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Attackers Exploit Windows 2000 Server Hole - 📅 - According to reports released this week, a security hole in Microsoft's Windows 2000 operating system and Web server software is allowing online attackers to take control of corporate servers by exploiting the flaw.



Microsoft warned customers of the vulnerability on Monday, advising users to apply a patch or use a workaround to defend against the attack as soon as possible.

The flaw was discovered only after hackers began using the flaw to breach customer systems, ...
Rio de Janeiro Meeting Proceeding as Scheduled - 📅 - To the ICANN Community:
On March 8 ICANN requested
feedback from the community regarding whether attendees' plans to
travel to the ICANN meeting in Rio de Janeiro would be affected in the
event of the outbreak of war.

The overwhelming majority of respondents said that their plans to travel
would not be affected, although a couple indicated that ...
WorldCom Continues with 100-Day Plan - 📅 - Bankrupt communications carrier WorldCom Inc. (http://www.worldcom.com) announced on Monday that it continues to deliver on its 100-day plan, announced earlier, highlighting two important milestones for the company's two flagship products, MCI's The Neighborhood and The WorldCom Connection.



WorldCom says The Neighborhood is now available in all 48 contiguous states, as well as Washington, DC, making MCI the first nationwide local phone company. The WorldCom Connection is now available ...
Stellent Acquires Selected Active IQ Assets - 📅 - Content management solution provider Stellent Inc. (http://www.stellent.com) announced on Monday that it has acquired selected assets of Active IQ Technologies for $650,000 in cash, approximately the amount of the acquired annualized recurring revenue.



Stellent says the acquisition will have no revenue effect on its March 31, 2003 quarter, and is expected to be accretive for Stellent's fiscal year 2004. Stellent says the transaction involves no ongoing business relationship with Active ...
StorageTek Launches New Storage Services - 📅 - Storage solutions company StorageTek (http://www.storagetek.com) announced on Monday that it has launched a set of new managed storage services through its Global Services organization, including StorageTek Enterprise Support Services and StorageTek Remote Managed Storage.



The Enterprise Support Services, says StorageTek, focus primarily on the support, maintenance and management of customers' entire storage infrastructure from applications to the operating system and physical storage ...
PeopleSoft Signs Academic ASP Agreement - 📅 - Enterprise application software provider PeopleSoft Inc. (http://www.peoplesoft.com) announced on Monday that it has signed an agreement with Dakota State University, enabling colleges and universities to access PeopleSoft applications hosted remotely at Dakota State's Center for Remote Enterprise Systems Hosting (CRESH).



The agreement, says PeopleSoft, is an extension of the company's On Campus program with Dakota State University, designed to enable schools to integrate enterprise ...
Primus Raises $13M Debt Financing - 📅 - Telecommunications services provider PRIMUS Telecommunications Group Inc. (http://www.primustel.com) announced on Monday that it has obtained $13 million in new debt financing and completed the restructuring of an existing major vendor facility.



PRIMUS says its subsidiary PRIMUS Telecommunications Canada Inc. entered into a $20 Candian ($13 million US) deal with a major Canadian financial institution. The proceeds from the two-year, non-amortizing facility, says PRIMUS, are earmarked ...
Positive Software Releases H-Sphere 2.3 - 📅 - Web hosting automation solution provider Positive Software (http://www.psoft.net) announced on Monday that it has released Version 2.3 of H-Sphere, its multi-server Web hosting control panel that includes client control panel, admin interface, private label reselling, integrated billing and a trouble ticket system.



Positive Software says the new version comes with a number of new features, including the ability to move clients between servers, an integrated knowledge base system, mass ...
rackspace.co.ukRackspace Provides Hosting for The Register - 📅 - Web hosting provider Rackspace Managed Hosting Europe (Rackspace.co.uk) announced on Monday that it has been chosen as the first ever technology partner for the UK's leading IT news site, The Register, a relationship through which it will take over all aspects of The Register's hosting requirements.



The Register currently operates four Linux servers, two Web servers and two database servers, all of which are under Rackspace's management at its secure, state-of-the-art Data ...
EbizID Introduces SSL Services - 📅 - SSL provider and secure online identity specialist EBIZID Inc. (http://www.ebizid.com) announced on Monday that it has introduced its round-the-clock SSL services, including full customer and technical support with accelerated validation services to ensure customers do not have to wait for SSL certificates.



EBIZID says its Accelerated Validation Service is provided by a team of validation officers and is available 24 hours a day and seven days a week. The team provides traditional ...