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

An introduction to intelligent document processing for CIOs

With IDP, enterprises can bring documents into automation workflows, which can help reduce document processing time and save on ...

Why CIOs need to establish an automation CoE

With organizations continuing to automate business processes across several departments at a rapid pace, it's time they consider ...

Is your company's IT governance strategy cloud ready?

As companies prepare to migrate to the cloud, they need to review their IT governance strategy before making any decisions to ...

SearchSecurity

Why SASE should be viewed as an evolution, not revolution

The hype around secure access service edge (SASE) is palpable. But by taking a step back, security leaders can align an emerging ...

The 5 principles of zero-trust security

Zero trust is a journey, not a destination. Ensure your corporate network is safe from internal and external threats by ...

Iranian hackers pose as far-right group to threaten U.S. voters

The FBI said Russia and Iran have obtained voter information, and Iranian hackers have also been sending threatening emails to ...

SearchNetworking

The power and plights of female network engineers

Impostor syndrome burdens female network engineers, due to discrimination, as well as a lack of representation and education. But...

Bye-bye ISR, hello Catalyst 8000 for Cisco SD-WAN

The new Catalyst 8300 Series of routers replace ISRs that customers said were ill-equipped to run the Cisco SD-WAN. Cisco also ...

Juniper's 128 acquisition needed to improve SD-WAN

Juniper Networks plans to 'enhance' its Contrail SD-WAN through the acquisition of 128 Technology. 128 has a more advanced SD-WAN...

SearchDataCenter

IBM cloud revenues climb as hardware continues to decline

IBM cloud revenues continue to increase as hardware sales drop, sharpening the company's strategy to focus on hybrid cloud.

Figure out the differences of asset management vs. CMDB

There is no shortage of software options for change management tools. Operational goals can help IT teams decide if ITAM or CMDB ...

IBM partners with HBCUs to promote quantum computing

IBM is partnering with a group of historically Black colleges and universities to set up a quantum computing center in hopes of ...

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Growing enterprise benefits of augmented data management

Gartner predicts plenty of growth in the booming augmented data management market, which helps data professionals focus on ...

MongoDB Atlas now enables multi-cloud database clusters

Multi-cloud data portability comes to MongoDB Atlas with a new capability that will enable users to run a database application ...

How AI data privacy can help your enterprise

Enterprises benefit in many ways from AI data privacy tools that reduce the need for manual efforts from data professionals. Read...