data access in news
BT drives Highway into homes and business
News BT hopes that by 2003 most UK households will have online access through Highway, many analysts expect call traffic to be predominantly data driven by that date. BTHighway - which offers high-speed digital Internet access services - is due to roll... [04 Sep 1998]
In brief: Industry heavyweights launch portable wireless office
News BT, Dell and Nokia have joined together to launch a notebook computer that includes a built-in GSM phone and remote data access facilities. Later in the year they will throw in remote Internet access from Concert Communications as well. [03 Sep 1998]
Microsoft backtracks over database bug
News US reports claim Microsoft has admitted that a bug in its Access database software affects all versions of the product. According to the reports, the company, which had earlier stated that the bug only affects Access 97, said those claims were... [28 Aug 1998]
BA hosts reservation system on Informix backbone
News Mark Callen, sales manager for Informix's commercial business division, said: "Speedwing's new system lowers the entry point to smaller airlines and will give them access to data mining capabilities to boost profits. [27 Aug 1998]
Youthful hacker proves a point
News ISPs will be able to monitor the data packets relatively easily, and this could well lead to Internet access being priced per usage, not per hour," he told Silicon News. He wanted Telia to change its pricing scheme to a flat-rate model, rather than... [21 Aug 1998]
In brief: IBM pushes Ohio standard
News Once presented to the IETF TN3270 work group, the firms hope the standard will be taken up by developers to assist them in gaining access to mainframe data. The programming interface aims to allow Web-based applications to integrate data from IBM... [20 Aug 1998]
Lucent and Sun provide voice and data integration
News The service allows users to access email and fax messages from a conventional phone. Peppas believes the key adopters of any unified messaging service will be small and medium sized enterprises and home office workers who are already using email... [18 Aug 1998]
Microstrategy data broadcaster hits the spot
News Employees are using the application to access information on stocks, sales, products and pricing. DSS Broadcaster, which launched worldwide on August 11, automatically broadcasts data from a repository via email, pager, fax or mobile phone. [14 Aug 1998]
Dialog wins BBC news cutting contract
News The ENC service will run over the BBC's corporate Intranet, and will give reporters, researchers and management desktop access to information from around 80 national and regional publications. Wagner said Dialog's mixture of data, technology and a... [14 Aug 1998]
UK travel agents ignore Web opportunities
News The whole industry needs to switch so everyone can access the data from airlines and travel operators, but at the moment there is no competitive drive. Business people tend to buy components such as flights rather than discounted packages, and a... [10 Aug 1998]
Icom bought out by Keane in £30m deal
News She added that the buyout offered Icom access to expertise in application outsourcing and data warehousing. Icom Systems, the Birmingham financial software company, has been bought by Keane Inc.for £30.6 million. [05 Aug 1998]
In brief: K-NET integrates with European telco
News The ATM network systems integrator will now have access to the European market and will also gain the opportunity to bid for larger international projects. K-NET is to merge with Telfino, a European data and telecoms group. [04 Aug 1998]
In brief: Siemens wins Liverpool MAN contract
News The aim of the project is to set up email for the council's 220 schools and to allow more public access to local government processes and decisions. The task requires linking up existing networks and replacing network infrastructure at the council... [31 Jul 1998]
In brief: StorageTek launches network products
News The first release will be the Access Hub - a multiloop 32-port device for connecting multiple high-capacity storage units. StorageTek aims to address the problems associated with backing up data by releasing an updated line of storage area network... [27 Jul 1998]
Norweb promises IP over power lines by year end
News Norweb Communications has insisted Internet access and voice services over electricity lines will be a reality by the end of the year. Data sent over ordinary power lines will travel at more than one megabit per second - 10 times faster than ISDN. [25 Jul 1998]
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