March 2003 News
-
Web services paths remain divided
Sun Microsystems entry into IBM and Microsoft’s WS-I (web services interoperability) organisation was widely interpreted as a...31 Mar 2003
-
Users struggling to get ROI from SAP
Fewer than half the organisations using SAP software have achieved a positive return on investment, according to analyst firm...31 Mar 2003
-
Serial ATA takes on SCSI
Low-cost Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA) disc arrays are already gaining ground in near-line storage and disc-to-disc backup...31 Mar 2003
-
April launch for Windows Server 2003
Microsoft has delivered the final code of Windows Server 2003 and its 64-bit SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition database to...31 Mar 2003
-
Sendmail flaw puts systems at risk again
Systems running Sendmail are at risk of hacker attacks because of a flaw in the way the commonly used e-mail server software...31 Mar 2003
-
Centrino-based Tablet PCs in the pipeline
Tablet PCs based on the Centrino platform are hitting the market at a slower pace than notebooks, despite the announcements of...31 Mar 2003
-
Trade groups bring Microsoft to appeals court
A US appeals court will hear arguments from two trade groups opposed to the antitrust settlement negotiated by the US Department...31 Mar 2003
-
Novadigm and Softricity tout software licence inventory products
Two software suppliers have separately announced products that track software licence compliance to help companies reduce...31 Mar 2003
-
MandrakeSoft upgrades desktop Linux OS
MandrakeSoft has upgraded its desktop Linux operating system for machines running x86 processors, improving the installation...31 Mar 2003
-
SIP fuels communications interplay
Momentum is gathering across industry sectors behind the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) real-time communications protocol for...31 Mar 2003
-
Telemetry services gain steam
US telecoms company Sprint has struck telemetry deals with a refuse collection company in the US that includes data collection...31 Mar 2003
-
Sun broadens Linux backing
Sun Microsystems is to adopt commonly known Linux distributions for deployment on a range of Intel-based systems it is planning...31 Mar 2003
-
Nortel pushes Wlan for enterprise campus
Nortel Networks' latest set of products will give workers the ability to roam around buildings and campuses while being...31 Mar 2003
-
Vodafone's Live! and waiting for 3G
Vodafone Group, Europe's largest mobile operator, has met its target of signing up one million customers for its Live! internet...28 Mar 2003
-
Contractors suffer another blow in IR35 case
The High Court dealt a blow to self-employed IT contractors today (28 March) when it threw out a legal challenge to the Inland...28 Mar 2003
-
High-street retail giants reveal IT plans
Two of the UK’s biggest high-street retailers this week revealed how many of their key IT investments were coming to fruition as...28 Mar 2003
-
Software bug may cause Patriot missile errors
US Central Command has said that it is investigating the possibility that a software problem in the Patriot Missile defence...28 Mar 2003
-
Microsoft UK managing director promoted
Neil Holloway, the UK managing director at Microsoft, has been appointed corporate vice president at the software giant..28 Mar 2003
-
'Honey trap' exposes City wireless hacking
Hackers are mapping the wireless access points of firms in the City of London as they travel to and from work.28 Mar 2003
-
Microsoft man to take Reuters collaboration programme post
David Gurle, one of the lead program managers on Microsoft's Greenwich project, is leaving to head the collaboration program at...28 Mar 2003
