Topic: Devil Mountain Software - exposed

[Nemesis]

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Here’s what we’ve found from our investigation of the company:

    * Devil Mountain CTO Craig Barth is InfoWorld columnist Randall C. Kennedy.

    * Devil Mountain’s software has potential privacy issues and the company isn’t afraid to show off that it can peek into your systems.

    * A high-profile customer that “Barth” uses to legitimize Devil Mountain’s software says there is no large implementation of the application at the company (see update on page 4).

    * Numerous disclosure issues about the relationship between Devil Mountain, Kennedy and IDG, essentially the only outlet that has quoted Barth. Note: Between Saturday and Sunday, InfoWorld pulled references to Kennedy in its blog roll and said that it no longer offers the Windows Sentinel software, which is a clone of the DMS Clarity Suite.

Indeed, InfoWorld Editor in Chief Eric Knorr just confirmed the first point and IDG has severed ties with Kennedy. In a blog post, Knorr outlined Kennedy’s fate. Knorr referred our questions to Kennedy, who isn’t picking up the phone. ComputerWorld also said that it didn’t know Barth was really Kennedy.

I don't recall ever hearing of them myself but in case anyone here is using their software they might want to read this full article.