Next generation XML services; Intel sneaks more security into chips [TECH UPDATE]

Welcome to ZDNet's Tech Update Today for Mon., March 7, 2005

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DAN FARBER - Brixlogic: Next generation XML services

TOP NEWS HEADLINES FROM ZDNN - Microsoft to punch up corporate IM - Google debuts desktop search - Click fraud roils search advertisers - Gartner: Outsourcing costs more than in-house - Homeland Security picks up missing-kid tech - Judge delays decision on Apple trade secrets case - eBay scrambles to fix phishing bug - Tracking PCs anywhere on the Net

LATEST BLOGS - The democratization of surveillance -- Ed Gottsman - Who leads open source? -- Dana Blankenhorn - FCC to Madison River: no more port-blocking -- Russell Shaw - Study shows PeopleSoft users leaning to ditch software post-merger -- Chris Jablonski - Spyware downloads .NET -- Wayne Cunningham - Consolidation top priority for European enterprises -- Chris Jablonski

DAVID BERLIND'S PICKS - Intel sneaks more security into its chips - AMD set to detail multi-OS plan - Intel's Talwalkar: Itanium unfazed by 32/64 hybrid success - Outsourcing backlash replaced with indifference

TUNE IN TO DAN AND DAVID - Intel CIO has wireless, Linux on the brain - Anytime, anywhere secure data access - Phishing: Watch out for scam spam - Finding IT talent still a challenge - Best practices in intrusion prevention

IN THE BLOGS - Will social databases give way to social protocols?

INTERVIEW - Bloggers will be watched

VIDEOCAST Allchin: 64-bit Windows coming next month - COMMENTARY - Which security vendors make the grade?

PREVIOUSLY ON TECH UPDATE TODAY - The secret sauce of Google's data center - 2006: The year of dual core, virtualization, WiMax - Rearden Commerce transforms business services

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DAN FARBER

Brixlogic: Next generation XML services

The road to software development nirvana, built upon Web services and SOA, offers a lot of opportunity for new companies to help pave the way. One such company, startup Brixlogic, claims that its software overcomes much of the complexity and unreliability in developing Web services derived from custom or industry standard XML schemas. Its model-driven, iterative development environment is aimed at business people who have the domain expertise around the business process and can work with the visual tools. http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=63799-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TOP NEWS HEADLINES FROM ZDNN

Microsoft to punch up corporate IM http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=63800-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Google debuts desktop search http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=63801-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Click fraud roils search advertisers http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=63802-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Gartner: Outsourcing costs more than in-house http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=63803-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Homeland Security picks up missing-kid tech http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=63804-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Judge delays decision on Apple trade secrets case http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=63805-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

eBay scrambles to fix phishing bug http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=63806-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Tracking PCs anywhere on the Net http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=63807-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LATEST BLOGS

The democratization of surveillance -- Ed Gottsman http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=63808-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Who leads open source? -- Dana Blankenhorn http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=63809-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

FCC to Madison River: no more port-blocking -- Russell Shaw http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=63810-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Study shows PeopleSoft users leaning to ditch software post-merger -- Chris Jablonski http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=63811-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Spyware downloads .NET -- Wayne Cunningham http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=63812-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Consolidation top priority for European enterprises -- Chris Jablonski http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=63813-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DAVID BERLIND'S PICKS

Intel sneaks more security into its chips

XD is a form of hardware-enforced buffer overflow protection that can stop certain malware dead in its tracks--but it needs an operating system to activate it. Last summer, after the feature (Microsoft calls it DEP) was introduced in SP2, I recommended that buyers cancel planned purchases of all non-DEP enabled systems. At the time, however, the only microprocessors that came with support for the feature were AMD's chips. Now, here's the strange part: Intel recently added DEP support but didn't tell anybody. Now buyers have to figure out which Intel-based systems have the technology-- and which don't. http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=63814-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Critical XP SP2 Alert: Cancel all non-AMD system buys http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=63815-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

AMD set to detail multi-OS plan

Elsewhereon the chipmaker front, AMD says it will detail its "Pacifica" virtualization technology by the end of March. The technology is scheduled to arrive in processors in 2006--later than the comparable Vanderpool Technology that is promised to appear this year in Intel chips. What's not clear is whether the two technologies will be compatible. http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=63816-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

2006: The year of dual core, virtualization, WiMax http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=63817-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

VMware unphased by Vanderpool, Xen virtualization http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=63818-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Intel's Talwalkar: Itanium unfazed by 32/64 hybrid success

Intel corporate VP and general manager Abhi Talwalkar and former CTO Pat Gelsinger share the helm of the company's newly formed Digital Enteprise Group -- a division with responsibility for the entire range of Intel's enterprise solutions. I sat down with Talwalker

just prior to last week's Intel Developer Forum. I got an update on everything from the chipmaker's go-forward strategy on Itanium, to the four-way processor "scale-up" limitation on the standard parts it sells to server vendors, to how Intel got Dell CEO Kevin Rollins to announce that his company was going to stay an Intel pure-breed. http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=63819-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

