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Report Rekindles Open Source vs. Microsoft Security Debate
Researcher says security advisories indicate open-source code is now more vulnerable than that of Microsoft. But security body CERT says that's too strong a conclusion. --Antone Gonsalves (11-21-02)

Web Informant: Unleashed From The Laptop
Increasingly, tech-savvy travelers are checking their laptops -- or leaving them home altogether. What does this mean for IT? --David Strom (11-19-02)

Upgrades Should Help Ariba Customers Make Sourcing More Strategic
Analysis: New products introduced by Ariba this week can help customers move from event-driven auction model to more strategically focused sourcing processes. --Tom Smith (11-15-02)

Does Your Intrusion-Detection System Really Work?
Too many IDSs either let attacks through or keep good traffic out. Vendors are trying new approaches to work around these crippling problems, even as network attacks soar. --Richard Karpinski (11-14-02)

WebSphere 5.0 Goes With The Flow
IBM will release the next version of its app server some time this month. The platform sets the stage for next-generation, service-oriented application architectures and is dominated by a new theme: workflow. --Richard Karpinski (11-12-02)

Web Informant: Is Dell IT's New Monopolist?
Just as Microsoft set the terms for the desktop in the 1990s, Dell is aiming to control more and more hardware markets this decade. --David Strom (11-11-02)

Supply-Chain Systems Market May Have Hit Bottom
Long-suffering sector could be poised to capitalize on continued interest from big companies. --Tom Smith (11-07-02)

'Instant' Extranet Appliance Adds Scalability, Fail-Over Functions
Neoteris enhances it secure remote access gear -- which it refers to as an Instant Virtual Extranet -- to support more concurrent users, redundancy, and failover. --Tom Smith (11-07-02)