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  • Microsoft releases XML kit, specification

    Posted March 2, 2001 - 1:05 pm

    Microsoft has released a beta version of its XML for Analysis software development kit and an updated XML for Analysis protocol specification, giving developers tools needed to write XML-based applications aimed at spurring the deployment of sophisticated analytical databases across multiple platforms.

  • Ditzel steps down at Transmeta

    Posted March 2, 2001 - 12:27 pm

    David Ditzel, Transmeta's chief executive officer, announced that he will step down from his position and be replaced by the company's president and chief operating officer, Mark Allen.

  • Survey: 66% of ITers are job hunting

    Posted March 2, 2001 - 12:03 pm

    The slowing economy is not keeping IT professionals from seeking greener pastures. An exclusive ITworld.com survey shows two-thirds of the respondents are job hunting. The surprise? It's not money they are after.

  • Study: Many still lax on securing DNS

    Posted March 2, 2001 - 11:36 am

    Companies rushed to upgrade DNS (domain name system) software after being warned in late January of a flaw in widely used DNS software. In recent weeks, however, upgrading has come to a halt, according to consultancy and software firm Men & Mice.

  • Analysis: Boeing IT not all shook up by quake

    Posted March 2, 2001 - 10:24 am

    With more than 400 offices around the world, Boeing's datacenters can't go offline -- ever. That's why backup power is only the first step in preparing the company for the unexpected as Boeing vice president Christopher Kent leads an ongoing server consolidation effort.

  • Oracle hit by users' IT spending delays

    Posted March 2, 2001 - 10:09 am

    DB leader Oracle Friday said software sales in the fiscal quarter that ended yesterday were affected by IT spending delays at "a substantial number" of its corporate users. Larry Ellison, Oracle's chairman and CEO, said that the company was taken by surprise by a last-minute slowdown in orders from users in the US.

  • Cisco software flaw threatens TCP traffic integrity

    Posted March 2, 2001 - 9:17 am

    Cisco is warning customers of a flaw in its Internetwork Operating System software that could compromise the integrity of TCP traffic sent to and from its routers and switches. The vulnerability exists in all versions of IOS.

  • Former Compaq execs to launch server company

    Posted March 1, 2001 - 6:26 pm

    TWO FORMER EXECUTIVES of Compaq on Tuesday will announce they have formed a new server company that will use alternative processor technology to introduce fresh competition into the already fierce high-density server market.

  • New software manages both SAN and NAS backups

    Posted March 1, 2001 - 6:24 pm

    IN STEP WITH the trend towards the convergence of SAN (storage area network) and NAS (network attached storage) data storage architectures, BakBone Software on Monday added NAS support to its flagship backup and recovery software, a previously SAN-specific solution called NetVault.

  • Lotusphere: AT&T, IBM, Lotus team for ASP product suite

    Posted March 1, 2001 - 6:21 pm

    Lotus, AT&T, and IBM announced at the Lotus Development user conference here Monday that they joined forces to create a suite of hardware, software, and services for ASPs (application service providers).

  • Sun readies latest model of J2EE

    Posted March 1, 2001 - 6:02 pm

    SUN MICROSYSTEMS ON Tuesday will throw a coming-out party for J2EE (Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition) in San Francisco to detail the latest dot release of the Java-based programming environment for enterprise applications.

  • Oracle boosts e-marketplace suite

    Posted March 1, 2001 - 6:00 pm

    ORACLE LAUNCHED ON Tuesday three components for its e-marketplace suite: Supply Chain Exchange, Product Development Exchange, and Transportation Exchange. All are intended to better enable collaboration.

  • RLX adds new competition to server appliance market

    Posted March 1, 2001 - 5:58 pm

    FORMER EXECUTIVES FROM some of the industry's biggest players, including Compaq and Dell, on Tuesday announced they have formed a new server company called RLX Technologies.

  • IBM readies high-powered supercomputer clusters

    Posted March 1, 2001 - 5:56 pm

    LINUX IS ABOUT to test Albert Einstein's theory of relativity.

  • Linux system management package is set

    Posted March 1, 2001 - 5:53 pm

    LINUX SYSTEM MANAGEMENT software received a boost on Tuesday, with Caldera Systems debuting what company officials believe is the first such package for that market capable of managing thousands of distributed systems.

  • Nike blames supply-chain software for profit woes

    Posted March 1, 2001 - 5:50 pm

    The sportswear maker says it will take up to nine months to work its way through installation snags that led to excess inventory and order delays. It blames software it bought from supply-chain management specialist i2 Technologies, but at least one analyst suggests the fault may lie with the customer's installation.

  • Microsoft debuts .NET tool for Web apps

    Posted March 1, 2001 - 5:49 pm

    MICROSOFT ON TUESDAY unveiled a .NET programming technology, Visual Studio for Applications (VSA), which will give developers more flexibility to create customizable Web applications. Microsoft made its announcement at the VSLive conference in San Francisco.

  • Indian government budget boosts IT

    Posted March 1, 2001 - 5:04 pm

    New tax concessions and reductions in import duties announced today by the government, are likely to give a boost to IT in India.

  • Buy.com slashes workforce by half

    Posted March 1, 2001 - 4:46 pm

    Online retailer Buy.com Inc. today disclosed that it will cut its workforce across the board by almost half and significantly reduce outsourcing expenses as part of a major restructuring plan designed to slash the company's operating costs.

  • IDC: Offshore outsourcing increasing from U.S.

    Posted March 1, 2001 - 4:40 pm

    U.S. companies will spend over $17.6 billion on offshore outsourcing in 2005, more than triple the current spending amount, according to a study released Wednesday.

  • Peregrine beefs up asset management software

    Posted March 1, 2001 - 4:34 pm

    Peregrine Systems recently upgraded its asset management product suite to automatically discover network and telephony devices and to track contracts with service providers to see how well they are meeting service-level agreements.

  • Ballots sent out on controversial NCITS proposal

    Posted March 1, 2001 - 4:25 pm

    Paper ballots were sent out Wednesday to all 24 members of the National Committee for Information Technology Standards (NCITS) T13 technical committee, which is working on a controversial standard for preventing the copying and unauthorized distribution of protected content on removable media devices.

  • Gateway pares PC configurations, stresses service

    Posted March 1, 2001 - 4:12 pm

    Stung by what company officials describe as declining customer satisfaction and lower traffic at its network of stores, Gateway on Wednesday announced sweeping changes designed to bring customers back to the direct-sale computer vendor.

  • Verisign, ICANN amend domain agreement

    Posted March 1, 2001 - 3:58 pm

    Dot.coms are getting a bad name, but VeriSign says that's still where the gold is. ICANN and VeriSign announced Thursday that VeriSign will relinquish control of the .org domain for non-profit organizations by December of next year, followed by the .net domain in 2006. But it will keep control of the popular .com domain until 2007.

  • Financial institutions grapple with new privacy regulations

    Posted March 1, 2001 - 3:34 pm

    PUSHED BY CONGRESS into the chilly waters of the new privacy laws, banks and other financial enterprises have until next summer not only to tell customers how their personal data is collected and used but to offer those consumers a way out of data sharing, if they want one.
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