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Welcome to ZDNet's Tech Update Today for Mon., February 28, 2005

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DAN FARBER - Rearden Commerce transforms business services

TOP NEWS HEADLINES FROM ZDNN - Sources: IBM ditching Itanium altogether - Ready or not, SP2 is coming - Growth in server sales suggests shifting market - Microsoft IM release expected soon - IBM to boost iSeries partnerships - Firm eyes RSS feeds as ad vehicle - Report: Holiday sales boomed amid phishing threat

LATEST BLOGS - The network services ecology -- Dan Farber - Seeing the news differently -- Phil Windley - Should the non-profit sector lead the charge? -- Ted Smith - Infiniband in the kernel -- Dana Blankenhorn - Is your VoIP service covered by an SLA? -- Russell Shaw

DAVID BERLIND'S PICKS - Eclipse lights up Java crowd - CA's unified security management architecture - Open attack on Wine - How safe is your customer data? - Anytime, anywhere secure data access

TUNE IN TO DAN AND DAVID - Phishing: Watch out for scam spam - Sun's utility computing: $1 per CPU per hour - Finding IT talent still a challenge - Best practices in intrusion prevention - Navigating the printer landscape

PHOTOS - Simple robots take a hike

INTERVIEW - Cisco CTO: We're still hot

RESEARCH - Dell servers most favored, IBM servers least

DOWNLOAD - Chat on your own network

PREVIOUSLY ON TECH UPDATE TODAY - Microsoft fires back in database price war - VoIP is ready for prime time--and it's going to hurt - This is what LinuxWorld sounds like

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

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. Rearden Commerce may not join eBay, Amazon and Google in the pantheon of companies significantly changing the global economy, but 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, Rearden Commerce just might live up to its hype. http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=52498-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

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

Sources: IBM ditching Itanium altogether http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=52499-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Ready or not, SP2 is coming http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=52500-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Growth in server sales suggests shifting market http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=52501-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Microsoft IM release expected soon http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=52502-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

IBM to boost iSeries partnerships http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=52503-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Firm eyes RSS feeds as ad vehicle http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=52504-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Report: Holiday sales boomed amid phishing threat http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=52505-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

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

The network services ecology -- Dan Farber http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=52506-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Seeing the news differently -- Phil Windley http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=52507-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Should the non-profit sector lead the charge? -- Ted Smith http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=52508-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Infiniband in the kernel -- Dana Blankenhorn http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=52509-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Is your VoIP service covered by an SLA? -- Russell Shaw http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=52510-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

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

Eclipse lights up Java crowd

A little more than a year ago, detractors painted the Eclipse open-source project as nothing more than a ploy by IBM to sell its own software. Today, by most accounts, it's the center of innovation in the Java tools industry. This week's sold-out EclipseCon conference will fete its newest board members--IBM rivals BEA Systems, Sybase and Borland International--and detail the expanding list of development-related projects under Eclipse's purview. News.com's Martin LaMonica reports. http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=52511-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

See also: BEA, Sybase join open-source consortium http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=52512-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

CA's unified security management architecture

End-to-end secure identity and access management across multiple platforms and applications is one those gnarly, complex problems that confounds even the most fearless IT administrator. Computer Associates has taken a step toward simplifying the problem with its eTrust Security Management Architecture. Dan Farber talked with CA's Toby Weiss and Sam Greenblatt about the XML-based service, which is designed to aggregate and track assertions, create policies and grant authentication on platforms that call for it without modifying

underlying applications. http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=52513-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Open attack on Wine

Joe Brockmeier sees Microsoft's decision to deny Wine users updates through Windows Update as another small victory for open source on the desktop. "For Microsoft to acknowledge and block Wine, it must be making at least a small dent in the market," writes Brockmeier. "Slowly, but surely, Linux is encroaching on the desktop market enough to make the folks at Microsoft more than a little nervous." http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=52514-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

How safe is your customer data?

