Database and Network Journal articles from April 2003

Database and Network Journal archives from April 2003

Wireless software design techniques. (Database And Network Intelligence).
April 1, 2003... Software developers who develop applications to run on large powerful systems become used to the luxury virtually unlimited memory and processing power. They face a new set of obstacles when they must work within the limited resources available...

Honeypots: the trap is set. (Database And Network Intelligence).
April 1, 2003... A honeypot is used for internet and computer security. It is a resource that is designed to be attacked and compromised to gain more information about the hacker, such as attack techniques and the motives for breaking in. A honeypot can also be...

How to become: a hacker. (Database And Network Intelligence).
April 1, 2003... What Is a Hacker? The Jargon File contains a bunch of definitions of the term `hacker,' most having to do with technical adeptness and a delight in solving problems and overcoming limits. If you want to know how to become a hacker, though,...

B2B integration. (E-Commerce Viewpoint).
April 1, 2003... A new way of thinking is being widely embraced by the European business community and that is that technology must be driven by business, not the other way around. It is no longer productive, effective or expected to impose technological...

Alpha Five/QLinker. (Database/Network News & Products).(from Alpha Software Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Alpha Software Inc. have available Alpha Five/QLinker which allows users to and move data back and forth between QuickBooks 2003 Products--including QuickBooks Pro Edition 2003, QuickBooks Premier Edition 2003 and QuickBooks Enterprise...

DBArtisan and Rapid SQL 7.1. (Database/Network News & Products).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Embarcadero Technologies, DBArtisan and Rapid SQL versions 7.1 include enhanced database platform support with particular focus on IBM DB2 Universal Database (UDB). This is the first time that Rapid SQL supports IBM OS/390 improving the tool's...

Sagent Directlink. (Database/Network News & Products).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Sagent have announced the general availability of Sagent DirectLink for Packaged Applications, a new connectivity module that allows users to connect and analyse data from proprietary ERP applications such as SAP, PeopleSoft, Oracle, Siebel,...

Softek storage solutions in Hong Kong. (Database/Network News & Products).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Fujitsu, is targeting the exploding storage software market in Hong Kong by announcing the availability of its suite of Softek storage management software to capitalise on the rapidly growing storage management software market in Hong Kong. ...

AppManager and XMP for Brocade. (Database/Network News & Products).(from NetIQ)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... NetlQ, have released two products a NetIQ AppManagerSuite module, and a NetIQ Extended Management Pack (XMP) for Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM), to manage the Brocade SilkWorm family of fabric switches. NetIQ AppManager for Brocade and...

Sagent OpenLink. (Database/Network News & Products).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Sagent OpenLink, is a new product that allows any ODBC or JDBC-compliant software application to utilise the analytical power of Sagent's Data Access Server. Business analysts who work with business intelligence tools such as Actuate, Brio,...

Site Survey 1.0 software. (Database/Network News & Products).(from Ekahau)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... The Ekahau Site Survey 1.0 (ESS) connects the actual Wi-Fi network performance data to each site location. It is designed to enable customers to deploy Wi-Fi networks faster, minimize the interference, and offer better connectivity for wireless...

SANavigator 3.5. (Database/Network News & Products).(McData launches software in UK)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... McDATA Corp. have announced the UK launch of SANavigator 3.5, the latest version of its storage network management software. SANavigator 3.5 is claimed to deliver enhanced security, extended asset management, business level views, and improved...

US wireless market. (Database/Network News & Products).(according to figures from EMC)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... The US wireless market had grown to 141.4 million subscribers to the end of December 2002 passing the 50% penetration milestone, according to the latest figures from EMC. While the US has often been perceived as being behind other mature...

Network security policy is essential to business. (Database/Network News & Products).(according to Butler Group report)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Connected computers provide the greatest security threat within a business and must be protected, but this can only be achieved as a result of Board level policy and not through a pure IT initiative, says Butler Group's Network Security Report...

China Unicom is fastest growing world investor. (Database/Network News & Products).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... China Unicom outshone China Mobile and Vodafone during 2002, posting a 62% growth in subscriber numbers during the year, according to the new edition of EMC's World Cellular Investors Datasheet published on 5 March 2003. China Unicom's strong...

Asia's biggest growth yet to come. (Database/Network News & Products).(according to report from International Telecommunication Union)
April 1, 2003... Strong economic growth, coupled with greater consumer spending power saw a positive growth in telecommunication services in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a new report by International Telecommunication Union. The effects of the 2001...

Software AG launches new mobile computing business unit. (Database/Network News & Products).(Tamino Mobile Suite )(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Software AG, has launched Tamino Mobile Suite and Tamino Mobile Applications, the latest additions to its solution portfolio. Comment: In the majority of cases, data accessed by field staff in the course of their work originates from a...

