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Both Cisco Systems Inc. and Oracle Corp. have announced new professional certifications for IT professionals focusing on their respective products. The four new Cisco certifications are all security focused. One is a new professional title, the Cisco Certified Security Professional (CCSP). Cisco describes it as providing network professionals with professional-level recognition in designing and implementing […]

The non-profit owner of the leading professional certification program for security managers has charged that a rival groups plan to offer a comparable certification will confuse the market and force security professionals to obtain multiple credentials. Officials from the ISC2 (International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium Inc.) posted a statement on the organizations Web site […]

Apple Computer Inc. today said that its first external storage product wont hit the market until at least early 2003, according to a posting on the companys corporate Web site. “Weve received an overwhelming thumbs up on our Xserve 1U rack-mount server from customers and reviewers since it started shipping in July and now were […]

Pretec Inc. has announced what it claims are the worlds largest CompactFlash cards, available in capacities ranging from 1.5 Gbytes to 3.0 Gbytes. With many PDAs and other portable decvices like digital camera using CompactFlash cards for to store images and other data, the demands for portable storage has steadily increased. But if youd like […]

Amid executive resignations, layoffs and negative fiscal projections, storage switch maker Brocade Communications Systems Inc. announced on Thursday income of $15.7 million for the fourth quarter, down from $18.3 million last quarter, Chairman and CEO Greg Reyes said. However, Brocades revenue for the quarter was $153.1 million, up slightly from $151.2 million in the prior […]

The bleak IT job market may finally be showing signs of improving, according to a survey of human resources executives at technology-oriented businesses recently conducted by TMP Worldwide Executive Search, a unit of TMP Worldwide, Inc., in N.Y. According to the Web-based survey, 46 percent of respondents said they plan to increase headcounts over the […]

Put yourself in Steve Ballmers shoes. With antitrust suits looming, youve been forced to ask yourself what a variety of judges and prosecutors would think about every major move you might make. But, following a settlement with the Department of Justice, the legal clouds have begun to lift, and youre freer now to act than […]

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Stan Shih, Chairman of Acer Inc., of Taipei, Taiwan, has been hailed as a visionary in the computer industry. Acer and its subsidiaries, which once manufactured computers, monitors and motherboards for many of the top U.S. brands, is now one of the Top 10 brands in the United States. Acer, however, faces formidable competition abroad, […]

Roundtable, pg . 1″> Members of eWeeks Corporate Partner Advisory Board recently convened to discuss their organizations IT priorities for the coming year. Moderated by Technology Editor Peter Coffee, the roundtable focused on the increasingly difficult challenge of creating competitive advantage with limited budgets. Linux is intriguing, the Corporate Partners say, but other enterprise applications […]

Gates Brings Cash to India Bill Gates left a half a billion dollars behind on his trip to India last week. The billionaire co-founder and chairman of Microsoft pledged $100 million of his own money to fight AIDS. He also said his software company will spend $400 million in India over the next three years […]

In the realm of legal procedure, it seems nothing is ever really over. And yet, with Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotellys recent ruling in the Microsoft antitrust case, there are plenty of signs that its time to move on. To be sure, we have regrets about the last roughly half-decade of proceedings. First, things dragged on much […]