Computerworld articles from April 2005

Computerworld archives from April 2005

Users seek answers from new HP CEO: former NCR exec Hurd says he will emphasize user needs and financials but offers few details.(NEWS)(Mark Hurd)
April 4, 2005... Mark Hurd, who took over as Hewlett-Packard Co.'s CEO last week, said one of his first priorities will be meeting with HP's employees, customers and partners over the coming weeks and months. "Don't expect to see a lot of me right now," he...

Microsoft fills security gaps in OS update.(NEWS)(Windows Server 2003 operating system)
April 4, 2005... IT managers will find several tools designed to help them protect systems from security threats in the first service pack update for Windows Server 2003, which Microsoft Corp. released last week--nearly two years after the operating system's...

Comdex '05 cancellation draws yawns: users say they don't miss once-vital show.(NEWS)
April 4, 2005... No Comdex this November? No problem, IT managers said last week after the Las Vegas trade show was canceled for the second straight year. They added that the one-time main event in the computer industry had lost its focus in recent years,...

Explorer, Outlook flaws probed.(security flaws in Microsoft Internet Explorer and Outlook )(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Microsoft Corp. is investigating a new set of potentially serious security flaws in Internet Explorer and Outlook reported by security company eEye Digital Security. The flaws in the browser and e-mail client could let an attacker take control...

Intel to abide by Japanese ruling.(investigation into unfair business practices)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Intel Corp.'s Japanese subsidiary has agreed to accept recommendations made by the Japan Fair Trade Commission as part of an investigation into alleged unfair business practices by Intel. The chip maker said it disagrees with findings that it...

MCI to consider latest Qwest bid.(AT DEADLINE)(Qwest Communications International Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... MCI Inc. will consider a new bid from Qwest Communications International Inc., even though MCI has twice said that it intends to be acquired by Verizon Communications Inc. Just days after accepting a Verizon bid for a second time, MCI said it...

Berkeley hit with student data theft.(AT DEADLINE)(University of California)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Officials at the University of California, Berkeley, are notifying more than 98,000 graduate students and applicants about the theft of a laptop computer containing their names, Social Security numbers and other information. Officials said no...

Oracle joins rush to acquire identity tools: Oblix buy furthers consolidation trend; vendor gains non-Oracle ID capabilities.(NEWS)
April 4, 2005... ORACLE CORP.'S purchase of Oblix Inc. for an undisclosed sum last week is part of a movement among major IT vendors to address growing user demand for identity and access management software, analysts said. The acquisition gives Oracle a...

Kmart CIO gains top IT job at Sears Holdings: Austin to manage tech operations; Kelly exits retailer.(NEWS)(Karen Austin)
April 4, 2005... Karen Austin, who had been the CIO at Kmart Holding Corp., was given the reins of the IT department at the newly formed Sears Holdings Corp. when Kmart completed its merger with Sears, Roebuck and Co. late last month. Sears CIO Gerald...

Energy supplier switches gears on software rollout: Bonneville Power drops $25M system, turns to hosted apps to meet mandates.(NEWS)
April 4, 2005... Electricity provider Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) recently abandoned a controversial $25 million software system that handled energy scheduling, transaction management and transmission availability. In 1999, the Portland,...

Users prepare to buy as budgets thaw: desire for new functionality drives moves to replace core apps.(NEWS)
April 4, 2005... A thaw in the four-year IT spending freeze is becoming more evident as companies are slowly beginning to look at replacing core applications with newer systems that offer improved functionality and scalability, IT managers and analysts said...

HDS to unveil high-end virtualization platform: IBM, NetApp elbow into the spotlight with lesser storage announcements.(NEWS)(HITACHI Data Systems Corp.)
April 4, 2005... HITACHI Data Systems Corp. today is expected to announce the availability of a network-attached storage (NAS) blade for its high-end virtualization storage platform. The new blade for the TagmaStore array allows file-level data transfers to...

Bridgestone Europe turns to India for SAP support: IT executive at tire maker says no layoffs are planned.(NEWS)
April 4, 2005... The European unit of Bridgestone Corp. plans to outsource support and maintenance of its SAP ERP system to an offshore firm in India, but the decision isn't expected to lead to any layoffs of IT staffers at the tire maker. Bridgestone...