Computer Associates lags behind Network Associates and Check Point. (Database/Network News and Products).(according to Butler Group's report)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... According to Butler Group's latest Network Security Lifecycle Positions report, Check Point and Network Associates will emerge as leaders in their fields by 2007. Butler Group's Network Security Lifecycle Positions report reviews three...

Tarantella Enterprise 3, version 3.3. (Database/Network News and Products).
April 1, 2003... The Tarantella solution enables organizations to publish mission-critical applications from a secure centralized environment. Users can access these applications anywhere via devices ranging from PC web browsers, thin client terminals, to...

IPIC cable management software. (Database/Network News and Products).(from BSOFTB Technologies)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... BSOFTB Technologies, cable management systems software developer has launched IPIC for management of the design, routing and installation of large engineering cabling projects an addition to its cable management soft-ware applications...

ThinPrint solution for server-based computing. (Database/Network News and Products).
April 1, 2003... By integrating ThinPrint technology into SEH products optimised print data can be decompressed directly in the network printer, maximizing the relief of WAN and LAN infrastructures up to the end device.. The SEH implementation is available for...

WhatsUp Gold 8.0. (Database/Network News and Products).(from Ipswitch)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... WhatsUp Gold 8.0, the latest version of Ipswitch, Inc network monitoring tool. addresses network managers' requirements for quick problem resolution, administrative time savings, and optimal network productivity. Enhanced monitoring notifies...

ORIGIN-J for SIM cards. (Database/Network News and Products).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... ID Data Technology is offering a version of ORIGIN-J specifically for SIM cards, making interoperable Java capable SIM cards a reality for mobile network operators. Combining ORIGIN-J, a virtual machine that executes standard Java...

magic4 Mobile Messaging Suite. (Database/Network News and Products).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... magic4 have launched the magic4 Mobile Messaging Suite, which has been developed around a portfolio of advanced, standards compliant messaging technologies. EMS, MMS, IM and Email modules can be added to provide the vendors, operators and...

Alchemy Eye 4.5 for Windows. (Database/Network News and Products).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Version 4.5 of Alchemy Eye, is a network monitoring tool that continuously monitors network server availability and performance, and alerts the network administrator in the event of network errors before they get out of hand. Compatible with...

Manage Anywhere Studio 5. (Database/Network News and Products).
April 1, 2003... Manage Anywhere Studio 5, offers a lifecycle management solution for enterprise applications and hardware including PCs, laptops and mobile devices. The new version introduces new OS migration capabilities, enhanced mobile security and new...

Internet and Wireless Security.(Book Review)
April 1, 2003... Temple, Robert and Regnault, John Eds IEE ISBN0-85296-197-9 2002 A valuable contribution to the understanding of security from BTexact Technologies. A full understanding of security is essential if security is in fact to be achieved. The...

TCP/IP Network Administration Third Edition.(Book Review)
April 1, 2003... Hunt, Craig Wiley 2002 ISBN 0-596-00297-1 "TCP/W Network Administration, Third Edition, is a complete guide to setting up and running a TCP/IP network, and is geared toward system administrators as well as users of I home systems that...

BackUpTime 1.3 for Windows. (Database/Network News & Products).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... BackUpTime is designed to provide unsophisticated users with a means of storing important data, operating as a backup utility for, accountants and others who want to ensure that files are available when needed. BackUpTime has been specially...

Networking in the Internet Age.(Book Review)
April 1, 2003... Dennis, Alan John Wiley & Sons, Inc 2002 ISBN 0-471-20189-8 A first book for those, that do not for instance know that Internet usually takes a capital letter. Primarily a student course text but also suitable for home study by those...

Inside Yahoo! Reinvention and the Road Ahead.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Angel, Karen John Wiley & Sons, Inc 2002 ISBN 0471-00793-5 The story of the creation and build-up of Yahoo. 5439

Web Performance Tuning, 2nd Edition.(Book Review)
April 1, 2003... Kilielea, Patrick O'Reilly 2002 ISBN 0-596-00172-X The aim of this book is to reduce the time it takes a web page to fully display after "Go" is clicked. Mainly it does this by considering every event that occurs on the uplink, on the...

MindManager for Tablet PC. (Database/Network News & Products).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Mindjet UK, vendor of visual tools for brainstorming and planning, has released its MindManager software for the Windows XP Tablet PC. The new wireless solution Tablet PC and MindManager is suited for flexible access and mobile communication....

HTML Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Niederst, Jennifer O'Reilly ISBN 0-596-00296-3 Most of this slim volume is an alphabetical HTML tag list. For each there is given its usage and the attributes it takes as well as any restrictions in particular browsers. We found the small...

Windows XP Annoyances.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... David A Carp This new addition to the popular series for troubleshooting Windows provides a thorough reference to the tools to customize and otherwise file the annoyances found in Windows XP. Based on the author's popular Windows...

