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January 16, 2004 16 Jan'04
Connexion by Boeing moves to the high seas

Connexion by Boeing is expanding its service to the maritime industry.
January 13, 2004 13 Jan'04
Web standards make portlets portable

Two new specifications - Web Services for Remote Portals (WSRP) and Java Specification Request (JSR) 168 - promise to jump-start...
January 12, 2004 12 Jan'04
Nortel looks forward to a bright future

Nortel Networks' sale of IP networking equipment to US carrier Verizon Communications suggests that phone companies are serious...
January 08, 2004 08 Jan'04
Microsoft, BEA and Tibco develop web services eventing spec

Microsoft, BEA Systems and Tibco Software have published a specification, WS-Eventing, which is intended to provide a common way...

January 08, 2004 08 Jan'04
AOL and D-Link partner on home entertainment

A partnership between internet service provider America Online and network hardware vendor D-Link Systems will bring AOL content,...
December 19, 2003 19 Dec'03
SQL Server 2000 reporting services poised for January release

Microsoft has set 27 January as the official release date for SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services.
December 18, 2003 18 Dec'03
VeriSign acquires security service provider

VeriSign is buying managed security service provider Guardent.
December 17, 2003 17 Dec'03
Actuate boosts enterprise reporting analytics

Enterprise reporting company Actuate claims its Analytics product will offer users a self-service method of accessing information...
December 17, 2003 17 Dec'03
Macromedia offers video streaming on demand

Macromedia has joined with VitalStream to provide outsourced on-demand video-streaming services.
December 10, 2003 10 Dec'03
HP merges enterprise unit with services group

Hewlett-Packard is merging its enterprise hardware and software unit with its services group to form one division called the...

December 09, 2003 09 Dec'03
Time Warner teams with Sprint and MCI on IP telephony

Time Warner Cable has announced partnerships with MCI and Sprint that should help it to roll out its IP voice service across the...
December 09, 2003 09 Dec'03
NetContinuum adds network firewall to NC-1000

Web application firewall maker NetContinuum has added network firewall features to the latest version of its NC-1000 Web Security...
November 28, 2003 28 Nov'03
Adapt service-oriented architecture or die, says industry chief

Organisations must focus their development efforts around the creation of services. This will enable them to respond to changes...
November 27, 2003 27 Nov'03
BEA readies Java web services technology

BEA Systems will have a reference implementation of Java technology intended to simplify deployment of web services, based on the...
November 26, 2003 26 Nov'03
Services head to leave Microsoft

Michael Sinneck, the head Microsoft's services unit, is leaving to pursue opportunities outside of the company.
November 14, 2003 14 Nov'03
HP emulates routers for faster fault finding

Hewlett-Packard says that administrators using its OpenView Network Node Manager will be able to locate network breaks faster...
November 10, 2003 10 Nov'03
Akamai tools help build on-demand strategy

Akamai Technologies is launching a set of tools and services for managing applications and content across the internet.
November 10, 2003 10 Nov'03
MCI faces a 'brutal pricing environment'

Users and analysts have predicted that prices for voice and data networking services will fall as MCI prepares to emerge from...
October 30, 2003 30 Oct'03
Genesys charges by the minute for web conferencing

Genesys Conferencing hopes to attract more users to its audio, video and web conferencing services by doing away with...
October 30, 2003 30 Oct'03
Microsoft and Vodafone outline services plan

Microsoft and Vodafone Group have published a technical road map and a whitepaper as part of their effort to allow PC...
October 15, 2003 15 Oct'03
Sprint simplifies global data service agreements

Sprint will offer customers a full refund of their monthly charge for its premium Internet service if the US network operator...
October 10, 2003 10 Oct'03
Council uses low-cost web link to improve call centre services

A South East council expects to make significant improvements in the way it manages out-of-hours calls from council tenants by...
October 07, 2003 07 Oct'03
Network chip makers agree on faster spec

Several makers of network components have agreed on a specification for high-speed communication among their chips, which could...
October 07, 2003 07 Oct'03
Netscreen buys leading SSL VPN technology firm

NetScreen Technologies has acquired Neoteris, a leader in Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) virtual private network technology.
October 06, 2003 06 Oct'03
E-government targets miss the point, council IT chiefs told

The government’s 2005 e-government target is doing little to encourage the take up of meaningful services, Derrick Anderson,...
October 06, 2003 06 Oct'03
HP boosts Ethernet switches

