networks and applications business
Lack of applications holding back Bluetooth uptake
News John Vaccaro, VP mobile and wireless systems EMEA at Symbol Technologies, said: "Ultimately there needs to be a business need to drive data application deployment because without an application to address a business need the data doesn't give any... [22 May 2000]
Microsoft passes the Love buck
Comment In the final analysis, it's up to those anti-virus vendors to secure networks and provide fixes, the software giant says. The ones that remained Love Bug free were all running non-Microsoft operating systems or applications: in the main either... [05 May 2000]
Peter Fuchs off to TheBrain.com
News Brain.com enables businesses and individuals link files, documents, and Web pages across applications and networks online. TheBrain.com, a Web site that provides data storage and management applications, has poached top Andersen Consulting... [03 May 2000]
Nortel launches B2B incubator scheme
News Nortel Networks has launched its Clarify eBusiness Applications Unit, which aims to provide enterprises and service providers with business-to-business applications and services for deploying Web-based marketplaces. [28 Mar 2000]
Windows 2000 Special: Roll-out! Roll-out! The greatest OS on earth?
Comment Advanced Server, priced at £3,185*, is for larger networks and ecommerce applications. DataCentre Server, due out mid-year, is designed to kill off the mainframe and run mission-critical business applications. [21 Feb 2000]
Cisco pays $567m for Altiga and Compatible in VPN drive
News Altiga is a provider of VPN systems for remote access applications while Compatible Systems provides VPN's for service provider networks. Cisco is to pay $567m for Altiga Networks and Compatible Systems in an attempt to boost its virtual private... [20 Jan 2000]
European SAN market set for boom
News The consultancy said: "Data has been growing exceptionally rapidly over the past few years, and with the load of information being generated from enterprise resource planning applications, customer relationship management, data warehousing... [18 Jan 2000]
How ecommerce has repainted the storage landscape
Comment Demand for ecommerce has created projects driven by business intelligence and this is making storage a much higher priority for the IT director," Rabbetts argued. Paul Gostick, marketing manager at Sun Professional Services, believes companies face... [10 Jan 2000]
Survey reveals CRM crisis in global corporates
News While many companies are employing customer-facing applications such as call centres and Web sites integrated with front, back and mobile offices, Meta estimates the world's largest companies will have to spend as much as $250m over the next two... [27 Oct 1999]
Gates urges UK to take ecommerce to next level
News Microsoft chairman and CEO, Bill Gates, was in London this week to call on Britain's business leaders to see ecommerce as an opportunity, not a threat. Gates said he expected to see many more mobile devices connected to the Internet, but said third... [14 Oct 1999]
Smartcard trial paves way for secure ecommerce
News Anders Hoffman, senior director of business development for iD2, said: "With the help of PKI you provide a common secure platform both for corporate and public networks, and you can use it for all types of applications. [26 Aug 1999]
HP unveils 'intelligent' security tool
News Hewlett-Packard (HP) has released details of a product designed to reveal security holes in networks - and fix them. The company claims the product - SFProtect - analyses operating systems and major applications to identify and fix potential... [24 Aug 1999]
Network downtime: the finger of blame points at end users
Comment They should look at how much their network is worth to their business - even for a small or medium business losing access to email and applications every month has an impact on their business. Dieter Van Acken, director of corporate marketing at... [16 Jul 1999]
3Com chief predicts a converged future
News Benhamou denied claims that convergence is not yet a business issue, saying it is already having an impact on carriers, enterprise networks and even consumers. Benhamou also said we will soon see completely new applications to take advantage of... [21 Jun 1999]
IBM updates e-business software
News AIX version 4.3 includes Version 2.02 WebSphere Application for moving from simple Web publishing to ecommerce applications and Fast Connect Version 2.1 for running Microsoft networks. IBM has announced its updated e-business software for the RS... [11 Jun 1999]
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