Database and Network Journal articles from December 2002

Database and Network Journal archives from December 2002

Content Engineering Stilo Technology Ltd. (Management).
December 1, 2002... The Web and web-based technologies have, in the last decade, changed forever the way in which organisations and businesses work, both at a business architecture level and at a human level. The catalyst for this change has been connectivity....

Transition to `Enterprise Content Management' will lead to market clear-out. (Content Notes).(Brief Article)(Industry Overview)
December 1, 2002... Butler Viewpoint There is not enough business to go round and as a consequence there will be considerable consolidation in the Content Management market place said Tim Jennings, Research Production Director of Buffer Group in the company's...

Semantics-based content management. (Content Notes).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Semagix, a new software,-company created from the acquisition of US-based Voquette by UK company Protege, has developed semantics-based content management software solutions to automate the process of aggregating, classifying, tagging and...

Plumtree Content Server 4.0. (Content Notes).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... The Plumtree Content Server 4.0 allows everyone in a business to contribute information to the portal, and every line-of-business to manage the branding and publication of that content to portal pages and related Web sites. As a foundation...

Integrating the content lifecycle. (Content Notes).
December 1, 2002... Divine Inc. have introduced a solution for automating the entire content lifecycle. Combining its best-in-class enterprise content management, collaboration and search technologies, divine's integrated approach to managing the content lifecycle...

The software purchasing minefield. (Management Products).
December 1, 2002... Sharon Cummins, Monactive. Purchasing software can be a bugbear for some procurement professionals--it's complex, it's expensive and it's usually a mammoth task. In more and more cases, purchasing departments are taking on the...

SWIFT Accelerator Kit. (Management Products).
December 1, 2002... The SWIFT Accelerator Kit, integrates any data to ISO 15022 standards. This package is library-based, using iway Software's XMLTransformation Engine, suite of adapters, and messaging templates. The iway Software SWIFT Accelerator Kit enables...

DeltaView 2.8. (Management Products).(from Workshare Technology)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Workshare Technology has released the latest version of its document comparison tool, Workshare DeltaView 2.8. New features include a faster comparison time, new `fail-safe' comparison mode, a fresh user interface, localised language versions...

Nearcode. (Management Products).
December 1, 2002... Nearcode can be integrated into websites or CPM solutions for use in customer contact centres, or information hotlines. Using Nearcode, the user inputs the desired postcode, the number of records to be retrieved and the radius (available in...

PegaINTEGRATED INVESTIGATIONS 3.2. (Management Products).(software suite from Pegasystems)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... PegaINTEGRATED INVESTIGATIONS 3.2, is a suite of software designed to help financial institutions streamline the processing of payment, securities and treasury investigations and exceptions across the enterprise. By integrating payment,...

divine MindAlign. (Management Products).
December 1, 2002... divine, inc. have available the latest version of divine MindAlign a solution providing a real-time, persistent channel for business communication. In addition to adding new features and functionality the new version runs within leading portal...

Protection for corporate intellectual property. (Management Products).(from KVS)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... KVS, specialists in content archiving solutions for Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server, has expanded its platform, for additional data types, devices, and applications. The Phase Two expansion is the next step in...

Infrastructure Management Paramount to ensure success. (Management Products).
December 1, 2002... According to Buffer Group's latest report, `Technology Evaluation and Comparison Report on Infrastructure Management', the IT Infrastructure is becoming more and,more complex. The demands being put on the infrastructure by new advanced...

Financial institutions need to wake up to Basel II. (Management Products).
December 1, 2002... Banks and financial institutions face potentially serious disruption and high costs resulting from their failure to recognise and act on the regulatory reporting obligations under the new Basel Capital Accord (Basel II) which is due to be...

LanTalk XP 2.7. (Management Products).
December 1, 2002... LanTalk is a messaging software that allows users to send and receive messages to and from co-workers. It does not require Internet connection or a dedicated server; The size of messages is limited to 32 kilobytes and file transfers are...

Cartesis V8.0. (Management Products).
December 1, 2002... Cartesis Magnitude provides a full view across and into an organisation, featuring a comprehensive audit trail capability facilitating financial consolidation, and enabling greater transparency and clarity for auditors. The product streamlines...

ESP Espresso R3. (Management Products).
December 1, 2002... Cybermation's ESP Espresso Release 3 utilises JAVA and XML architecture to provide a unifying point of management control for IT processes across an enterprise. The new release extends functionality for fail-over and logical resource allocation...

New version of Imscan Routing Manager. (Management Products).
December 1, 2002... IMSCAN Systems, has announced the release of a new version of its routing engine, IMSCAN Routing Manager which increases the productivity of business processes by controlling the movement of documents. Designing the new version, IMSCAN took...

