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Microsoft shows interest in WaMu bankruptcy over software agreements

When Microsoft filed a "notice of appearance" in the Washington Mutual bankruptcy proceedings - which is basically a request to be kept updated on developments of the case - and then initially declined to comment about its interest in the case, the speculation began. (Silicon Alley Insider wondered if Microsoft...

Tags: Software, Washington Mutual Inc., Enterprise Software, Agreement, Microsoft Corp., Bankruptcy, Times, Litigation, Business Operations, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-08

Glitch continues to plague Washington Mutual

Glitch continues to plague Washington MutualHoly lack of ITIL batman ntWhy am I not surprised they are using WindowsThe Site is running Active Server Pages and Windows 2003 server. Why are we not surprised by this. There is a reason the biggest sites run Linux, Unix and BSD.For Zdnet bashers,...

Tags: Operating systems, Banking, Scripting languages, UNIX, ASP Web Server, WAMU, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft ASP, Linux, online banking, bank, Washington Mutual Inc., server

Discussion threads 2006-07-28

System glitches hit two banks' online services

System glitches hit two banks' online servicesSystem glitches hit two banks' online servicesThey must have been using linux on those systems. I hope they learn from their mistakes.Wamu Still downAs of 12:20 PST. They changed their page from "scheduled maintenance" to "temporarily unavailable".Not An Outage -- An AttackI...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Financial services, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Servers, WaMu, Washington Mutual Inc., bank, Linux, Netcraft, WaMu.com

Discussion threads 2006-07-26

Additional Resources

Click Heels 3 Times and Say 'I want to IPO, I want to IPO'

Alas Liquidity Events, I Knew Them Well.... If only wanting a liquidity event and getting it were that easy. As we say back in Texas, “'wantin’ and ‘gettin’ are two different things”. For technology executives looking for a liquidity event for their firm, the...

Tags: M&A, Liquidity, Liquidity Event, IPO, Investment, Financial Planning, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Services, Finance, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2008-10-01

The Role of Encryption in Data Protection

This PGP Webcast Summary is based on a presentation given in 2006 to Honeycomb Connect Banking Information Technology (B.I.T.) executive members by Dave Cullinane, Chief Information Security Officer CISO for eBay Marketplaces. Mr. Cullinane is the former CISO for Washington Mutual Inc. and previous International President of the Information Systems...

Tags: Data Protection, Encryption, PGP Corp., Disaster Recovery, Backups, Security, Data Management

White papers 2007-02-01

Anatomy of an implosion

The Washington Post offers a look inside Tier, the troubled company that specialized in processing child-support payments for state and local governments. Tier went public in 1997, grew steadily, moved to DC in 2004, and showed an ability to win contracts from government. It all came crashing down this year,...

Tags: Tier

Blog posts 2006-06-05