November 2003

November 18, 2003 18 Nov'03
European antipiracy law could stymie broadband rollout, telecoms firms claim

Europe's 40 largest fixed-line telecommunications operators have warned that a proposed law on intellectual property enforcement... Continue Reading
November 18, 2003 18 Nov'03
IBM fuels web services push

IBM is expanding the number of technical centres dedicated to helping corporate users create web services as well as identify... Continue Reading
November 18, 2003 18 Nov'03
SGI looks to supercomputer of the future

Silicon Graphics hopes to reinvent its large multiprocessor supercomputers as high-performance machines that can take advantage... Continue Reading

November 18, 2003 18 Nov'03
Firms improve BI reporting tools

Business intelligence software suppliers MicroStrategy, Actuate and QlikTech are reinforcing their reporting tools with... Continue Reading
November 18, 2003 18 Nov'03
Pivotal rejects Onyx bid

Pivotal has rejected a surprise acquisition proposal from fellow CRM solution maker Onyx. Continue Reading
November 18, 2003 18 Nov'03
Microsoft offers developers Office XML schemas

Microsoft will license for free its Microsoft Office 2003 XML schemas, a move that will help outside developers enable other... Continue Reading
November 18, 2003 18 Nov'03
PeopleSoft rolls out latest hosting offering

PeopleSoft has unveiled its latest range of application hosting and management services. Continue Reading
November 18, 2003 18 Nov'03
PeopleSoft and Salesnet pursue hosted CRM

PeopleSoft and Salesnet are to extend their hosted CRM services. Continue Reading
November 18, 2003 18 Nov'03
Microsoft's Spot watches run slow

Watches equipped with Microsoft's Smart Personal Objects Technology (Spot) will not be available until early next year, missing... Continue Reading
November 18, 2003 18 Nov'03
Days are numbered for 32-bit chips, says AMD

Advanced Micro Devices will probably stop producing 32-bit processors by the end of 2005, a senior AMD executive predicted during... Continue Reading

November 18, 2003 18 Nov'03
Gateway unveils San and Nas storage products

Gateway has launched three enterprise storage devices, including its first entry into the San and Nas market, at the Comdex show... Continue Reading
November 18, 2003 18 Nov'03
Sun to ship Opteron servers in 2004

Sun Microsystems plans is ship two servers based on Advanced Micro Devices' (AMD) Opteron processors next year, Sun's chief... Continue Reading
November 18, 2003 18 Nov'03
ViewSonic and Toshiba refresh Tablet PCs

ViewSonic and Toshiba are both using the Comdex trade show to launch new Tablet PCs, advancing a relatively new type of computer... Continue Reading
November 18, 2003 18 Nov'03
Integration software aims for automation

Vitria Technology and startup AptSoft has rolled out software designed to streamline the integration of applications and business... Continue Reading
November 18, 2003 18 Nov'03
Microsoft considers music download service

Microsoft is to launch a music download service next year, even though chairman and chief Software architect Bill Gates claimed... Continue Reading
November 18, 2003 18 Nov'03
JBoss offers indemnification to users

JBoss Group, the creator of JBoss, an open-source J2EE application server, is to offer indemnification for users who buy its... Continue Reading
November 18, 2003 18 Nov'03
Attack code hits latest Windows vulnerability

Computer code that exploits a critical software vulnerability in the Windows XP and Windows 2000 operating systems is circulating... Continue Reading
November 18, 2003 18 Nov'03
Adobe takes Acrobat Elements to the server

Adobe Systems has announced Acrobat Elements Server 6.0, a product aimed at enterprises that removes the need for desktop... Continue Reading
November 18, 2003 18 Nov'03
PalmSource introduces wireless initiative

PalmSource has introduced a programme that will give mobile operators a greater say in how it develops Palm OS, a move that... Continue Reading
November 18, 2003 18 Nov'03
Agile revamps product lifecycle platform

Agile Software, a product lifecycle management supplier, has unveiled Agile 9.0, rewritten as a services-oriented architecture... Continue Reading

IT workforce skews younger, says analysis of US data

The IT workforce is getting younger, according to government IT workforce data. The reasons for this are subject to a debate that...

Top edge computing trends to watch in 2020

Edge computing is still an evolving technology domain and enterprises should expect continued evolution in the year ahead. Here ...

Shell, Halliburton, Unibap AB execs share real-world AI strategies

Technology advances like quantum computing mean AI's best years are still to come, but that doesn't mean companies aren't already...

SearchSecurity

Ideal DevSecOps strategy requires the right staff and tools

Sometimes viewed as an obstacle to speedy software rollout, the DevSecOps model helps security teams drive innovation in ...

City of Pensacola hit by ransomware attack

A cyberattack, later confirmed to be ransomware, hit the city of Pensacola, Florida on Saturday, and the city is currently in the...

Ryuk ransomware change breaks decryption tool

The threat actors behind Ryuk ransomware made changes to their code that have made the official decryption tool unreliable, ...

SearchNetworking

Silver Peak SD-WAN orchestrator scales to thousands of sites

Silver Peak has launched a cloud-based SD-WAN orchestrator that provides centralized control of multiple Unity Orchestrators ...

Test your knowledge of SD-WAN deployments and testing

As SD-WAN becomes more mainstream, organizations must learn what to expect during all phases of deployment. Try your knowledge of...

4 SD-WAN vendors integrate with AWS Transit Gateway

Aruba, Cisco, Citrix and Silver Peak are among the first SD-WAN vendors to integrate their products with the AWS Transit Gateway.

SearchDataCenter

Refresh your data center cooling lexicon

As the data center industry moves to improve energy efficiency, refresh your knowledge on the available cooling technology and ...

Comparing Linux distributions: Red Hat vs. Ubuntu

Before selecting a Linux distribution, compare Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Ubuntu when it comes to features, ease of use, ...

Get eco-friendly with LEED data center certification

The U.S. Green Building Council helps companies make existing and new data centers eco-friendly. HVAC, lighting and monitoring ...

SearchDataManagement

Aerospike 4.8 advances database persistent memory support

Aerospike 4.8 adds full support for Intel's Optane persistent memory, enabling the NoSQL database to run both the index and data ...

Data warehouse technologies evolve as vendors look skyward

The need for high-speed analytics and low latency are pushing data warehousing vendors to create and reinvent their platforms and...

How to streamline feature engineering for machine learning

Structured data is necessary in machine learning, but sifting through data is time consuming. Streamlining the feature ...