DBAs `headaches'. (Database News and Products).
December 1, 2002... In a poll recently conducted on behalf of Embarcadero Europe, Database Administrators (DBAS) made their feelings known about the biggest "headaches' they have to deal with. The survey was distributed to 1000 people, with nearly 30% of...

IDC looks at the Associative Model of Data. (Database News and Products).
December 1, 2002... The IDC opinion reflected on the need for combining data from multiple sources, the managing of data over time, and support for the semantic rules governing the data as both the data and its definitional characteristics change. `Yet,'...

DSP-Global extends outsourcing services. (Database News and Products).
December 1, 2002... Oracle specialist DSP-Global has announced two additions to its outsourced services; APPSdirect that provides functional and development support for Oracle Applications and OSdirect, for Unix and NT operating system platforms. Based on the...

"Perl for Oracle DBAS". (Database News and Products).
December 1, 2002... Oracle DBAs need enormous intelligence, infinite patience, considerable courage,"say Andy Duncan and Jared Still, authors of `Perl for Oracle DBAs'. `We think they also need Perl.' According to the authors, Perl is the world's number one...

Database Integrator. (Database Products).
December 1, 2002... PolarLake have released PolarLake Database Integrator, targeting XML and Web Service enablement of existing relational database applications. Comment: Database-centric applications are central to most enterprises' IT infrastructure,...

askSam v 5.0. (Database Products).
December 1, 2002... askSam 5 is freeform database software that turns different types of information into full text searchable databases providing users with a tool for organising, sorting and searching information. It incorporates new features, including: *...

Alpha Five database V5.0. (Database Products).
December 1, 2002... Alpha Five Version 5 is designed to offer real choice in world wide desktop database market. Until now, users had to choose between MS Access (if they wanted power, but had,to live with its complexity and the length of time taken to build...

ER/Studio 5.5 update. (Database Products).
December 1, 2002... Embarcadero Technologies, Inc., have released ER/Studio5.5 and ER/Studio Repository 2.0. With a new graphical interface, and more than 50 new features, ER/Studio improves the value of data modelling to obtain higher performance from databases...

DBArtisan 7.0 & SQL Debugger for DB2 UDB. (Database Products).
December 1, 2002... Embarcadero Technologies have announced the latest versions of DBArtisan and Embarcadero SQL Debugger, for building, managing and troubleshooting enterprise database infrastructures. DBArtisan 7.0 includes support enhancements for the major...

CACHE 5 released. (Database Products).
December 1, 2002... CACHE 5. a new version of Intersystems post-relational database enables real-time analytics in transaction processing environments. Comment: High performance analytics for data warehousing has been around for years, but the poor update...

DataDirect Connect for JDBC 3.1. (Database Products).
December 1, 2002... DataDirect Connect for JDBC 3.1, for connecting Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) applications to ail major databases includes a full suite of Type 4 JDBC drivers for all major databases, including DB2, Oracle, SQL Server, Informix,...

Complexity of 3G to overheat Contact Centres. (Network News and Products).
December 1, 2002... The complexity of 3G will overheat Contact Centres and create a skills crisis for Contact Centre agents, according to European Technology Consultants (etc). Telecommunications companies underestimate the impact of 3G on their Contact Centre...

MapInfo/Mobilaris partnership. (Network News and Products).
December 1, 2002... MapInfo Corp. have a global partnership with Swedish Mobile Internet positioning specialist, Mobilaris. The companies are to combine MapInfo's `miaware' location-based services platform with Mobilaris' positioning middleware, `Pacific Ocean',...

Domestic Chinese operators in top four investors worldwide. (Network News And Products).
December 1, 2002... China Mobile's total subscriber base of 123 million subscribers means Vodafone is more than 20 million subscribers behind the world's largest mobile operator, although it is the world's largest global investor. Vodafone managed to nudge its...

Email test. (Network News And Products).
December 1, 2002... GFI's Email Security Testing Zone, www.gfi.com/emailsecuritytest, has launched an email test based on a new vulnerability detailed by Beyond Security Ltd Through this test, available free, administrators can find out whether their network is...

AdmitOne VPN for Pocket PC. (Network News And Products).
December 1, 2002... AdmitOne VPN Client for Pocket PC, is a software program designed to enable handheld users to establish a secure wireless connection to their enterprise networks. The wireless link can be established over the Interact or within a company's...

Conchango Mobile Office. (Network News And Products).
December 1, 2002... Conchango Mobile Office (CMO) can be implemented on mobile devices such as WAP phones and PDA's enabling users to get real-time access to email, calendars, meetings and tasks, on the move. It is available on a two-month pilot basis,...

1.5 million villages unconnected to information society. (Network News And Products).
December 1, 2002... The Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Morocco, H.E. Abderrahamane El Youssoufi opened the 16th Plenipotentiary Conference of the International Telecommunication Union by asking delegates, particularly those from the developed world, who have an...

