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Michael Nash, corporate VP of Microsoft's Security Business Unit, talks to SearchWin2000.com about what "trustworthy computing" means and how his company is trying to deliver on it.
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NEWS
Microsoft extends security developer training program (eWEEK)
Microsoft has extended its developer training program and development of stand-alone security products as part of its Trustworthy Computing initiative. Microsoft has allocated one person per product group who is responsible for the security of the product's code. Developers remain accountable for their code, but the security person is accountable for overall product quality.
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Epiphany to preach .NET gospel (CNET)
Microsoft has called upon CRM software maker Epiphany to show what .NET tools can do for Web services and how they can interoperate with Java-based systems. Epiphany will use MapPoint.NET to provide a Web services version of its products.
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WIN2000 TALK RADIO
Trustworthy Computing initiative
Is it possible for a corporation to have faith in the security of their 21st century networks that have corporate extranets and Internet connectivity for most end users? We all know that networks by their very nature were meant to share information. But in this age of computer viruses, Trojan horses, logic bombs and hackers, is there such a thing as Trustworthy Computing? Tune in to this edition of Win2000 Talk Radio to find out.
THE MISSING LINK
Microsoft meets Mephistopheles in Google search
Is Microsoft hell on earth? Is Bill Gates out to possess the very soul of computing? There's probably no shortage of IT people who would agree, and now they can point to Google to prove that they're not simply demonizing the company. Last week if you typed "go to hell" (with the quotation marks) into Google's search box, the first result of 213,000 was Microsoft's home page! Insert scary "Exorcist" music here. Currently, Google is displaying different results.
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