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• November 01, 2004 01 Nov'04

  Chinese startup opens up Linux phone market

  After launching two of the world's first Linux smartphones, China's E28 is offering handset makers the opportunity to licence its...

• October 29, 2004 29 Oct'04

  Ricoh withdrawing from optical disc drive business

  Ricoh is withdrawing from the optical disc drive business, citing price competition and declining sales in Japan, and...

• October 19, 2004 19 Oct'04

  Broadband has boosted profits, say directors

  Broadband is helping boost the profitability of UK business, according to a survey of Institute of Directors members.

• October 15, 2004 15 Oct'04

  BT blocks web scams

  Small businesses concerned that their staff may inadvertently connect to rogue internet diallers at a cost of £1.50 a minute...

• October 14, 2004 14 Oct'04

  SAP to increase focus on business intelligence software

  SAP plans to expand its focus on business intelligence software over the next year.

• October 11, 2004 11 Oct'04

  HP to roll out managed SMB services next year

  Hewlett-Packard will begin selling managed IT and communications services next year to small and medium-size businesses.

• October 06, 2004 06 Oct'04

  Businesses ignoring security flaw

  Most businesses don't see employee use of spyware, file sharing, and instant messaging on corporate networks as "major problems",...

• October 06, 2004 06 Oct'04

  Siebel blueprint will help customers get the most out of CRM

  Siebel is to introduce a business blueprint that offers customers a six-step services framework to expand customer relationship...

• September 30, 2004 30 Sep'04

  Hitachi targets SMEs with bundled San and McData iSCSI switch

  Hitachi Data Systems has partnered with McData to offer small-and medium-sized enterprises a lower-cost alternative for Fibre...

• September 30, 2004 30 Sep'04

  Global back-up service targets SMEs

  Toronto-based Global Data Vaulting has unveiled a managed data backup service targeting businesses of all sizes.

• September 30, 2004 30 Sep'04

  Data and security key issues in BI roll-out

  Companies see big operational benefits in implementing business intelligence software but only after overcoming numerous...

• September 28, 2004 28 Sep'04

  Read the small print

  The public spat over billing accuracy between mmO2 and business phone services company OpenAir is a further illustration as to...

• September 28, 2004 28 Sep'04

  Cooking up improved Wan

  Cookson Group, a global materials technology company is adopting new wide area network technology for its businesses that will...

• September 28, 2004 28 Sep'04

  IDC Forum: Has IT lost its strategic edge?

  The debate over whether IT gives businesses a competitive advantage roared into life again this week when two industry observers...

• September 23, 2004 23 Sep'04

  Red Tape tying down SMEs

  SMEs in the IT and communications sector are losing 12 working weeks a year to red tape, according to a report published by...

• September 23, 2004 23 Sep'04

  Business start up boost

  A scheme to help people with business ideas start up from home has been piloted in the Luton and Dunstable area, and this month...

• September 23, 2004 23 Sep'04

  3Com locks down the network

  3Com has introduced a new range of network switches designed to deliver easier and more secure networking to small businesses.

• September 22, 2004 22 Sep'04

  Alcatel offers more bandwidth for home entertainment services

  French equipment manufacturer Alcatel has turned a new channel on the home entertainment and communications market by offering an...

• September 14, 2004 14 Sep'04

  3Com to enter router market again

  The one-time networking giant 3Com is making another assault on the router market.

• September 06, 2004 06 Sep'04

  Sun offers more intergration with Hyperion's BI application

  Sun Microsystems and Hyperion Solutions have joined forces to further integrate Sun's Solaris platform with Hyperion's business...

• September 02, 2004 02 Sep'04

  Veritas moves into e-mail archiving market

  Veritas Software has purchased KVault Software (KVS) for $225m to move into the e-mail archiving market.

• September 01, 2004 01 Sep'04

  Mercury eclipses competitors

  Mercury Interactive Corporation, a global leader in business technology optimisation (BTO), announced that two of its Quality...

• August 24, 2004 24 Aug'04

  AutomatedQA educates the market

  Hot on the heels of winning awards for the capabilities of its products, AutomatedQA has launched a range of white papers to aid...

• August 24, 2004 24 Aug'04

  BTO market to grow to more than $3bn by end of year

  A survey by the Yankee Group has shown that by the end of the year a rapid 21% increase in business for business technology...

• August 23, 2004 23 Aug'04

  Ethernet is getting more expensive

  The price of Ethernet has risen for the first time in several years even though people are buying more switches, says market...

