========================================================= ------- eWEEK.com FINANCE INDUSTRY UPDATE -------- ========================================================= October 4, 2004
========================================================= Sponsored by Dell Small Business FREE Upgrades w/ Select Dell Desktops & Notebooks! http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1171-17-38-11627-132196-1 ========================================================= ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: New Phishing System Takes Advantage of JPEG Bug 2. News: Complaints Rise Over Microsoft Money Update 3. News: PeopleSoft Fires CEO Conway 4. News: Oracle Clears the Conway Hurdle 5. News: Siebel Turns Spotlight on BI 6. News: Analysts: Can IBM-PeopleSoft Deal Stall Oracle Advance? ========================================================= Finance Industry Update ========================================================= 1. News: New Phishing System Takes Advantage of JPEG Bug Symantec's Threat Analyst Team has discovered an exploit in the wild that utilizes the recently announced JPEG vulnerability in Microsoft's GDI+ library to install a new and sophisticated phishing system. Find out how this new attack works http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1171-17-38-11627-132199-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Complaints Rise Over Microsoft Money Update Just days after the official release of Microsoft's Money 2005, some customers who placed transactions to purchase copies of the financial management software are alleging they were short changed. Find out what they've got to say here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1171-17-38-11627-132202-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: PeopleSoft Fires CEO Conway In the wake of a 15-month-long battle for its life, PeopleSoft's board of directors fired CEO Craig Conway last Friday. The board cited "a loss of confidence" in Conway's ability to guide the company. Get the details on this shakeup. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1171-17-38-11627-132205-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Oracle Clears the Conway Hurdle With PeopleSoft CEO Craig Conway canned, Oracle has cleared one of its biggest hurdles to acquiring his former employer, some experts believe. With Conway gone, will PeopleSoft negotiate with Oracle? http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1171-17-38-11627-132208-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: Siebel Turns Spotlight on BI Siebel CEO Mike Lawrie will be making a bevy of announcements during the Siebel User Week conference. Get the details on what business intelligence tools are coming down the pipeline. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1171-17-38-11627-132211-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. News: Analysts: Can IBM-PeopleSoft Deal Stall Oracle Advance? The firing of PeopleSoft CEO Craig Conway shouldn't derail the $1 billion middleware alliances with IBM that the two companies announced with much fanfare last month, industry analysts said. But is IBM prepared to intervene as a "white knight" to save its business partner from a hostile takeover? http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1171-17-38-11627-132214-1 ========================================================= Tech Jobs http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1171-17-38-11627-132217-1 ========================================================= Ziff Davis Channel Zone http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1171-17-38-11627-132220-1 ========================================================= DevSource http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1171-17-38-11627-132223-1 ========================================================= eNewsletter Information ========================================================= You are subscribed to this newsletter with the e-mail address [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE, click here: http://www.eweek.com/unsubscribe_newsletter/0,4223,,00.asp?n=83&type=u&[EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your HTML/text preferences, change your e-mail address or subscribe to other eNewsletters from Ziff Davis Media, click here: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1171-17-38-11627-132226-1 Questions about your newsletter subscriptions? To read our FAQ, click here: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1171-17-38-11627-132229-1 ========================================================= eWEEK Magazine Information ========================================================= To apply for a free subscription to eWEEK, please go to http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1171-17-38-11627-132232-1 For help with your print subscription to eWEEK, click here: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1171-17-38-11627-132235-1 Copyright (c) 2004 Ziff Davis Media Inc. All Rights Reserved. Ziff Davis Media Inc., 28 East 28th Street, New York, NY 10016
