Corporate IT Update articles from January 2003

Corporate IT Update archives from January 2003

CA provides software for PC World Business' Virtual I.T. Manager.(Computer Associates International)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD PC World Business, a supplier of IT products and services to business users, has implemented software from Computer Associates (CA) to run its new Virtual I.T. Manager service. The...

Getronics reveals most common help desk calls in January.(Brief Article)
January 3, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Information and communication technology company Getronics has released a list of the top five reasons that computer users call their IT help desk in January. The most common cause...

New desktop printer launched by .(Kyocera Mita FS-6020 )(Brief Article)
January 7, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Document imaging company Kyocera Mita has announced the immediate availability of its FS-6020 desktop printer. The device operates at speeds of up to 20 pages per minute or 11...

Jenison distributes Harvard ManageMentor PLUS.(Brief Article)
January 7, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Provider of e-learning courseware, Jenison Interactive Training, has announced the UK distribution of an enhanced version of the Harvard ManageMentor developed by Harvard Business...

Exabyte ships new tape drive for Mac users.(VXA-2 with FireWire)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Tape storage solutions provider Exabyte Corp has announced the immediate availability of a VXA-2 tape drive for Mac users. VXA-2 with FireWire is capable of storing 160GB of...

Mobile use by companies set to increase in 2003 claims Deloitte Consulting.(Brief Article)
January 10, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Management consulting firm Deloitte Consulting has issued a number of predictions for the mobile market in Europe for 2003. The company claims that organisations that use mobile...

Equisys ships version 3.0 of its Zetalink mobile connectivity product.(Brief Article)
January 10, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Business communications software vendor Equisys has announced the immediate availability of Zetalink 3.0. The latest version of the product contains a CRM Connector which provides...

Technology Associates brings Tenrox PSA to the UK.(enterprise database)(Brief Article)
January 10, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Microsoft Project solutions, training and consultancy supplier Technology Associates International has launched the Tenrox PSA solution in the UK. The new product offering is an...

Dantz lowers price and adds more licenses to Retrospect Desktop Backup for Mac OS.(Dantz Development)(Brief Article)
January 10, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Macintosh backup and restore software provider Dantz Development Corp has made a number of improvements to its Retrospect Desktop Backup for Mac OS product. The software now...

IdentityMinder now available from Netegrity.(identity management software )(Brief Article)
January 13, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Identity and access management provider Netegrity Inc has announced the immediate availability of IdentityMinder. The identity management software lets companies manage their users...

Pims launches ListLogix.(contact management system)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Provider of marketing, communications and printing solutions, Pims, has announced the launch of its cost-efficient and time-saving media and financial community contact management...

Parity says employees should be educated in the outcome of Internet abuse.(Brief Article)
January 15, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD IT services, training and resource provider, Parity, argues that organisations cannot rely solely on the monitoring of software to overcome employee abuse of e-mail and the Internet....

Data Integrator 6.0 available now from Business Objects.(Brief Article)
January 15, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Business intelligence solutions provider Business Objects has launched version 6.0 of its Data Integrator product. The data integration tool is designed to accelerate data movement...

New NAS gateway to be released by Spinnaker.(Spinnaker Networks SpinServer 3300G)(Brief Article)
January 15, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Storage systems developer Spinnaker Networks has announced the upcoming availability of its SpinServer 3300G product. The new offering is a NAS gateway that utilises Spinnaker's...

Acterna launches software solution for managing cable network testing.(Acterna FDM-100 Field Data Management Software)(Brief Article)
January 15, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Cable network test and management solutions provider Acterna has introduced its Acterna FDM-100 Field Data Management Software. The software can be used to manage test instruments...

NJ95 Network Jack ships from 3Com.(Brief Article)
January 16, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Networking products provider 3Com Corp has announced the immediate availability of its NJ95 Network Jack. The new offering provides organisations with a method of expanding a...

Infonet introduces Arena network reporting service.(Infonet UK)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Infonet UK Ltd, a provider of managed network communications services, has announced the launch of its new network reporting service, Arena. Arena is underpinned by NetworkVantage...

