databases
RSS databasesBookshop picks up IT award for service to deaf customers
News Lyn Atkinson, co-founder of the Forest Bookshop, told Silicon.com: "As a small business we rely very much on computers for all our customer databases, order processing, stock control and invoice control. [27 Nov 1998]
XML: The future of...everything?
Comment Knowledge management, databases, servers, EDI, middleware, ecommerce - XML is in the early stages of being incorporated into a whole range of applications. The IT industry has a new infatuation: extensible mark-up... [26 Nov 1998]
UK banks warned over online competition
News The report also criticises banks for failing to effectively use their databases. UK high-street banks were given a stern warning today by Deloitte and Touche. A report into the future of retail banking predicted they... [16 Nov 1998]
Signing up the competition - have digital signatures met their match?
Comment By turning the model on its head and looking at the norm, not the exceptions, IBM avoids the need to update its databases with profiles of every new attack. Digital signatures may have hit the headlines for securing... [12 Nov 1998]
Novell accuses Microsoft over one-way integration
News Microsoft's NT 5.0 to NDS synchronisation product, due for release sometime next year, will reportedly tap into Active Directory databases at intervals defined by the administrator to determine what changes, additions... [02 Nov 1998]
XML makes European debut
News Documents stored on over 30 databases include jurisdiction, practice areas and disciplines. Thomas Consulting claims it has just completed the first European Web site written in XML. The site - written for legal... [28 Oct 1998]
DoJ orders Microsoft to open up databases
News Microsoft has been ordered to give the US Department of Justice (DoJ) access to its databases so government prosecutors can garner evidence for their battle against the software giant. The DoJ filed for access to the... [12 Oct 1998]
IT complexity costs top UK firms dearly
News Companies invest in different hardware, databases and applications and the users have to be trained to use different databases to find the information," he said. The UK's top 1,000 companies are losing... [29 Sep 1998]
In brief: Netscape builds support for SAP R/3
News Netscape Application Server (NAS) is to support for SAP R/3 databases using a software extension. SAP customers will be able to connect NAS to their legacy databases, boosting the capabilities of their... [17 Sep 1998]
Liffe hits the road
News The derivatives exchange will hold five roadshow-style events around the UK, preaching the benefits of etrading to private investors, most of whom have been plucked from Liffe and Proshare databases recording individuals... [20 Aug 1998]
In brief: Netscape offers Communicator sneak preview
News The sneak preview includes two new features: Internet Keywords, which allow users to make Web searches in the URL address bar, and What's Related, a feature that automatically generates lists from Netcenter databases of... [18 Aug 1998]
Cannock builds next-generation call centre
News John Howie, technical and marketing director at Cannock, said: "The technology uses multiple streams so it can run on different servers with different databases according to the customers' requirements. [10 Aug 1998]
UK car industry struggles with data
News A survey released yesterday by Cap Gemini reveals that 42 per cent of leading car manufacturers, dealers and importers have primitive customer management databases. Those surveyed recognised that good sales and marketing... [31 Jul 1998]
Database glitches leave C&WC customers stranded
News The database that allocates numbers has a massive backlog, which the telco claims is due to the amalgamation process of the four merged telcos databases'. Thousands of new Cable & Wireless Communications (C&WC)... [29 Jul 1998]
IBM launches Java for the enterprise
News VisualAge for Java 2.0, Professional Edition, offers native Java compilers for a number of platforms including Windows NT, AIX and OS/390 and Java Beans for adding links to JDBC-compatible databases. IBM yesterday... [22 Jul 1998]
