February 2003

February 28, 2003 28 Feb'03
BMW makes big network savings

BMW's Cowley Mini plant has saved £500,000 on its networking services. The savings were made by adopting a partnering approach... Continue Reading
February 28, 2003 28 Feb'03
Insurance giant signs £630m on-demand computing deal

Insurance giant Axa has signed a £630m, six-year deal with IBM to provide the business with IT capacity on demand. Continue Reading
February 28, 2003 28 Feb'03
Thought for the day: The great digital deficit

Is the UK Online initiative in danger of stumbling before it's even left the ground? Simon Moores seems to think so, given no one... Continue Reading

February 28, 2003 28 Feb'03
AMD considers bus speed increase for next Athlon XP

Advanced Micro Devices said it is still evalutating its plans for its front-side bus speed of its next Athlon XP processor. Continue Reading
February 28, 2003 28 Feb'03
IT directors feeling the pain of cutbacks

More than half of European IT directors expect further redundancies at their companies over the next two years, according to a... Continue Reading
February 28, 2003 28 Feb'03
SEC settles with Enterasys

Networking supplier Enterasys Networks has settled its case with the US Securities and Exchange Commission after a 13-month... Continue Reading
February 28, 2003 28 Feb'03
Lexmark gets first-round ruling in printer suit

A US district court has issued a preliminary ruling in favour of Lexmark International in a case that analysts have said could... Continue Reading
February 28, 2003 28 Feb'03
Top 10 e-commerce security flaws exposed

Web server flaws, poor authentication mechanisms and faulty logout facilities are the most widespread e-commerce security flaws,... Continue Reading
February 28, 2003 28 Feb'03
IBM targets SMEs with developerWorks toolkit

IBM is broadening its developerWorks Toolbox subscription service to give developers in small and medium-sized businesses... Continue Reading
February 28, 2003 28 Feb'03
JD Edwards adds forecasting element to Demand

JD Edwards has released Demand Forecasting, an enterprise software product which aims to handle product supply and demand. Continue Reading

February 28, 2003 28 Feb'03
Lucent deal will end US financial probe

Telecommunications equipment company Lucent Technologies has reached an agreement in principle with the US Securities and... Continue Reading
February 28, 2003 28 Feb'03
US govt seizes website and posts piracy warnings

The US Justice Department this week seized a news website containing information on pirated software and hardware and turned it... Continue Reading
February 28, 2003 28 Feb'03
Suppliers boost corporate spam tools

E-mail security provider MX Logic and antispam software and service company Brightmail have both unveiled products which, they... Continue Reading
February 28, 2003 28 Feb'03
Ford cuts £190m from IT budget

Ford is slashing its IT budget by $300m (£190m), as part of ongoing cost-cutting efforts. Continue Reading
February 27, 2003 27 Feb'03
Preparing for war

As conflict looms, IT directors must ready their businesses to deal with possible retaliation. Continue Reading
February 27, 2003 27 Feb'03
Businesses prepare for disaster

The threat of war in the Gulf is causing UK companies to review their disaster recovery procedures. Continue Reading
February 27, 2003 27 Feb'03
Thought for the day: Keeping hold of your identity

Amid concerns regarding both personal and national security, Simon Moores searches for the ultimate solution on how to prove our... Continue Reading
February 27, 2003 27 Feb'03
Boost to retail XML standards

Hopes for a single XML standard across the retail industry were boosted last week when three leading software providers... Continue Reading
February 27, 2003 27 Feb'03
Records management: rebirth of the dinosaur

After several decades of decline'records management' has re-entered the business vocabulary. Ovum examines why it has an... Continue Reading
February 27, 2003 27 Feb'03
Microsoft to simplify the issue of security patches

Microsoft plans to simplify the way it issues security patches over the next 12 months as one of the key steps in its $100m... Continue Reading