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MS's Muglia details perimeter security plan (CRN)
Securing Windows has become Microsoft's top priority, according to Bob Muglia, the head of Microsoft's enterprise management unit. In an interview, Muglia said Microsoft's "securing the perimeter" initiative includes a planned release in 2004 of a beefier version of its Software Update Service (SUS), as well as marching orders to PC-making partners to turn the Windows Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) on before shipping Windows XP-based machines. More details of the initiative are to be spelled out at Microsoft's partner conference this week, Muglia said.
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Forrester alters research policy over MS flap (CNET)
The CEO of Forrester Research has altered the analyst firm's "integrity policy" after an uproar over a recent research report that was sponsored -- and later highly touted -- by Microsoft. Forrester will now forbid vendor sponsors of research studies from publicizing the results. In the controversial Microsoft-sponsored report, Forrester's Giga unit concluded that Windows is cheaper than Linux for developing certain programs.
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Big Blue installs anti-klutz technology
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