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Open Source Needs Better Security Focus, Study Says July 2008 • by William Jackson The open source software community lags behind the commercial software sector in secure code development, according to a recent study of some commonly used open source packages.   full story

IT Cost Cuts in 2008 May Be a Trend, Study Says July 2008 • by Kurt Mackie A first-quarter 2008 survey conducted by Computer Economics suggests a possible slowdown in IT spending and staffing lies ahead.  full story

Companies Ditch ATM, Frame Relay -- Finally July 2008 • by Stephen Swoyer Out with the old (frame relay, ATM and subscriber lines) and in with the new (e.g., Ethernet or IP MPLS VPN services).   full story

The Gold-Laying UC Egg July 2008 • by Stephen Swoyer The UC market grew by 20 percent in both 2007 and 2006, according to market-watcher Infonetics Research.   full story

VMware To Give Away Hypervisor July 2008 • by Keith Ward VMware has launched its first counter-attack to Microsoft's pricing structure for its virtualization products, announcing that ESXi, its lightweight hypervisor, is going to be given away for free.  full story

Service Level Agreements Too IT-Centric, Forrester Report Warns July 2008 • by James Powell A new Forrester Consulting report based on a survey of 389 global technology decision-makers who work with service management finds serious deficiencies with current SLAs.  full story

DNS Flaw Unfixed as Experts Argue Protocol July 2008 • by Jabulani Leffall Speculation continues as to what the ultimate systemic Domain Name System (DNS) flaw could be.  full story

Microsoft's DNS Fix Leads to More Problems July 2008 • by Jabulani Leffall The blogosphere is awash with talk about the possible overall weakness of the Domain Name System (DNS) architecture.  full story

Compliance, New Threats Drive Security Spending July 2008 • by Stephen Swoyer Enterprise security is an expensive proposition, one that's likely to get even more expensive as organizations take further steps to protect themselves.  full story

Yahoo Ends Proxy Fight With Icahn July 2008 • by Kurt Mackie Yahoo partly acceded to the demands of corporate raider Carl Icahn by agreeing to seat Icahn and two of his proxy-slate candidates to Yahoo's board.   full story