configuration system management in news
Microsoft warns of ActiveX attack targetting Access
News By default, Internet Explorer (IE) on Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 runs in a restricted mode known as Enhanced Security Configuration that sets the security level for the internet zone to 'high'. [08 Jul 2008]
Dell commits to green dream
News Following a campaign on the company's IdeaStorm forum, the company announced that most of the pre-installed software on its computers would become optional at the point of configuration. For now we think if the system is older than three years it... [16 May 2008]
£2.4bn battlefield radios slammed by MPs
News He said: "It has proved hard to fit kit to vehicles because many differ from the standard configuration. The whole programme involves replacing the ageing analogue Clansman radios, used by the armed forces since the 1970s, with a secure digital... [07 Mar 2007]
Microsoft buys into asset-tracking tech
News Microsoft plans to incorporate some of the Ottawa-based company's technology into its forthcoming System Center Configuration Manager product, in particular AssetMetrix's technology for helping companies manage their software licences. [27 Apr 2006]
Windows worm holes plugged
News Depending on configuration, it could also be used against a computer with Windows XP with Service Pack 1 or Windows Server 2003, Microsoft said in its advisory. However, the vulnerabilities rated "critical" may allow a system to be compromised... [12 Oct 2005]
Systems overhaul for court IT
News The second lot seeks a supplier for the Disc Application Service, which will take responsibility for the support and maintenance of existing IT applications - such as problem resolution, configuration management and release management. [26 Apr 2005]
HP goes back to software
News Until now, people dealt with HP for simpler problems involving configuration and installation but went to JBoss programmers to address software defects. Earlier this year, HP launched a professional services offering around a set of open-source... [12 Nov 2004]
Unpatched PCs down to 20min "survival time"
News Microsoft's latest security update, Windows XP Service Pack 2, will set such a configuration, but users will have to go online to get the update, opening themselves up to attack. If you are assuming that most of these reports are generated by worms... [18 Aug 2004]
Sun upgrades Linux desktop offering
News It also will come with the first version of Sun's Configuration Manager, which lets an administrator control the privileges and settings of different groups of desktop users. Sun Microsystems will today release the second version of its Java... [01 Jun 2004]
Longhorn… What Longhorn? says Ballmer
News We do the configuration matching, which is the single biggest point of failure," he said in an interview after Ballmer's speech. LaPlante said Team System won't replace the third-party packages competing in the increasingly crowded systems... [25 May 2004]
Red Hat thrown into the utility ring
News With the service, a central administrator can perform several functions from a central management console including: installing a particular software configuration based on a template; "cloning" the configuration of one server and applying it to... [20 Jan 2004]
Oracle issues security warnings
News The first e-business suite vulnerability, caused by a set of unsecured Java server pages, could allow any user to view the product's configuration and host-system information. John Heimann, director of security product management for Oracle, said... [25 Jul 2003]
Microsoft attempts to patch its reputation for insecurity
News Also at TechEd, Microsoft launched two training and certificate programs specially tailored to security concerns in an effort to reduce vulnerabilities that arise from poor application configuration. Microsoft has said it will redesign its patch... [04 Jun 2003]
Unisys introduces Dylan - the server
News Unisys is trying to introduce people to the ES7000 that aren't willing to commit to a big configuration and grow up when the customers do see the value of the old-style, mainframe centralised IT shop," Partridge said. [07 Apr 2003]
Microsoft to IT managers: 'Switch to XP - it's great!'
News The Desktop Centre site also includes a new version of Microsoft's Baseline Security Analyser, a tool that checks corporate desktops for the presence of current software updates and patches and for configuration errors that could pose risks. [25 Feb 2003]
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