Monthly Archives: October 2002
CIOs: Tech Will Drive Economic Recovery
NEW YORK—The IT function could be the leading factor in pulling the economy out of its slump, according to the chief information officers at...
IBM Bets $10 Billion on On-Demand Computing
New York—Speaking before a group of about 300 customers assembled at the American Museum of Natural History, IBM CEO Sam Palmisano outlined a $10...
T-Mobile Signs Wi-Fi Deals With Airlines
T-Mobile USA Inc. on Wednesday announced deals with three airlines to set up wireless hot spots for business travelers in airports across the country.American...
Borland to Buy TogetherSoft for $185 Million
Borland Software Corp. on Wednesday continued its buying spree this month, announcing that it intends to acquire Java development tools maker TogetherSoft Corp. for...
E-mail Risks are Taking a Toll on the Rewards
Recently, my colleague Peter Coffee wrote a column discussing how e-mail is often misused in areas such as discussions and collaboration, where dedicated systems...
Feds Release Guidelines for Securing IT
The federal government on Tuesday released for comment a new set of guidelines for securing computer systems and networks. Although the guidelines are intended...
Microsoft Preps .Net Speech Platform
NEW YORK—On Wednesday, Microsoft Corp. took another step toward delivering its .Net platform that will allow developers, customers and integration partners to write and...
AOL Buddies Up with ICQ
In a surprise move, America Online Inc. on Monday took the first steps to enabling interoperability between its AOL client and ICQ in a...
Oracles JDeveloper Gets Personal
Oracle Corp. this week released an upgrade to its Oracle9i JDeveloper Java development platform with new support for modeling, Web services, open source integration...
IBM, Microsoft Offer HIPAA Help
IBM and Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday announced new technology to help organizations prepare and meet the requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability...