October 2005

• October 31, 2005 31 Oct'05

  User audience left wanting more

  Bill Gates' briefing to the BCS Elite group left his audience of IT leaders impressed by his vision of the future and frustrated that the Microsoft chairman did not talk more about the UK's corporate IT agenda.  Continue Reading

• October 31, 2005 31 Oct'05

  Gates spells out future to UK corporate IT leaders

  Microsoft chairman Bill Gates presented his vision of IT's future to a gathering of IT directors from the British Computer Society's Elite group in late October and then brought them down to earth by plugging the next versions of Windows and Office.  Continue Reading

• October 31, 2005 31 Oct'05

  Grids move mainstream with enterprise system deployments

  Companies have started deploying grid technology to run business systems, according to analyst firm Quocirca. Its Grid Index survey, commissioned by Oracle, found growing demand for the technology.  Continue Reading

• October 31, 2005 31 Oct'05

  Web service standards is delayed

  The latest range of industry-standard mechanisms to control business web services could be delayed until the middle of next year.  Continue Reading

• October 31, 2005 31 Oct'05

  Fire hits computer research at Southampton

  A major fire has partially destroyed the world-class computer labs at Southampton University.  Continue Reading

• October 31, 2005 31 Oct'05

  European Commission to investigate 3G licensing

  The European Commission is to investigate the 3G patent licensing policies of US-based Qualcomm after six separate complaints from rivals in the field.  Continue Reading

• October 31, 2005 31 Oct'05

  Oracle to release free database

  Oracle is planning to release a free low-end version of its database to rival open-source alternatives on the market.  Continue Reading

• October 31, 2005 31 Oct'05

  O2 acquired by Telefonica for £17.7bn

  O2, the mobile operator, is being taken over by Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica for £17.7bn.  Continue Reading

• October 31, 2005 31 Oct'05

  Microsoft gets edge in Google hiring case

  Microsoft has been given the potential edge in its legal fight against Google over the hiring of a leading research and development head.  Continue Reading

• October 31, 2005 31 Oct'05

  Microsoft to bundle XPS document format with Office 12

  Microsoft will allow users of its forthcoming Office 12 collaboration suite to save documents in its own XPS electronic document format.  Continue Reading

• October 31, 2005 31 Oct'05

  IBM releases WebSphere Google desktop search plug-in

  IBM has made available a free a plug-in that integrates its WebSphere Information Integrator OmniFind Edition corporate search system with Google’s enterprise desktop search tool.  Continue Reading

• October 31, 2005 31 Oct'05

  Brewer uses SAP portal to let pubs and staff access corporate systems

  Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries has implemented a portal based on the SAP Netweaver platform to provide pub managers and head office staff with access to corporate IT systems.  Continue Reading

• October 28, 2005 28 Oct'05

  Bird flu Trojan virus spreads

  A Trojan horse is loose on the internet trying to entice PC users with details of avian bird flu.  Continue Reading

• October 28, 2005 28 Oct'05

  Novell could cut workforce by a fifth

  It is believed up to a fifth of Novell’s staff could be made redundant in a desperate attempt to improve the company’s financial performance.  Continue Reading

• October 28, 2005 28 Oct'05

  Novell joins open document board

  Novell has joined the board overseeing the technical committee responsible for the development of the open source Open Document Format (ODF).  Continue Reading

• October 28, 2005 28 Oct'05

  Pru expects big savings from single IT infrastructure

  Financial services group Prudential expects to save up to £25m a year by creating a single global IT infrastructure to support all its brands, including online bank Egg, which it now says it will keep.  Continue Reading

• October 28, 2005 28 Oct'05

  Tax credits bill is £236m and climbing

  The government has revealed that it has so far paid EDS and Capgemini a total of £236m for the failing tax-credits system.  Continue Reading

• October 28, 2005 28 Oct'05

  German body lists dangers of VoIP

  Germany's Federal Office for Security in Information Technology (BSI) has warned businesses of almost 20 threats when using voice over IP systems.  Continue Reading

• October 28, 2005 28 Oct'05

  Anti-spyware group publishes industry detection guidelines

  The Anti-Spyware Coalition has updates its guidelines on how to tackle the growing spyware problem.  Continue Reading

• October 28, 2005 28 Oct'05

  Microsoft says profits up in first quarter

  Microsoft has posted a 24% increase in profits for the first quarter ended 30 September, fuelled by strong growth in the PC and server market.  Continue Reading