Database and Network Journal articles from April 2002

Database and Network Journal archives from April 2002

Mining a FAQ using RightNow Web. (Data Management - Customer Service).
April 1, 2002... RightNow Web is an integrated software package for web- based customer service that has, at its core, a database of answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs). One major design goal is to facilitate end-user interaction with this dynamic...

Free concept paper on understanding Web services. (Data Management - Customer Service).
April 1, 2002... Butler Group, has issued a free concept paper, in association with its Web Services Symposium, explaining what Web Services is and why it is paramount that organisations understand the benefits that Web Services can bring to the organisation....

Defying conventional wisdom - an alternative perspective on data warehousing. (Defying Conventional Wisdom).
April 1, 2002... Running a data warehouse alongside the operational system in the same database is an idea that has long caused debate in IT circles. Indeed, proponents of the received wisdoms of the 80s and 90s might continue to scoff at the very idea. But is...

Open portal strategy for IBM Websphere. (Defying Conventional Wisdom).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Information Builders,has extended WebFOCUS Open Portal Services to support the IBM WebSphere Portal. WebFOCUS Open Portal Services integrates the business intelligence capabilities of WebFOCUS with third-party information portal products, to...

Global telephone access improves as internet gap widens. (Defying Conventional Wisdom).
April 1, 2002... The latter half of the 1990s saw the sharpest rise globally in the rate of telecommunication network growth since the 1950s, while investment in infrastructure exceeded $200 billion in 2000. However, while the gap between developed and...

LINX offers private networks. (Defying Conventional Wisdom).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... The London Internet Exchange (LINX) -- the largest Internet exchange point in Europe -- has commissioned new infrastructure to allow its member ISPs to connect their networks directly rather than through the exchange. The new development, it is...

Sentences applications. (Database News).
April 1, 2002... Lazy Software, has announced the first commercially available suite of applications to be developed by the company. The first version of the application suite, planned for delivery in the second quarter of this year, will comprise six modules:...

`Huge advantages..' in associative model of data.... Bloor Research. (Database News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... In a report, Bloor Research investigates the differences between the associative and relational models of data and stresses the power of the data and metadata are stored side-by-side. Bloor states: `The effect of this different approach to...

IBM's database software easier to manage. (Database News).
April 1, 2002... According to a recent report from independent analyst D.H.Brown IBM's DB2 database software has emerged as an attractive platform for e-businesses looking to improve database administration and significantly lower their total cost of ownership...

NetWorker Modules for IBM databases on Linux. (Database News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Legato Systems, who have released Legato NetWorker Modules for IBM's database software running on Linux say it is the only enterprise-level solution that supports all of IBM's business-critical database applications for Linux. The...

IBM ServerProven for sentences V 2.0. (Database News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Following the installation and product testing of Sentences V 2.0 at IBM Hursley under released versions of IBM WebSphere(R) V 4.0, Lazy Software has achieved ServerProven validation on the xseries Intel(R)-based platform. Comment: ...

Suite of type 3 and type 4 JDBC drivers. (Database News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... DataDirect Technologies, Inc. claims to be the first vendor to provide a comprehensive suite of Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) 1.3 certified JDBC drivers supporting multiple databases. DataDirect Type 3 and Type 4 JDBC technologies...

DT/Studio to help SMEs. (Database News).
April 1, 2002... Embarcadero Technologies DT/Studio, is an Extraction, Transformation and Loading (ETL) application that enables data integration for data migration, application integration and data warehousing. It is designed to allow users to move and operate...

ER/Studio 5.1 available. (Database News).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
April 1, 2002... ER/Studio 5.1 provides the ability to model reference data, and help users enhance data model clarity and usability. The latest release also adds enhanced physical database support through storage objects, and support for Oracle 9i and IBM DB2...

CACHE outperforms Oracle in IT survey. (Database News).(KLAS Enterprises survey)
April 1, 2002... lntersystems Corp have announced the results of a survey comparing lntersystems and Oracle database technology conducted by the KLAS Enterprises over 110 healthcare IT executives. The study compared the performance of leading healthcare...