Hewlett-Packard's networking division will unveil a number of switches, with the aim of driving the adoption of GbE (Gigabit...
September 29, 2003 29 Sep'03
Probation Service IT comes under fire again

IT systems at the Probation Service have been criticised by government inspectors for the second time in three years, but the...
September 19, 2003 19 Sep'03
Intel extends network gear offerings

Intel has backed up its line of programmable networking chips with new development platforms, an updated software development...
September 15, 2003 15 Sep'03
Web services portal standard approved

The Oasis standards consortium has approved a standard that members say will make it easier and cheaper to publish data on web...
September 10, 2003 10 Sep'03
Oracle prepares web services-ready development tool

Oracle will release an upgrade of its JDeveloper tool for Java that backs the latest J2EE standard, which focuses on web...
September 10, 2003 10 Sep'03
SAP unveils developer network and "GUI Machine"

SAP launched an online collaborative environment for developers at its TechEd 2003 conference in Las Vegas. It also demonstrated...
August 29, 2003 29 Aug'03
BCS charity offers online advice on RSI

Online guidance on adapting PCs to help users avoid injury is being offered by BCS charity AbilityNet. The service, My Computer...
August 19, 2003 19 Aug'03
Security shop rethinks network scanning

Next Generation Security Software is offering a network and application scanning tool which, it hopes, will take vulnerability...
August 06, 2003 06 Aug'03
Wi-Fi using satellites launched

Hughes Network Systems has launched a Wi-Fi service that originates from satellites circling as high as 24,400 miles above the...
July 23, 2003 23 Jul'03
Sprint signs network upgrade deal with Lucent

The Sprint PCS Group division has signed a $1bn multiyear contract with Lucent Technologies for a network equipment upgrade that...
July 21, 2003 21 Jul'03
New network to support IT directors

Roger Ellis, former IT controller of Blue Circle Industries, last week launched the IT Directors' Network, a new independent user...
July 17, 2003 17 Jul'03
Wanadoo fined €10.35m for stifling competition

The European Commission levied a €10.35m fine on French internet service provider Wanadoo after finding it guilty of stifling...
July 17, 2003 17 Jul'03
C++ web services infrastructure released

Systinet has released the Web Applications and Services Platform (Wasp) Server for C++, a web services infrastructure platform...
July 16, 2003 16 Jul'03
Microsoft previews upgraded web services pack

Microsoft has released a preview of an upcoming update to its Web Services Enhancements (WSE) kit, focusing on security.
July 16, 2003 16 Jul'03
Wakesoft enables services-oriented architecture

Wakesoft has released Version 4 of its Wakesoft Architecture Platform, which will provide services provisioning for Java-based...
July 10, 2003 10 Jul'03
Oracle to double Indian development staff numbers

Oracle plans to increase the number of software development and customer service staff it has in India from 3,000 to more than...
July 10, 2003 10 Jul'03
AT&T and MCI offer Wi-Fi to enterprise VPN customers

AT&T and MCI, formerly WorldCom, have both added Wi-Fi access to their enterprise class, remote-access virtual private network...
July 10, 2003 10 Jul'03
AOL enhances premium voice services

America Online has enhanced its Call Alert and Voicemail services to bolster the premium offerings as it prepares to launch the...
July 09, 2003 09 Jul'03
Equant offers managed IDS

Network operator Equant is adding a managed intrusion detection service to its portfolio of security services.
July 08, 2003 08 Jul'03
NetScreen puts IPv6 in firewall beta

NetScreen Technologies has released a beta version of firewall and virtual private network software supporting IPv6, the...
July 04, 2003 04 Jul'03
Inside the BCS: More BCS groups for members

IT people are getting extra opportunities to get together through an expansion of the BCS network.
June 30, 2003 30 Jun'03
Telenor in-flight service reaches final test stage

Telenor Satellite Services is in the final stages of testing an in-flight e-mail, web browsing and file-transfer service.
June 24, 2003 24 Jun'03
Consortium builds testbed for internet services

Intel and Hewlett-Packard are joining PlanetLab, a consortium aiming to build a platform on which to develop "disruptive"...
June 24, 2003 24 Jun'03
All US flights will have e-mail in 2004

E-mail services will be available on all domestic flights in North America before the end of next year, according to Alan...
June 24, 2003 24 Jun'03
McAfee unveils Desktop Firewall 8 with quarantine feature

In an effort to help customers identify and isolate potential threats to their network infrastructure before damage can be...
June 20, 2003 20 Jun'03
VeriSign announces antifraud service

