Monthly Archives: April 2003
Security Web Digest: Windows Biometrics, Passport Chips, Government/Private Cooperation … and More
Biometrics
AuthenTec, a maker of fingerprint-recognition sensors, announced on Monday that it signed a deal with Microsoft to integrate software support for biometrics into the...
Microstrategy Ups Revenues; Profits Fall
MicroStrategy Inc. continued the upward trend in business intelligence software company financials, posting gains in revenues while maintaining profitability, the Reston, Va.-based company announced...
Bluestream Upgrades XML Database
Bluestream Database Software Corp. has released an upgrade to its native XML database that features smoother handling of collaborative content management with XML and...
EMC to Ship Cisco SAN Switches
EMC Corp. will ship storage area networking switches from Cisco Systems Inc. by the end of this quarter, officials said Tuesday.Cisco announced its entry...
IT Unemployment On the Rise
The unemployment rate for electrical engineers shot up to an unprecedented 7 percent in the first quarter of 2003, up from 3.9 in the...
Wi-Fi Alliance Begins WPA Certification
The Wi-Fi Alliance announced today that the first round of products has successfully completed Wi-Fi Protected Access interoperability testing, a new security standard replacing...
Products Certified Using New Wireless Security Standard
The Wi-Fi Alliance announced today that the first round of products has successfully completed Wi-Fi Protected Access interoperability testing, a new security standard replacing...
Ericsson Announces More Layoffs
Swedish telecommunications equipment giant Ericsson AB announced that the company will lay off 7,000 more employees than previously planned, owing to a weak market."The...
HP to Ship Itanium-Windows Workstations
Hewlett-Packard Co. next month will begin shipping two workstations powered by Itanium 2 chips and featuring Microsoft Corp.s Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Version 2003.The...
Chambers Optimistic on IT Spending
LAS VEGAS—Cisco Systems Inc. President and CEO John Chambers kicked off the Networld + Interop show this morning with an optimistic talk on the...