Monthly Archives: March 2005
Report: RFID Is a Lost BI Opportunity
RFID is designed to make supply chains more efficient and sophisticated, but the torrent of new product data created by radio-frequency identification systems is...
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Enhances Handheld Trading
Thanks to a software upgrade announced Tuesday, traders using the Chicago Mercantile Exchanges Galax-C handheld trading devices now can trade options on futures for...
Symantecs Hosted Mail Security Offers Off-Site Protection
Symantec Corp. on Wednesday announced its new Symantec Hosted Mail Security to provide enterprises with off-site protection against spam, viruses and other malicious traffic.
The...
Cell Phone Viruses: Real Risk or Heavy on Hype?
Last June, when anti-virus researchers reported the discovery of the first proof-of-concept cell phone virus, analysts and experts immediately predicted a coming wave of...
European Domain Name Gets Green Light
A European Union Web address took a critical step toward becoming a reality this week after gaining the approval of the Internets domain-name oversight...
Sybase Announces Database Auditing Tool
Next Monday, Sybase plans to announce the availability of Sybase Data Auditing for the Adaptive Server Enterprise databases. The solution is a reengineered and...
Patent Claims Are a Red Herring, Microsoft Says
Legal organizations scrutinizing the legitimacy of Microsoft Corp.s patent on automatic IP address generation have an "anti-patent" agenda, according to Microsoft.
"This isnt the first...
Biometrics Bring Fingerprint ID to Hospitals
Before a few years ago, biometrics company Ultra-Scan had relatively little interest in the health care sector. But as health information technology started to...
Macromedia Offers Free Web Publishing System Update
Macromedia announced Wednesday that it is offering a free update to its Web Publishing System application suite. The new version includes Macromedia Contribute 3.1...
The Enterprise Strikes Back!
Enterprise organizations are being attacked by a barrage of information technology challenges. From security to storage to regulatory compliance to outsourcing strategies, todays enterprise...