SQLJ: the next step in database access with Java. (Recent Literature).(Java Programming with Oracle SQLJ)
April 1, 2002... Until recently, Java programmers working in an Oracle environment have primarily used JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) to access data within an Oracle database. SQLJ is a technology that serves the same purpose, but goes further than JDBC. In...

"Access Database Design & Programming". (Recent Literature).
April 1, 2002... More complex than other applications in the Microsoft Office Suite, Access requires careful database planning and custom programming using the VBA language to bring out its true power and flexibility. Unfortunately, when using software products...

Mobile code - there is nowhere to hide. (Viewpoint).(Column)
April 1, 2002... Network security is a common enough phrase, regularly bandied about and we all know how important it is to protect our networks. The rise in the number of nasty computer viruses, worms and hack-attacks has made us more aware of how damaging and...

European mobile workers add to network management misery. (Network News).
April 1, 2002... Forty percent of European network managers, including a high 54% in the UK, believe the growing use of notebooks in the workplace has complicated network management. Over half of the UK (51%) and German 53% respondents believe increased network...

Global mobile forecasts to 2010. (Network News).(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... 3G new entrants will face massive difficulty in gaining new mobile subscribers, even in markets that are not yet saturated, due to the falling growth in subscribers. After several years of heady growth -- over 100% in many markets --...

Spectrum manages ATM network resources. (Network News).(SPECTRUM ATM Circuit Manager from Aprisma Management Technologies)(Product Announcement)
April 1, 2002... Aprisma Management Technologies, have extended its SPECTRUM suite to manage ATM networked infrastructures. The SPECTRUM ATM Circuit Manager provides, it is claimed, enterprise and service provider organisations with the resources for assuring...

Internet Exchange switches 250 trillionth packet. (Network News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... The London Internet Exchange (LINX) -- the largest Internet exchange point in Europe has switched its 250 trillionth (250,000,000,000,000th) packet of data since its foundation in 1994. An average packet of data consists of between 450 and 550...

Voice Over IP Management. (Network News).
April 1, 2002... NetIQ, has announced its Authorised Reseller Programme for Voice over IP (VoIP) Management which enables authorised resellers of NetIQ Voice Over IP (VoIP) products to offer a complete VoIP assessment and management solution. The programme is...

AppManager and XMP modules for UNIX, Linux and Novell NetWare. (Network News).(AppManager for Sun Solaris, AppManager for Novell NetWare, AppManager for Red Hat Linux, AppManager for HP7UX, and AppManager for IBM AIX from NetIQ)(Product Announcement)
April 1, 2002... NefIQ, have announced the availability of the first wave of its monitoring and management support for UNIX (Sun Solaris, HP-UX, IBM AIX), Linux (Red Hat) and Novell NetWare. The new cross-platform AppManager modules are designed to bring...

Call analysis cuts mobile crime. (Network News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Analysing the length and cost of calls could play a major role in the fight against mobile phone crime, according to SPSS. Using data contained in individual user's call records, mobile phone companies can build up a picture of how each...

Network Operations Centre. (Network News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... 186k, the telecoms business of Lattice Group, has the opened, what is claimed to be, the UK's most technically advanced Network Operations Centre (NOC) at its headquarters in Reading. The NOC employs a Remote Fibre Testing System (RFTS),...

easynet Ethernet Anywhere. (Network News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... easynet Ethernet Anywhere, is a high speed, short, medium and long-haul Ethernet networking solution allowing companies to link dispersed local sites through private Ethernet connections across the UK. It is designed to provide businesses with...

Development tool for new Intel XSeale processors. (Network News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Wind River, has delivered its development solution for the new Intel PXA250 and PXA2 10 processors targeting next-generation wireless and mobile consumer electronics equipment. Wind River support for the Intel XScale technology-based PXA250 and...

Legato NetWorker extends NDMP-NAS protection to Windows backup servers. (Network Products).(Legato NetWorker 6.2)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
April 1, 2002... Legato NetWorker 6.2, adds the capability for Windows-based backup servers to provide enterprise-level protection of UNIX and Windows data for NDMP-compliant (Network Data Management Protocol) Network Attached Storage (NAS) file servers. ...

