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Social Responsibility's Strategic Benefits
December 15, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM US/Eastern (GMT-5)
Join Ed Granger-Happ, CIO of Save the Children, for a discussion of how creating an organization that is socially responsible improves staffing, retention, leadership development and overall corporate health.
Working With and Communicating to Your Board of Directors
January 13, 2009, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM US/Eastern (GMT-5)
CIO panelists who will share tips and experiences working with their boards: Twila Day of SYSCO; Jeff O'Hare, West Corp.; Marc West, formerly with H&R Block.
IT's Role in Growing Mid-Market Companies
January 14, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM ET (GMT-5)
Mid-market Council members will share their companies' stories and challenges in driving or coping with growth. Panelists represent Veterinary Pet Insurance, Medicis Pharmaceutical, and Intrax Cultural Exchange.
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October 05, 2007 — IDG News Service (San Francisco Bureau) — Microsoft will release critical patches for its Windows and Word software next Tuesday as part of its monthly release of security patches.
Next week's updates will include three critical fixes for bugs in the Windows operating system components, including Internet Explorer and the Outlook Express mail client. A fourth critical fix for users of older versions of Word will also be released, the company said Thursday in a note on its website.
The Word update is for Microsoft Word 2000 Service Pack 3, Microsoft Word 2002 Service Pack 3, and Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac.
Also on tap are less-critical updates for Windows and Microsoft's SharePoint collaboration software. Microsoft had dropped a planned SharePoint update at the last minute in September, so this SharePoint update is probably the missing patch, security experts said Thursday. Microsoft's public relations agency would not say whether the October updates include last month's planned SharePoint fix.
Although security researchers have said that they are focusing less on bugs in Microsoft's core operating system, this month's patches belie that trend. Five of the seven updates are for Windows components.
Last month Microsoft released a total of four security updates.
Other stories by Robert McMillan Copyright 2006 IDG News Service, International Data Group Inc. All rights reserved.

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