Microsoft offers enhancements for MOM.(Microsoft Operations Manager)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Microsoft Corp has announced the availability of enhancements to Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2000. According to Microsoft the enhancements provide customers and their...

Siemens and O2 work together to supply mobile solutions to businesses.(Brief Article)
January 16, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD An agreement has been entered into by mobile operator O2 and communications supplier Siemens for the delivery of mobile solutions to UK organisations. Both companies will offer...

PowerQuest launches new version of its disaster recovery product.(PowerQuest V2i Protector 1.1)(Brief Article)
January 17, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Storage lifecycle automation supplier PowerQuest Corp has launched version 1.1 of its PowerQuest V2i Protector product. The new offering is an upgrade to PowerQuest Protector which...

FairADSL releases no-frills business broadband product.(Brief Article)
January 17, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD UK broadband provider FairADSL has announced the immediate availability of an ADSL package that is aimed specifically at UK businesses. A spokesperson for FairADSL said that a...

LogicaCMG survey shows European executives enthusiastic about mobile working.(Brief Article)
January 17, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Management and IT consultancy, systems integration and outsourcing services provider LogicaCMG has completed a survey that shows the majority of European executives are in favour of...

Electronic Frontier introduces ZyAIR product range to the UK.(Brief Article)
January 20, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Data communications, networking and ICT products distributor Electronic Frontier Ltd has announced the UK availability of the ZyAIR family of WLAN products from ZyXEL Communications...

IBM ships new eServer x225.(Brief Article)
January 21, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD IBM has announced the immediate availability of a new server solution that is aimed specifically at the SME market. The IBM eServer x225 includes tools that can be used to make...

Autonomy launches Education metadata tag creation module.(Brief Article)
January 21, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Infrastructure software provider Autonomy Corp plc has released its Autonomy Education module for creating metadata tags. The module analyses text and then presents all of the...

ISS introduces two new security products.(Internet Security Systems' RealSecure SiteProtector 2.0 and RealSecure Fusion 2.0 )(Brief Article)
January 21, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Threat prevention software and services supplier Internet Security Systems Inc (ISS) has revealed version 2.0 of its RealSecure SiteProtector and Fusion products. RealSecure...

Midland Software ships Trent 4.(Brief Article)
January 21, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD HR management software and services provider Midland Software Ltd has announced the immediate availability of Trent 4. The new HR management and payroll product supports the...

Avaya Unified Communication Centre available soon from Avaya.(hardware and software suite )(Brief Article)
January 21, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Communications networks and services provider Avaya Inc has introduced its Unified Communication Centre hardware and software suite. The new offering delivers wireless, web and...

Ipswitch ships WhatsUp Gold 8.0.(network monitoring tool )(Brief Article)
January 22, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Internet productivity software provider Ipswitch Inc has launched version 8.0 of its WhatsUp Gold network monitoring tool product. The new version of the software has reportedly...

Trema Finance KIT 6.0 shipping from Trema.(Brief Article)
January 22, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Financial software solutions provider Trema has announced the immediate availability of its Trema Finance KIT 6.0. The new offering is designed for use by asset managers to automate...

SonicWALL offers two new security appliances.(PRO 230 and PRO 330 )(Brief Article)
January 22, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Internet security solutions supplier SonicWALL Inc has launched two new Internet security appliances with firewall capabilities and VPN features. SonicWALL's PRO 230 and PRO 330...

NTA Monitor launches VPN fingerprinting tool.(IKE Scan)(Brief Article)
January 22, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Internet security testing company NTA Monitor has released a fingerprinting tool for scanning and identifying VPN servers within a network. IKE Scan is designed to be used by an...

IBM releases eServer iSeries.(Brief Article)
January 22, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Creator, developer and manufacturer of information technologies IBM has announced the launch of the its IBM eServer iSeries which, according to the company, delivers prepackaged...

VSM secure e-mail service launched by Protx.(Brief Article)
January 23, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Secure Internet solutions provider Protx has announced the immediate availability of its VSM secure e-mail product. The new offering is designed to be used by businesses to send out...

UK workers install e-mail at home to avoid being monitored at work claims Amstrad survey.(Brief Article)
January 24, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new survey has been carried out by telecomms products manufacturer Amstrad has revealed that 26% of all UK employees with e-mail at home installed it because they were monitored at...