Bank of America has joined a recent string of businesses that have lost consumer information. Backup tapes with records detailing the financial information of as many as 1.2 million government employees were lost in shipment to a backup center, the bank said Friday. Also last week, payroll processor PayMaxx acknowledged that a flaw had left some of its customers' W-2 forms accessible to the Internet. A few days earlier, data collection company ChoicePoint announced that it had given

information on approximately 150,000 subscribers to about 50 fraudulent businesses. "We need government regulation of personal data warehousing," writes CNET's Robert Vamosi, "and we need it now." http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=52515-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Bank of America loses a million customer records http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=52516-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Payroll hole exposes dozens of companies http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=52517-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

ChoicePoint data theft widens to 145,000 people http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=52518-45018394&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. That means businesses must be vigilant about securing wireless data. 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=52519-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

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

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=52520-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Sun's utility computing: $1 per CPU per hour

Sun Microsystems is now offering a pay-per-use service that will function like a utility or grid. In a Face to Face interview, Sun President and COO Jonathan Schwartz tells Dan Farber that at the core of the new computing service is "transparent" pricing. PLAY VIDEO http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=52521-45018394&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=52522-45018394&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=52523-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Navigating the printer landscape

Despite the digitization of everything, paper and printing are essential to business operations. In this ZDNet videocast, we provide guidelines for choosing the printing solutions that best meets the needs of your tasks. PLAY VIDEO http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=52524-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PHOTOS

Simple robots take a hike

Projects at MIT, Cornell and elsewhere aim to build simple robots that move like humans http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=52525-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

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Cisco CTO: We're still hot

Cisco Systems has been top dog in the networking equipment market for the past 20 years. But what about the next two decades? Chief Technology Officer Charles Giancarlo wants to prove wrong the critics who say the company has lost the drive that turned it into a 1990s superstar. Giancarlo spoke recently with News.com editors about Cisco's latest projects and the impact of the recent carrier consolidation. http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=52526-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RESEARCH

Dell servers most favored, IBM servers least

Looking at emerging trends in IT executives' server plans 12 months out, our IT Priorities data reveals that twice as many planners prefer Dell servers as avoid them. In contrast, twice as many planners are avoiding IBM servers compared to those who prefer them. See how all the leading vendors named by our IT decision makers stack up. http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=52527-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DOWNLOAD Chat on your own network

Employees chatting on Internet instant messengers is just not secure for business. LANMessage Pro 4.0 allows you communicate more securely on your LAN. http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=52529-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

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

Microsoft fires back in database price war

In a move that could lead to more price cuts in the database market, Microsoft yesterday introduced a lower cost version of its database software. SQL Server 2000 Workgroup, a version for small businesses priced at $3,899 per processor, is planned for the first half of this year, while the upcoming SQL Server 2005 update is due in the summer. With the revamped product suite, Microsoft intends to offer alternatives

to a range of rival software, including open-source products and databases from rivals Oracle and IBM, each of whom last year introduced lower-cost

editions of their databases in an effort to spur sales to medium-size customers. http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=52530-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Microsoft may offer peek at SQL Server code http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=52531-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

Viewability of SQL Server code is far cry from open source http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=52532-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

See also: Open source's next frontier http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=52533-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

VoIP is ready for prime time--and it's going to hurt

For many weeks now, tech nomad Peter Cochrane has been experimenting with Skype. All his telephone calls--Skype-to-Skype, Skype-to-mobile and Skype-to-fixed line--have been made with headset and laptop computer. His mobile phone bill has plummeted from $500 a month to less than $10 a month. He's even purchased headsets for his children and colleagues and asked them to move to VoIP. Yes, the telecom industry is in big trouble. But who, asks Cochrane, will pay for the communications infrastructure if the money is taken out of the industry by services that charge nothing? http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=52534-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

This is what LinuxWorld sounds like

The voices of open source are coming in loud and clear on David Berlind's latest series of podcast interviews, many produced during last week's LinuxWorld conference in Boston. http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=52535-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

ZDNet's podcasts: How to tune in http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=52536-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

See also: LinuxWorld special report http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=52537-45018394&brand=zdnet&ds=5

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