Software

New business models have formed around open-source software, threatening the old ways of making money in the IT industry. At last count, I

McAfee Inc. has jazzed up its Web site with a new online portal designed to help users research a wide range of security problems, free of charge. Called the McAfee Threat Center, the portal was launched this month as part of a redesign of the McAfee.com Web site.

When launching the latest edition of its on-demand business software suite this month in Oakland, Calif., NetSuite employed a Star Wars theme. While the company cast itself as the Rebel Alliance, fighting to free the mid-market from the tyranny of competitors

Microsoft said this month it would remove the price tag from its Virtual Server and begin offering the virtualization technology as a free download.

One of the many network management tools Bell Canada offers as an outsourced service is NetScout

When it comes to network management, it

Citing an epidemic of

A recently released software tool may make it easier to manage hardware and software updates for Dell servers using a Linux operating system.