VeriSign will launch a service to thwart online fraud with support from at least one major credit card company.
June 19, 2003 19 Jun'03
Study calls for pharma industry changes

The global pharmaceutical industry must become service driven, focused on the needs of doctors and patients and more adept at...
June 10, 2003 10 Jun'03
We face a battle, says e-government minister

The government has a fight on its hands to ensure that the public uses the electronic services being rolled out across the public...
June 09, 2003 09 Jun'03
Hutchison 3G offers discounted voice services

Hutchison 3G UK has introduced two price packages to undercut voice service offers from rival operators in the hope of...
June 05, 2003 05 Jun'03
MCI defends government contracts

The official in charge of US government contracts for WorldCom defended the company's ethics and service record yesterday, and...
June 05, 2003 05 Jun'03
Microsoft to make its mark with Spot information broadcast service

Microsoft has revealed details of a service to transmit information over FM radio to watches equipped with its Smart Personal...
June 04, 2003 04 Jun'03
MCI joins with Nortel to shift to IP-based network

MCI is moving from circuit-based telephone service to voice over IP-based service in 51 of the largest cities in the US, allowing...
June 04, 2003 04 Jun'03
Tech Ed: Microsoft and VeriSign raise security stakes

Microsoft is improving its security offering, by announcing publick key infrastucture services for Windows with VeriSign...
June 04, 2003 04 Jun'03
Lucent announces network services

Lucent Worldwide Services (LWS), the network services division of Lucent Technologies announced two latest network services...
June 03, 2003 03 Jun'03
Web services are key to future, says Microsoft

IT is still critical for a competitive advantage, said a Microsoft official at the TechEd 2003 conference in Dallas, while also...
May 27, 2003 27 May'03
Siemens and Microsoft team on real-time communications

Siemens is collaborating with Microsoft to integrate telephony-based services into real-time communications applications.
April 25, 2003 25 Apr'03
Microsoft fixing patch that can slow Windows XP

Microsoft is revising a security patch for Windows XP systems with Service Pack 1 installed after customers complained that...
April 08, 2003 08 Apr'03
Microsoft will not patch NT4 hole

Users of Windows NT 4.0 have been left open to denial of service attacks after Microsoft said "architectural limitations" make it...
April 07, 2003 07 Apr'03
Travel web services take open source route

Airline ticketing giant Galileo is building an XML web services architecture based on open source systems to support the travel...
March 07, 2003 07 Mar'03
US government agencies join Liberty Alliance

The US General Services Administration (GSA) and the US Department of Defense have become two of the latest members to join the...
March 03, 2003 03 Mar'03
Rebounding Energis to hire 100 new employees

Bank-rescued British telecoms group Energis said on Monday strong demand for its services in the last six months meant it would...
February 26, 2003 26 Feb'03
Cutting-edge artists get a quick fix

The Baltic Arts Centre in Gateshead has gone live with a new network that will deliver up to 1gbps to the desktop to support...
February 17, 2003 17 Feb'03
Mitsubishi transponder aims to cut fibre jungle

Mitsubishi has developed an optical transponder for use in high-end networking gear which promises to reduce the amount of...
February 12, 2003 12 Feb'03
IT staff relying on users to discover network problems

IT directors rely on users more than on monitoring systems to find out about problems on their networks, a survey of 100 IT...
February 10, 2003 10 Feb'03
Tiscali buys Wanadoo Belgium

Wanadoo, the internet arm of France Télécom, has sold its Belgium subsidiary for €9.5m (£6.3m) to pan-European internet service...
February 10, 2003 10 Feb'03
Visual Studio targets Web services development

A number of companies, including Microsoft with its new Visual Studio.net tool, are targeting the next generation of software...
February 06, 2003 06 Feb'03
Java platform to support Web services interoperability

Sun Microsystems has promised that the next version of the Java 2 Enterprise Edition will fully support guidelines being promoted...
February 05, 2003 05 Feb'03
Carriers unite to keep KPNQwest network alive

Several telecommunications companies have provided funds to keep a key part of bankrupt KPNQwest network running until at least 1...
January 15, 2003 15 Jan'03
PC upgrades delayed again, warns UBS Warburg

IT managers are to cut their IT spend for the third consecutive year, according to a report from financial services company UBS...
October 09, 2002 09 Oct'02
Logica/CMG merger will drive IT services consolidation

