Archive

October 2001

  • TMA: a new alternative to leased lines

    A cheaper alternative to expensive leased lines, Symmetric Digital Supply Line (SDSL), attracted considerable attention at the...31 Oct 2001

  • Intel chief calls for more risk-taking

    Doug Busch, director of technology at Intel and member of its executive board, has called on IT directors to gamble, despite the...31 Oct 2001

  • VA Linux proposes name change

    California-based software and services company, VA Linux Systems, is asking its shareholders to eject the open source operating...31 Oct 2001

  • IBM drops Compaq to go it alone

    IBM has unveiled a midrange storage system, while at the same time quietly cancelling a major storage partnership agreement with...31 Oct 2001

  • New printers for October

    A high-speed output of both colour and monochrome printer news has flooded the printer market.31 Oct 2001

  • Next Windows CE supports Bluetooth

    The next generation of Microsoft's Windows CE embedded operating system will include support for the Bluetooth wireless standard....31 Oct 2001

  • Philips sues over bus patents

    The US subsidiary of Europe's largest consumer electronics maker is suing eight motherboard and semiconductor manufacturers for...31 Oct 2001

  • IBM scoops up CrossWorlds

    IBM will bolster its e-business infrastructure offerings by buying customer relationship and supply-chain management software...31 Oct 2001

  • Rambus and Micron face off in court

    Rambus has confronted Micron Technology in court, starting the latest chapter in a string of legal battles Rambus has waged over...31 Oct 2001

  • IT industry will rebound in 2002, says Dell

    Corporate IT spending will recover during the second quarter of next year, according to Kevin Rollins, Dell's president and chief...31 Oct 2001

  • UK government prepares to act on broadband

    It could be make or break for broadband Britain, with the UK government set to rule next month on how the industry should make...31 Oct 2001

  • Mitsubishi Electric hit by IT slump

    Mitsubishi Electric, one of Japan's major electronics and semiconductor makers, barely managed to stay in profit in the first...31 Oct 2001

  • Gosling slams SOAP protocol

    The father of Java has slammed Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), the emerging standard for Web services, as "semi-chaotic".31 Oct 2001

  • New Nimda variants hits Net

    A new variant of the Nimda worm has appeared on the Internet, though exactly how it is different or whether it will be more or...31 Oct 2001

  • UK airport to trial iris recognition software

    Heathrow Airport is to trial iris recognition software as part of its passenger arrival process.31 Oct 2001

  • IBM signs EMEA deal with SuSE

    IBM and SuSE Linux have signed a distribution agreement which allows SuSE to market IBM's software products in Europe, the Middle...31 Oct 2001

  • Eurostar jumps on CRM train

    Channel tunnel train operator, Eurostar, is re-shaping its business model and deploying a comprehensive customer relationship...31 Oct 2001

  • Cisco expands IP telephony portfolio

    Cisco has unveiled a range of hardware and software designed to make IP telephony systems more secure, easier to manage and...30 Oct 2001

  • EDS chief: prepare for cybercrime wave

    The war in Afghanistan will create a massive wave of cyber crime, and the UK is ill equipped to cope.30 Oct 2001

  • Living in CIM

    Want a cosier relationship with your supplier? With the Computers in Manufacturing show just around the corner, Nadia Damon...30 Oct 2001