Caron Carlson

Data mining—its reliability, usefulness and potential threat to privacy—will be a recurring theme in Congress this year as government agencies attempt to increase their authority to collect, analyze and share information. Privacy rights defenders, worried about the governments habit of dipping into the private sectors wealth of stored data, are calling on Congress to regulate […]

Catering increasingly to enterprises of all sizes, the large incumbent telephone carriers are offering an expanding range of managed network services targeted at businesses. Last week, BellSouth Corp. launched a managed VPN service that supports remote access, intranet, Internet and extranet applications. BellSouth champions its latest enterprise service as offering the robustness of a corporate […]

A federal court Thursday agreed to hear an appeal from two software trade groups contesting Microsoft Corp.s federal antitrust settlement agreement. The groups, the Computer & Communications Industry Association and the Software and Information Industry Association, join Massachusetts and West Virginia in continuing the legal battle that started in 1998. Six other states and the […]

Data mining—its reliability, usefulness and threat to privacy—will be a recurring theme in Congress this year as government agencies attempt to increase their authority to collect, analyze and share information. Privacy rights defenders, worried about the governments habit of dipping into the private sectors wealth of stored data, are calling on Congress to regulate the […]

As the United States prepared to wage war in Iraq, news organizations were rolling out new video services to let viewers keep track of the military action via the Internet. And in a counterattack of their own, Internet filtering companies are updating products to help enterprises preserve bandwidth. Online video services make no bones about […]

As the United States began military attacks on Iraq last week, fears rose at home that the heat of war could pressure Congress to enact new technology-driven domestic police powers without thorough debate or review. Officials at the FBI and other parts of the Department of Justice have been drafting a sequel to the USA […]

IT manufacturers have taken a break from dazzling promises of revolutionary new gear in favor of Spartan, yet practical, real-world technologies. The trend was evident at the CeBIT trade show here last week as scores of companies announced improvements to such products as networking and storage and management offerings that help enterprises integrate assets and […]

HANNOVER, Germany—AT&T Corp. took the opportunity of its presence at the worlds largest trade fair this week to herald its beefed up managed Internet services for enterprise users, particularly those with multinational reach. AT&Ts latest Global Managed Internet Service will boast higher speeds, usage-based billing, Web-based reporting and the option for users to install and […]

HANNOVER, Germany—Bringing Web services to the world of mobility, Sun Microsystems Inc. and Jentro A.G. at CeBIT this week showcased Java-based Web services for the automotive industry. To demonstrate that mobile Web services have moved from theory to reality, the joint Sun/Jentro Telematics Competence Center in Germany built a test vehicle scooter called “Kickjet,” equipped […]

HANNOVER, Germany—PeopleSoft Inc. introduced a new enterprise portal Friday and previewed plans to incorporate instant messaging capabilities from the three leading IM providers into it. The company also said it plans to provide pre-built integration to connect its SRM (supplier relationship management) products to SAP AGs financial modules. Unveiling the developments here at CeBIT, PeopleSoft […]

HANNOVER, Germany—IBM this week at CeBIT is showcasing its e-business-on-demand and dynamic workplaces initiatives, both designed to help organizations reduce operating costs and pay for only those resources needed and used. Wednesday, IBM and Siemens Medical Solutions unveiled here a storage-on-demand service tailored to the health care industry. The notion behind e-business-on-demand is to allow […]

HANNOVER, Germany—Novell Inc. took instant messaging a step further into the enterprise world this week at CeBIT here with the launch of an enhanced, security-conscious communications platform, GroupWise 6.5. Next month, the company will add a messenger feature to the platform, allowing an enterprise to secure its IMs within the organization. While instant messaging is […]