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Content posted in February 2003
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WI-FI To Get Security, Management Boost
Vendors make products based on the standard easier to use in the office and away
Sun Fights Back With Chip And Software
Vendor reveals plans for new processors and less-costly integrated software
McAfee Readies Enhanced Antivirus Offering
New version of VirusScan will include a worm killer.
A More Determined Eye On Contracts
Determine Software lands $12.5 million in additional funding to improve sales and service of its contract-management software.
Supermarkets Check Out Self-Checkout
Self-service systems could change the way Americans shop for groceries.
Storage Smarts On The Network
Partnership between HP and Brocade will let users service the business across multiple storage arrays.
Managing Globally
Software from Frictionless Commerce smooths global supply management
Self-Checkout Systems Get More Hands-On
Handheld scanners are the latest in wave of new technology to save time and lower costs
Instant Messaging Gets Down To Business
AOL, Microsoft, and Yahoo focus on growing market with enterprise IM apps
A Babe In The Storage Market Brings Innovation
Scale Eight readies release of operating system and network-attached storage appliance that will let multiple users share a single file.
Monster.com Warns About Information Theft
The Internet job board E-mails users to make them aware that fake listings are being used to steal their personal data.
IT Workers Find Experience Counts
Survey shows younger IT workers took salary hits last year, while older staffers' checks stayed the same or increased slightly.
Airline Bar Codes Could Catch Terrorists
The Transportation Security Administration is set to begin testing an IT-based system designed to catch terrorists before they reach the gate.
Microsoft Plans Time Saver In Visual Studio
A programming concept called "generic functions," borrowed from mid-1970s languages such as ML, will let programmers write data structures that can be used with multiple data sets.
CIOs Must Be Involved In Controlling Risk In Financial Services
Fed vice chairman says Basel II accord is moving the international financial community in the right direction.
Novell Hits The Red
Company reports a $12 million net loss for its first quarter as revenue declined.
States Will Be Slow To Take Advantage Of Federal IT Buying Muscle
A report from market-intelligence firm Input says state and local governments aren't expected to use the buying provisions under the E-Government Act in the near future.
IBM, Sony, Butterfly.net Team To Speed Game Development
The three companies will combine to make it easier and cheaper for Sony's PlayStation 2 system.
New Orders For Computer Products Are On The Rise
The Commerce Department says orders in January were up more than 14% from a year earlier, showing that customers are buying new technologies.
BT Unit Wins Services Deal With Honeywell
The carrier's business-services unit, BT Ignite, will manage the manufacturer's voice and data communications and networks at 220 sites in Western Europe.
Enterprise Instant Messaging Takes Center Stage At Conference
Vendors of all sizes are jockeying for position as businesses weigh key issues to make IM productive at work.
Open Text Makes Portal Play
Collaboration vendor acquires Corechange so it can offer improved end-to-end capabilities for customers looking to minimize the number of vendors they use.
Sun Readies New Software Pricing Plan
The vendor will offer customers three ways to buy its software and plans to integrate its offerings to go after smaller businesses.
New York Board Of Trade Is Heading Home
The exchange signs a lease that will return its operations to Lower Manhattan for the first time since Sept. 11, 2001.
Security Firm Says Nokia 6210 Mobile Phones Vulnerable To Attack
Advisory from @stake says a maliciously designed vCard, used to exchange contact information, could make the handsets lock up or freeze.
Study: Internet's Still Bigger On This Side Of The Atlantic
Analysis by research firm eMarketer says Internet use in Europe may never reach U.S. levels.
Content Management Meets Business-Process Management
Unisys will incorporate Q-Link's business-process management platform into its content-management offering.
Sockeye's Tiered Access Saves Money
Global Route 3.0 lets companies balance traffic loads across ISPs for better efficiency and reduced cost.
Study: IT And Business Still Aren't Aligned
Gartner report says companies don't have a positive view of IT and business managers' ability to work together to support company goals.
Sun Banks On Multithreading To Boost Performance On UltraSparc
By 2005, the vendor plans to offer blades that can perform 15 times faster than the UltraSparc IIi.
Imaging And Printing Fuels Profit Boom At HP
The company reports first-quarter net income of $721 million, its best quarter since merging with Compaq.
Rescue Specialist's Mission: Calm Frantic Data Losers
Data-rescue company DriveSavers adds a specialist to talk down frantic users who've lost their data.
Tracker Suite Upgrade Eases Project And Resource Management
Version 6.0 makes it easier for companies to track the components related to projects.
Microsoft Offers Free Tools For XP Migration
The toolkit includes software for evaluating application compatibility and security.
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