September 2003

September 24, 2003 24 Sep'03
Seagate to ship drives with Lindows

Hard disc drive manufacturer Seagate Technology is to offer some models of its Barracuda drive family with the English version of... Continue Reading
September 24, 2003 24 Sep'03
Microsoft unwraps Windows XP 64-bit beta

Microsoft has released the beta for its 64-bit version of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 for AMD's forthcoming Opteron and... Continue Reading
September 24, 2003 24 Sep'03
Oracle e-mail product gets BlackBerry support

Oracle has partnered with a small Canadian software company to allow users of its Oracle Collaboration Suite e-mail product to... Continue Reading

September 24, 2003 24 Sep'03
Texas Instruments sues Qualcomm over handset chip deal

Chip maker Texas Instruments has sued Qualcomm, alleging that the cellular technology company violated a December 2000... Continue Reading
September 24, 2003 24 Sep'03
HP to protect Linux clients against SCO action

Hewlett-Packard is to indemnify its Linux customers against legal action from SCO Group. Continue Reading
September 24, 2003 24 Sep'03
Industry needs to reassess software patching, experts warn

The controversy over Microsoft's recent patching efforts has highlighted the need for software users and suppliers to reassess... Continue Reading
September 24, 2003 24 Sep'03
Shortlist announced for local government IT awards

Halton Borough Council, Liverpool City Council, Leicester City Council and the Surrey Partners e-Recruitment pathfinder project... Continue Reading
September 24, 2003 24 Sep'03
Symantec adds antivirus data to early warning system

Symantec will add data about computer viruses and worms to an internet early warning system on its DeepSight Threat Management... Continue Reading
September 23, 2003 23 Sep'03
Local authorities to receive £14m e-services boost

Local authorities at the cutting edge of IT could be in line for a share of a new £14m fund to improve e-services, the... Continue Reading
September 23, 2003 23 Sep'03
MFI to save £35m a year from SAP-based overhaul

Ambitious IT plan is key to furniture chain's business turnaround. Continue Reading

September 23, 2003 23 Sep'03
Thought for the day: Wi-Fi is no longer sci-fi

Falling wireless networking costs can bring broadband home, says Andrew James. Continue Reading
September 23, 2003 23 Sep'03
How IT managers can learn the business

What help is available for IT managers to ease the transition from the technical side of IT to learning the fundamentals of... Continue Reading
September 23, 2003 23 Sep'03
Sun pricing model impresses users

Sun Microsystems users were clearly intrigued by the per-employee software pricing model the company announced last week, saying... Continue Reading
September 23, 2003 23 Sep'03
Expedia owner snaps up discount travel site

InterActiveCorp, the owner of travel website Expedia.com, has agreed to buy discount travel site Hotwire.com for $665m in cash... Continue Reading
September 23, 2003 23 Sep'03
Red Hat moves into enterprise software

Red Hat is to deliver an open-source application server, clustering and systems management software which works seamlessly with... Continue Reading
September 23, 2003 23 Sep'03
Mitac prepares widescreen PC for October launch

Taiwanese PC company Mitac International will begin shipping a desktop PC with an integrated 17-inch widescreen TFT liquid... Continue Reading
September 23, 2003 23 Sep'03
Acer puts finishing touches to notebooks

Acer will introduce two laptops before the end of this year, including an updated Tablet PC model and a widescreen notebook aimed... Continue Reading
September 23, 2003 23 Sep'03
Oasis approves SAML 1.1

The Oasis internet standards consortium said that its members ratified SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) Version 1.1 as... Continue Reading
September 23, 2003 23 Sep'03
RightNow releases software updates

Customer service ASP RightNow Technologies has updated its software suite, adding 200 features and interface changes, along with... Continue Reading
September 23, 2003 23 Sep'03
Open Harbor products aim to simplify global trade

Open Harbor, a global trade management services provider, has released two products designed to make international trade easier... Continue Reading

Surveillance technology under fire, amid growing societal concerns

As San Francisco halts city use of facial recognition technology, CIOs could see more regulatory actions against surveillance ...

Deep learning pioneer Fei-Fei Li on the fundamentals of ethical AI

AI luminary Fei-Fei Li was among a group of distinguished AI researchers asked to share their thoughts on how to develop ethical ...

Andrew Ng's AI playbook for the enterprise: 6 must-dos

AI legend and online education pioneer Andrew Ng has developed an AI playbook for businesses. Here are six must-dos.

SearchSecurity

2019's top email security best practices for employees

Attackers exploit email every day to break into your network, but you can reduce risk for everyone by promoting these email ...

IT pros stress importance of security awareness training

End-user naiveté can lead to costly data breaches, underscoring the critical importance of security awareness training. Learn how...

What makes BSA's secure software development framework unique?

BSA rolled out a new secure software development framework in an effort to promote best practices for secure software development...

SearchNetworking

Customers get a peek at future Extreme Networks products

Extreme Connect attendees got a peek at the company's product roadmap. Upcoming Extreme Networks products include an IoT device ...

Marconi Mainnet launched for building, scaling complex networks

The Marconi Mainnet platform provides blockchain security, multi-cloud connectivity, advanced firewalls and secure gateways for ...

Key factors to consider before evaluating campus edge switches

Before buying a campus edge switch, it's important to understand how technologies such as IoT could affect campus traffic and how...

SearchDataCenter

Exascale computing, now at $2.8B, described as critical to U.S.

The race to build exascale supercomputers is a project of big governments -- China, Japan, the European Union and the U.S. ...

HPE-Cray deal brings supercomputers to enterprises for AI

HPE's $1.3 billion deal to acquire supercomputing pioneer Cray Inc. should better position the company in the HPC market among IT...

IBM mainframe pricing overhaul inspired by cloud model

IBM's new Tailored Fit Pricing model gives enterprises more flexibility in the types of workloads they run on the z/OS platform.

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Inside view of Tibco integration architecture planning

Tibco's acquisitions of well-regarded, small software specialists such as SnappyData are part of a drive toward what it calls '...

Lumina launches Radiance, a data risk management platform

In an effort to prevent data loss, Lumina launched Radiance, a SaaS data risk management platform. It collects and analyzes data ...

Advice on enterprise data cleansing from an SAP VP

SAP's Kristin McMahon details data cleansing best practices and explains why a good data cleanse needs continual communication, ...