The planned merger between Logica and CMG, announced yesterday, is certain to increase the pressures towards consolidation in the...
October 04, 2002 04 Oct'02
Council IT departments challenged by Best Value

Local authority IT services have been criticised in the first wave of government Best Value inspections, but there are good...
September 09, 2002 09 Sep'02
New HP division clarifies internal IT strategy

Hewlett-Packard has created a new group within its HP Services unit to handle internal IT problems and implementations as well as...
September 06, 2002 06 Sep'02
Road congestion charge chief to run NHS IT

The man responsible for implementing London's congestion charging systems has been appointed the head of National Health Service...
July 29, 2002 29 Jul'02
AT&T speeds up global network expansion work

Telecoms giant AT&T is stepping up efforts to broaden the deployment of its global telecommunications and data services network.
June 18, 2002 18 Jun'02
Comdisco begins to sell assets

Comdisco, the technology services company expects to emerge from bankruptcy within the next two months, when it will begin...
June 14, 2002 14 Jun'02
Bondholders save Spanish service provider

Bondholders of Spanish and Portuguese telecommunciations service provider Jazztel have agreed to a financial manoeuvre to keep...
June 13, 2002 13 Jun'02
KPNQwest fallout fails to hit .gov

Academic network Janet had a lucky escape this week when it avoided the turmoil following the collapse of Internet service...
May 30, 2002 30 May'02
Sony and Fujitsu end ISP alliance talks

Sony and Fujitsu have ended six months of discussions on a possible alliance in the consumer Internet service provider (ISP)...
March 07, 2002 07 Mar'02
MoD opts for Airwave service

The Ministry of Defence is to adopt the controversial Airwave digital radio service for secure military radio communications on...
January 31, 2002 31 Jan'02
New Layer 2/3 network switches

Foundry Networks has launched a series of three Layer 2/3 switches that promise improved performance through the incorporation of...
January 25, 2002 25 Jan'02
Energis meltdown worries for UK corporates

Major UK corporate customers were today anxiously awaiting the outcome of a meeting between telecoms and IT services provider...
December 20, 2001 20 Dec'01
Overhaul for e-gov Web sites

The Government is overhauling its Web sites in a bid to make information and services more accessible to the public.
December 05, 2001 05 Dec'01
Making D-Links count

Networking vendor D-Link has added a new series of Fast Ethernet Media Converters to its range of networking products.
November 21, 2001 21 Nov'01
Council hits back at IT audit

Durham City Council has hit back at the Audit Commission over a scathing report which described the council's IT service as poor...
November 13, 2001 13 Nov'01
Lucent to sell services division

Lucent Technologies has announced plans to sell its enterprise professional services division by the end of the year.
September 27, 2001 27 Sep'01
Toshiba delays 3G work with Siemens

The rapid cooling of interest in third-generation (3G) cellular services is forcing Toshiba to delay its joint development work...
May 17, 2001 17 May'01
Abbey hopes EDS venture will cut £90m off IT spend

Abbey National and EDS, the US-based IT services giant, have put the finishing touches to a joint venture that the bank hopes...
May 14, 2001 14 May'01
Lloyds TSB offers cable-based interactive banking

Lloyds TSB has rolled out its first full interactive TV banking service, but it is only available to customers who subscribe to...
May 04, 2001 04 May'01
Slowdown may hit Blair's e-government targets

Economic slowdown will make it an uphill struggle for the Government to meet Tony Blair's 2005 deadline for getting services...
March 12, 2001 12 Mar'01
Networking sales slowdown heralds UK IT recession

The first signs that the US recession has crossed the Atlantic have emerged with the cancellation of orders for networking...
March 05, 2001 05 Mar'01
Strategy conflict thought to be behind Guardian IT walkouts

The UK managing director and finance director have walked out of services group Guardian IT’s core disaster recovery...
February 21, 2001 21 Feb'01
Government launches 'cradle-to-grave' site

The Government launched its UK Online Web site this week as part of moves to bring all government services online by 2005.
January 09, 2001 09 Jan'01
Financial analysts advise caution for UK IT sector

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Market analysts at investment bank UBS Warburg have reduced price targets for companies in the IT services sector as part of a...
December 06, 2000 06 Dec'00
Citizen Portal gets beta launch

The online Citizen Portal, the UK site where the public can access government information and services on the Web, has finally been...
January 19, 2000 19 Jan'00
Wheely fast cables

The Millennium Wheel may not have moved an inch on new year's eve, but it did have a high speed network connection thanks to Lucent Technologies. Lucent...