New IBM business software. (IT News).
April 1, 2003... IBM have announced new software that will, it is claimed, provide customers with offerings to digitise, access, and manage, all forms of information across the enterprise and link it to core business processes, including Web application...

ecopy Connector Developer Program. (IT News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... ecopy, Inc. whose products transform paper documents into digital information, have announced their ecopy Connector Developer Program. The program is available immediately for all developers wishing to integrate paper documents with enterprise...

Cadence Incisive verification platform. (IT News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... The Cadence Incisive verification platform, is the first single-kernel verification platform for nanometer-scale designs that supports a unified verification methodology for the embedded software, control, data path, and analog/mixed-signal/RF...

Jasc Paint Shop Pro 8 public beta. (IT News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Jasc Software have released the public beta version of Jasc Paint Shop Pro 8, a complete photo and graphics editor. Paint Shop Pro 8 combines automatic and precision photo editing and graphic design tools with an integrated learning system....

`Ocular Interactive' whiteboard. (IT News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Ocular Interactive software allows users to emulate an interactive whiteboard environment on virtually any Windows-enabled PC The software utilises Microsoft PowerPoint to create a technology independent interactive whiteboard environment,...

WebTrends Reporting Series 6.0. (IT News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... NetIQ, have announced WebTrends Reporting Series 6.0, which includes WebTrends Reporting Service 6.0, the next generation of the WebTrends Live outsourced service; and WebTrends Reporting Center 6.0, a new version of the WebTrends flagship...

Anti-spam web-filtering. (IT News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... NetIQ's two products, NetIQ MailMarshal version 5.0 for Exchange and NetIQWebMarshal version 3.0 are specifically designed for use in the administration and enforcement of corporate e-mail and Internet usage policy through the elimination of...

LEIF eases C++ integration with .Net & J2EE. (IT News).(Lightweight Enterprise Integration Framework)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Lightweight Enterprise Integration Framework (LEIF) uses XML data and Web services, to integrate C++ applications with .NET and J2EE, both within the enterprise and from external partners and customers. LEIF is a lightweight, flexible,...

Circus-DTE for document transformations. (IT News).
April 1, 2003... An experimental programming language available for testing is designed to make it easy to transform documents and data between specific formats so that documents can be read no matter what application or device is used is posted on...

IBM Software Symposium. (IT News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... The latest trends and developments in software will be presented by IBM and its Business Partners in Munich, Germany, May 19th to 23rd, at the IBM Software Symposium. Customers from all over Europe are invited to participate in more than 300...

Free upgrade to Xara's web graphic creation software. (IT News).(Webstyle 3.1)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Xara has launched a free Xara Webstyle 3.1 designed to make it easier to create web graphics and photos. Webstyle 3.1 adds a new auto-enhancement option that offers one-click automated improvement of the contrast, brightness, sharpness and...

Peer-to-peer file-sharing web sites grow 300 percent. (IT News).
April 1, 2003... In the wake of Napster, peer-to-peer (P2P) networks have moved beyond trading MP3s into swapping anything from the latest episode of `Sex In The City" to popular video games, reports Websense Inc. This diversity of content is not only...

Government urges boost of IT market. (IT News).
April 1, 2003... Trade Partners UK--the government body set up to support UK companies trading internationally--has called for UK IT industry players to take a larger share of the 425 billion [pounds sterling] global market for software, services and hardware....

Money wasted on manual processes. (IT News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Medium-sized British companies are wasting an average of 250,000 [pounds sterling] each year by continuing to use manual processes for computing tasks that can be easily automated, according to ORSYP, who studied costs associated with...

`SWIFTComplete' financial solution. (IT News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... The Vitria SWIFTComplete is designed to simplify compliance to changing SWIFT financial standards. The new solution enables users of Vitria's BusinessWare integration platform to manage change, offering reduced costs, increased efficiency and...

Offshore IT services wave hits Europe. (IT News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... IT services companies unable to develop their own offshore capabilities must seek partnerships to keep pace with the offshore wave, according to Ovum Holway, the analyst and consulting company. In its "Offshore Services Report 2003", they...

imMarshal for MSN. (Security).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... The Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Act provides a statutory legal framework for businesses to undertake legitimate or routine monitoring on their own networks, imMarshal for MSN provides a means to manage, monitor, control and report...

GFI server-based anti-spam freeware. (Security).
April 1, 2003... GFI have launched a freeware version of GFI MailEssentials for Exchange/SMTP 8. The free version allows incoming email to be checked against popular DNS blacklists (also known as real time blacklists) at server level, prior to distributing the...