LANguard Network Scanner upgraded. (Network Products).(Product Announcement)
April 1, 2002... LANguard Network Scanner 2.0 is a commercial and freeware tool for conducting security audits on Windows-based networks. The $99 commercial edition permits administrators to compare consecutive scan results for identification of new security...

Netcool solutions. (Network Products).
April 1, 2002... NetIQ have announced that NetIQ's AppManager Connector, the Extended Management Pack Connector and the VOIP Manager Connector are certified as Neteool Ready solutions. As a member of the Micromuse Alliance Program, NetIQ has developed three...

Mobile access to Windows XP. (Network Products).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... TDK Systems' mobile communications solution, GlobalPulse, is now available for users of Widows XP, without the continual cost of licence upgrades, Comment: GlobalPulse is a software application which replaces a modem with a cable...

Advanced Administrative Tools 5.0. (Network Products).(G-Lock Software)
April 1, 2002... AATools, from G-Lock Software Inc, gathers information on the computer, network status, service availability, and checks everything vital to the network security, including the utilization of tools to check open ports, proxies, email lists,...

MapX Mobile for Pocket PCs'. (Network Products).(MapInfo)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... MapInfo MapX Mobile, is a Windows-based software developer's tool for creating customized mapping applications on Pocket PC devices. Using MapX Mobile, developers can create custom-made applications that allow a mobile workforce with the...

ILOG JTGO 3.0. (Network Products).
April 1, 2002... ILOG JTGO 3.0 is designed for creating user interfaces that can enable network operators with real-time service level monitoring capability to improve quality of service (QoS), and service level agreement (SLA) compliance. Applying ILOG...

Asset Tracker for Networks 1.3. (Network Products).(Alchemy Laboratories)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Asset Tracker for Networks 1.3 is designed to manage software and hardware components installed on network computers. It collects current data on installed sol, are and hardware from each network workstation, including, but not limited to,...

FileMaker Mobile 2 for Palm OS. (Network Products).(Product Announcement)
April 1, 2002... FileMaker Mobile 2 Companion for Palm OS, is new software to transfer and synchronise data between FileMaket Pro 5.5 v2 databases on desktop computers and Palm OS handhelds. The new software supports Mac OS X, Mac OS and Windows. FileMaker...

IBM software supports Web services. (Network Products).(Product Announcement)
April 1, 2002... IBM have announced new WebSphere products and development tools, enabling customers to build and deploy more sophisticated Web services applications. Web services provide companies with an open-standards-based approach to compose and integrate...

FaxControl. (Network Products).(Equisys fax software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
April 1, 2002... FaxControl, is a software add-on that enhances the archiving and reporting functionality of Zetafax, the SME and departmental network fax server. Using FaxControl users can manage and monitor faxes remotely via the internet. Users search...

API toolkit. (Network Products).(Zetafax)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Using the Zetafax API toolkit, users can develop faxing functionality from any application using COM (Component Object Model) objects. This enhancement enables users to utilise the native support for COM in Visual Basic and C++. The COM...

Visual UpTime v6.0. (Network Products).(Teneo)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
April 1, 2002... Visual UpTime v 6.0 now available from Teneo Ltd provides improved performance management support for ATM services and complex, mixed ATM and frame relay network environments. Comment: "It is not an `either/or' decision for ATM and...

Security issues in 2002. (Security).
April 1, 2002... The year of the virus 2001 was the year of the virus, or so it seems to the vast majority of us who were unwittingly affected. During the last 12 months, worms, Trojans and viruses have got nastier, more sophisticated and ever more...

Server consolidation: cost saving but what about security? (Security).
April 1, 2002... Through conscientious planning, Year 2K didn't bring the global IT disaster some feared, but it did highlight another problem for IT managers. After years of adding servers in distributed client/server environments, IT managers Finally...

The illusion of security. (Security).
April 1, 2002... The biggest threat to corporate security today may well be the plethora of security products widely deployed. That is not to say that companies should not be investing in security but rather that more attention needs to be paid to matching...

Proactive security: safeguards to make the net work. (Security).
April 1, 2002... When the first PC virus appeared in 1987, nobody thought about networks, let alone the Internet. Back then, the only way for malicious code to travel from one computer to another was to infect a program and wait for it to be copied manually....