Equity firms invest $350M in Lenovo.(BRIEFS)(Newbridge Capital Group LLC)(Lenovo Group Ltd.)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Three U.S. private equity firms said they will invest $350 million in China's Lenovo Group Ltd. to help fund its takeover of IBM's PC business. Texas Pacific Group, General Atlantic Partners LLC and Newbridge Capital Group LLC will collectively...

Google buys Web analytics toolmaker.(BRIEFS)(Urchin Software Corp.)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Google Inc. has acquired Urchin Software Corp., a Web site analytics system developer. Terms of the deal, which is expected to close in April, weren't disclosed. Urchin's software is used to provide data on user experience and allow the...

i2 Technologies cutting 300 jobs.(BRIEFS)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Supply chain vendor i2 Technologies Inc. has begun a round of layoffs that will see as much as 15% of its 2,000-person workforce eliminated. The struggling software vendor notified most employees of the layoffs last week, the end of its first...

SunGard agrees to $11.3B buyout.(BRIEFS)(SunGard Data Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... SunGard Data Systems Inc. said its board of directors has approved a $11.3 billion buyout offer from seven investment firms. SunGard officials said that no layoffs are planned and that they are abandoning a plan announced earlier to split off...

VeriSign close to new .net deal.(BRIEFS)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... VeriSign Inc. has moved closer to renewing its contract to operate the .net domain registry. Telcordia Technologies Inc., an evaluator hired by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, ranked VeriSign's bid higher than those of...

AMD offers a first look at Pacifica.(Advanced Micro Devices Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has offered the first peek at Pacifica, its virtualization technology for use on server and desktop processors. The Pacifica specs are scheduled to be released this month. The technology allows multiple operating...

Symantec discloses antivirus tool flaws.(BRIEFS)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Symantec Corp. acknowledged that flaws in some of its antivirus products could allow malicious hackers to use denial-of-service attacks to crash systems running the software. The company has posted a notice on its Web page describing the...

Siebel releases new CRM OnDemand.(BRIEFS)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Siebel Systems Inc. has unveiled CRM OnDemand Release 7, a hosted contact-center system that it said can help users create customer-related workflows and get a better view of multichannel interactions. The new version has been integrated with...

Microsoft plans to share network ...(ON THE MARK)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... ... troubleshooting tool with users and vendors alike. But it wants a quid pro quo of a sort. According to Neil Leslie, general manager of Microsoft Corp.'s customer service and support group, the company within six months will release a beta...

Have a Snort so you can protect ...(network security software)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... ... your network in real time. That's Snort, the open-source intrusion-detection and -protection software. Sourcefire Inc. in Columbia, Md., this quarter will upgrade its Snort-based appliances to evaluate data packets at rates as high as...

IT lacks control of network ...(ON THE MARK)(Base 5 fro Permeo Technologies Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... ... perimeter because, well, it doesn't own that. So claims Rita Selvaggi, vice president of marketing at Permeo Technologies Inc. in Austin. She contends that 30% to 40% of the devices accessing corporate networks aren't owned or managed by...

Low-cost, ASP-style system for ...(ON THE MARK)(sales management software)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... ... managing sales commissions is on the horizon. Bob Conlin, vice president of marketing at Incentive Systems Inc. in Burlington, Mass., acknowledges that his company's software and rival products ain't cheap. "Our average license is...

Unify global sourcing with new tool ...(ON THE MARK)(Unified Buying Engine from TradeStone Software Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... ... that understands world commerce. TradeStone Software Inc. in Gloucester, Mass., this week plans to release Unified Buying Engine, which links your operations with suppliers almost anywhere in the world, says CEO Sue Welch. She adds that the...

Tools bridge IT, operations: new products manage enterprise apps, service levels.(NEWS)
April 4, 2005... VENDORS ARE offering tools they say will help bridge the gap between development and IT operations and ease angst about management of distributed applications. Mercury Interactive Corp. next week is set to unveil a diagnostic tool that...