Messaging revenues at risk. (Network News And Products).
December 1, 2002... Messaging services could be the salvation for mobile operators worldwide seeking much-needed revenues to overcome 3G debt burdens. But before operators can exploit the revenue potential of these services, they first need to address pressing...

magic4SynCML. (Network News And Products).
December 1, 2002... magic4, the mobile messaging solutions specialist, has added magic4 SynCML to its mobile messaging platform, which already incorporates EMS, MMS, IM and email applications. Mobile phone and PDA manufacturers can incorporate magic4 SyncML into...

Performance testing of wireless PDAs. (Network News And Products).
December 1, 2002... NetIQ Chariot software now extends its evaluation capabilities to wireless environments through performance measurement agents on the Windows CE platform. This allows IT administrators to conduct pre-deployment network testing and end-to-end...

FAXmaker for Networks/ SMTP 10. (Network News And Products).
December 1, 2002... GFI has launched GFI FAXmaker for Networks/SMTP 10. Version 10 is designed toprovide virtually zero administration fax serving, allowing users to send and receive faxes from their desktops--either through the GFI FAXmaker client or using their...

Asset Tracker for Networks. (Network News And Products).
December 1, 2002... Asset Tracker for Networks version 2.0 for Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XPis an inventory tool for auditing software and hardware components installed on the network computers. It collects network inventory information, providing the Network...

NetWorker Availability. (Network News And Products).
December 1, 2002... NetWorker Availability, is an add-on solution to LEGATO NetWorker. Highlights of the new solution's capabilities include: automatic re-start, resource monitoring and automatic alert of failed operations, and optional two-server fail over. ...

Advanced management tools for BlackBerry. (Network News And Products).
December 1, 2002... Research In Motion Limited (RIM) and NetIQ are to deliver management tools for the new BlackBerry Enterprise Server v3.5 for Microsoft Exchange. In addition. BlackBerry Enterprise Server v3.5 for Microsoft Exchange provides new enhancements...

Mobile business boosted with digital reminder. (Network News And Products).
December 1, 2002... Fenestrae has launched Fenestrae Enterprise Mobility Server (EMS) Office 1.5. The upgraded software allows users to set up SMS and WAP alerts that `push' information to them, reminding them of imminent meetings and new emails. This reduces the...

WLAN security solutions. (Network News And Products).
December 1, 2002... Network Utilities have announced Odyssey Server V 1.1 and Steel-Belted Radius V.4.0, new versions of their RADIUS servers that add WLAN security, management, and integration features to meet enterprise-level security and management...

Linux to be clear winner in OS server stakes. (IT Notes).
December 1, 2002... `Server Operating Systems -Winners & Losers in the Open/Proprietary OS Market' presents a detailed analysis of 11 key server operating systems, identified by Butler Group analysts, in the form of a technology audit. Each audit details the...

Technology link to profitability. (IT Notes).
December 1, 2002... A survey by ILOG and Intelligent Enterprise magazine has found that companies that view information technology (IT) as a strategic asset operate twice as efficiently as companies that do not. Similarly, the survey found that companies that...

EAI vendors long way from true Web Services integration. (Internet Focus).
December 1, 2002... Butler Group, has launched `EAI and Web Services--Cutting the cost of Enterprise Integration.' a Technology Evaluation and Comparison Report demonstrates that the majority of EAI vendors still have a long way to go before they can offer...

Integration key to success of Web services. (Internet Focus).
December 1, 2002... The IT industry is famed for its ability to leap onto bandwagons resulting in islands of unconnected applications and business processes. Web Services functionality is becoming an industry commodity before the model has even emerged beyond the...

Enterprise Web. (Internet Focus).
December 1, 2002... Plumtree Software's new company strategy offers customers an open environment for creating Web applications that span rival platforms. This environment, known as the Enterprise Web, offers business units throughout an organisation a foundation...

Virgin introduce direct debit billing. (Internet Focus).
December 1, 2002... Virgin.net, is launching a Direct Debit billing system for customers in a direct response to customer feedback. Virgin.net currently the only UK ISP to offer Direct Debit as part of its billing service allows customers to pay their monthly ISP...

Membership Management based on XML Web services. (Internet Focus).
December 1, 2002... Xara online, has a new range of Membership Management solutions enabling non technical webmasters or club secretaries to manage members online. The Membership Manager, which incorporates event, email and sins text communication and private...

One third of companies lose vital email. (Internet Focus).
December 1, 2002... According to a survey conducted on behalf of LEGATO Systems, Inc., more than 69 percent of 200 companies surveyed in the UK, claimed that e-mail is an acceptable, legally binding form of written confirmation for a wide variety of business...

Anti-virus/anti-spare filter. (Internet Focus).
December 1, 2002... Internetters has a new filtering system which checks all emails received at the recipient's domain name and removes all known viruses and highlights spam messages. If the software detects any viruses, a report is sent immediately to the...

