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

Why data in digital transformation is crucial to your business

Fidelma Russo, CTO at Iron Mountain, addresses data needs associated with digital transformation and how using that data will ...

How data science can help your company withstand the pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic is adversely affecting businesses worldwide, but data science can help you solve immediate problems and ...

A checklist for digital transformation success

Today's businesses must embrace digital technologies to survive. Use this checklist to assess your organization's readiness for ...

SearchSecurity

Researchers beat fingerprint authentication with 3D printing scheme

New research by Cisco Talos shows popular fingerprint scanning technology can be defeated by lifting actual fingerprints and ...

Skill building is key to furthering gender diversity in tech

Gender disparities imperil the threat intelligence community. Shannon Lietz, leader and director of DevSecOps at Intuit, ...

AI pen testing promises, delivers both speed and accuracy

AI is making many essential cybersecurity tasks more effective and efficient. AI-enabled penetration testing, or BAS, ...

SearchNetworking

Fluidmesh-Cisco deal fills gap in Cisco IIoT

The recently announced Fluidmesh-Cisco deal would fill a gap in Cisco's industrial IoT portfolio. It would provide onboard Wi-Fi ...

How to manage the surge in remote video internet traffic

As more people work from home and create more internet traffic, enterprise network managers should adjust bandwidth levels and ...

Supporting remote workers in your pandemic response plan

To support employees working from home, network teams should carefully monitor VPN traffic, review firewall rules and rely on ...

SearchDataCenter

Advances in server hardware components speed up data centers

Server hardware has consistently evolved since the 1980s. Now, IT professionals can implement the latest in CPU and GPU ...

Improvements in CPU features help shape selection

CPUs have evolved to meet ever-increasing technology demands. We look at the way performance and power characteristics have ...

Dive into the quantum computing qubit with IBM's Bob Sutor

The quantum computing industry is entering a new era. IBM's Bob Sutor discusses the technology's importance and how his latest ...

SearchDataManagement

Okera sees increasing demand for enterprise data governance

Data governance and access vendor raises $14 million as incoming CEO Nick Halsey sees a continuing need for enterprise data ...

PlanetScale extends multi-cloud database as a service

Open source-based PlanetScaleDB adds support for Microsoft Azure, enabling a multi-cloud database as a service platform that ...

Oracle NoSQL database comes to the cloud

Another Oracle database is coming to the cloud with the general availability of Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud Service as the demand...