Monthly Archives: March 2004
Former WorldCom CEO Indicted
Bernard Ebbers, former CEO of WorldCom Inc.— now doing business as MCI— was indicted today for conspiracy and securities fraud for his alleged role...
Microsoft Readies Another Cut-Rate Windows Bundle
Right after dropping hints that it is readying new initiatives to combat the growth and popularity of open-source software overseas, Microsoft Corp. acknowledged Tuesday...
Oracle Seeks Microsofts Help in Fending Off DOJ
Oracle Corp. will indeed turn to Microsoft Corp. for help in fending off the U.S. Department of Justice as it attempts to acquire PeopleSoft...
Who Will Win the SMTP Authentication Wars?
Probably the single biggest news out of last weeks RSA conference was Microsofts announcement of its Caller ID for E-Mail standard. Caller ID may...
Mastering Negotiations
CIOs may be ace technologists and darn good numbers people too, but negotiating with vendors often isnt their kettle of fish. Vendors can be...
Oracle Promises a Fight
Oracle Corp. is challenging a civil suit to be lodged by the U.S. Department of Justice and seven states that seeks to block the...
PNC Cashes in on Data Cleansing
/zimages/5/17485.gifPNC Banks information-systems team wasnt thinking about compliance with the Patriot Act when it started a cleanup of customer files in 2000. The Sept....
The Road Less Traveled: Merrill Lynch & Co.
Sept. 11 was the great divide. Decisions companies made about technology infrastructure, personnel, security, business resilience and supply-chain protection took on a much more...
Iona Debuts Mainframe App
Iona Technologies PLC.s new Artix Mainframe integration software makes it possible to extend legacy mainframe applications into a service-oriented architecture, company officials said.The application,...
IBM to Sun: Open Up Java
IBM is calling Sun Microsystems Inc.s bluff and asking the Java steward to join in developing an open-source implementation of Java.The Armonk, N.Y., company...