August 2002

August 01, 2002 01 Aug'02
Gus roll-out highlights GPRS potential

Great Universal Stores' home shopping division is planning to use GPRS (General Packet Radio Services) technology throughout its... Continue Reading
August 01, 2002 01 Aug'02
Former WorldCom officials face fraud charges

Two of WorldCom's top financial managers are expected to be charged by federal prosecutors for their roles in the company's... Continue Reading
August 01, 2002 01 Aug'02
HP says it passed on PwC acquisition two weeks ago

PwC approached Hewlett-Packard only two weeks ago, with an offer to open the negotiations at a similar valuation to the figure... Continue Reading

August 01, 2002 01 Aug'02
Novell plans intelligent Web services directory

Novell has produced a roadmap for its next generation of directory services. It outlines a number of releases aimed at creating... Continue Reading
August 01, 2002 01 Aug'02
Enterasys Networks revises revenue expectations

Networking company Enterasys Networks is to revise its revenue estimates for its financial first quarter, which ended 30 March. Continue Reading
August 01, 2002 01 Aug'02
Network Associates extends McAfee.com offer

McAfee.com shareholders have heeded management's recommendation and overwhelmingly rejected security software developer Network... Continue Reading
August 01, 2002 01 Aug'02
AOL Time Warner confirms accounting probe

The US Department of Justice has begun investigating AOL Time Warner's accounting practices, the company confirmed Wednesday,... Continue Reading
August 01, 2002 01 Aug'02
Sun beefs up mid-range storage offerings

Sun Microsystems has increased the capacity and improved the performance of disk drives used in its mid-range storage systems. Continue Reading
August 01, 2002 01 Aug'02
RIM slaps a third suit on Good Technology

For the third time in two months, Research In Motion has filed a lawsuit against Good Technology, this time alleging unfair... Continue Reading
August 01, 2002 01 Aug'02
Intel increases market share at AMD's expense

Intel's share of PC processor shipments increased by two percentage points in the second quarter of 2002 over rival Advanced... Continue Reading

August 01, 2002 01 Aug'02
Service Pack 3 released for Windows 2000

Microsoft has made available a number of fixes for Windows 2000 including updates to bring the company into compliance with parts... Continue Reading
August 01, 2002 01 Aug'02
MPs give political e-lobbying thumbs down

E-campaigning, when voter or protest groups embark on mass e-mail campaigns to their Members of Parliament (MPs), has been... Continue Reading
August 01, 2002 01 Aug'02
Toshiba ups hard disk access speed

Toshiba has boosted the rotational speed of its latest high-capacity hard disk drive (HDD) to 5,400 revolutions per minute,... Continue Reading
August 01, 2002 01 Aug'02
SAP teams up with Ford and Caterpillar

Ford and Caterpillar have chosen e-business solution provider SAP to develop a supply-chain management system for spare parts... Continue Reading
July 31, 2002 31 Jul'02
Microsoft: Why we need Software Assurance

Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer explains why he saw a need for the company's radical change in software licensing and... Continue Reading
July 31, 2002 31 Jul'02
Thought for the day:Business travel's going nowhere

Online conference expert Mireia Fontbernat puts the case for staying home.Business travel is archaic, expensive and ineffective.... Continue Reading
July 31, 2002 31 Jul'02
Security for free: Don't trust everything in e-mail

E-mail security has several threads, as there is a wide range of vulnerabilities. We have all heard about the Love Bug, BadTrans,... Continue Reading
July 31, 2002 31 Jul'02
Acting to build online bridges

Children from the UK and the US are learning together through a Web theatre project, writes Karl Cushing Continue Reading
July 31, 2002 31 Jul'02
Simulations save Texaco £2m

Texaco has saved millions of pounds by using IT-generated disaster simulations to model changes to plant operations and improve... Continue Reading
July 31, 2002 31 Jul'02
IT staff on a high

Antony Adshead reports from this year's Vanco Three Peaks Challenge Continue Reading

Parler sues AWS, seeks restraining order

After abruptly losing web-hosting services, Parler sues AWS, alleging breach of contract and antitrust behavior.

Digital healthcare top priority for CIOs in 2021

In 2021, CIOs will not only focus on providing greater access to healthcare but more equitable access. Digital tools will play a ...

C-suite execs give future technology predictions for the decade

What will keep CIOs busy this decade? From machine learning to cybersecurity, IT leaders are providing insights on technologies ...

SearchSecurity

What is the future of cybersecurity?

Remote work is here to stay, so it's time to rethink the short-term fixes made in 2020. What else is in the cards? Here are the ...

Tenable: Vulnerability disclosures skyrocketed over last 5 years

New research from Tenable shows a dramatic increase in vulnerability disclosures since 2015, as well as concerning data about ...

Select a customer IAM architecture to boost business, security

Not all customer IAM platforms are created equal. Will a security-focused or marketing-focused CIAM architecture best meet your ...

SearchNetworking

Cisco sweetens Acacia deal by $2 billion

Cisco has agreed to pay $4.5 billion for Acacia, $2 billion more than the initial agreement in 2019. Cisco wants Acacia's optical...

SASE challenges include network security roles, product choice

Secure Access Service Edge blends network and security functions. While this integration has its benefits, enterprises still need...

Refreshing look at Wi-Fi 6 benefits, preparations

Wi-Fi 6's benefits are real, and most organizations will eventually upgrade to the latest and greatest standard. When and how ...

SearchDataCenter

Get a template to estimate server power consumption per rack

Admins can struggle with power consumption estimation as infrastructure gets more complex. The kW-per-rack metric can help ...

When the chips are down, Intel turns to VMware's Pat Gelsinger

Newly appointed Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger brings technical chops to the top of the giant chipmaker, but it may take a while to ...

Intel CEO Bob Swan to be replaced by VMware's Pat Gelsinger

Facing delays of critical products along with superior offerings by AMD and Nvidia the past couple of years, Intel CEO is ...

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Informatica takes Customer 360 master data management to cloud

Updated MDM service benefits from integrations with the broader cloud-native Informatica platform that is built on top of a ...

Graph database vs. relational database: Key differences

Relational databases and graph databases both focus on the relationships between data but not in the same ways. Here are some key...

ScyllaDB NoSQL database to improve with Project Circe

ScyllaDB Project Circe sets out to help improve consistency, elasticity and performance for the open source NoSQL database.