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While much will be said about Microsoft's cloud-computing strategy introduced Monday, at the heart of Windows Azure is a fairly simple goal: inspire corporate developers to rethink the way they develop software so applications can take better advantage of the Web.

A group of technology companies is offering to share some of its patents to encourage the development of environmentally friendly technologies.

Not all the data-leak start-ups have been snapped up by the big guys. Here are five data-leak-prevention companies to keep an eye on.

Green policy credentials are high on the agenda of companies looking for outsourcing partners and outsourcing vendors -- and those that fail to demonstrate environmental policies risk being dumped, according to a report by outsourcing consultancy Brown-Wilson Group.

When attackers gained access to personal information on 19,000 students at Carnegie Mellon University last April, business and network administrators there began a systemwide review of data policies. As a result, the university drastically reduced its use of Social Security numbers (SSN) and implemented new security-management controls around its Oracle databases. But when it came to protecting data extracted from a database, Joe Jackson, system architect at the school, was at a loss.

Troubled software vendor CA announced the appointment of a new chief financial officer (CFO) Friday, while declining to comment on rumors of potential layoffs.

When David Lindahl added a new position to his unit, he didn't hire a programmer, a business analyst or a network administrator. He hired an anthropologist.

"Patch, patch, patch, test, test, test, test," says Tim Rice, a network systems analyst. Those two steps, repeated in multiples year in and year out, more than any others are the keys to patching systems from any vendor. Rice doesn't apologize for the apparent simplicity, because he knows the task is anything but.

Great ideas don't just happen, they need space, context and nurturing.

Vulnerability management technology allows companies to choose which threats are most urgent and which IT assets take priority for protection.

Users of Siebel Systems's customer relationship management software offered mixed views on the company's new "Chapter 2" strategy, which the software vendor unveiled this week as a way to revitalize its sagging fortunes.