February 2004

February 02, 2004 02 Feb'04
Gartner: MyDoom could be one of the most damaging worms ever

The MyDoom worm that hit businesses last week was one of the fastest-spreading attacks ever and could also prove to be one of the... Continue Reading
February 02, 2004 02 Feb'04
Sainsbury's cuts out IT outsourcing middleman

Sainsbury's is simplifying its IT outsourcing contract with Accenture by spending £553m to buy the intermediary set up to handle... Continue Reading
February 02, 2004 02 Feb'04
National plan needs more user buy-in

Assist, the Association for ICT Professionals in Health and Social Care, has expressed strong support for the £2.3bn national... Continue Reading

February 02, 2004 02 Feb'04
Mid-size shops at risk without chip and Pin

Medium-sized retailers must begin to implement chip and Pin-compliant electronic point of sale systems or risk falling into a new... Continue Reading
February 02, 2004 02 Feb'04
IT firms top piracy list

Software suppliers themselves, along with IT services and other technology organisations were the worst software piracy... Continue Reading
February 02, 2004 02 Feb'04
Trusts concerned over local cost of national plan

The director of information at a South London trust has expressed reservations about how quickly his organisation will be able to... Continue Reading
February 02, 2004 02 Feb'04
Not all open-source licences are the same: ensure your firm is working within the law

One attraction of open source software is that it can be freely modified and redistributed. However, this does not mean it is not... Continue Reading
February 02, 2004 02 Feb'04
Gateway to acquire eMachines

Gateway will acquire eMachines for about $200m (£110m) to bolster its shrinking PC revenue while it pursues the consumer... Continue Reading
February 02, 2004 02 Feb'04
Misys expands operations in India

Misys is expanding its software development operations in India by setting up a facility in Bangalore for product development and... Continue Reading
February 02, 2004 02 Feb'04
Microsoft fixes Explorer hole

Microsoft has taken a drastic step to prevent Explorer from being undermined by security holes and plans to cut an internet... Continue Reading

February 02, 2004 02 Feb'04
Passport Service paves way for ID cards

The government is planning to recruit 10,000 volunteers to have fingerprint and iris scans to test whether biometric technology... Continue Reading
February 02, 2004 02 Feb'04
People and their achievements are the true hallmarks of the best places to work in IT

Business guru Stephanie Shirley supports the Best Places to Work in IT Awards Continue Reading
February 02, 2004 02 Feb'04
VeriSign posts fall in revenue for 2003

Internet and network services supplier VeriSign ended the fourth quarter of 2003 and the full year with revenue and losses down... Continue Reading
February 02, 2004 02 Feb'04
Intel to preview 64-bit processor to rival Opteron

Intel is to demonstrate a processor with 64-bit extensions during the upcoming Intel Developer Forum, confirming speculation that... Continue Reading
February 02, 2004 02 Feb'04
Trademark lawsuit filed against Google

A distributor of window blinds and wallpaper has filed a lawsuit against, claiming the search engine's keyword-based advertising... Continue Reading
February 02, 2004 02 Feb'04
Oracle unveils Customer Data Hub

Oracle introduced an integration initiative - the Customer Data Hub - at its AppsWorld Conference in San Diego last week. Continue Reading
February 02, 2004 02 Feb'04
Borland readies apps deployment tool

Borland Software will introduce Borland Deployment Op-Centre for application lifecycle management. Continue Reading
February 02, 2004 02 Feb'04
OSDL gains first Chinese member

Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), a non-profit consortium of companies promoting adoption of the Linux operating system, has... Continue Reading
February 02, 2004 02 Feb'04
Raytheon/Nasa San backs up Mars data

A storage area network developed by Nasa in conjunction with Raytheon is collecting data sent back from the Spirit and... Continue Reading
February 02, 2004 02 Feb'04
European Parliament backs Galileo satellite programme

The European Parliament has given its backing to the Galileo satellite programme, a network of 30 satellites due to start... Continue Reading

Succeed at implementing RPA: Top tips from execs at IBM Think

Implementing RPA requires planning and coordination between multiple parts of the business to be effective. Execs at IBM Think ...

AI bots: How GE is adapting traditional management to AI

To get a handle on its AI strategy, GE is making AI more human: It's creating AI bots and assigning them to managers. Challenges ...

Should your company hire a chief AI officer?

Aramark's newly appointed chief AI officer, along with senior IT leaders from Kohl's, eBay and Square, make the case for an AI ...

SearchSecurity

Google Play security improved by targeting repeat offenders

Google this week attributed security improvements in Google Play to both automated processes and human reviewers. The ...

Astaroth Trojan returns, abuses antivirus software

Cybereason's Nocturnus Research team has discovered a new strain of the Astaroth Trojan that attacks antivirus software to steal ...

Ponemon study: Poor password practices remain rampant

More than two-thirds of employees share passwords with colleagues, research reveals. Experts sound off on what's fueling poor ...

SearchNetworking

Cisco earnings, revenue show strength of product roadmap

Cisco earnings and revenue show customers are putting aside global uncertainties and buying into the company's shift toward a ...

How to improve network latency in 3 steps

High latency can snarl network traffic and disrupt communications, resulting in unhappy end users. Check out these three steps to...

The pros and cons of network slicing in 5G

Although network slicing is useful for certain applications, like IoT and mobile networks, it might not be necessary at this ...

SearchDataCenter

How to prepare your data center for an HCI appliance

Vendors tout hyper-converged infrastructure as a plug-and-play offering, but before you install anything in your data center, be ...

Hone these top 5 data center skills in 2019

As data centers become more software-based, admins should prepare themselves by learning about the cloud, containers, DevOps and ...

Carbon Relay debuts AI-based software for data center cooling

Newcomer Carbon Relay has introduced two products that use artificial intelligence to help IT pros manage data center efficiency.

SearchDataManagement

Originators form group to boost Presto SQL query engine

The Presto engine arose as an alternative to Hive for big data queries. Now, the Presto Software Foundation has formed to promote...

5 best practices for managing real-time data integration

Real-time data integration isn't like traditional data integration -- "it's moving, it's dirty and it's temporal," cautions one ...

Web integration platform eases way to machine learning models

StoryFit data scientists employ machine learning algorithms to gauge film script scenarios' prospects. They use Import.io tools ...