December 2002

• December 10, 2002 10 Dec'02

  SAP completes e-procurement company takeover

  German enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendor SAP has folded e-procurement services company Emaro into its operations.  Continue Reading

• December 10, 2002 10 Dec'02

  EDS cuts forecast on United Airlines bankruptcy

  Electronic Data Systems has lowered its fourth-quarter and full-year earnings expectations as a result of yesterday's bankruptcy...  Continue Reading

• December 10, 2002 10 Dec'02

  Yahoo! unveils Web hosting for small business

  Yahoo! has expanded its premium services by offering Web hosting packages for small businesses, complete with corporate e-mail...  Continue Reading

• December 09, 2002 09 Dec'02

  Microsoft brings Visual Studio to Office 11

  Microsoft has announced a set of tools that will allow programmers to use the company's Visual Studio .net to build customised...  Continue Reading

• December 09, 2002 09 Dec'02

  Room for improvement in consumer IT, insists OFT

  The standard of inkjet cartridges, printer warranties and the support provided via call centres have come under close scrutiny in...  Continue Reading

• December 09, 2002 09 Dec'02

  Thought for the day:Is innovation old hat?

  Has the downturn fatally affected the IT industry's ability to innovate? Have we seen the last disruptive technology? asks Simon...  Continue Reading

• December 09, 2002 09 Dec'02

  Parasoft joins Eclipse consortium

  Error prevention software vendor Parasoft is to announce it has joined the Eclipse consortium for open-source development tools.  Continue Reading

• December 09, 2002 09 Dec'02

  HP and Network Appliance overtake EMC

  EMC was knocked out of first place in key market revenue areas, including network-attached storage (NAS) and open-storage area...  Continue Reading

• December 09, 2002 09 Dec'02

  Sun and HP strengthen services

  Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard are deepening their respective strategic commitments to managed services, with Sun promising...  Continue Reading

• December 09, 2002 09 Dec'02

  RealNetworks puts more Helix code online

  RealNetworks has delivered another component in its strategy to offer a complete set of open-source software for creating,...  Continue Reading

• December 09, 2002 09 Dec'02

  Java components marketplace launched for BEA developers

  Application server developer BEA Systems has tied up with component marketplace ComponentSource to offer an online marketplace...  Continue Reading

• December 09, 2002 09 Dec'02

  FBI puts IT industry under scrutiny as it investigates al-Qaeda links

  The US Federal Bureau of Investigation searched the offices of a Massachusetts software company last Thursday after a tip-off...  Continue Reading

• December 09, 2002 09 Dec'02

  European CIOs value service above innovation

  Software makers should stop pushing innovations on users and focus instead on providing better after-sales service, European...  Continue Reading

• December 09, 2002 09 Dec'02

  French bank overhauls retail systems

  Société Générale, one of France's biggest banks, is in the process of revamping its retail banking IT systems. The cost of the...  Continue Reading

• December 09, 2002 09 Dec'02

  VMware clinches key deal with Merrill Lynch

  Merrill Lynch is to use VMware 's virtualisation software in a massive desktop upgrade and server consolidation project.  Continue Reading

• December 09, 2002 09 Dec'02

  Hyperion adds data contrasting tools to Essbase

  Data analysis software vendor Hyperion Solutions is to develop functionality that will provide a virtual corporate memory to end...  Continue Reading

• December 09, 2002 09 Dec'02

  HP takes two-pronged approach to promote OpenView apps

  Later today, Hewlett-Packard will formally announce it is joining the Microsoft Visual Studio .net Integration program which,...  Continue Reading

• December 09, 2002 09 Dec'02

  IBM drops mainframe licence manager tool

  IBM has abandoned plans to deliver a mainframe software licence manager tool after succumbing to pressure from users. The tool...  Continue Reading

• December 08, 2002 08 Dec'02

  Microsoft and Siebel on course for collision

  Siebel recently tied up with Microsoft with a strategy to use .net within its products. The agreement could boost the credibility...  Continue Reading

• December 06, 2002 06 Dec'02

  RIM picks up speed with latest handheld

  Research In Motion (RIM) has launched its first handheld device designed for use on CDMA2000 1X (Code Division Multiple Access)...  Continue Reading