For all the mergers and acquisitions the business world has seen in the past month, Google and Salesforce.com are reminding Wall Street that strategic alliances are still in style.According to a Monday article in the Wall Street Journal, the two Internet companies are in talks about a partnership that would target Microsoft 
. The paper cited unnamed sources that claim the companies are working out details of a possible alliance that might be revealed within weeks.
Google is, of course, the Internet search king and online advertising titan. Salesforce.com is the fast-growth, on-demand CRM vendor. An alliance between the two could take the form of a Web-based offering that integrates some of Google’s online services, such as Gmail and Google Talk, with Salesforce.com’s CRM tools.
Click here to read the rest of this story on NewsFactor.
May 21st, 2007
\According to Google research, hundreds of thousands of Web sites are infected with malicious software that could give attackers the ability to steal the personal identities of visitors.The research, titled “The Ghost in the Browser: Analysis of Web-Based Malware,” reported that an adversary who can successfully compromise a victim’s browser can gain access to banking and medical records, authorization passwords, and personal communication records.
Google said that in its analysis of several billion URLs and an in-depth look at 4.5 million Web sites over a 12-month period, it discovered 450,000 sites were successfully launching drive-by-downloads of malware code.
Graham Cluley, a senior analyst with security firm Sophos, said researchers at his firm agree with Google’s findings. “Everybody needs to learn to protect themselves better from these kind of attacks,” he said. “More and more businesses are recognizing the need to scan their Web gateway just as they do their e-mail gateway to keep abreast of emerging threats.”
Click here to read the rest of this story on NewsFactor.
May 21st, 2007
“Wealth depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality; that is, waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both.” — Benjamin Franklin, statesman
May 21st, 2007