Diagnostics 3.0.(Tools for Harnessing Distributed Apps)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Mercury's Diagnostics 3.0 is designed to identify, diagnose and resolve problems across J2EE, .Net, ERP and CRP applications. Gives application testers and IT operations a single tool for performance management.

Interwoven Content Provisioning.(Tools for Harnessing Distributed Apps)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Interwoven Content Provisioning includes hub server software for application code and configurations, file and database content. Interwoven's OpenDeploy server makes it easy to aggregate and distribute code and content to Web, file, database or...

Strobe 3.2 and iStrobe 2.1.(Tools for Harnessing Distributed Apps)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Compuware's Strobe 3.2 and iStrobe 2.1 are designed to help users manage performance of distributed applications that access DB2 on mainframes to prevent performance degradation as the amount of data in DB2 increases.

OmniSwitch 6800L: Alcatel SA.(Alcatel Switches Offer Software Key for Upgrades)
April 4, 2005... * PRODUCT SUMMARY: Alcatel today plans to introduce two versions of a corporate-class switch that can be upgraded from 10/100 Ethernet transmission rates to Gigabit Ethernet via software that's built in but not turned on. The Paris-based...

Tough privacy law debuts in Japan.(An International IT News Digest)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... MANY COMPANIES throughout Japan, including foreign ones, will have to comply with a stringent new data privacy law that went into effect April 1. The Personal Information Protection Law applies to any company that has offices in Japan and...

Software AG, Rivet offer XBRL software.(An International IT News Digest)(River Software Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... SOFTWARE AG, in Darmstadt, Germany, and River Software Inc., in Englewood, Colo., last week announced a partnership to provide software for recording and transmitting financial information based on the Extensible Business Reporting Language...

RFID doesn't deliver what FedEx needs.(radio frequency identification)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... RADIO FREQUENCY identification (RFID) technology is a long way from meeting the demanding standards of FedEx Corp., one of the courier's IT executives said at the Wireless Enterprise World conference here last month. Linda Brigance, CIO at...

Toshiba Corp.(Briefly Noted)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Toshiba Corp. has developed prototype batteries that can be recharged about 60 times faster than conventional lithium-ion batteries. The technology could be available for notebook PCs and handheld devices in about three years, executives said...

Computer Sciences Corp.(Briefly Noted)(China Pacific Property Insurance Co.)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Computer Sciences Corp. in EI Segundo, Calif., last month signed a five-year, $17.6 million IT contract with Shanghai-based China Pacific Property Insurance Co. The insurer, which has about 26,000 employees and 1,700 offices, will install CSC's...

Ness Technologies Inc.(Radix Co.)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Ness Technologies Inc., a global IT outsourcing company in Hackensack, N.J., last week announced that it will acquire Radix Co., an IT services firm with offices in Bucharest and lasi, Romania, for 3 million euros ($5.2 million U.S.). Radix,...

U.K. gov't withholds $25M from EDS.(NEWS)(Electronic Data Systems Corp.)
April 4, 2005... Electronic Data Systems Corp. is continuing to experience problems with a welfare case management and telephony system it developed for the U.K. government. As a result, the Plano, Texas-based company is having a hard time getting paid for its...

After the afterglow.(Mark Hurd new CEO of Hewlett Packard Co.)(Column)
April 4, 2005... I'VE BEEN RACKING MY BRAIN trying to remember if I've ever met Mark Hurd, the former CEO of NCR who last week was named the new CEO of Hewlett-Packard. I believe I must have, because I spent some time at NCR's headquarters in Dayton, Ohio, back...

The changes to come in five years.(Column)
April 4, 2005... UPON HER appointment in 2010 as CIO and chief operating officer, an IT manager looks back on the past five years in the field: It's hard to believe how much has changed in IT since 2005. Why, I can hardly recognize the place! It's hard...

The 'define, design, build' approach.(management)(Column)
April 4, 2005... ONE OF THE MOST important and complex things an IT professional is called on to do is implement new systems. This runs the gamut from rolling out packaged applications to creating custom systems. To get some insight, let me draw an analogy...

Microsoft keeps using FUD against Linux.(Letter to the Editor)
April 4, 2005... THE ARTICLE "Microsoft Tries New Pitch to Curb Linux Use" [QuickLink 52567] states that Microsoft is attempting to sway users away from Linux by spotlighting the need for strong intellectual-property protection. FUD, FUD and more FUD; it is...

