Topic: General

Posted by : bpburnwal on Tuesday, October 14, 2003 - 11:04 AM

In an announcement likely to have a far-reaching effect on the future of IT in the UK public sector, the government last week said it is to evaluate open-source software in central government departments, agencies and local authorities.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Tuesday, October 14, 2003 - 11:03 AM

Corporate IT budgets are still tight, with the principal areas driving new investment focusing on outsourcing, public sector projects and IT security.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Tuesday, October 14, 2003 - 10:59 AM

IBM has launched the first bundled hardware and software offering from its Project Symphony initiative to automate IT infrastructure provisioning.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Tuesday, October 14, 2003 - 10:03 AM

AUSTIN, Texas _ A few years ago, it would have been inconceivable to see a Dell Inc. server inside the University of Texas' supercomputing lab.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Thursday, October 09, 2003 - 11:46 AM

Few IT projects are founded on any economic or commercial justification, according to UK analyst Butler Group.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Thursday, October 09, 2003 - 11:45 AM

A bitter battle is hotting up between IT service providers and top-tier technology vendors in the competitive and fragmented global IT services market.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Thursday, October 09, 2003 - 11:44 AM

Shanghai. October 9. INTERFAX-CHINA -Chinasoft Network Technology Co., Ltd. plans to set up a joint venture with East China Research Institute and China Electronic Technology Corp. to tap the Chinese Linux-based application software market, Chinasoft Network spokesperson Liang Qiong told Interfax in an interview.

Posted by : trraju on Monday, October 06, 2003 - 08:03 PM

Providers of online services should offer alert systems and filtering mechanisms to protect children, according to best practice guidelines issued by the government to clamp down on internet paedophiles.

Posted by : trraju on Monday, October 06, 2003 - 08:02 PM

Conservative politicians have called for tough new laws which they claim will make it more difficult for paedophiles to use internet chat rooms to target children.

Posted by : trraju on Monday, October 06, 2003 - 08:01 PM

A new website pushing for greater awareness of online stranger danger has been launched by education groups in Scotland, Iceland, Spain and The Netherlands.

Posted by : trraju on Monday, October 06, 2003 - 07:56 PM

BT has signed a deal with networking company Intelliden to boost its hosted network managed services offering so it can provide customers with a 'pay as you require' model.

Posted by : trraju on Monday, October 06, 2003 - 07:55 PM

3G is ready to enter the mass market next year. And that will be the crucial test for the mobile industry, which has banked its future on the technology.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Saturday, October 04, 2003 - 06:47 AM

Thin clients are maturing as a viable alternative to full-blown PCs for many corporate applications. Once seen as a poor relation of Windows PCs, the devices are becoming accepted as the most appropriate clients for many tasks. But as sales boom, the leading vendors are presenting differing views on how the technology should progress, so companies should plan their thin client strategies carefully.

Posted by : trraju on Thursday, October 02, 2003 - 01:32 PM

SOMERSET, N.J. (AP) - About 750 retired Lucent Technologies managers angry over pared health benefits met with former CEO Henry Schacht on Tuesday, who told them the struggling telecommunications gear maker can't afford to reconsider the cuts.

Posted by : trraju on Thursday, October 02, 2003 - 09:06 AM

Chief information officers (CIOs) must exert more influence and do a better job of adding value to their company or risk being left out of business decisions, warn senior IT executives.

Posted by : trraju on Thursday, October 02, 2003 - 09:03 AM

Second Annual The McGraw-Hill Companies' Robert Sherman Award for Music Education and Community Outreach Presented to Juilliard alumna flutist Tanya Dusevic Witek at Opening Concert of The McGraw-Hill Companies' 2003/2004 Young Artists Showcase Series.

Posted by : trraju on Wednesday, October 01, 2003 - 10:43 PM

On Sept. 24, a group of seven prominent security researchers released a paper putting the blame for the recent spate of nasty worms and the resulting computer network outages on Microsoft (MSFT). As they see it, the fact that Gates & Co. control 95% of the PC operating-system marketplace has created a "monoculture" that shares common vulnerabilities. This threatens to open the door to catastrophic failures of entire organizations when worms spread quickly over the Net. The paper proved controversial enough to get one of the signees fired, even though most of the info-tech world now agrees that monoculture is a serious problem.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Wednesday, October 01, 2003 - 01:28 AM

You've just entered a local doughnut shop when what do you see? Elvis is walking out with a handful of crullers and a powdered-sugar mustache?
If only you had a digital camera.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 09:49 AM

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Troubled computer maker Sun Microsystems Inc. revised its fiscal fourth quarter results Monday, taking a $1.05 billion charge after realizing its first-quarter loss will be greater than expected.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Monday, September 29, 2003 - 05:34 PM

OTTAWA (CP) - Tundra Semiconductor Corp. retracted its announcement Tuesday that it had reached a deal to take over a Motorola Inc. product line.
The Ottawa-based chip designer said talks are continuing and the morning news release had been "inadvertently" distributed. That release announced an agreement with Motorola to develop new technology connecting PowerPC microprocessors to peripheral devices.