August 2002

August 30, 2002 30 Aug'02
Enterprise network spending holds up despite downturn

Britain's leading businesses are continuing to make significant investment in their networks despite the economic downturn. Continue Reading
August 30, 2002 30 Aug'02
Web services can help set standards, says CTO

Web services and XML have given the software industry a chance to finally realise the "standardisation dream" enjoyed by... Continue Reading
August 30, 2002 30 Aug'02
CA shareholders approve board of directors

Computer Associates International's have approved the company's 11 board members. Continue Reading

August 30, 2002 30 Aug'02
Vodafone buys Vizzavi stake from Vivendi

Debt-laden conglomerate Vivendi Universal has sold its 50% share of mobile content provider Vizzavi to its partner, Vodafone... Continue Reading
August 30, 2002 30 Aug'02
SAP suite aims to boost company productivity

SAP claims its latest productivity management application will help users share pertinent data rapidly, boost productivity,... Continue Reading
August 30, 2002 30 Aug'02
IBM gains storage software developer

IBM has acquired storage software company TrelliSoft for an undisclosed amount. The deal will allow IBM's Tivoli Software... Continue Reading
August 30, 2002 30 Aug'02
HP announces new Compaq Presario for consumers

Hewlett-Packard has launched a new notebook computer, the Compaq Presario 2800. Continue Reading
August 30, 2002 30 Aug'02
Borland's Galileo moves in on .net

Borland Software's latest suite of development tools will take on Microsoft's Visual Studio .net, claimed Borland Canada... Continue Reading
August 30, 2002 30 Aug'02
IBM and PwC notify EC of merger plan

IBM has notified the European Commission its plan to acquire the consulting division of accountant PricewaterhouseCoopers. Continue Reading
August 30, 2002 30 Aug'02
New SBC program regulates network quality

Networking and telecoms provider SBC Communications has unveiled a managed quality of service program designed to give... Continue Reading

August 30, 2002 30 Aug'02
New IBM notebooks feature upgraded batteries

IBM has overhauled its ThinkPad X30 family of lightweight notebooks to provide up to eight hours of battery life. Continue Reading
August 30, 2002 30 Aug'02
Home Office drops IT work permit scheme

The UK no longer has a shortage of skilled IT professionals according to the Home Office, which has dropped its fast-track visa... Continue Reading
August 30, 2002 30 Aug'02
Sun predicts loss in first quarter

Sun Microsoft has forecast a slight loss for its first quarter, as sales remain tough to come by in the hardware industry. It... Continue Reading
August 30, 2002 30 Aug'02
AOL updates Netscape browser

A new version of the Netscape browser with a tweaked interface and an upgraded e-mail program has been released by AOL Time... Continue Reading
August 30, 2002 30 Aug'02
Geac buys part of French IT services company

Canadian enterprise software vendor Geac Computer has agreed to acquire part of French IT services company EBC Informatique. Continue Reading
August 30, 2002 30 Aug'02
Check Point unveils Web services security upgrade

Check Point customers who already use the company's Internet security software FireWall-1/VPN-1 will receive an upgrade to secure... Continue Reading
August 30, 2002 30 Aug'02
Intel to make $100m R&D investment in India

Intel has unveiled plans to expand its research and development efforts in India and increase the number of employees it has in... Continue Reading
August 30, 2002 30 Aug'02
PeopleSoft promises real-time systems for the enterprise

PeopleSoft, the enterprise software manufacturer, used this week's Connect 2002 user conference in the US to unleash a flurry of... Continue Reading
August 30, 2002 30 Aug'02
Supercomputer boosts General Motors' processing power

General Motors has upgraded its ability to design vehicles and carry out crash testing and component vibration analysis through... Continue Reading
August 30, 2002 30 Aug'02
IBM upgrades open source development environment

IBM plans to announce next month the second version of the Eclipse development platform that it donated to the open source... Continue Reading

Succeed at implementing RPA: Top tips from execs at IBM Think

Implementing RPA requires planning and coordination between multiple parts of the business to be effective. Execs at IBM Think ...

AI bots: How GE is adapting traditional management to AI

To get a handle on its AI strategy, GE is making AI more human: It's creating AI bots and assigning them to managers. Challenges ...

Should your company hire a chief AI officer?

Aramark's newly appointed chief AI officer, along with senior IT leaders from Kohl's, eBay and Square, make the case for an AI ...

SearchSecurity

Google Play security improved by targeting repeat offenders

Google this week attributed security improvements in Google Play to both automated processes and human reviewers. The ...

Astaroth Trojan returns, abuses antivirus software

Cybereason's Nocturnus Research team has discovered a new strain of the Astaroth Trojan that attacks antivirus software to steal ...

Ponemon study: Poor password practices remain rampant

More than two-thirds of employees share passwords with colleagues, research reveals. Experts sound off on what's fueling poor ...

SearchNetworking

Cisco earnings, revenue show strength of product roadmap

Cisco earnings and revenue show customers are putting aside global uncertainties and buying into the company's shift toward a ...

How to improve network latency in 3 steps

High latency can snarl network traffic and disrupt communications, resulting in unhappy end users. Check out these three steps to...

The pros and cons of network slicing in 5G

Although network slicing is useful for certain applications, like IoT and mobile networks, it might not be necessary at this ...

SearchDataCenter

How to prepare your data center for an HCI appliance

Vendors tout hyper-converged infrastructure as a plug-and-play offering, but before you install anything in your data center, be ...

Hone these top 5 data center skills in 2019

As data centers become more software-based, admins should prepare themselves by learning about the cloud, containers, DevOps and ...

Carbon Relay debuts AI-based software for data center cooling

Newcomer Carbon Relay has introduced two products that use artificial intelligence to help IT pros manage data center efficiency.

SearchDataManagement

Originators form group to boost Presto SQL query engine

The Presto engine arose as an alternative to Hive for big data queries. Now, the Presto Software Foundation has formed to promote...

5 best practices for managing real-time data integration

Real-time data integration isn't like traditional data integration -- "it's moving, it's dirty and it's temporal," cautions one ...

Web integration platform eases way to machine learning models

StoryFit data scientists employ machine learning algorithms to gauge film script scenarios' prospects. They use Import.io tools ...