Those wondering what this year's surprise cooperation deal between Microsoft and Sun Microsystems will actually produce should get an update in coming weeks, when the companies detail some of their interoperability work in areas like Web services, directory services and security.
Two and a half years after launching its Trustworthy Computing initiative Microsoft is finding its products the target of escalating attacks, to the extent that some security experts are even warning that the company's Internet Explorer (IE) browser is simply not safe to use.
Offshore outsourcing gave a boost to the IT services market in 2003, helping it to grow 6.2 percent over the previous year, according to preliminary figures released by Gartner on Monday.
