Monthly Archives: May 2004
Search Latecomers Talk Futures
NEW YORK—Theres more to search than devising the perfect algorithm.Two of the newer kids on the search block—Microsoft and Amazons A9 subsidiary—shared their visions...
Two Open-Source CVS Programs Spring Security Leaks
Critical flaws have been found in two open-source applications: Concurrent Versions System (CVS), a popular open-source application within which many developers store code, and...
Counterpane Unveils Security Services For SMBs
Counterpane Internet Security Inc. this week unveiled a suite of services that incorporates managed security monitoring and intrusion detection, among other functions. The suites...
NetIQ Integrates Security Offerings
NetIQ Corp. on this week announced its Security Management Suite, which integrates its security products so they can be used more seamlessly to address...
Yahoo Releases E-Mail Standard to Fight Spam
Yahoo Inc. this week released standard that would embed outgoing messages with an encrypted digital signature matched to a signature on the server computer...
Cometa Pulls the Plug on Wi-Fi
Strapped for investment capital, Wi-Fi provider Cometa Networks announced on Wednesday that it plans to suspend operations after less than 18 months in business.
AT&T,...
Spam, Viruses Top Messaging Concerns
CIOs and IT managers are most concerned about spam and viruses when it comes to enterprise messaging systems, according a survey from Ferris Research....
TEPR Names Top Two Dozen in Health IT
Officials at the annual health technology conference Toward an Electronic Patient Record (TEPR) handed out awards Wednesday for health IT solutions in categories ranging...
Gates Pushes Power to the People Message
How do you explain Real Simple Syndication (RSS) to 100 CEOs, some of whom are barely comfortable checking their own e-mail?Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates...
Symantec Buys Brightmail, and the Pieces Fit Perfectly
You couldnt call Symantecs purchase of Brightmail a big surprise. The two companies are corporate cousins. Theyre so related they must go to each...