Monthly Archives: May 2002
WLAN Data on the Loose
While an anonymous message on a security mailing list has reignited the hysteria over the security of wireless LANs, IT managers and industry analysts...
Allchin: Disclosure May Endanger U.S.
A senior Microsoft Corp. executive told a federal court last week that sharing information with competitors could damage national security and even threaten the...
Grim Gratification for IT Whiners
It may be small satisfaction for IT professionals to know that security issues are no longer a matter of "What if?" That was the...
Oracle Takes Hits From All Sides
Oracle Corp. this week will release Oracle9i Database Release 2 amid news that the company is losing ground in the market to IBM and...
Cognos, Zilliant Roll Out Analytical Apps
Customers looking to business intelligence to solve business problems have new options in analytical applications from Cognos Inc. and Zilliant Inc.Cognos, in Ottawa, last...
Microsoft Talks Up .Net Speech
Microsoft Corp. last week announced the beta of its .Net Speech SDK, a Web developer tool based on the Speech Application Language Tags, or...
Macromedia Adds Clustering Features to JRun 4 Upgrade
Macromedia Inc. last week rolled out the latest version of the companys Java application server targeting the midmarket with an entry-priced, industry-standard offering.JRun 4...
Manugistics Sharpens Focus on Profit Optimization Software
Manugistics Group Inc. upped the ante for EPO software makers last week with the announcement that it had acquired Western Data Systems and released...
E-Mail Vendors Target Small Businesses
With complications and question marks looming on the technology horizons for Microsoft Corp.s Exchange and IBMs Lotus Notes, low-cost e-mail server vendors are moving...
Development Tools Deliver a Key App Server Edge
Sun Microsystems Inc.s Java compatibility testing programs have done much to level the Java application server playing field. The standards are always moving forward,...