Dude, you got H-1B practices wrong.(Letter to the Editor)
April 4, 2005... IN PAT THIBODEAU'S interview with N. Sivakumar, the author of Dude, Did I Steal Your Job? [Quick-Link 52816], Sivakumar is quoted as saying. "An H-1B worker should not replace an American worker. I totally agree with that. That's ethically...

Try for real variety.(Letter to the Editor)
April 4, 2005... IT'S AMAZING how the panel of experts gathered for Computerworld's report on the future of IT ["The View(s) Ahead," QuickLink 52738], defined as "a diverse group," didn't include a single person of Asian, Middle Eastern or African descent, nor...

Invasion of the iSCSI arrays: as the technology has matured, IP-based storage arrays have established a beachhead as the preferred low-end SAN option.(TECHNOLOGY)(Cover Story)
April 4, 2005... WHEN JIM TARALA oversaw the rebuilding of his firm's network and IT infrastructure last year, he never dreamed he'd throw out his Fibre Channel SAN in favor of IP-based networked storage. The savings, however, were just too large to ignore. ...

Open ticket for Continental: Continental Airlines pushed the envelope when it moved its automated ticket-reissue application to an open-source software stack that included a 64-bit MySQL database server.(TECHNOLOGY)
April 4, 2005... CONTINENTAL AIRLINES INC. encountered a bit of turbulence last year when it decided to shift the ticket-reissue application it had built for Unix-based servers to a full open-source software stack with a 64-bit database server. ...

Biometric authentication.(QUICK STUDY)
April 4, 2005... IN THIS COMPUTER-driven era, identity theft and the loss or disclosure of data and related intellectual property are growing problems. We each have multiple accounts and use multiple passwords on an ever-increasing number of computers and Web...

Downtime becomes documentation time: our security manager takes advantage of a lull in the usual hectic pace to catch up on some important stuff.(SECURITY MANAGER'S JOURNAL)(Column)
April 4, 2005... THE PAST WEEK wasn't extremely insane for a change, so I focused on completing some much-needed documentation and organization of some of our recent activities. The first area I tackled was the ongoing and tiresome Sarbanes-Oxley project. ...

Security bookshelf.(Buffer Overflow Attacks)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
April 4, 2005... * Buffer Overflow Attacks, by James C. Foster, Vitaly Osipov and Nish Bhalla (Syngress, 2004). [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Every information security engineer should know about buffer overflow attacks and how to review code at a high level....

Group tackles VoIP security.(SECURITY LOG)(VoIP Security Alliance)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... A group formed to head off voice-over-IP security problems laid out its first set of priorities last week: setting up a taxonomy to classify threats and establishing the requirements for making VoIP secure. The VoIP Security Alliance, which was...

Security at a glance.(SECURITY LOG)(new version of enVision software)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Network Intelligence Corp. released a new version of its enVision security event management software that features a dashboard designed to let administrators see security and compliance status in real time. The dashboard presents information...

Azaleos releases exchange appliance.(BRIEFS)(Azaleos OneServer)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Azaleos Corp. in Issaquah, Wash., last week launched a managed Exchange 2003 messaging appliance, the Azaleos OneServer, and the accompanying OneStop subscription service. The appliance integrates enterprise server hardware, specialized...

AmberPoint unveils SOA dashboards.(BRIEFS)(dashboards for service-oriented architecture management software)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... AmberPoint Inc. has announced dashboards for its service-oriented architecture management software. The dashboards enable users to more precisely pinpoint trouble areas and pull data from a broader range of systems than they could previously,...

Nemonix rolls out hardware for alpha.(BRIEFS)(AlphaServer systems)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Nemonix Engineering Inc. last week announced that it's making hardware for AlphaServer systems, which Hewlett-Packard Co. is retiring next year. The controller for the AlphaServer has two Gigabit Ethernet ports on a single PCI-X card and is...

