Today's News: Software licensing costs may rocket

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November 24, 2004 Published by  SearchDomino.com    Today's News IN THIS ISSUE:   >  Gartner: Re-negotiate software license deals now   >  IBM's move on the desktop   >  XML straining network performance, bandwidth   >  More headlines   >  Chapter Download: _javascript_ security   >  Ask Andre Guirard: Missing Create --> Site Profile option   >  ITKnowledgeExchange: iSeries DB2   >  The Missing Link: Blessed are the cheesemakers? 'Miracle' sandwich fetches $28K Gartner: Re-negotiate software license deals now [CNET News.com] According to research company Gartner, the move to multicore-chip architectures, virtualized hardware and utility computing threatens existing capacity-based, or CPU-based, licensing agreements offered by the major software vendors. Gartner claims emerging trends in IT hardware could force software licensing costs up by more than 50 percent over the next year, unless businesses renegotiate existing contracts now. MORE INFO: > Learn about Application Platform Suites: An Architectural Cost > Check out "Gartner weighs in on Domino, Workplace futures" IBM's move on the desktop [BusinessWeek] Its Workplace package is catching on with clients, and more software makers are signing on, as news this week indicated. Still, according to a Business Week report, it is no Windows smasher. XML straining network performance, bandwidth [SearchWebServices.com] ZapThink reports that XML is putting unreasonable demands on corporate networks, forcing companies to search for alternatives to handle the pressure. More headlines [From around the Web] Infected ad banners exploit IE's IFRAME flaw (SearchSecurity.com) Phishers use zombie nets to automate attacks (VNUNet.com ) DOWNLOADS:  Chapter Download: _javascript_ security In this chapter from _javascript_: The Complete Reference, Second Edition, by Thomas Powell and Fritz Schneider, you will learn about data validation, cross site scripting vulnerabilities, sandbox approaches that restrict script execution environments, the signed script policy, different behaviors of different browsers and Intranet versus Internet browser security strategies. ADVICE:  Ask Andre Guirard: Missing Create --> Site Profile option Dear Andre: How do I create a site profile using the Lotus Notes reservation resource database that does not have the Create --> Site Profile option? If I already have the resources and the rooms created, is there a way that I can tie those resources/rooms to a new site? Click here to read Andre's expert response. WHAT'S NEW:  ITKnowledgeExchange: iSeries DB2 This ITKnowledgeExchange member has a dilemma: "I want to create a view or a query that can join a table from one instance of DB2 UDB on my 810, and another table on second instance of DB2 UDB on my 820. The two machines are networked and running V5R1. Where do I start? I thought about doing it in Oracle, but I am unsure about DB2." Can you help them? Click here to offer your advice. Blessed are the cheesemakers? 'Miracle' sandwich fetches $28K [Reuters] Every once in a blue (cheese) moon, the opportunity to buy a sacrosanct sandwich comes along. And when that opportunity knocked on eBay, an online casino was there to take a bite. GoldenPalace.com paid $28,000 for a 10-year-old, partially eaten cheese sandwich that supposedly bears the image of the Virgin Mary (it could also pass as a toasted, whole wheat Gwen Stefani, but try getting 28 grand for that). The woman who crafted the vestal Velveeta says she's kept it in a plastic case since 1994, and that it hasn't gotten moldy. No mold on a 10-year-old sandwich? Now that's a miracle! GoldenPalace.com is already selling Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese T-shirts and plans to use the sandwich to raise money for charity. As long as they don't use it to feed the hungry!   Contact Us Sales For sales inquiries, please contact us at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Editorial For feedback about any of our articles or to send us your article ideas, please contact us at: [EMAIL PROTECTED]     Free E-Newsletters! Select e-newsletters you would like to receive via e-mail!  SearchDomino: Domino & WebSphere Strategies  SearchDomino: Spam and Security Tip Not a Member? We'll activate your membership with your subscription.   This e-newsletter is published by SearchDomino.com, a targeted Web site from TechTarget, the most targeted IT media and events company. To unsubscribe from "Today's News": Go to unsubscribe: http://searchDomino.techtarget.com/unsubscribe?cid=497584&lid=430893&track=NL-201&ad=497584 Please note, unsubscribe requests may take up to 24 hours to process; you may receive additional mailings during that time. A confirmation e-mail will be sent when your request has been successfully processed. Contact Us: SearchDomino Member Services 117 Kendrick Street, Suite 800 Needham, MA 02494