August 2003

• August 04, 2003 04 Aug'03

  DoJ clears Orbitz of antitrust violations

  The US Department of Justice has concluded that airline-backed travel site Orbitz has not violated antitrust laws.  Continue Reading

• August 04, 2003 04 Aug'03

  Oracle preps E-Business Suite for US midmarket

  Oracle will launch a US version of its E-Business Suite Special Edition product for midsized companies before the end of the...  Continue Reading

• August 04, 2003 04 Aug'03

  California undergoes IT makeover

  Thirteen months after California's centralised IT agency collapsed amid a political scandal triggered by a $126m Oracle database...  Continue Reading

• August 04, 2003 04 Aug'03

  Wireless authentication standards stymie market

  Lack of interoperability security and agreement on standards means a moribund market for enterprise-grade wireless Lan products,...  Continue Reading

• August 04, 2003 04 Aug'03

  EMC adds high-end array and connectivity options

  EMC has upgraded its Symmetrix DMX disc array line with a high-end model plus native support for IBM's Ficon mainframe...  Continue Reading

• August 04, 2003 04 Aug'03

  Sybase PowerBuilder developer tool goes mobile

  Sybase has extended its PowerBuilder database application development tool to target PocketPC devices running Microsoft Windows...  Continue Reading

• August 04, 2003 04 Aug'03

  Microsoft.com forced offline by DOS attack

  Microsoft's main website was unreachable for almost two hours last Friday as the web server on which it is hosted failed...  Continue Reading

• August 04, 2003 04 Aug'03

  New e-mail worm attacks via old breach

  A new e-mail virus, Mimail, is spreading on the internet.  Continue Reading

• August 01, 2003 01 Aug'03

  BT enjoys leap in profits

  BT Group reported a significant jump in profit on flat revenue for its first quarter, thanks to a trimming of costs and the...  Continue Reading

• August 01, 2003 01 Aug'03

  IBM expands Lotus Linux support

  IBM's Lotus Notes and Domino 6.5 upgrade will include expanded Linux support.  Continue Reading

• August 01, 2003 01 Aug'03

  Thought for the day: Brave New World

  What happens when UK business has outsourced all its IT? Simon Moores predicts that by 2006 we will become a nation of civil...  Continue Reading

• August 01, 2003 01 Aug'03

  Mergers and the myth of synergy

  The words synergy and consolidation are always linked with mergers or acquisitions. Public announcements promise huge cost...  Continue Reading

• August 01, 2003 01 Aug'03

  Companies publish vulnerability disclosure guidelines

  A group of 11 security companies and software developers, known as the Organisation for Internet Safety (OIS), have released the...  Continue Reading

• August 01, 2003 01 Aug'03

  Customers positive on Sun's CenterRun acquisition

  Sun Microsystems' acquisition of software company CenterRun will fill a critical hole in Sun's N1 software strategy, customers...  Continue Reading

• August 01, 2003 01 Aug'03

  Nokia promises major corporate telecoms savings

  Mobile phone giant Nokia has predicted massive savings for users replacing traditional corporate PBXs over the next few years...  Continue Reading

• August 01, 2003 01 Aug'03

  MCI could be barred from US govt contracts

  Telecommunication operator MCI will receive no government money unless it can convince the US General Services Administration...  Continue Reading

• August 01, 2003 01 Aug'03

  Lotus Instant Messenger comes to BlackBerry

  Java-based BlackBerry wireless handhelds from Research in Motion now support IBM's Lotus Instant Messaging Everyplace 3...  Continue Reading

• August 01, 2003 01 Aug'03

  Bank of Ireland IT staff walk out

  IT workers at Bank of Ireland in Dublin walked out today (1 August) in dispute over a planned seven-year outsourcing deal with...  Continue Reading

• August 01, 2003 01 Aug'03

  SAP acquires stake in DCW Software

  Business software company SAP has agreed to purchase a 5% stake in DCW Software in a first step toward acquiring the smaller...  Continue Reading

• August 01, 2003 01 Aug'03

  Verizon management prepares for strike

  Verizon Communications has trained management employees on how to handle jobs such as the provisioning of circuits in case of a...  Continue Reading