Microsoft, the security company?
ZDNet | at | by Mike
The June launch of a new initiative dubbed Palladium underscored Microsoft's security ambitions. Palladium is supposed to be a "trusted" computing system. Translation? An operating system that, unlike Windows, is designed from the ground up to enhance security and prevent hack attacks. As Gates and his CEO, Steve Ballmer, continue to throw resources behind the security effort, an increasing number of software analysts and industry figures believe Redmond may want to do more than simply make its own software more secure. They think Microsoft may also have its sights set on grabbing a share of a global market for security software hardware, services, and business continuity valued at $66 billion.