Informatica and composite partner.(BRIEFS)(Composite Software Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Informatica Corp. last week announced a development partnership with Composite Software Inc. in San Mateo, Calif. Under the agreement, Redwood City, Calif.-based Informatica will offer the Composite Information Server as a complement to its...

Joining the federation.(TECHNOLOGY)(federated networks)(Column)
April 4, 2005... INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, along with its cousin biotechnology, is a big driver of the dynamic lexicon. Biotechnologists usually coin words about biological things from thin air or revert to dusty Greek or Latin to introduce words into English. IT...

So, you want to be on the board: a former CIO and board member tells how to get a seat at the ultimate table.(MANAGEMENT)
April 4, 2005... YOU SEE THESE gray-haired men and women heading into the boardroom once per quarter. Often, the CEO approaches you a few days before this happens and asks for a five-line briefing on one or two IT initiatives. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...

How to handle a data scandal.(BRAIN FOOD FOR IT EXECUTIVES)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... TODAY'S CORPORATE SCANDALS typically involve accounting irregularities, data security disasters or potentially damaging e-mail messages. That means plenty of work for computer forensics experts such as Larry Leibrock, who digs into corporate...

Research debunks stereotypes about older workers and IT.(BRAIN FOOD FOR IT EXECUTIVES)
April 4, 2005... WITHIN FIVE YEARS, 20% of the U.S. workforce will be more than 55 years old, says the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics. That demographic trend is on a collision course with deeply held stereotypes about older workers...

The IT economy.(MANAGEMENT)(midsize enterprises and federal agencies plan to spend more on IT)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... * Midsize enterprises are planning healthy increases in IT spending this year, especially for storage, servers and Internet telephony, according to a survey of 1,400 midsize companies in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. In the study conducted by...

Buying intentions.(MANAGEMENT)(IT spending)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... IDC researchers say their index of business IT demand (below) shows that user spending expectations have taken an optimistic turn. "After several quarters of decent corporate profits, it seems that buyers are hoping some additional funds will...

Learn how to achieve storage networking success.
April 4, 2005... April 12-15, 2005 * JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort * Phoenix, Arizona [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Featured Speakers Include: BOB LOGAN Vice President, Enterprise Infrastructure Services SAIC [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...

Just say no: how to refuse ill-advised business requests and live to tell the tale.(MANAGEMENT)
April 4, 2005... FRED HELD was CIO at Mattel Toys Inc. for most of the 1970s. He recalls the day a gung-ho marketing executive, apparently having just read Popular Science, asked, "Can we put a chip in every product, hook up to spy satellites and track where...

Spade work.(MANAGEMENT)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... THE ABILITY to turn down a request begins long before that request is made. IT managers agree that to be respected when conflict arises, you must first earn the trust of fellow executives. "Before you can say no, you need a relationship of...

The CIO as change agent.(Career Watch)
April 4, 2005... Leading CIOs are playing much more influential business roles than they have in the past, according to a study by Meta Group Inc. The study, "The CIO as Enterprise Change Agent," surveyed 115 senior IT executives in order to assess the evolving...

Feeling insecure.(MANAGEMENT)(survey says)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... An informal online survey by Dice.com in February found lack of job security to be the greatest contributor to IT job stress. In your opinion, which factor is the greatest contributor to IT job stress? Always having to do more with...

The lure of foreign shores.(MANAGEMENT)(survey says)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Senior executives are showing signs that they're up to the challenge of taking a career risk. Which of the following major career changes would you consider? Pick only one. Change industries: 33% Open a business:...

Maria Schafer.(Q & A)(Interview)
April 4, 2005... TITLE: Senior program director, human capital management [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] COMPANY: Meta Group Inc., Stamford, Conn. One of the biggest gaps in IT workforce management these days is the lack of succession planning both for...

Where's the gusto?(MANAGEMENT)(employees' enthusiasm)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Management consistently deadens the natural enthusiasm that new employees bring to their jobs, according to the book The Enthusiastic Employee: How Companies Profit by Giving Workers What They Want (Wharton School Publishing/Pearson, 2005)....

Learn proven, top-down strategies to achieve enterprise mobile and wireless success.
April 4, 2005... June 13-15, 2005 * The Westin Kierland Resort * Scottsdale, Arizona [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Featured speakers include: ANDRES CARVALLO CIO Austin Energy [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] PHIROZ DARUKHANAVALA CTO ...