WS_FTP PRO 7.6. (Internet Focus).
December 1, 2002... WS_FTP Pro 7.6, the latest version of Ipswitch's file transfer protocol (FTP) client software is designed to provide network administrators and business users with greater security when transferring files to and from legacy systems, such as...

Hackers, crackers, phreaks, script kiddies, and cyberpunks..... (Security).
December 1, 2002... IT is important first of all to define the terms such as hacker, cracker, phreak, script kidddies, and cyberpunk because they are often used interchangeably. For example, a hacker could also be a cracker; a phreak may use hacking techniques;...

Automating security. (Security).
December 1, 2002... As a Finance Director, I have a legal duty to ensure that my organisation is financially viable, and the Treasurer of a Local Authority has a similar legal duty. Our financial system(s) enables me to monitor our financial position and...

Security software update. (Security Products).
December 1, 2002... NetIQ, has announced the latest releases of NetIQ Security Manager, NetIQ Security Reporting Center and NetIQ Security Administration Suite. The following changes apply: Security Manager 4.0--Installation time on Security Manager has...

Global Enterprise Edition of `Steel-Belted Radius' in UK. (Security Products).
December 1, 2002... Network Utilities have announced the launch in UK of Steel-Belted Radius/Global Enterprise Edition, a new edition of their RADIUS/AAA server which it is claimed meets the security management needs of global enterprises that are managing...

Anti-spam features in GFI MailEssentials. (Security Products).
December 1, 2002... GFI MailEssentials for Exchanges/SMTP is a server- based anti-spare solution that installs at the gateway and reduces the administrative headache presented by client-based anti-spare products. GFI MailEssentials tackles spam in three ways: ...

NetBarrier X10. (Virus Notes).
December 1, 2002... Intego have a new version of its NetBarrier X Personal Firewall, Antivandal and Internet Filter for Macintosh that is fully compatible with the latest version of Mac OS X, known as Jaguar (10.2). NetBarrier X 10.0 for Mac OS X is an all-in-one...

Your mobile phone is safe--don't believe virus hoaxes. (Virus Notes).
December 1, 2002... Kaspersky Labs brings attention to the spread of a rumour among Internet users regarding a new computer virus that infects mobile telephones and renders them junk. The message being sent around looks as follows: If you receive a phone...

Network worm "Roron"--red alert. (Virus Notes).
December 1, 2002... Kaspersky Labs, reports the appearance of a new network worm named "Roron", constructed in Bulgaria. Presently six variations of the worm have already been detected and have been credited with infecting computers in many regions including the...

Kaspersky goes east. (Virus Notes).
December 1, 2002... Between the end of 2002 and the beginning of 2003, Kaspersky Labs intends to open an official representative office in the capital city Beijing. From this office the company will work towards developing business in China. The main users of...

Top 20 viruses for the month of October.-Kaspersky. (Virus Notes).
December 1, 2002... Top 20 Viruses for the month of October.-Kaspersky. The percentage shown represents the percentage of registered incidences. 1 I-Worm.Tanatos 44.9 % 2 I-Worm.Lentin 21.6% 3 I-Worm.Klez 14%...

Top ten viruses reported to Sophos in October 2002. (Virus Notes).
December 1, 2002... This is the latest in a series of monthly charts counting down the ten most frequently occurring viruses and hoaxes compiled by Sophos. For October 2002, the-virus chart is as follows, with the most frequently occurring virus at number one:...

Defend against Netdex. (Virus Notes).
December 1, 2002... Kaspersky Labs, reports the detection of the Trojan horse `Netdex", which exploits a vulnerability in the security system of' the Microsoft Virtual Machine. Doing this allows the Trojan" to clandestinely infect computers with malicious code and...

Flemingly steals registration information from computer games. (Virus Notes).
December 1, 2002... The Fleming Interact worm is a 32-bit Windows application (.exe file) with a size of 53,248 bytes and written in Visual Basic. The worm spreads via the Windows (.NET) Messenger Internet chat program that is built into Windows XP. The worm...

Opasoft is back and more dangerous than ever. (Virus Notes).
December 1, 2002... The main distinctions marking this new `Opasoft' modification are that it is compressed with the dPX file packing utility and encrypted with the PCPEC utility. The result being the shortened length of the file bearing the worm and an altered...

New `Kudlian Suite'. (Security).
December 1, 2002... `Kudlian Suite' for Key Stage 2 is the latest title to be launched from the Kudlian Soft range. Specifically developed to help children acquire vital ICT skills using a flexible menu system for accessing the different software applications,...

Software Configuration Management (SCM). (IT News).
December 1, 2002... Would you build a car and hope that it works. Would you allow the makers of the Owes, engine, and the windows to do their own thing and hope that everything will work when it is all assembled. You wouldn't try to build a car using the wheels...