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========================================================= Sponsored by AT&T Can your network see trouble coming? Keep your network and business ahead of the curve. Activate your subscription to AT&T Networking Views. Activate Here http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1200-2-3-308321-134965-1 ========================================================= October 11, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. Analysis: Putting Products to the Security Test 2. Analysis: A Year of Security Challenges Looms Ahead 3. News: Web-Hosting Firm Surrenders Hard Drives to Feds 4. Analysis: Grid Computing: Tapping the Juice in Underused Servers 5. News: Third Parties Fill 'Longhorn' Void 6. News: Multiband Wi-Fi Device Manages Voice, Video and Data 7. News: Retailers Push Windows XP SP2 8. Analysis: How Serious Is AT&T About the Linux Desktop? For the latest in enterprise technology, bookmark eWEEK.com. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1200-2-3-308321-134968-1 ========================================================= News and Views ========================================================= 1. Analysis: Putting Products to the Security Test Effective security testing of new IT products is constrained by staff shortages, inadequate equipment and crunched time-- in short, by a scarcity of resources. eWEEK Labs offers a soup-to-nuts collection of testing practices, as well as recommendations for useful security testing tools. You can read it here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1200-2-3-308321-134971-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. Analysis: A Year of Security Challenges Looms Ahead IT managers face daunting challenges next year: stopping spam, keeping systems up-to-date and tracking user identity. eWEEK Labs offers some tips to surmount these obstacles. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1200-2-3-308321-134974-1 Canning Spam http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1200-2-3-308321-134977-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Web-Hosting Firm Surrenders Hard Drives to Feds A Texas Internet company said Friday it gave U.S. government officials the hard drives from a pair of its Web servers leased to online journalists and others. Find out why the Feds wanted the hard drives hosting the Independent Media Center's Web site here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1200-2-3-308321-134980-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. Analysis: Grid Computing: Tapping the Juice in Underused Servers At 2 p.m. EDT on Oct. 13, eWEEK.com Database Center Editor Lisa Vaas joins Mark Linesch, chairman of the Global Grid Forum, and William Hurley, senior analyst of applications and software infrastructure for the Enterprise Strategy Group, for an educational eSeminar discussion. Get the details on this conference here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1200-2-3-308321-134983-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: Third Parties Fill 'Longhorn' Void With Microsoft's recent announcements that it will separate WinFS from the next major release of Windows and the release of Visual Studio 2005, not due for another six months, developers are looking to third-party vendors for certain functionality support now. Read about what Infragistics, Compuware and Borland Software are working on to fill in the gaps. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1200-2-3-308321-134986-1 Microsoft's Longhorn http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1200-2-3-308321-134989-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. News: Multiband Wi-Fi Device Manages Voice, Video and Data Symbol Technologies is readying multiband Wi-Fi support for its WLAN switching system that will give enterprises more bandwidth to support voice, video and data all managed from a central location. Find out more about the thin "access port." http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1200-2-3-308321-134992-1 Wireless in the Enterprise http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1200-2-3-308321-134995-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. News: Retailers Push Windows XP SP2 Microsoft has begun shipping Windows XP Service Pack 2 to retailers, so expect to see it on store shelves soon. Amazon.com, Best Buy, Circuit City, CompUSA, Fry's, J&R Computer World, Micro Center, Office Depot, OfficeMax, Target and Wal-Mart will be offering both Home and Pro versions. Mary Jo Foley of Microsoft Watch has the story. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1200-2-3-308321-134998-1 Windows XP Service Pack 2 http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1200-2-3-308321-135001-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. Analysis: How Serious Is AT&T About the Linux Desktop? According to AT&T CIO Hossein Eslambolchi, the telecommunications giant is considering Linux or the Mac to replace its Windows desktops. 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