Database and Network Journal articles from December 2000

Database and Network Journal archives from December 2000

The ISV Challenge.(independent software vendors)
December 1, 2000... Independent software vendors (ISVs) that effectively address the web computing needs of customers and the emerging application service provider (ASP) market will have a tremendous competitive advantage in today's Internet-driven economy. ...

Survey reveals the continuing rise of e-learning.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... A recent nation-wide survey has revealed that the long wait while many organisations investigate the potential of e-learning is almost over, and significant e-learning purchases are now imminent. The research found that some 61 per cent of...

Staffware No. in R & D.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Staffware has confirmed its position as a leading Software company in this year's DTI R&D scoreboard which examined company data and R&D investment for the 576 UK and 300 international top R&D investing companies. For UK IT/software companies...

60% of local authorities below e-government targets.(United Kingdom)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Almost two-thirds of local governments currently believe they are below target for putting services online, according to a survey carried out by Metastorm, the e-process automation software developer, last month. The majority of local...

European Application Management Expands.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... In recent years, application management has taken on a whole new meaning with the popularity of packaged enterprise application solutions. Application management can reduce the cost of operating and maintaining applications by 25%. But the...

Desktop and Network Management Services Grow.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... The desktop and network management services market attracts many vendors as it offers a more flexible alternative to straightforward IS outsourcing. As a result, IDC forecasts desktop and network management services will be the fastest growing...

CORBA Interoperability ISO Standard.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... The Object Management Group (OMG) CORBA Interoperability platform was recently adopted by the International Organization for Standards (ISO) as an international standard, ISO/IEC 19500-2. Organisations requiring compliance with ISO...

OpenWatcom.org Use Perforce.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... SciTech Software has selected the Perforce source code Control system to manage the Open Watcom source code base. The software will enable the large team of developers participating in the Open Watcom worldwide to have up- to- the - minute...

Passport2Learn Internet Solution.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... A new Internet solution for schools and educational institutions, Passport2Learn is available through Ideal Hardware Limited. Developed in conjunction with three of Ideal's key connectivity partners. Navaho Technologies Ltd, Cobalt Networks and...

Butler Group Restructures for Global Growth.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Butler Group, has announced international expansion plans and a broadening of its research field to include an examination of business processes and how they are impacted by technology. Following an extensive 12 month review of information...

Anite Launches First Public Sector.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Local Government IT solutions provider, Anite Public Sector, has launched the first specialist ASP (Application Service Provider) package specifically for the public sector, offering local authorities more affordable access to the latest public...

GraphOn's China Project.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Danny So, Former Senior Manager of Compaq Computer Hong Kong, has joined GraphOn-Tianjin Joint Venture as Chief Executive Officer. GraphOn Corporation, developers of Bridges web-enabling software for Windows, UNIX, and Linux applications,...

eIncubator and Accelerator Program in Europe.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... IDC have a new European eincubator and Accelerator research program, launched earlier this month as part of its European ebusiness Advisory Services. The program is a continuous source of information designed to support strategists in...

Return of Cofidence in Application Software.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... BASDA has just completed its latest survey of its 370 members who represent all sectors of the applications software industry including suppliers of entry level accounting software, mid range business systems, ERP, manufacturing, ecommerce,...

Don't Trust What You Read on the Web.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Results published by NOP Research show that nearly eight out of ten of UK companies are publishing out-of-date information on their company websites. The research, commissioned by Mediasurface, the web content management software specialists,...

Database & Network News and Products.
December 1, 2000... Major decisions reached at World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly Delegates at the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly successfully concluded their 8-day meeting with some major decisions on the future of global...

Network News.
December 1, 2000... TINA Standardisation to Continue at the OMG Following TINA-C's (Telecommunications Information Networking Architecture Consortium) recent decision to discontinue operation, the Object Management Group, which sets standards in distributed...

Network Products.
December 1, 2000... dmcalls provides voice dialling Digital Mail Limited has announced the public release of the world's first discount calling service with Voice Activated Dialling, dmcalls, dmcalls is a step towards the end of dialling in the conventional...

Database News.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Competing Data Warehousing Standards Merge in OMG The Meta Data Coalition (MDC) and the Object Management Group (OMG), two industry organisations with competing data warehousing standards, have announced that the MDC will merge into the...

Database Products.
December 1, 2000... Trillium 4.0 Harte-Hanks, has launched an e- commerce edition of Trillium, its suite of data quality and data cleansing software, Trillium 4.0 offers users the opportunity to create a single customer view from all customer touch points -...

Internet Focus.
December 1, 2000... Corporate Users Generate Four Billion E-mall Messages A Day KVS Plc, says that corporate enterprise users are generating four billion email messages a day, making manual email storage and retrieval cost-prohibitive. The figures are from...

Security Supplement.
December 1, 2000... Erap Virus Suspect Arrested in Philippines Reports from the Philippines indicate that a 19 year old male youth has been questioned by the authorities about the so-called "Erap Estrada" worm. The youth, who has not been named, was arrested...

E - Commerce News and Products (1).
December 1, 2000... Key to e-business success: An innovative new book on the subject of e-business intelligence released by McCraw-Hill entitled `e-Business Intelligence: Turning Information into Knowledge Into Profit,' is poised,it is claimed, to become the...

E - Commerce News and Products (2).
December 1, 2000... www.popkin.co.uk Cache eDBMS manages ISA's InterSystems, say that one of its premier VARS, Cogent Investment Operations Ltd is offering a new e-Commerce solution to its UK based retail fund manager clients, using the Cache e-DBMS. Now...