Kaspersky Security for PDA. (Security).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Kaspersky Labs have released the commercial version of Kaspersky Security for PDA 4.5. The new version enables the full-scale defence of handheld computers running under the most popular operating systems--Windows CE and Palm OS. It offers...

"Randon" threatens port 445! (Security).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... A new blended worm/trojan threat appears. Kaspersky Labs reports registered infections at the hands of the new network worm "and has already received several incident reports from both Russian and the Netherlands connected with this malicious...

Virus writers squabble in virtual playground. (Security).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Sophos has today reported that a new email-aware worm--W32/Yaha-Q--is the latest chapter in an ongoing war of words between opposing groups of virus writers and hackers. According to the authors of the worm, The Indian Snakes virus-writing...

CyberGuard enter evaluation for protection profile for firewalls. (Security).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... CyberGuard Corporation will enter evaluation for the new U.S. Department of Defense Firewall Protection Profile for Medium Robustness Environments" (MRPP), version 1.0. The new MRPP supersedes earlier versions that address traffic filter and...

Revised snoop plans are major advance. (Security).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... New proposals on access to phone, internet and e-mail records are a major advance in government thinking according to the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr). Responding to the Home Office's Access to Communications Data:...

Kaspersky Anti-Virus Lite 4.5. (Security).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Kaspersky Anti-Virus Lite 4.5, is designed especially to defend home computers and beginner users. When compared with its predecessor, the just released the Anti-Virus 4.5 includes a raft of significant internal architecture and external...

Security Extentions for digital signatures for Tamino XML Server 4.1. (Security).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Tamino XML Security Extensions, component for digital signatures for Tamino XML Server 4.1 is designed to make electronic communication in e-commerce, e-government and e-contracting secure and user-friendly. Users confirm the content of...

E-GovernmentUptake in UK lags. (Security).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Research released today by Check Point, leaders in securing the Internet, reveals how concerns over security are blocking public uptake of government e-services. The survey asked 200 respondents whether they were going to complete their tax...

Advanced EFS Data Recovery. (Security).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. Moscow has released Advanced EFS Data Recovery (AEFSDR) 1.0 for Windows NT4/2000/XP, a program designed to make it easy to recover (decrypt) files encrypted on NTFS (EFS) partitions created in Windows 2000. Microsoft EFS...

Top ten viruses--March 2003. (Security).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... This is the latest in a series of monthly charts counting down the ten most frequently occurring viruses and hoaxes as compiled by Sophos, For March 2003, the virus chart is as follows, with the most frequently occurring virus at number one:...

Kaspersky virus top twenty March 2003. (Security).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... The twenty most widespread malicious programs are: (Percentage share of total virus incidents) 1 I-Worm.Klez 37.60% 2. I-WormSobig 10.75% 3 I-Worm.Lentin 9.03% 4 I-Worm.Avron ...

GFI MailEssentials for Exchange/SMTP 8. (Internet Focus).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... GFI have launched GFI MailEssentials for Exchange/SMTP 8, an upgrade to GFI MailEssentials for Exchange/SMTP 7. GFI MailEssentials is a server-based anti-spare solution that is installed at the gateway and reduces the administrative headache...

Kaspersky Anti-Spam a new approach to spam. (Internet Focus).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Kaspersky Anti-Spam is an anti-spam solution designed to protect against unwanted email messages. The product employs a revolutionary technology that linguistically analyses text, state-of-the-art email filtration and a collection of services...

Email & the Internet, Stephen Mason.
April 1, 2003... The author, Mr. Mason a Panel Member of the Computer Law and Security Report, intends that his book will help every organisation understand how the use of email and the internet must be controlled, with documentation and retention policies set...

Instant Messenger.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Ipswitch Instant Messenger, a new secure client-server instant messaging solution created specifically for businesses combines the immediacy of the telephone with the convenience of e-mail to improve employee productivity. It offers greater...

Pointsec File Encryption.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Pointsec File Encryption uses one command to encrypt a document and pass on sensitive information securely, for example via e-mail. The recipient does not need to have the software installed; the file decrypts itself once the correct password...

VorteXML Server.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Datawatch Europe, has released VorteXML Server, enabling users to automate the process of transforming legacy data into valid XML. The product complements VorteXML Designer, which allows users to visually extract, transform and map data from...

BACSTEL-IP service.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... BACS Limited, a UK's automated clearing house, have announced the operational start-up of BACSTEL-IP, the new internet-based payment service which connects customers to the BACS system. The new service will be gradually rolled out across the...

ECM report.
April 1, 2003... Enterprise Content Management (ECM) is an infrastructure component rather than an application and as such must provide a complete platform for the management of content, with which content service applications can integrate. However, management...

Reliable messaging specifications.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., BEA Systems Inc. and TIBCO Software Inc. have announced the publication of two new specifications to enable organisations to build reliable and interoperable Web services applications. The new specifications,...