New article: The White House email controversy: it's time for a Special Prosecutor
These have not been good weeks in our cause to repair the systemic problems with White House email. This week, we have a judge who's directing the White House to look in many of the wrong places. We have a White House CIO who claims that asset management is a new invention, so it's tough to keep track of those pesky hard drives. We also have a White House who can't account for any email messages at all during the months of the initial Iraq invasion. And we have a Congress who's decided we don't need any real form of record management for another four years. Sadly, officials in Washington are not making the situation any better. In fact, it's getting worse.
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SCO says Linux a copy of Unix
SCO chief executive Darl McBride claims that Linux is a copy of Unix, which is contradicted by the open-source community and apparently runs counter to other SCO testimony.
SCO sued IBM in 2003, claiming that the IT giant had used copyright code from the Unix operating system which SCO sold, and later extended this suit to other Linux vendors. However, last August, Judge Dale Kimball ruled that Novell, not SCO, owns Unix. A four-day court case is now determining Novell's claim for up to $20 million in royalties from SCO, which declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy last year.
SharePoint Integrator for Lotus Notes
Mainsoft, a provider of .NET-Java EE interoperability software and an advanced IBM business partner, announced the release of its SharePoint Integrator for Lotus Notes. This add-on to IBM Lotus Notes 8, an Eclipsed-based Rich Client Platform based on Java, provides point-and-click access to Microsoft SharePoint content, including Word documents, Excel worksheets, and PowerPoint presentations, from within Notes. Mainsoft professional services can also build composite applications across SharePoint data and Java or .NET line-of-business applications. Mainsoft's SharePoint Integrator for Lotus Notes enables organizations to implement a coexistence strategy by integrating existing Lotus Notes installations and Microsoft SharePoint sites.
Red Hat should be only Linux distro
One Oracle exec said there should be only one Linux distribution--Red Hat--and claimed there will be no fragmentation of that code base.
In an interview with the Linux Foundation recently, Oracle's chief corporate architect said Oracle Unbreakable Linux is not a product but a support program and he believes that there ought to be only one Linux distribution--his rival's code base.
Big vendors tardy on fixing security flaws
Some of the biggest names in the IT software business still are very lax when it comes to fixing security holes reported by third-party brokers.
According to a list maintained by TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative, Microsoft, Novell, Oracle, Computer Associates and Hewlett-Packard are among the vendors most tardy about shipping fixes for known flaws that could be used in code execution attacks.
Microsoft, for example, has nine "high risk" vulnerabilities on the list. Three of the nine Microsoft product flaws were reported more than 404 days ago.
SAP, IBM still chummy
Executives from IBM and SAP said the two companies won't fall out even though they now compete head-on in the market for BI (business intelligence) software, with their respective purchases of Cognos and Business Objects.
SAP provides such a big chunk of business for IBM Global Business Services that the two sides are unlikely to disrupt their close partnership, said Don Mettica, an official from that unit, during a panel discussion at SAP's Sapphire conference in Orlando this week. "We see this space continuing to grow," he said.
Lotus Domino 8.0.1 Web Access Lite mode
IBM Lotus Domino Web Access Lite mode is an exciting new capability within the established Lotus Domino Web Access product that uses a new page architecture optimized for empty-cache or low-bandwidth scenarios. Learn how these innovative performance improvements are delivered to you in an updated user interface (UI) that more closely resembles your IBM Lotus Notes client user experience.
CEOs battle to keep pace with change
The IBM Global CEO Study, the largest study of chief executives ever conducted, reveals a dramatic increase in the number of global business leaders who see important change ahead, and also highlights how the ability to absorb and manage change is widening the gap between winners and losers in the global economy.
CEOs reported a surprising level of optimism about change as an opportunity to build new competitive advantage. Overall, 83 percent of surveyed CEOs expect substantial change in the future, an increase of 28 percent in just two years. However, CEOs report their ability to effectively manage change is increasing at a far slower pace.
Donofrio, Zeitler to exit
Two of IBM's most senior executives, technology strategy chief Nick Donofrio and hardware chief Bill Zeitler, will retire later this year, an IBM memo showed on Monday.
Chief Executive Sam Palmisano announced the retirements in an email to employees obtained by Reuters. Bob Moffat will take Zeitler's job as Senior Vice President and Group Executive, Systems and Technology, overseeing computer and microchips and keep his current role focused on IBM's supply chain.
A variety of executives will take on roles from Donofrio, whose title is Executive Vice President, Innovation and Technology, Palmisano said. Spokesman Ed Barbini confirmed the moves and said the change was normal as, traditionally, executives retire around age 60. Zeitler would be 61 and Donofrio 63 when they retired, he said.
Notes and Domino 8 seminar
THE VIEW (not the TV show) has teamed up with top experts Paul Calhoun, Julian Robichaux, and Lance Spellman to deliver detailed explanations, live demos, practical examples, sample applications, and working code--at the Lotus Notes and Domino 8 Development Seminar. It's the fastest way to get in-depth technical instruction to help you hit the ground running and harness the power of ND8.
This seminar gives you the chance to learn from three industry-leading practitioners with over 40 years combined experience as successful developers since Release 3. They've put Notes and Domino 8 to the test and they'll share their field-tested and proven techniques to drastically shorten your learning curve.
Improve your Notes and Domino development skills, add value to your organization, and advance your career in 2008. Don't miss this seminar in Chicago just four weeks from now, June 4-6. Reserve your seat by this Wednesday, May 7 to save $100.
Good worms are a bad idea
Some bad ideas seem to live on forever. One of the big ones in computers is to use hacker tactics to perform white-hat operations on an Internet scale. The classic example of this is the "good worm" idea--a worm that spreads among computers to improve their security.
There have been attempts to do this in the past, most famously Welchia, a worm that exploited the infamous Windows RPC/DCOM network vulnerability in order to patch it. There were also reports years ago of Hewlett-Packard launching a good worm, but this turned out to be a more conventional scanning system that in some ways presaged NAC (Network Admission Control).
David's cure for insomnia
For those of you who happen to be awake at 4am Rocky Mountain time, David will be broadcasting on the 50,000 watt radio station KOA-850AM, doing the after-midnight show with Rick Barber and talking about White House email and the Mexican theft of White House BlackBerrys. Just so you know, in order to do this at 4am Rocky Mountain time, David's got to be conscious and lucid at 6am Florida time.
If you know our fearless leader, you know he's definitely not a 6am kinda guy, so the only way this is going to fly is stay up and do the show before going to bed. In any case, if you happen to be up at 4am and located pretty much anywhere on the western side of the US (50,000 watts reaches a long distance at night), you can tune in. You can also listen via their Web feed, should you be in a different part of the world. David promises to do his best to keep you awake throughout the full hour.
And, if you're mature and sleeping, like all good people should be at that hour, we'll post the download link sometime in the next day or so when it makes it online.
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