Project management.(EVENTS)
April 4, 2005... April 27-28, Atlanta Sponsor: International Quality and Productivity Center The Program Management Office Best Practices conference focuses on portfolio management strategies, offshore project management methodologies and identifying...

GigaWorld IT forum.(EVENTS)
April 4, 2005... May 2-5, Dallas Sponsor: Forrester Research Inc. Topics at The Business of IT: Visible Process Improvement conference include integrated IT management, next-generation architecture, global sourcing strategies, building customer...

Search Engine Strategies.(EVENTS)
April 4, 2005... May 4-5, Toronto Sponsor: Jupitermedia Corp. Topics for the Search Engine Strategies 2005 Conference and Expo include basic and advanced link-building, alternative pay-per-click search engines, dynamic Web sites, Flash and non-HTML...

Mobile showcase.(EVENTS)
April 4, 2005... May 9-12, Indian Wells, Calif. Sponsor: MobileTrax LLC Topics include managing mobile and remote assets and new paradigms in wireless data. Also scheduled are live demonstrations of mobile computing, wireless data hardware devices and...

The wages of fear.(MANAGEMENT)(Column)
April 4, 2005... IN THE CIRCLES OF POWER, fear is often admired as a potent motivator. In his classic discourse on power politics, The Prince, Niccolo Machiavelli offered the following thoughts on the question of whether it is better for a leader to be feared...

Listen up, mark.(management of Mark Hurd at Hewlett-Packard Co.)(Column)
April 4, 2005... MARK HURD, you're about to take over as CEO at Hewlett-Packard, and every IT industry blowhard is talking about you like you weren't in the room. He's a small-timer from dinky little NCR. He's a Wall Street darling who quadrupled NCR's stock...

Think like a user.(SHARK TANK)
April 4, 2005... User: "I forgot my ID to log into the network." Support pilot fish: No problem, sir--it's just your name. User: "How do you mean?" Fish: Your ID is your first initial plus your last name, up to a maximum of eight characters. User: "But how did...

Feds force tighter oversight of outsourcers: regulations push banks to centralize control, trim vendors.
April 11, 2005... IT executives from several banks last week said government directives such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act are driving improvements in the internal management of outsourcing deals--but at a cost. For example, the regulations are forcing companies...

Health care lags on HIPAA security rules: companies struggle to meet deadline for complying with data protection mandates.(Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)
April 11, 2005... The data security rules mandated by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act take effect next week. But a majority of health care companies are unlikely to be fully compliant with the new rules by then, according to recent...

Freddie Mac invests in IT to improve reporting: mortgage lender spends $100M-plus on new finance apps.(NEWS)
April 11, 2005... Freddie Mac plans to spend $45 million this year, on top of the $70 million it invested in 2004, to continue development of more than 50 new systems that are intended to improve the integrity of the mortgage lender's financial reports. ...

Siemens buys U.S. software firm.(BRIEFS)(Myrio Corp.)(Brief Article)
April 11, 2005... Munich-based electronics giant Siemens AG has reached an agreement to acquire Myrio Corp., a Bothell, Wash.-based developer of software for emerging IP television services that use the Internet to deliver video. Terms of the deal weren't...

Microsoft issues patches this week.(BRIEFS)(Brief Article)
April 11, 2005... On Tuesday, Microsoft Corp. will issue eight security alerts with patches for Windows, Office, MSN Messenger and Exchange. Five of the security bulletins apply to Windows, and at least one of those is deemed critical. Office, MSN Messenger and...

AMD set to unveil dual-core CPU.(BRIEFS)(Advanced Micro Devices Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 11, 2005... The race between Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. to be first to market with dual-core processors is about to end. AMD is expected to introduce its first dual-core Opteron processors at an event in New York on April 21, according to...

VMware to ship software pack.(Brief Article)
April 11, 2005... VMware Inc. today will release its Workstation 5 desktop virtualization software, which will run on Windows and Linux host operating systems. New features, coupled with memory-sharing technology used in VMware's ESX Server, will let companies...