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IBM chooses Symantec Intruder Alert - 📅 - IBM today announced the company's Managed Security Services will implement Symantec Corp.'s Intruder Alert for host-based intrusion detection.



Symantec's new global service (enterprisesecurity.symantec.com/) will secure IBM customer's e-business infrastructure, identifying unauthorized access 24/7. Should Intruder Alert detect a problem, IBM's management services will take instantaneously action, preventing damage.

"As the largest dedicated information security ...
Verado Files for Bankruptcy - 📅 - Verado Holdings, Inc.
announced on Friday that it will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, after reaching an
agreement on a liquidation with a committee representing holders of more
than 66-2/3% of Verado's 13% senior discount notes due 2008.



Under the plan, bondholders and other unsecured creditors will receive 90%
of the net proceeds derived from a liquidation of the company's assets under
Chapter 11. The remaining 10% of such proceeds will be distributed ...
Update on ASO General Assembly – 5 March 2002 - 📅 - The 3rd ASO General Assembly meeting will be held on Tuesday, 5 March
2002 at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, Bangkok, Thailand.
This meeting will be hosted by APNIC alongside APNIC's
13th Open Policy Meeting, and will be open to all parties with an
interest in ASO policy matters. Details about the venue can be found on
the ...
Qwest Taps $4 Billion Credit Line - 📅 - Qwest Communications International Inc. on
Thursday tapped into a $4 billion line of credit, four times the amount
expected by Wall Street, to pay down its $3.2 billion in short-term debt.



Denver-based Qwest, a major phone company in 14 states, also reduced its
capital spending budget and said it would consider other long-term
refinancing options. Its outstanding net debt remains approximately $24.9
billion, which the company does not expect to increase.

The ...
Radware Unveils FireProof Security Application Switch - 📅 - Radware, (radware.com), a provider of intelligent
application switching, announced today the release of the industry's first
Security Application Switch.



The integrity of an enterprise's security depends on the ability to control
the operation of all security devices, maintaining high availability and
optimized service across the network. Radware's FireProof Security
Application Switch ensures and supports enterprise-wide security strategies,
protecting the integrity of ...
WorldCom Suspends Three in Commission Scandal - 📅 - WorldCom employees at three offices allegedly
booked up to $4 million in fake commissions by taking credit for sales at
different offices, according to a Wall Street Journal report.



The voice and data provider suspended three employees and froze at least 12
workers' commissions as part of its investigation, the WSJ reported.
WorldCom says it expects no impact on earnings because of the incident.

Two WorldCom managers allegedly inappropriately boosted the ...
Sensar and VitalStream Sign Merger Agreement - 📅 - Sensar Corporation (formerly Larson Davis) announced yesterday that it has signed a merger agreement with Irvine, Calif.-based
VitalStream, Inc. (vitalstream.com -> inap.com), a provider of customized solutions for digital broadcasting.



Following the merger, VitalStream will be a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Sensar and will continue to provide products and services that enable the
digital broadcast of audio and video content and other communications via
the Internet. The merger is ...
Sun Announces IBM Replacement Programs - 📅 - Sun Microsystems, Inc today announces an
aggressive series of programs called "Project Blue-Away," aimed at targeted
customers and IBM customers to replace IBM with Sun solutions. The first
program within Project Blue-Away is a competitive replacement program for
NUMA-Q, that offers neglected NUMA-Q users an alternative to IBM's server
architecture.



Offering customers higher service response times, reliability and
scalability than NUMA-Q, and lower total cost of ...
Cable & Wireless Named Best Business ISP - 📅 - Cable & Wireless (cw.com), a global telecommunications
group, took first place at the 2002 Internet Industry Awards
(ispaawards.org.uk) held in London on Wednesday, beating Colt, Energis, KPNQwest and WorldCom to be named "Best Pan-European Business ISP." Cable & Wireless was also short listed for the Best Carrier and Best UK Business ISP
awards.



Following research conducted by Durlacher, a research and investment group,
C& W was praised for its strong European brand and ...
Electric Mail Releases New Messaging Platform - 📅 - The Electric Mail Company Inc. (electricmail.com), a
messaging and email service provider, announced the release of its new
messaging Service Provisioning System (SPS), a centralized, multi-level
messaging management platform.



A product of more than seven years of messaging industry experience,
research and customer feedback, the SPS is the new technical backbone of
Electric Mail and its completion represents the largest software development
project in the company's ...