Aladdin survey finds majority of IT professionals expecting bigger security budget in 2003.(Aladdin Knowledge Systems Ltd)(Brief Article)
January 24, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Digital security company Aladdin Knowledge Systems Ltd has found that 67% of all IT professionals expect to increase security spending in 2003. Other results showed that 29% were...

Red Letter e-mail solution available now from Meticulus.(Brief Article)
January 24, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Document management systems developer Meticulus Solutions has introduced a new secure e-mail solution that offers increased security and proof of delivery. The Red Letter server...

Avaya launches 'plug and play' voice and data system for medium-sized businesses.(Integrated Stackable Telephony System )(Brief Article)
January 24, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Business communications networks and services provider Avaya Inc has launched its Integrated Stackable Telephony System (ISTS) for fully integrated IP telephony, IP switching and...

REVIEW: Avoiding Disaster: How To Keep Your Business Going When Catastrophe Strikes.(Book Review)
January 27, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD For some reason the vast majority of companies who have suffered some form of a catastrophe - such as lightning, fire or burglary - were always 'just about' to plan some contingency...

Times Online launches series on customer relationship management.(Brief Article)
January 27, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Online news resource Times Online has launched a customer relationship special with UK telecomms company BT. The eight part series aims to inform readers of customer relationship...

VorteXML Server ships from Datawatch Europe.(Brief Article)
January 28, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Enterprise reporting, infrastructure and IT support solutions provider Datawatch Europe has announced the immediate availability of its VorteXML Server. The new offering automates...

Netscalibur survey finds teleworking increases productivity in the UK.(Brief Article)
January 28, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Managed IP services provider Netscalibur has conducted research on the extent to which teleworking is increasing UK productivity and work/life balance. The company reported that...

Symantec launches new network security product.(ManHunt Smart Agent for Symantec Host IDS )(Brief Article)
January 28, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Internet security company Symantec Corp has launched its ManHunt Smart Agent for Symantec Host IDS. The new offering is designed to be used by an organisation to manage host-based...

Vignette releases two content management applications.(Vignette Content Management Group Suite and the Vignette Content Management Business Suite )(Brief Article)
January 28, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Web application provider Vignette Corp has launched two new applications for managing content when building a web site. Both the Vignette Content Management Group Suite and the...

Sidewinder G2 Enterprise Manager ships from Secure Computing.(security appliance)(Brief Article)
January 29, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Network protection company Secure Computing Corp has announced the immediate availability of its Sidewinder G2 Enterprise Manager. The new security appliance is capable of providing...

NetIQ ships WebTrends Reporting Series 6.0.(Brief Article)
January 29, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD NetIQ, an e-business infrastructure management and intelligence solutions provider, has launched version 6.0 of its WebTrends Reporting Series. The new product includes WebTrends...

Sophos finds that most business PC users blame systems administrators for spread of Slammer virus.(Brief Article)
January 29, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The majority of business PC users are blaming system administrators for the spread of the recent Slammer virus, according to a survey from Sophos, an Internet security company. In...

Norwood and OnRelay team for product integration.(Brief Article)
January 30, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Wireless network provider Norwood Systems has entered into a product integration agreement with OnRelay, a corporate mobile voice systems supplier. Both companies will now work...

Alive starts online campaign for a creative hour in bed for the UK workforce.(Alive Communications)(Brief Article)
January 31, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Business consultancy Alive Communications has begun an online viral marketing campaign to promote an extra hour in bed for the UK workforce. To back up its online campaign Alive has...

Actinic ships the Actinic Link for Sage Line 50 v2.(Actinic Software)(Brief Article)
January 31, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Actinic Software, an e-business software company, has launched version 2 of its Actinic Link for Sage Line 50. The new release is an upgrade for the Actinic Business or Developer...

IBM set to launch Small and Medium Business Advantage programme.(Brief Article)
January 31, 2003... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD IBM has announced the upcoming launch of its Small and Medium Business Advantage initiative. IBM Business Partners taking part in the programme can take part in channel enablement...