHAM (09/18/2003) - A new worm that masks itself within fake Microsoft Corp. security bulletins poses a medium to high risk to corporate networks, according to security vendor Aladdin Knowledge Systems Inc.

ISC releases patch to block VeriSign's Site Finder

FRAMINGHAM (09/17/2003) - The Internet Software Consortium (ISC), the nonprofit group that publishes BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) software, which runs 80 percent of domain name servers, has released a patch that will block VeriSign Inc.'s new Site Finder service.

Banks in U.K, Canada hit with e-mail scam

FRAMINGHAM (09/16/2003) - Within the past week, customers of Britain's Barclays Bank and two Canadian banks have been the victims of cybercriminals who tricked them into revealing their personal account information.

CSC signs IT outsourcing deal with Ascension Health

FRAMINGHAM (09/15/2003) - Computer Sciences Corp. announced Monday that it has signed a seven-year, US$200 million IT outsourcing agreement with St. Louis-based Ascension Health, a nonprofit health system in the U.S.

DHS partners with CERT/CC to fight cyberattacks

FRAMINGHAM (09/15/2003) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced Monday that it is partnering with Carnegie Mellon's CERT center to help coordinate efforts to prevent and defend against cyberattacks.

Informatica to acquire Striva

Informatica said Friday that it plans to acquire Scotts Valley, Calif.-based Striva for US$62 million in cash and stock.

Cisco rolls out two midrange Fibre Channel switches

Hoping to cut into a space now dominated by rivals Brocade Communication Systems and McData, Cisco Systems Tuesday rolled out two midrange Fibre Channel switches, the 20-port MDS 9120 and the 40-port MDS 9140.

IBM unveils next generation tape drive

IBM Tuesday introduced what it claims is the highest-capacity and most powerful tape storage device in the world, the TotalStorage Enterprise Tape Drive 3592.

Updated Kaidara software bolsters capabilities

Kaidara Software has released Version 3.0 of its Advisor software, saying it can help companies increase customer satisfaction and save money by resolving customer problems on the first go-round.

Lorentz leaves federal post for DigitalNet

Norman Lorentz, who recently stepped down as chief technology officer of the US Office of Management and Budget, has joined DigitalNet Government Solutions as its senior vice president, the company announced Friday.

Survey: CIOs plan to boost spending in next 12 months

Some 200 CIOs surveyed last month by CIO magazine in the US said they plan to increase their technology spending by 6.4 percent over the next 12 months, up from a 4.5 percent increase projected in July. If those spending plans pan out, it would mark the highest projected increase in IT spending since May 2002, according to the magazine's monthly poll.

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