• August 17, 2004 17 Aug'04

  CA buys PestPatrol antispyware developer

  Computer Associates International has acquired PestPatrol, a firm marketing antispyware software to enterprises, small businesses...

• August 10, 2004 10 Aug'04

  McAfee updates encryption server software

  McAfee is releasing a new version of its E-Business Server data encryption software that it claims will make it easier for...

• August 06, 2004 06 Aug'04

  CA offers $1m for open-source developers to build Ingres migration tools

  Computer Associates (CA) has asked open-source software developers to help businesses migrate to its Ingres relational database...

• August 04, 2004 04 Aug'04

  SunGard, EVault team up to secure online data back up

  SunGard Availability Services and EVault have inked a partnership aimed at the growing market for securing online data backup and...

• July 30, 2004 30 Jul'04

  Gates sees security as an asset

  Microsoft is looking to turn security from a concern into a business asset and an opportunity for the company through software...

• July 29, 2004 29 Jul'04

  MCI launches new service-level agreements

  MCI has announced new service-level agreements for internet service performance in a move aimed at giving business customers...

• July 12, 2004 12 Jul'04

  Bacs' IT to put it at heart of Europe

  UK clearing house Bacs has outlined plans to place itself at the heart of the European payment market following a shake-up of its...

• June 29, 2004 29 Jun'04

  VeriSign introduces e-mail, antiphishing services

  New services from Internet infrastructure company VeriSign Inc. will help businesses fight unsolicited commercial ("spam")...

• June 23, 2004 23 Jun'04

  Microsoft issues bug-fix pack for reporting

  Microsoft is releasing the first service pack for the SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services business intelligence platform.

• June 22, 2004 22 Jun'04

  Microstrategy back on track with business intelligence success

  Sounder financial base promises secure future for products

• June 18, 2004 18 Jun'04

  Board reshuffles at Fujitsu Siemens

  A new chief executive will take over at Siemens Business Services next month.

• June 17, 2004 17 Jun'04

  Sprint announces lay-offs to stay competitive

  Sprint will cut 1,100 jobs over the next several months in order to be more competitive in the long-distance market.

• June 10, 2004 10 Jun'04

  Hyperion links Brio and Essbase in its business intelligence suite

  Hyperion offers full online analytical processing capability.

• June 09, 2004 09 Jun'04

  Sonic releases SOA development tool

  Sonic Software will ship Sonic Business Integration Suite 5.5, which utilises the company's "Continuous Availability...

• June 02, 2004 02 Jun'04

  BT focuses on global expansion

  BT is “re-focusing” on expanding business globally, as its traditional revenue stream in the UK is under threat.

• May 28, 2004 28 May'04

  IP phone switches seize market share

  More mature products and support for existing phones are helping IP private branch exchanges move into the mainstream, according...

• May 27, 2004 27 May'04

  CA unveils network vulnerability service

  Subscription-based service will help businesses find and solve system vulnerabilities

• May 12, 2004 12 May'04

  SAS launches marketing automation program

  SAS Institute has unveiled Marketing Automation (MA) 4, a software package designed to make marketing initiatives simple for the...

• May 05, 2004 05 May'04

  Oasis approves XML business doc spec

  Oasis has approved Universal Business Language (UBL) 1.0 as a Committee Draft, meaning the XML business documents specification...

• April 29, 2004 29 Apr'04

  Better SLAs needed for UK firms, says study

  A YouGov report has claimed that UK business are failing to measure the performance of their IT systems accurately.

• April 27, 2004 27 Apr'04

  Microsoft acquires business intelligence firm

  Microsoft has acquired privately held ActiveViews to improve its business intelligence offerings.

• April 26, 2004 26 Apr'04

  IT aligns closer with the business

  IT departments are more closely aligned with the rest of the business than ever before, according to a survey of UK chief...

• April 22, 2004 22 Apr'04

  IT no longer viewed in isolation, say UK CIOs

  IT departments are now more closely aligned to the rest of the business than ever before, a survey of more than 100 heads of IT...

• April 19, 2004 19 Apr'04

  SAS 9 offers more end-user appeal

  The SAS Institute is repositioning its SAS 9 business intelligence tool as a completely rearchitected system which offers data...

• April 01, 2004 01 Apr'04

  SAS unveils new BI platform, apps

  SAS Institute unveiled its SAS 9 business intelligence platform on Tuesday. It includes data integration, enhanced analytics, and...

• March 31, 2004 31 Mar'04

  Disruptions continue after BT fire

  BT engineers are still working around the clock to repair 130,000 business and consumer phone lines and disrupted data services,...