`Track and trail' targets fraudsters at point of sale. (Security News).(Conchango)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
April 1, 2002... Conchango has launched `track and trail', an integrated detection solution, to help retailers fight against fraud. According to the British Retail Consortium, fraud claims 2-5% of a retailer's annual turnover, and spending on crime prevention...

Girl composes virus in C#. (Virus Notes).
April 1, 2002... Sophos, have issued protection against the first ever virus written in C#, Microsoft's newest programming language, which can run natively on NET platforms. The Sharp virus (aliases: W32/Sharp-A and W32/Sharpei@mm) is a proof of concept virus,...

New Internet worm "Cervivec". (Virus Notes).
April 1, 2002... Kaspersky Labs, reports the detection of the Internet-worm known as I-Worm. Cervivec; an Internet worm virus spreading via the Internet as an email attachment. The worm itself is a Windows PE EXE file about 230Kb in size, written in Delphi...

Virus Zircon.c on internet. (Virus Notes).(Kaspersky Labs report)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Kaspersky Labs, reports the detection of a new version of the Internet-worm known as Zircon. Zircon.c, which is distinct from two previous forms, has achieved wide distribution across the Internet. Zircon.c spreads via e-mail in the form of an...

Kaspersky Lab present the virus top twenty for February 2002. (Virus Notes).(table)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Kaspersky Lab presents the Virus Top Twenty for February 2002. I-Worm.Klez 61.5% I-Worm.Badtransll 28.5 I-Worm.Sircam 1.5 I-Worm.Hybris 1.4 I-Worm.Aliz ...

Top ten for February from SOPHOS. (Virus Notes).(table)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Top Ten For February From SOPHOS W32/MyParty-A % (My Party) 18.9 W32/Badtrans-B (Badtrans variant) 15.7 W32/Klez-E(Klez variant) 13.5 W32/Klez-G(Klez variant) 10.0...

Free Sign-Up fee offer. (Security).(FIZ Karlsruhe's STN service promotion)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... FIZ Karlsruhe, the European Service Centre of STN Int. has an offer until Aug 2002 that enables new users to sign up to the STN service without paying the registration fee. New users also receive a free search coupon and can buy the STN Express...

BT Ignite launches `Online' Collaboration. (Security).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... BT Ignite have released a set of managed and scalable "software as a service" messaging and collaborative working applications, for small and mid-sized companies. Called Online Collaboration from BT Ignite, the range of services is designed to...

E-mail Campaign Management Tool. (Security).(from Identex)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... The Email Campaign Management Tool developed in-house by Identex with Microsoft .NET technology, is designed to create and implement customised email campaigns for customer acquisition, retention and development. The tool can be delivered on a...

UK business information wrong. (IT News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... New research shows that managers are wasting too much time chasing business data and urgently need single-point access to corporate information in order to make faster, more informed analysis and use metrics-driven management processes. In...

IT management grapple with business strategy. (IT News).
April 1, 2002... According to a new survey from the UK National Computing Centre, aligning IT strategy with business strategy is the most significant concern for senior IT management. The NCC Survey of IT Strategy 2002 (part of the Survey of IT User series, now...

Fast warning to corporate members. (IT News).(FAST Corporate Services)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... FAST Corporate Services has issued a warning to its corporate members -- unless they can demonstrate a progress toward software compliance their membership of FAST will cease. FAST stated "We are reviewing members who mistakenly believe...

China systems promotes IILOG software. (IT News).(ILOG, EuroNext SICOVAM, China National Computer Software and Technology Service Corp.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... ILOG, EuroNext SICOVAM, and China National Computer Software & Technology Service Corp. (CS&S) are to promote ILOG software components in mainland China, including the establishment of a joint demonstration centre at CS&S headquarters in...

Development platform for DSP-powered embedded devices. (IT News).(Wind River Systems' SPWorks)(SPWorks)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
April 1, 2002... SPWorks from-Wind River Systems Inc. is a complete development platform for applications powered by digital signal processors (DSPs). The new platform provides the VSPWorks real-time operating system (RTOS) and GUI-driven development tools, for...