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Federal agencies join Liberty Alliance

The General Services Administration and U.S. Department of Defense last week became the latest members to join the Liberty Alliance, a group working to create a standards-based specification for federated user identity.

Venturing forward with 10 predictions

It's time to turn our cracked glass on '03.

Savvis to take over several Intel Online data centers

Savvis Communications Corp. announced last week that it is taking over Intel Online's data centers in Chantilly, Va.; London; Santa Clara and Tokyo. Intel Corp. announced in June that it would exit the Web hosting business.

British computer administrator indicted for hacking

After a 17-month investigation, federal grand juries in Virginia and New Jersey this week indicted 36-year-old British computer administrator Gary McKinnon for allegedly hacking into 105 U.S. military networks.

PeopleSoft to offer servers with IBM middleware

PeopleSoft Inc. announced a partnership with IBM recently to offer preconfigured servers running IBM Corp.'s DB2 database and middleware products and business software from PeopleSoft.

IT spending still tight, survey says

IT shops got even stingier over the past two months, though they are expected to start spending a little more freely by year end, according to a new survey from The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

ILECs have little motivation to upgrade

Incumbent local exchange carriers have very little motivation to move to IP for Class 5 telephony applications, according to a recent study by Dittberner Associates Inc.

IT spending still tight, survey says

IT shops got even stingier over the past two months, though they are expected to start spending a little more freely by year-end, according to a new survey from The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

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