• March 31, 2004 31 Mar'04

  SAS launches BI platform and apps

  SAS Institute unveiled its SAS 9 business intelligence platform yesterday.

• March 25, 2004 25 Mar'04

  Mitel and Marconi partner for IP comms drive

  Mitel Networks, a global provider of business communications solutions, and Marconi, a global telecommunications equipment,...

• March 25, 2004 25 Mar'04

  3Com targets SMEs with latest switch

  3Com's latest switch family, the SuperStack 3 Switch 3200, targets small- and medium-sized organisations looking to improve their...

• March 22, 2004 22 Mar'04

  HP expands SME services push

  Hewlett-Packard is expected to unveil an expanded programme of products and services for small and medium-size business customers...

• March 19, 2004 19 Mar'04

  Study says security appliances are the way forward

  Small businesses are rolling out security appliances in place of security software, to reduce the cost of increasingly complex...

• March 08, 2004 08 Mar'04

  Alcatel moves into voice over Wi-Fi

  Alcatel has announced moves into the voice over Wi-Fi market.

• February 25, 2004 25 Feb'04

  Hyperion enhances business intelligence platform

  Business intelligence software maker Hyperion Solutions has revamped its software lineup to boost corporate performance...

• February 24, 2004 24 Feb'04

  Alcatel launches OmniTouch suite

  Alcatel has launched OmniTouch Unified Communication, an open standards-based software suite to optimise business communication....

• February 24, 2004 24 Feb'04

  Avaya products bolster real-time collaboration

  Avaya has introduced products designed to help businesses improve productivity by boosting the effectiveness of real-time...

• February 16, 2004 16 Feb'04

  Sirocom offers flexible IP-over-ethernet service

  Virtual network operator Sirocom is moving into the virtual private network market by offering a flexible IP-over-ethernet...

• January 30, 2004 30 Jan'04

  How do I get the board to define a strategy?

  I know we need to align our IT strategy with the firm's business strategy, but my department has great difficulty obtaining a...

• January 29, 2004 29 Jan'04

  UK to get business-orientated 3G network

  Vodafone will begin trials of a data-only service in some areas, with a commercial launch in the spring.

• January 29, 2004 29 Jan'04

  Oracle targets Windows database market

  Oracle hopes to take on Microsoft to claim a larger share of the market for databases sold on the Windows operating system.

• January 14, 2004 14 Jan'04

  3Com releases super-switch with built-in security

  3Com claims its super-switch, which is targeting medium to large businesses, also offers firewall, anti-virus, content-filtering...

• January 05, 2004 05 Jan'04

  AOL offers Netscape low-cost internet service

  America Online has entered the low-priced internet service provider market with Netscape-branded service costing users around $10...

• December 02, 2003 02 Dec'03

  Universal Business Language 1.0 now in beta

  Universal Business Language 1.0, which is intended as a common XML message format for e-commerce, is now available for public...

• November 28, 2003 28 Nov'03

  Royal Mail's new CIO says people come first

  Winning the hearts and minds of the workforce is the most important challenge in effecting business transformation, said David...

• November 10, 2003 10 Nov'03

  IT is for business, not cutting costs

  IT investment must be focused on improving business processes rather than simply saving money, analyst group Gartner told...

• November 05, 2003 05 Nov'03

  Avaya and Extreme to deliver converged IP products

  Avaya and Extreme Networks have announced a multiyear, multimillion-dollar agreement to develop, market and sell communications...

• November 04, 2003 04 Nov'03

  EMC and Nortel join forces on data recovery

  EMC and Nortel Networks are to deliver a joint business continuity service to enable better remote mirroring of enterprise data.

• October 31, 2003 31 Oct'03

  SMEs disagree on spam approach

  Small-business owners have disagreed on what action the US Congress should take on spam.

• October 23, 2003 23 Oct'03

  Firms sharpen business tools offerings

  The SAS Institute has unveiled what it calls the Information Evolution Model (IEM), a framework designed to help companies...

• October 21, 2003 21 Oct'03

  Oasis forms ebXML business process committee

  Oasis has formed an ebXML Business Process Technical Committee to further define the ebXML BPSS (e-business XML Business Process...

• October 16, 2003 16 Oct'03

  BMC signs three partners for software strategy

  BMC Software is teaming up with Symantec, EMC and Accenture to develop products and services for its Business Service Management...