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Outsourcing backlash replaced with indifference

Last year, each day seemed to bring a new study claiming that IT jobs where moving overseas in droves and that India, and later, China, were destined to take over the world. But now, writes ZDNet Research's Chris Jablonski, "it looks like outsourcing has shed much of its controversial aura while quietly reshaping the global marketplace." Why? "One reason could be that the idea of millions of domestic jobs disappearing because of offshoring was simply false." http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=63821-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TUNE IN TO DAN AND DAVID

Intel CIO has wireless, Linux on the brain

Intel CIO Stacy Smith sits down with Dan Farber to share his challenge of saving money while increasing performance. Wireless technology, he says, will be outfitted for nontraditional spaces such as construction sites and hospitals. http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=63822-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Anytime, anywhere secure data access

The increasingly mobile workforce is now accustomed to accessing information from their corporate networks via phones, PDAs and laptops. In this Audiocast, we outline the requirements for provisioning a wireless infrastructure that provides mobile users with secure access to corporate data and applications anytime, anywhere. http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=63823-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Phishing: Watch out for scam spam

In this ZDNet Audiocast, David Berlind talks to Dave Jevans, chairman of the Anti-Phishing Working Group, about the latest phishing schemes and how to protect computers and networks from these attacks. http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=63824-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Finding IT talent still a challenge

In a CIO Sessions exclusive, Microsoft CIO Ron Markezich shares his thoughts on a range of topics, from Longhorn to security flaws in Internet Explorer to the biggest IT challenges facing Microsoft. PLAY VIDEO http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=63825-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Best practices in intrusion prevention

Intrusion prevention is not just for large organizations anymore. Small and medium-sized businesses can also take advantage of this growing technology.In this audiocast, we'll discuss the advantages of intrusion prevention systems and how organizations can determine which system may be right for them. PLAY AUDIO http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=63826-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IN THE BLOGS

Will social databases give way to social protocols?

News that LinkedIn will start charging for tying job listings into its social network got David Berlind thinking about the long-term prospects for companies like LinkedIn, Ryze, and Plaxo that run hub-and-spoke relationship management databases. Not a week goes by where David doesn't get an invitation from one of these services to update an electronic Rolodex card that someone else is keeping about him. He's much rather keep his own Rolodex card somewhere, say, on his blog. Could a protocol instead of a service be handling this? http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=63827-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ INTERVIEW

Bloggers will be watched

FEC Commissioner Bradley Smith says that the freewheeling days of political blogging and online punditry are over. http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=63829-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

See also: The rise of blogs and wikis in business http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=63830-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Tentative ruling favors Apple in blog case http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=63831-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VIDEOCAST

Allchin: 64-bit Windows coming next month

We have it on tape: Windows platform Vice President Jim Allchin announces at the Intel Developer Forum that Microsoft's 64-bit versions of Windows for servers and workstations will ship next month. http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=63832-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ COMMENTARY

Which security vendors make the grade?

At last month's RSA Conference, industry watcher Jon Oltsik met with top security companies to discern how business-centric and realistic a view they have of security--and of themselves. He graded them all. Does your security vendor get a passing grade? http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=63833-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Charles Cooper: Symantec support, and why service stinks http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=63834-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PREVIOUSLY ON TECH UPDATE TODAY

The secret sauce of Google's data center

News.com's Martin LaMonica reports on the technical wizardry behind Google's data center operations, including dealing gracefully with system failures among its thousands of home-grown, Linux-based PC servers. Urs Hoelzle, Google vice president of engineering and of operations, also talked about the company's custom software for writing programs that run across thousands of servers and for recovering programs that fail. http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=63835-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

2006: The year of dual core, virtualization, WiMax

Intel Developer Forum: The way Intel executives see it, 2006 will be a breakout year in processor performance, virtualization technology and wireless broadband. With all the focus on dual- and multicore systems from Intel and AMD (as well as Sun and IBM), buyers who value a major performance boost should consider holding off purchases until those systems ship. By mid-2006, says Gartner's Martin Reynolds, multicore processors and virtualization technologies will deliver the biggest single performance increase ever for many applications. http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=63836-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Special Report: Intel Developer Forum http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=63837-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Rearden Commerce transforms business services

Rearden Commerce's unique and likely successful product is an XML/Web services-based platform for orchestrating and automating travel, package shipping, conferencing and other business service requests for corporate employees and consumers. Founder and CEO Patrick Grady understands what it takes to win in his space. "We will be the lowest cost provider of services because of the stack we built," he says. If it can get a critical mass of business and consumer service providers and customers to map into the software stack, Dan Farber writes, Rearden Commerce just might live up to its hype. http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=63838-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

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