February 2004

• February 27, 2004 27 Feb'04

  Use process of sustained risk management to eradicate knee-jerk security scrambles

  Avoid "patch and pray" syndrome with a vulnerability management strategy  Continue Reading

• February 27, 2004 27 Feb'04

  Court documents indicate DRam price-fixing

  E-mail messages written by executives at suppliers of DRams (dynamic Rams) indicated that the companies conspired to set memory...  Continue Reading

• February 27, 2004 27 Feb'04

  Sun teams with mobile phone firms for Java apps

  Java's creator and four mobile phone makers have developed a process for testing and certifying Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME)...  Continue Reading

• February 27, 2004 27 Feb'04

  BBC Technology MD dismissed for "misusing hospitality"

  The managing director of BBC Technology – which is being sold off in a deal worth more than £100m– has been dismissed with...  Continue Reading

• February 27, 2004 27 Feb'04

  Microsoft boosts ASP .net apps development

  Microsoft has introduced Microsoft ASP .net Resource Kit, which provides additional tools and resources for developers building...  Continue Reading

• February 27, 2004 27 Feb'04

  BearingPoint expects steep quarterly loss

  IT services provider BearingPoint said it expects to post a steep net loss and slight revenue drop in the quarter ended 31...  Continue Reading

• February 27, 2004 27 Feb'04

  Microsoft expands Office accelerator offerings

  Microsoft will increase the number of business scenario-specific add-ons for its Office 2003 products and make them available at...  Continue Reading

• February 27, 2004 27 Feb'04

  Enterasys focuses on security

  Enterasys Networks has reintroduced policy-based networking, originally introduced by Enterasys' predecessor Cabletron in the...  Continue Reading

• February 27, 2004 27 Feb'04

  RSA introduces RFID blocker technology

  RSA Security has demonstrated a prototype of the RSA Blocker Tag technology at its data security conference in San Francisco....  Continue Reading

• February 27, 2004 27 Feb'04

  VeriSign sues Icann over delay in services

  VeriSign has filed a lawsuit against the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), which accuses the...  Continue Reading

• February 27, 2004 27 Feb'04

  Microsoft moots pre-Longhorn Windows release

  Microsoft is considering ways to add functionality to Windows XP after the release of Service Pack 2 later this year. The...  Continue Reading

• February 27, 2004 27 Feb'04

  Oracle fights DOJ on PeopleSoft deal

  Oracle said it will "vigorously challenge" the US Department of Justice's lawsuit seeking to block the company's attempted...  Continue Reading

• February 26, 2004 26 Feb'04

  A wandering IT will go

  This summer's IT Charity Walk offers the opportunity to have a relaxed day out with the family and a group of like-minded IT...  Continue Reading

• February 26, 2004 26 Feb'04

  IT professionals needed for voluntary projects

  There was a solid response from readers in early January when we last drew attention to IT4Communities, the organisation that...  Continue Reading

• February 26, 2004 26 Feb'04

  BA deals boost Visa and MasterCard online security schemes

  MasterCard and Visa’s online authentication schemes received a boost this week when it was announced that British Airways had...  Continue Reading

• February 26, 2004 26 Feb'04

  Define usage growth to predict costs

  Utility computing could enable IT to meet the demands of a rapidly changing business environment, but putting it into practice...  Continue Reading

• February 26, 2004 26 Feb'04

  Let the team have a say in hiring

  The IT director at Welsh firm Economy Power involves the whole team when interviewing and selecting new staff  Continue Reading

• February 26, 2004 26 Feb'04

  Wireless Lans taken to the next level

  Steve Broadhead, director of Broadband-Testing Labs, explains how wireless Ethernet switches can work for the enterprise and...  Continue Reading

• February 26, 2004 26 Feb'04

  Thought for the day: 'Your call is important to us...'

  Simon Moores believes the bigger the executives salary the more unhelpful the call centre.  Continue Reading

• February 26, 2004 26 Feb'04

  Birmingham City Council starts £500m IT transformation programme

  Birmingham City Council has embarked on the largest local authority IT outsourcing and business transformation programmes seen in...  Continue Reading