• October 14, 2003 14 Oct'03

  Alcatel and HP offer bundled comms to SMEs

  Hewlett-Packard and Alcatel are targeting mid-sized companies with a bundled IT and communication service programme.

• October 10, 2003 10 Oct'03

  CIOs fail to put a price on data loss

  Sixty seven per cent of IT chiefs find it difficult to calculate the cost of losing data, according to a survey by market...

• October 07, 2003 07 Oct'03

  Motorola to spin off semiconductor business

  Motorola's embedded and networking semiconductor business will be spun off as a separate entity.

• October 02, 2003 02 Oct'03

  Hyperion fills in blanks with Brio acquisition

  With its purchase of Brio Software expected to close later this month, business intelligence software maker Hyperion Solutions is...

• September 29, 2003 29 Sep'03

  Motorola builds security into network chips

  Motorola is building security engines into processors made for network gear in homes and small and medium-sized businesses.

• September 29, 2003 29 Sep'03

  3Com returns to router business

  3Com is returning to the router business after a three-year absence in response to customer demand.

• September 23, 2003 23 Sep'03

  Mercury Interactive unveils optimisation suite

  Mercury Interactive has released a set of components for its business technology optimisation suite, aimed at improving...

• September 18, 2003 18 Sep'03

  Sun rolls out reference architectures

  Sun Microsystems has introduced eight Sun Reference Architectures featuring repeatable methodologies to boost business processes...

• September 10, 2003 10 Sep'03

  Cognos ReportNet eyes market leader slot

  Cognos received favourable reviews from customers and analysts as it launched its ReportNet system yesterday. The analytics and...

• September 09, 2003 09 Sep'03

  Business Objects, Cognos boost reporting apps

  Cognos is launching ReportNet today, a query and reporting engine written to support web services, Java, and XML. At the same...

• September 09, 2003 09 Sep'03

  Grid computing predicted to eat up 'fibre glut'

  The "fibre glut" widely blamed for a weak long-haul telecoms equipment and services market still exists in most areas, but there...

• September 05, 2003 05 Sep'03

  Kazaa creators move into P-to-P IM and telephony

  The creators of Kazaa are entering the internet protocol telephony and instant messaging market with Skype, a peer-to-peer...

• September 03, 2003 03 Sep'03

  Business Objects-MicroStrategy suit dismissed

  A Californian court has dismissed a lawsuit by Business Objects which alleged that MicroStrategy infringed its patent on a...

• August 28, 2003 28 Aug'03

  Analytical software market is poised for growth

  A study by IDC is predicting huge worldwide growth in the analytic application software market, with CRM analytics leading the...

• August 19, 2003 19 Aug'03

  Microsoft boosts HR capacities in business portal

  Microsoft has released the latest version of its business portal software which delivers new self-service features for employees...

• August 11, 2003 11 Aug'03

  Zone Labs moves to secure instant messaging

  Zone Labs is to target consumers and small businesses by securing instant messaging on the desktop instead of the server, with...

• July 24, 2003 24 Jul'03

  HP buys Swedish VoiceXML company

  Hewlett-Packard plans to expand its OpenCall business unit with the purchase of Swedish VoiceXML company PipeBeach.

• July 24, 2003 24 Jul'03

  Merger will simplify plans, says Business Objects

  Business-intelligence software customers may find that their buying decisions are easier after Business Objects' planned...

• July 21, 2003 21 Jul'03

  Yahoo pitches SiteBuilder for small businesses

  Yahoo will offer a free website building tool to its web hosting customers.

• July 21, 2003 21 Jul'03

  Business Objects to acquire Crystal Decisions

  Business Objects has agreed to acquire Crystal Decisions in a $820m cash and stock deal, which will create a one-stop shop for...

• July 15, 2003 15 Jul'03

  European Wlan market will boom, then bust

  Giga Research has predicted that the European market for public Wlan services, after a significant boom phase, will encounter a...

• July 11, 2003 11 Jul'03

  European IT spend will feel the squeeze for another five years

  The European IT market will fail to mirror the "return to growth" in the US and remain in the doldrums through 2004 as IT...

• July 09, 2003 09 Jul'03

  BT expands IT services with web services deal

  BT is developing its IT services business by licensing software from AmberPoint to offer a service aimed at helping corporations...

• June 27, 2003 27 Jun'03

  Microsoft updates SQL Server Accelerator

  Microsoft has released the latest version of the SQL Server Accelerator for Business Intelligence (BI).

• June 26, 2003 26 Jun'03

  Business Objects to launch Performance Manager

  Business Objects is to release a performance-tracking analytics application next month.