August 2003

August 21, 2003 21 Aug'03
Thought for the day: Shield your Windows from tresspassers

Most of us are rather lackadaisical when it comes to protecting our PCs and networks against viruses. Simon Moores hopes some... Continue Reading
August 21, 2003 21 Aug'03
First automated alert network activated in US

After 16 months of development and testing, a public/private security partnership based in Oregon officially activated what is... Continue Reading
August 21, 2003 21 Aug'03
Anti-spam legislation not effective, FTC chief says

Internet users fed up with the seemingly endless flow of spam should pin their hopes on technological solutions rather than... Continue Reading

August 21, 2003 21 Aug'03
Philips licenses Memory Stick technology for TVs

Philips Electronics is licensing Sony's Memory Stick software for use in its Nexperia-branded family of multimedia chips for... Continue Reading
August 21, 2003 21 Aug'03
Data centre venture files for bankruptcy

Crosswave Communications, an internet data centre provider and data communications carrier established by Sony, Toyota and... Continue Reading
August 21, 2003 21 Aug'03
Boeing launches messaging security company

Boeing has spun off its internally developed messaging and compliance technology into a company called MessageGate. Continue Reading
August 21, 2003 21 Aug'03
Gateway readies low-end storage products

Gateway next week is expected to announce its first low-end storage array as part of an overall strategy to sell everything from... Continue Reading
August 21, 2003 21 Aug'03
Terra Lycos offers Disney broadband in Spain

Spanish internet group Terra Lycos has begun offering the Disney Connection broadband service to consumers in Spain, with plans... Continue Reading
August 21, 2003 21 Aug'03
Oracle puts app server on the grid

Oracle is adding grid computing capabilities to the latest version of its application server software, part of a broader effort... Continue Reading
August 21, 2003 21 Aug'03
Banks complacent over IT security, report warns

Nine in 10 UK financial firms have basic IT security flaws, leaving them wide open to hackers, a new report claims. Continue Reading

August 21, 2003 21 Aug'03
IBM runs Power5 prototypes

IBM confirmed on Tuesday that the first silicon prototypes of its multi-threaded, multi-core Power5 microprocessor are now... Continue Reading
August 21, 2003 21 Aug'03
IT security in energy sector to come under scrutiny

US Congress is to hold a series of hearings next month to find out what caused the recent electricity failure that struck the... Continue Reading
August 21, 2003 21 Aug'03
Linux man points to more flawed SCO evidence

The SCO Group has scored zero out of two in its efforts to prove that its Unix software was illegally copied into the Linux... Continue Reading
August 21, 2003 21 Aug'03
Pfizer speeds up IT development through project management system

Pharmaceuticals company Pfizer claims to have improved the efficiency of its IT development work after rolling out a home-grown... Continue Reading
August 20, 2003 20 Aug'03
Sobig virus infection rate rivals Lovebug virus

Infection rates by Sobig mass-mailing e-mail virus have matched the Lovebug, the most prolific computer virus to strike so far,... Continue Reading
August 20, 2003 20 Aug'03
Thought for the day: A card could save your life - and the NHS

If patients carried around their own health 'smartcards', to plug in at the GP's surgery, the hospital or the pharmacy, the NHS... Continue Reading
August 20, 2003 20 Aug'03
SCO users divided over GPL

SCO developers at the company's annual user conference this week expressed dissatisfaction with SCO's public disparagement of the... Continue Reading
August 20, 2003 20 Aug'03
Office 2003 pricing the same as Office XP

Microsoft has announced that pricing for its Office 2003 application suite will be the same as Office XP when the suite is... Continue Reading
August 20, 2003 20 Aug'03
Power worries cool off as heatwave wanes

Fears of overheated IT systems and power outages in France and across Europe are lessening this week as temperatures begin to... Continue Reading
August 20, 2003 20 Aug'03
SCO president denies executive insider trading allegations

SCO Group has denied allegations of insider transactions by its executives following claims that they have been cashing in on the... 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?

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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...

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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...