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RSS vendorsVendors get right to shut down users' systems
News The Federation Against Software Theft (FAST) has issued a warning about legislation which gives software vendors the right to shut down users' systems. The legislation - called the Uniform Computer Information... [18 Apr 2000]
Vendors stay faithful to Windows 95
News PC vendors are letting users vote with their feet on upgrades to Windows 98. Several other vendors, including Dell, Compaq and IBM, have blamed problems with upgrading drivers and Bios for the delays in... [13 Jul 1998]
Vendors gather for Comdex trade show
News Comdex Fall98 starts next week, with technology vendors out in force to present their visions of the future. Microsoft will be promoting its SQL Server 7 database, and hardware vendors including Compaq... [13 Nov 1998]
Vendors unite to develop cross-platform directory standards
News A collection of software vendors lead by IBM and Novell have announced an initiative designed to accelerate the directory market by expediting development and deployment of directory-enabled applications that run across... [08 Jul 1999]
Leader: Vendors must quit 'bully' tactics
Leader The prickly subject of software licence audits once again got the backs of corporate IT departments up this week, as users accused cynical vendors of using them as a tool to squeeze more money out of buyers. [12 Jan 2007]
Vendors failing to secure applications
News Software application vendors are still failing to sell secure products and it is a problem that is leaving customers open to hacking attacks, a leading security expert has said. He later told silicon.com: "The... [30 Mar 2006]
CIO Forum: Vendors just don’t understand us, say financial CIOs
News Vendors aren’t getting a lot of love from financial services’ heads of IT, if the CIOs at silicon.com CIO Forum are anything to go by - but it’s not necessarily their fault. According to the CIOs,... [28 Sep 2004]
Vendors bare souls, discuss vulnerabilities
Comment But most vendors have still been criticised at one time or another for suppressing information on their weaknesses and obstructing users from seeing the full security picture. The plan is to offer... [17 Dec 2001]
Vendors and open source gurus hold Linux summit
News Open source leaders and major IT vendors have converged on Ottawa in Canada to discuss the commercial opportunities of the Linux operating system (OS). Belair admitted that it can be difficult for... [15 Jun 1999]
Open source confusion must end, vendors told
News Confusion will reign if software vendors continue to muddy the waters about what open source software actually is and how it should be used. The open source user community is getting increasingly worried about how... [18 May 2007]
Licence to bill: vendors and their licensing practices
Comment Software licensing affects all of us, so it wasn't surprising silicon.com received a virtual sack full of mail last week after criticising vendors' current licensing practices. Vendors were appalled by... [30 May 2000]
Vendors hype up compliance fears
Comment It's the interest of some vendors to put the fear of God into people," she says, pointing out that the legislative framework in the UK is relatively sparse when it comes to prescribing specific information security... [08 Apr 2008]
PKI vendors get together on government project
News Government IT agencies have announced success in getting the products of disparate PKI (public key infrastructure) vendors to interoperate, removing one of the major barriers to increased adoption of the technology. [24 Apr 2002]
Software vendors' bullying sales tricks revealed
News Aggressive sales techniques are still rife among software vendors, according to analyst Ovum, which warns customers must become more aware of vendors' tricks. The analyst's report, based on interviews... [29 Nov 2005]
UK business blames vendors for IT failures
News Almost half of UK firms admit to wasting money on IT, with a quarter of those business bosses blaming the IT vendors for selling them the wrong products, according to new research. But the IT industry came under fire... [27 Jul 2004]
