Monthly Archives: September 2002
Virus Could Prove Real Bugbear for Networks
A new mass-mailing virus hit the Internet Monday, and unlike many others of its ilk, carries with it a payload that could do quite...
Team Cracks RSA Encryption Challenge
A worldwide team of volunteers, using spare computing power, found the secret key for a message encrypted with the RC5-64 cipher, winning a $10,000...
StorageTek to Unveil Disk, Tape Upgrades
Storage Technology Corp. next week will announce new versions of its flagship disk array and of its top tape drive, and will also unveil...
Netezza Appliance Speeds Up Queries
A new appliance from Netezza Corp. promises to increase the performance of business intelligence queries by 10 to 20 times.The Netezza Performance Server 8000,...
Network Giants Address Security
Cisco Systems Inc. and Nortel Networks are both giving users more options for securing their networks.Cisco this week announced an upgrade for its security...
J.D. Edwards Extends Its Integration Offering
Enterprise resource planning software vendor J.D. Edwards & Co. on Wednesday announced the release of a new iteration of its eXtended Process Integration (XPI)...
Try Dancing Naked
Feeling stuck in your career, or wondering why you just cant get a job? You might not need a better resume, or more networking...
Osborne: Standards Key to Multimodal Adoption
A common standard for developing multimodal applications—those that combine speech, text and graphics—is closer than ever, according to IBM Corp. executive Ozzie Osborne.Osborne, an...
Precise Aims to Cut Troubleshooting Time
Precise Software Inc. on Tuesday will take the wraps off a new release of its Precise i3 application performance management suite that promises to...
IBM Eyes Hosted Web Services
Signaling an increasing maturity of Web services, IBM is working on a WebSphere-based platform for hosting Web services. Meanwhile, other players, including Microsoft Corp....