March 2003

March 31, 2003 31 Mar'03
Web services paths remain divided

Sun Microsystems entry into IBM and Microsoft’s WS-I (web services interoperability) organisation was widely interpreted as a... Continue Reading
March 31, 2003 31 Mar'03
Users struggling to get ROI from SAP

Fewer than half the organisations using SAP software have achieved a positive return on investment, according to analyst firm... Continue Reading
March 31, 2003 31 Mar'03
Thought for the day: Is work making you sick?

The combined stress of worrying about job security, work pressures and even e-mail inbox management is making IT staff ill, warns... Continue Reading

March 31, 2003 31 Mar'03
Serial ATA takes on SCSI

Low-cost Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA) disc arrays are already gaining ground in near-line storage and disc-to-disc backup... Continue Reading
March 31, 2003 31 Mar'03
The m-payment circus rolls into town

The Mobile Payment Services Association aims to become the “Visa/MasterCard” for mobile operators. Ovum analyst Duncan Brown... Continue Reading
March 31, 2003 31 Mar'03
April launch for Windows Server 2003

Microsoft has delivered the final code of Windows Server 2003 and its 64-bit SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition database to... Continue Reading
March 31, 2003 31 Mar'03
Sendmail flaw puts systems at risk again

Systems running Sendmail are at risk of hacker attacks because of a flaw in the way the commonly used e-mail server software... Continue Reading
March 31, 2003 31 Mar'03
Centrino-based Tablet PCs in the pipeline

Tablet PCs based on the Centrino platform are hitting the market at a slower pace than notebooks, despite the announcements of... Continue Reading
March 31, 2003 31 Mar'03
Trade groups bring Microsoft to appeals court

A US appeals court will hear arguments from two trade groups opposed to the antitrust settlement negotiated by the US Department... Continue Reading
March 31, 2003 31 Mar'03
Novadigm and Softricity tout software licence inventory products

Two software suppliers have separately announced products that track software licence compliance to help companies reduce... Continue Reading

March 31, 2003 31 Mar'03
MandrakeSoft upgrades desktop Linux OS

MandrakeSoft has upgraded its desktop Linux operating system for machines running x86 processors, improving the installation... Continue Reading
March 31, 2003 31 Mar'03
SIP fuels communications interplay

Momentum is gathering across industry sectors behind the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) real-time communications protocol for... Continue Reading
March 31, 2003 31 Mar'03
Telemetry services gain steam

US telecoms company Sprint has struck telemetry deals with a refuse collection company in the US that includes data collection... Continue Reading
March 31, 2003 31 Mar'03
Sun broadens Linux backing

Sun Microsystems is to adopt commonly known Linux distributions for deployment on a range of Intel-based systems it is planning... Continue Reading
March 31, 2003 31 Mar'03
Nortel pushes Wlan for enterprise campus

Nortel Networks' latest set of products will give workers the ability to roam around buildings and campuses while being... Continue Reading
March 31, 2003 31 Mar'03
Microsoft's failure to patch NT4 raises support issues

Microsoft's statement last week that it would not offer a version of a security patch for NT 4.0 has raised questions about its... Continue Reading
March 28, 2003 28 Mar'03
Vodafone's Live! and waiting for 3G

Vodafone Group, Europe's largest mobile operator, has met its target of signing up one million customers for its Live! internet... Continue Reading
March 28, 2003 28 Mar'03
Thought for the day: The invisible computer

'Smart' computers will not only save us time, they will save us money and offer businesses greater flexibility too, says Alan... Continue Reading
March 28, 2003 28 Mar'03
Contractors suffer another blow in IR35 case

The High Court dealt a blow to self-employed IT contractors today (28 March) when it threw out a legal challenge to the Inland... Continue Reading
March 28, 2003 28 Mar'03
High-street retail giants reveal IT plans

Two of the UK’s biggest high-street retailers this week revealed how many of their key IT investments were coming to fruition as... 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 ...